Snoqualmie S&G dba CalPortland Company Metal/Non-Metal

Cutting a conveyor belt to length the razor knife slipped and struck the employee in the right thigh just above the knee causing a laceration requiring 9 stitches.

Operating heavy equipment.

EE was walking across the front of the shop when EE slipped on flocculant that had spilled when being offloaded. EE landed on left knee.

EE was operating the telehandler forklift picking up worn parts from VSI repair. EE parked the machine and picked up a casting part that had fallen off of the pallet. When EE picked up the part to place it back on the pallet EE noticed soreness in left shoulder.

Loader Operator reported that they jammed their right shoulder and had limited movement and pain in the right shoulder when raising their arm. They stated in the incident report that they were not sure how it happened and that it could have been from driving the loader and hitting bumps and potholes.

Removing screen mounts from top of screen, felt pop in right shoulder.

WHILE WALKING AWAY FROM A CONVEYOR, A ROCK FELL FROM A CONVEYOR ABOVE WHILE RUNNING EMPTY STRIKING THE LEFT FOOT OF THE EMPLOYEE ON THE UPPER SIDE OF THE THE BIG TOE. THE EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING PROTECTIVE BOOTS AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.

As the employee was sliding onto the seat of a parked pickup truck, EE struck the floor board of the truck with their left knee. In doing so EE felt left knee pop resulting in immediate pain.

Employee claims to have strained an abdomen muscle while sitting down on a creeper.

Shoveling under conveyor, scraped thumb across rough area on conveyor frame. At time of event miner was not wearing gloves. Cut top of thumb requiring 6 stitches. No lasting damage, no lost time. Received a tetanus shot while at Doctors office.

Miner was attempting to free up a frozen conveyor. Another miner above knocked frozen material loose. The material struck the miner on the right hand, breaking 3 fingers.

EE was involved in a gearbox removal, a hammer was used to aid removal when a metal fragment was dislodged and striking the EE in the left forearm. EE received a small cut that received first aid. The following day the area was swollen, so EE was taken to a clinic and it was determined a small metal fragment was just under the skin, object was removed at that time.

Employee's task was shoveling/plant clean up at the time he indicated he was injured. On 02/16/2015 Employee reported that he felt he had injured his back and groin doing plant clean up on 02/13/15, did not report at that time because he thought the pain would subside over the weekend.

Sticking rollers in the scale house window. Poor body mechanics, EE was turning and walking away while closing the window.

While driving wedges in cone crusher using a 20 lb sledge hammer, right shoulder area became sore with some numbness.

lifting stacking bags of floculant into floculant storage shed

Worker on conveyor tail pulley on maintenance shop floor knelt down on left knee, grabbed pulley and pushed forward with right hand when something in left lower back popped.

While working with hard hat off, underneath hazard causing exposure, unaware of unsafe conditions and being careless, employee was assisting the shop foreman installing a transmission. The rear cross member was resting on a jack, it slipped and fell striking him in the lower forehead.

Employee was opening the hood on mixer truck #7643. The hood would not open in the normal manner due to hood alignment pins sticking. So, he went to the lower rear of the hood to lift it off of the alignment pins, when he lifted he felt something pop in his left upper back.

Employee was grinnding on metal inside the shop with safety glasses on when a big gust of wind blew in the shop causing dirt and metal from the grinder to blow under his glasses and into his right eye.

Striking tooth retainer with a hammer to secure tooth on 988B loader bucket. A metal sliver broke off of tooth striking him in lower left front of neck. Required minor first aid to stop bleeding. He finished shift and went to doctor, X-ray shows metal inbedded in muscle. doctor chose to not remove

Operator was operating excavator with door open. He was sorting large boulders when he dropped a boulder on the pile and a chip flew in the cab through the open door striking him in the left eye. Operator was not wearing safety glasses. He was examined by an optometrist, given prescription eye drops and sent back to full duty.

Water truck hose was being used to wash down a spill at the tail of a conveyor, when employee unhooked the hose from the truck he dropped it, the metal nozzle landed on his right foot.

Failure to lock out tag out 480v electrical control cabinet. Employee was inside control cabinet while energized. He touched live ciruit with wet sleeve causing flash to occur. Employee has 1st and 2nd degree burns on his face, neck and right hand. Employee said he did not get shocked. He was treated and released at Snoqualime Hospital Emergency.

WHILE WELDING, WELDING ROD STUCK TO WORK. MINER TRIED TO WIGGLE IT OFF, THEN GRABBED AND PULLED. ROD FINALLY CAME OFF AND POKED THROUGH RUBBER BOOT AND PIERCED SKIN ON TOP OF FOOT.

MINER WAS REACHING OUT TO HANDRAIL AT BOTTOM OF STIARS. HE WAS IN A HURRY.

WHILE GRINDING METAL FILING FLEW PAST SAFETY GLASSES & WENT INTO RIGHT EYE

CLIMBING UP A LADDER TO DO A BELT SPLICE. FELL OFF LADDER (SLIPPED).

WHILE BACKING THE WATER TRUCK UP EE HAD THE STERRING WHICHE HARDOVER TO THE RIGHT WHENT HE FRONT TIRE CAME IN CONTACT WITH A ROCK THE STEERING WHEEL TO THE LEFT AND CAUGHT HIS THUMB.

WELDING ON PORTABLE CRUSHER 2 WELDERS IN CLOSE QUARTERS AND FLASH CAME FROM BEHIND. FLASH IRRITATION OF EYES DOCTOR GAVE 2 DAYS OF EYE DROPS NO TIME LOSS OR RESTRICTION.

GRINDING SLAG FROM PIECE OF ANGLE IRON. OBJECT HIT LEFT EYE. GLASSES WERE BEING WORN AT THE TIMEOF THE INJURY. WAS NOT REPORTED BECAUSE WORKER THOUGHT IRRITATION WAS FROM WELDING AIR ARC FLASH . WAS REPORTED TO FOREMAN 2-1-01. WORKER THOUGHTIT WAS JUST A FLASH.

WHILE HAULING OVERBUREDEN ON THE BACK HAUL EMPTY TRUCK, HIT DIP IN ROAD AND OPERATOR STRUCK HEAD ON INSIDE OF CAB, OPRATOR WAS RENDERED UNCONSCIOUS. THERE WAS NOT WERE PHYSICAL DAMAGE REPORTS ED BY THE DR'S. NO DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE EQUIPMENT.

WHILE SWINGING 20 LB HAMMER PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK.

WHILE WORKING ON CONVEYOR EE CUT HAND ON A SHARP PIECE OF STEEL.

NO ACCIDENT, EE REPORTED A STIFF NECK ON 5-28-978. HE SAID HE WOKE UP WITH A STIFF NECK.

EE STEPPED OUT OF PU TRUCK, TURNED & TWISTED KNEE, SORE KNEE.

PICKING ROCKS, ROCK FELL AND SMASHED THUMB.

JUMPED OFF CAT LANDING ON ROCK TWISTING ANKLE

SCREEN DECK OVERLOAD, PLUG CHUTE, ROCK FELL.

WHILE SITTING ON EDGE OF HOPPER, PINCHED NERVE IN LEG.

SERVICING THE HAUL TRUCK, CLIMBING DOWN FROM MACHINE, FOOT GOT CAUGHT UP IN THE STEP WHILE STEPPING OFF. TWISTED KNEE.

EE WAS WELDING WITH WORK GLOVES. A HOT SPARK GOT IN SLEEVE. BURN TO ELBOW, IT BECAME INFECTED.

SLIPPED WHIILE USING RAZOR KNIFE, CUT LEG.

SOLENOID ACCESS LID FELL AND CUT RIGHT HAND, REQUIRING STITCHES FROM DOCTOR.

LEFT HAND SWOLLEN, WRIST AND FINGERS NUMB. REPEATEDLY SLAPPED ON HAND BY LEVER OF ROAD GRADER. GOT BRACE FOR THE LEFT HAND AND WRIST FROM DR.

LEFT LEG CUT WHILE CUTTIN PIECE O RUBBER. REQUIRED 3 STITCHES AT LOCAL DOCTOR OFFICE.

CRUSHER REPAIR & PULLING WRENCES, NORMAL WORK PROCEDURES.

GRINDING FORKLIFT KING PIN HOUSING CLEANING SURFACES WITH CUTTING TORCH & GRINDING WITH 4IN GRINDER WITH SAFETY GOGGLES SMALL PIECE OF METAL IN LEFT EYE WAS A RESULT

REPETITIVE OPENING & CLOSING OF SCALE HOUSE WINDOW. CASUING TENDONITIS IN SHOULDER & CARPEL TUNNEL IN LEFT WRIST.

USING LEG TO PUSH FORKS OUT ON FORKLIFT. CAUSED A POP IN THE KNEE THAT WAS PAINFUL AND CAUSED SWELLING.

CUTTING PATCH FOR BELT BEING REPAIRED. RAZOR KNIFE HIT A ROCK AND CAME OUT OF BELTING AND CUT INTO LEG. CUT RIGHT LEG ABOVE THE KNEE, REQUIRING 2 STICHES ABOVE THE RIGHT KNEE.

STUCK WRENCH INTO TAIL PULLEY AREA OF CONVEYOR WHILE RUNNING WRENCH PINCHED HAND TO CONVEYOR FRAME CUTTING THE LEFT HAND BETWEEN HIS THUMB AND FIRST FINGER.

TURNING OVER A PIECE OF PLATE AND IT FELL ON TOP OF LEFT FOOT.

WHILE REPLACING MANGANESE, HE DROPPED THE WEDGE ON HIS RIGHT HAND RING FINGER.

SLIPPED AND BANGED KNEE ON WASH PLANT

EMPL WAS CLEANING BELT IN FEED HOPPER ACCESS DORDOOR DISLODGED FROM OPEN POSITION STRIKING ON ARM AND KNEE

INJURED PERSON WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLEAN DEBRIS AWAY FROM CONVEYOR BELT WHEN HIS THUMB MADE CONTACT WITH THE BELT.