Sylvania Minerals Metal/Non-Metal

Lifting steel plates in to chutes for welding repair.

Employee was lifting screen bearing; the bearing slipped and caught EE's hand between the bearing and the guard. The guard caused a cut on the palm of EE's hand requiring 5 stitches.

Employee was lifting a steel plate into place for welding. EE strained EE's Left Shoulder.

Working on a ladder approximately 8 feet high. Attempting to loosen gyratory super nuts to disassemble unit when the socket broke off causing EE to lose balance and fall to the ground.

Employee was grinding metal with a 4.5" angle grinder. A small fragment landed on EE's right eye.

The employee caught their foot of the grating while ascending the stairs of the scale house. They fell forward striking the grating with their left knee, right and left hands and chin. They were carrying a bag at the time. The steps and deck are made from steel grip strut grating.

Employee went to EE's personal doctor and was diagnosed with Left Shoulder Osteoarthritis on 10/12/2022. EE stated that EE believes the injury stems from an incident on 3/7/2022 where EE slipped on mud getting out of the water truck. The water truck was parked and EE was getting EE's stuff out of the cab when EE slipped and fell.

While using a handheld grinder on the pulley shaft of BC-9, a piece of debris from the grinding operation entered the left eye of the employee. EE was grinding overhead and was wearing safety glasses and a face shield properly at the time. No violation of MSHA standards or company policies were found.

Working in manlift and fell out of open door on manlift about 5' off the ground. Fell on a spool of wire. Broke pelvis and cut ear.

Inlet pipe to slurry pump slid while miner moving 4foot section of 12" polyethylene pipe, pipe pinched his hand between an electric motor and the pipe.

Reaming out 1" holes with a die grinder to 1 1/16". Metal face shield rim collected burrs and spilled out when lifted. Foreign object in left eye.

Cleaning the magnet off, of shot wire & metal objects sticking to it. The magnet support structure is made of square tubing, bees were inside it. While spraying for the bees one stung.

Loading scrap iron in container, two pieces struck together and a small chip of iron hit his chin.

Walking on catwalk to do repair work, greasing, on #1 conveyor line, employee tripped on debris and fell on left knee resulting in minor contusion of knee.

Walking across the shop to get into haul truck felt pain in lower back. He has degenerative disc in lower back this reaggervated an old injury.

Doing maintenance in chute on the bypass gate, weld broke struck right eye lid and cut it.

Unloading new trough rollers from the manlift basket, right thumb got caught between handrail & trough roller.

Holding steel parts for welder.

Bending over welding.

Walking on cat walk and slipped on ice.

Helping welder, flash burn to eyes.

Hitting a return roller, metal or dust flew in right eye.

Climbing into rock truck, slipped, landed on left foot.

steel welding plate slipped and hit foot

EE CLIMBING DOWN STEP LADDER AT REAR OF SCRAPER. HE SLIPPED AND FELL AGAINST THE SCRAPER AND THEN TO THE FLOOR.

EE RECD FLASHBURNS TO BOTH EYES AFTER RAISING WELDING FACE SHIELD TO MOVE POSITION. ROD STRUCKGROUNDED SURFACE ACCIDENTLY WITH HELMET RAISED CAUSING FLASH

INJURED EE WAS WALKING ACROSS SHOP NEAR WHERE ANOTHER EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A BUCKET TOOTH SHEAR PIN WHICH WAS FROZEN. A FRAGMENT OF THE PIN SHEARD OFF AND ENTERED CHEST CAVITY.

HOT WELDING ROD BOUNCED OFF LOADER BUCKET AND FELL INTO TOP OF WORK BOOT.

GRABBED FOR FALLING STEEL BARREL. THE TOP HAD BEEN CUT OFF AND SHARP EDGE CUT FINGER OF LEFT HAND.

EE WAS LIFTING A 5 GAL PAIL OF PAINT. HE TWISTEDWHILE LIFTING AND STRAINED HIS RIGHT THIGH

NOT SURE-EE NOTICED PROBLEM WITH LEFT EYE. SMALLFOREIGN BODY EMBEDDED IN CORNER.

WINDOW LATCH NOT WORKING PROPERLY ON LOADER, EE ATTEMPTED TO CLOSE WINDOW, WINDOW SLAMMED ON FINGER.

TWO EMPLOYEES WERE DRILLING HOLES AND INSSTALLING ELECTRICAL POWER POLES. AFTER COMPLETING HOLE EE WAS UNDER THE AUGER TO HOOK TO THE POLE. THE AUGER BIT CAME LOOSE AND FELL. EE TRIED TO AV OID THE BIT AND WAS STRUCK. HIS HARD HAT FELL OFF HIS HEAD AS HE MOVED TO TRY TO GET OUT OF THE WAY.