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EE was using the power washer to clean the concrete area where the water truck fills up. It is believed that EE was spraying off EE's work boots (an unsafe act) when the hot pressurized water entered the top of EE's boots and hurt EE's ankle.
The employee was assisting the crushing and screening plant operator with a screen change. As employee was lifting one of the screens to replace it, employee felt a "pull" in shoulder, causing pain.
Employee was working and was overcome with heat illness. Was seen in emergency room. Loss time accident as of 6/9/2022.
Employee was assisting with cone liner change. Employee was tasked with holding wrench while other employee struck it with a hammer. As the employee struck the wrench, the wrench bent downward, smashing the injured employee's finger between the wrench and the cone.
The employee was working at our Northern plant, running a crushing plant, when the supervisor noticed that EE began acting a little off. Thinking it was heat related, supervisor ushered EE to the scale house to sit in the air conditioning. EE was given water, which EE proceeded to vomit up. EE was then taken to the hospital for evaluation.
Employee worked all day, but, around 3:00pm, complained of not feeling well due to the heat. Employee went home and began throwing up, then went to the ER for the heat related illness. Lost time as of 7/8/2021.
The injured employee was preparing to mount the cab of a flatbed truck. When EE placed EE's foot and tried to hoist self up, EE's leg twisted, which caused EE to fall. EE sustained a knee injury and was diagnosed with a sprain. Lost time as of 5/18/2021.
Injured employee was assisting with changing screens with another employee at the wash plant. In the process, the employee caught EE's finger on the sharp edge of the screen. EE's finger was lacerated and required 7 stitches. No lost time.
The employee was shoveling by the chute of a sand and gravel screen when a rock bounced off the chute and hit the employee on the hard hat. The employee complained of neck pain and was seen at an urgent care. Loss of time as of 3/19/21.
Employee was changing segments on the loader bucket. Employee placed hand to catch a bolt, but the bolt caught the impact wrench, spun in place and cut the hand.
The employee was checking the tightness of the belts when the machine activated, pinching employee's fingers between the belt and the pulley.
Employee claims to have been shoveling dirt and rock the previous day. The following day, back was sore. Lost time accident as of 7/13/20.
The miner was dismounting loader in the lube bay when the miner stepped on a fuel hose. This caused miner's knee to buckle and miner to fall to the ground. The miner sustained a knee sprain.
The miner was using a bar to clear out the screen chute when a large rock struck the bar and caused it to hit the miner in the face. Lost time accident as of 1/23/2020.
The miner had asked for assistance with lifting a large chunk of concrete out of a cone crusher, but the loader operator they were working with was busy, so the miner decided to lift it out themselves. Back strain. Lost time accident as of 10/08/2019.
The employee was assisting with cleaning up spilled anhydrous lime around the crushing and screening plant. During the course of this process, the anhydrous lime came into contact with the employee's wet skin, causing 1st degree burns. Lost time as of 8/6/2019.
The employee was using a large bar to knock a large rock out of the cone crusher. The employee was putting a lot of force behind the bar, when the rock suddenly moved, pinching EE's finger between the bar and the side of the cone. Lost time as of 8/2.
The employee was stepping up onto a platform and lost balance. When employee's leg came back down to stabilize self, employee was cut by a stray piece of metal. Lost time as of 8/2.
The employee worked EE's full shift, went home and began to feel nauseous and generally unwell. EE went to the emergency room and was diagnosed with heat exhaustion.
The miner was driving a haul truck. When the miner got out of the truck, they tweaked their back. Lost time accident as of 5-30-19.
The employee was walking to the port-a-john when plastic (trash) wrapped around their leg and tripped them. They hit the gravel causing cuts to their hand and forehead. No lost time, but sought treatment on 5-20-19.
The employee was working under/next to the screen when a rock fell off of the top and hit their shoulder. The employee worked through the injury, but missed work on the 17th when they were seen by our provider and put on restrictions. Lost time as of 5-17-19.
The employee was shoveling mud from under a conveyor belt. The employee twisted to toss a shovel-full of mud off of the shovel when the employee's back tightened up on employee. Back strain. Became a lost time accident as of 5/7/2019.
The employee was shoveling dirt from under a conveyor belt. As EE twisted to throw a shovel-full over EE's shoulder, EE felt a pop in the shoulder. Shoulder strain. Became a lost time accident on 5/3/2019.
The injured employee and another employee were pulling wire and dismantling a crushing unit. While pulling wire, the employee felt a jolt of pain in shoulder.
The injured employee and another employee were manually moving a screen. The non-injured employee dropped the end of the screen, causing the screen to fall and squish the injured employee's finger.
The miner was tapping out a sheared bolt on a motor housing and using PB Blaster to tap it out. When that didn't work, the miner began to torch the metal to loosen it. The residual PB Blaster flashed at the miner and EE received 1st degree burns to EE's face and neck.
The employee entered the cab of the excavator, sat in the seat, and was closing the door when employee left a finger in the door jamb too long and closed the door on thumb. Lost time as of 1/28/2019.
Employee was removing rocks from the grizzly bars at the feeder with a sledge hammer. While doing this, the employee felt a pain in back. Injury reported 1/9/19 and lost time as of 1/10/19.
The injured employee and another employee were moving a large piece of plate steel. The injured employee dropped their end and the plate steel struck their leg and landed on their foot.
The injured employee was working with another employee, loosening nuts on a jaw motor to adjust it. The injured employee was leaning forward, pushing on a wrench when the wrench slipped. This caused the employee to be forced forward over the side of the jaw frame where the employee fell on the dirt. The employee was about 5 feet off of the ground.
The employee was dumping a wheelbarrow full of sand when the wheelbarrow tipped too far forward and caused the employee to strain their midsection in the process. The employee worked until 7/30/2018, when the injury became a lost time accident.
The employee had just gotten finished changing screens on the JCI screen. As ee was rushing to get back to the MCC to get the plant started back up, ee missed the second from the top step and fell approximately 10' to the ground, landing on left foot. The employee complained of pain in ankle. No fracture or deformity observed. Became a loss work injury on 4/19/2018.
The employee was performing a workplace exam at the wash plant. When the employee stepped up and walked on a concrete platform for a piece of equipment, employee's foot slid out and employee almost did the splits. Did not become a lost time accident until 4/12/2018.
The employee claims to have been shoveling 3/8 rock into a wheel barrow while cleaning up the plant. Upon lifting the wheel barrow full of 3/8 rock, the employee felt "tearing and pain" in the abdomen. The employee was later diagnosed with two hernias.
The miner was using a pick ax to dig up buried SO cord and wire. The miner felt soreness in back after work. EE woke up the next day and felt more sore. Was diagnosed with a back strain. Lost time as of 2/7/18.
The employee was moving a metal beam from one area to another. There were lifting chains on the ground nearby that the employee didn't see. While carrying the beam, the employee stepped on the chains, the chains and the employees foot slid out from under EE, and EE's knee twisted. Employee referred to doctor for evaluation.
Employee is a loader operator. When the air conditioning in the loader was unable to be repaired, the employee elected to run the loader (unbeknownst to Supervisor). Towards the end of the day, the employee complained of not feeling well, was seen in the emergency room and diagnosed with dehydration. Employee returned to work 8/14/17 (no lost time).
The miner was walking from EE's welding truck to the parts room when EE's foot slid in mud on concrete. When EE's foot slid, EE's knee twisted. The miner continued to work until 7/24/2017, when EE was sent to the doctor. EE received PT and medication. Injury became reportable on 7/24/2017.
The miner was assisting a welder with fabrication activities when slag entered glove cuff and burned three fingers. The miner declined treatment at the time. The following Monday (7-17-2017), the miner complained of pain and swelling and was sent to an urgent care for treatment. Did not become a lost time accident until 7-18-2017.
EE and supervisor were adjusting the scale on the system. EE was watching the belt and supervisor turned to adjust the scale. When supervisor turned back a minute later, EE was on the ground clutching EE's chest. Another EE stayed with the victim while supervisor guided the police, fire department and ambulance to the victim.
The employee was doing excessive shoveling the previous Wednesday, woke up Thursday with back a little sore, worked Thursday, woke up Friday with intense back pain, but still came to work. Injury reported 1/20/2017 and became a lost time accident 1/23/2017.
The employee was running a track-mounted crushing machine. A rock the size of a cell-phone fell from the top of the feed hopper as the employee was looking up and the rock hit EE's mouth, cracking a tooth, and causing some swelling.
The miner was operating a crushing spread. The miner went to the top deck of the cone crusher to check if the cone was operating normally. The miner didn't follow proper procedure in this case. The miner looked into the cone when there was only a few rocks in it and when EE did, a rock bounced out and hit EE in the nose. The miner was seen at urgent care for a nose laceration.
Employee was walking in the wash plant tunnel. Per the employee, wasn't watching where was going and tripped on a small pile of dirt. Employee has a back injury. Lost time accident as of 8/28/2016.
Employee was changing a fuse in a bucket inside of the Wash Plant trailer (MCC). The employee shut down the bucket, opened the bucket, reactivated the bucket, removed and replaced one fuse and upon removing the second fuse, an arc occurred. The employee received minor burns to hands as a result.
Employee was preparing to top off the radiator of a 980 loader. When the employee unlatched the hood, the latch crushed a rock and the debris flew into the employee's eyes.
The employee was driving a haul truck, moving material around the plant,hit a rock in the roadway. The employee was not wearing a seat belt and as a result of hitting the rock, caused the truck to bounce employee up in the seat. When employee landed back in the seat, hurt back. This incident did not become a reportable injury until 5/9/2016 when lost time occurred.
Employee was at home over the weekend and noticed a bite mark on his arm. He believes it was from a spider bite while he was moving and consolidating material at the mine site on 11/14/2015. Employee visited the doctor and received antibiotics for treatment. Employee returned to work 11/23/2015.
The employee was using a two-handed sledgehammer to move material in a feeder by striking the sides of the feeder. As the employee swung the sledgehammer over his head, he felt a "pop" in his left shoulder and released the sledgehammer, which then struck the same shoulder (left). The employee has scheduled an MRI to determine the extent of the damage (an x-ray revealed no damage).