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Injured left index finger between wear iron.

EE sustained a partial amputation at the distal portion of the left middle finger-(middle of the nail bed) when the finger was caught between two pieces of metal grating. Injury involved loss of tissue and bone at the fingertip. EE received medical evaluation and will received surgical surgery to smooth fingertip

An employee became ill after experiencing irritation from ammonia event. The employee was evaluated and was unable to return to work the following day.

A Fixed Maintenance employee assisting with re-installation of a return roller for a conveyor belt. While lifting roller back into position, the supporting bracket weighing 7lbs - 10lbs slipped out of place and fell approximately 29 inches. Bracket struck the back of the employee's left hand resulting in a fracture of the 4th finger on the left hand.

EE was attempting to remove a drill bit from a drill basket when it became jammed. When the bit finally came loose, it struck the employee's right index finger, resulting in a chipped fracture and laceration that required stitches.

A haul truck driver, was standing on the emergency ladder platform located on the lower deck of a haul truck. EE was attempting to reach the air filter when they lost footing and fell approximately 4 to 5 feet to the ground. As a result of the fall, they suffered a fractured tibia.

An employee was moving a fire hose cabinet from a skip pan. Skip pan was also loaded with uni strut frames at the time. The employee did not see a unit strut frame leaning on and behind the cabinet. While moving the cabinet, the unit strut frame struck employee's finger.

The employee was in the process of removing a stuffing box from a vertical pump. The employee lost the grip with the right hand and tried to grab it as it was falling. The stuffing box flange crushed two fingers on the right hand between the concrete below.

Employee was pulling wire. Employee overexerted self resulting in a hernia.

Employee was working in the drill Conex, placing drill bits into the designated bin. After task was completed, employee noticed some discomfort in EE's abdominal area. After seeking medical evaluation, employee was diagnosed with an abdominal hernia. Employee stated that EE was not sure if it happened at work or home.

Employee was attempting to break a plug loose on a final differential on the 692 excavator, when the plug broke loose the employee felt a sharp pain in the right shoulder.

While trying to reposition haul truck drive shaft, the shaft slipped, pinching the finger between shaft and yoke on the transmission.

Employee was attempting to push 24" pulley onto forklift when it rolled backwards towards EE and EE was caught between that pulley and another one directly behind EE.

During rescue training a team member was pulling on a rope hooked to a basket. When ee felt pain in shoulder. EE didn't want to see a doctor at that time. In August shoulder was still sore ee was seen by a physician and released full duty. In Oct ee still sore & was referred to Ortho for evaluation. An MRI showed rotator cuff requiring surgery Oct 15th 2018 becoming a recordable.

Employee was shoveling rock and dirt under the crusher conveyor guard when they heard a pop in their wrist. Employee continued to work the remainder of the shift as well as the next shift.

While walking between two four-foot culvert pipes and carrying a nuclear test gauge in right hand subject, in anticipation of an uphill step, shifted weight to right leg and the nuke forward creating a rotation on the planted leg which caused EE's patella to dislocate and EE's leg to give out.

While wearing appropriate PPE, employee was closing a valve that was left opening and was accidently discharging sodium cyanide solution. While closing the valve, gusty wind blew and may have aerosolized the solution contacting the employee's chin, mouth, and nasal passage.

While de-energizing the breaker to Press Feed B pump in the process east MCC room, a flash over occurred. The flash was contained within the cabinet, but caused the employee to jump back, hitting the right side of his body against the adjacent wall of the MCC room.

An employee was changing out the center roller on a conveyor. As the employee was inserting the roller the belt dropped down onto the roller, pushing and seating the roller shaft into the frame bracket. The employee had his gloved hand near the roller shaft and the very tip of the employees left ring finger was pinched creating an avulsion.

The injured employee lifted a steel plate, which is designed for this use and is standard practice, off of the bed of a tire service truck and walked approx. 30 feet with this plate in his arms and against his midsection to position this plate on the ground to support and stabilize the hydraulic jack which was being set to lift a vehicle to install tires.

A crusher operator was up righting a 3 foot metal stand when he felt pain in the left groin.

While replacing a ceramic insulator on a wet electrostatic precipitator (WESP), the insulator slipped and pinched the employee's thumb between the base of the insulator and it's mounting plate.

Employee was cleaning out a conveyor head chute when dust was blown into his left eye.

Crew folding a used track for 10-9-R dozer. The track had a kink in it, it came unkinked, the track dropped about 6", contacting the bottom rail, which launched a projectile that struck individual in left knee area. He was standing approximately 15-20 feet away from the track removal. Taken to Hospital for medical treatment of cut on left leg-knee area and received stitches.

HE WAS PULLING OUT THE TRANSMISSION GUARD WITH HIS HANDS ON THE GROUND, LOST HIS FOOTING ON THE GROUND & SWUNG THE GUARD WITH BOTH HANDS, TOWARDS THE BACK OF THE TRACKS & PINCHED THE PALM OF HIS RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THE GUARD & THE TRACK.

On 6/7/07, an employee was shoveling dirt and muddy material near a conveyor, when he felt a sharp pain in his left abdomen.

On 5/22/07, an employee reported that he had gotten dirt blown into his eyes while working out on the heap leach pads. Both eyes were irritated and he was taken into the local clinic for a check up.

A loader operator in the pit was climbing up the stairs of a 992 G loader. As he was climbing up the three stairs he felt a pain in his right bicep.

On 8/31/06 an employee was welding a 26 inch long piece of pipe in an upright position, when it fell he tried to catch it and it pinched his finger between another piece of pipe. The right ring finger tip was broken in two places.

On 8/15/06, an employee working in the tire yard was pulling a 51" tire flange from a leaning 45 degree position, to an upright position, when he felt a pain in his stomach. He initially thought he pulled a muscle and reported it the following day 8/16/06. Physician confirmed on 8/21/06 that the employee has a double hernia.

An employee was servicing #513 dozer when he grabbed onto a sharp piece of metal near the bottom of the dozer. The employee was not wearing his gloves and resulted in a cut to the right middle finger.

An employee working in the refinery was pushing a leaf filter on the press, back into place when it fell off the slide bar landing on the employee's right wrist. This fractured the Ulna in the right wrist.

Two employees were removing a large rock from a conveyor frame on routine clean up of the belt. As they both lifted the large rock in rolled on to one of the emplyees left pinky. This lacerated the pinky and broke the very tip of the left pinky. The employee was wearing leather gloves.

Employee was putting tire chains on the service truck. He was using a block to raise the back tires. The block started to slip and the employee put his foot on the block to stop it from slipping, when the block pushed back hitting his right ankle.

Employee was guiding the hook on the crane to unplug the jaw crusher from rocks when the hook kicked out and smashed his hand.

WHILE INSTALLING A TOOTH ON LOADER ADAPTER, HE TURNED TO GET THE PIN & THE TOOTH FELL ON HIS FOOT, BREAKING A BONE.

WHILE CHANGING OUT OXYGEN AND ACETYLENE BOTTLES, HE LIFTED THE BOTTLES TO PUT ON THE RACK AND SPRAINED/STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

SHOVELING ON #4 CRUSHER DECK, HE FELT PAIN IN RIGHT HIP AREA.

HE WAS DOING REPAIRS ON #613 BLADE, TAKING OFF BOLTS ON LIFTING CYLINDER ARMS, THEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN ON HIS LOWER RT. HAND SIDE IN GROIN AREA.

HE WAS MOVING METAL ARM GUARDS, WHEN ONE SLIPPEDAND PINCHED HIS FINGER.

EE ALLEGEDLY STRAINED LOWER BACK WHILE HELPING TO LIFT EMULSION TRANSFER PUMP FROM PICKUP BED TO GROUND. EE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 7/26/02. DID NOT RECEIVE ANY MEDICAL TREATMENT & WAS RELEASED TO LIGHT DUTY. INJURY CURRENTLY UNDER INVESTIGATION TO DETERMINE IF IT'S A NEW INJURY OR AGGRAVATION OF AN OLD INJURY W/PREVIOUS EMPLOYER. INJURY DIAGNOSED AS ACUTE LUMBAR STRAI

EE AND CO WORKER WERE LIFTING A SIX INCH PLASTIC PIPE WHEN THEY SET IT DOWN TOO FAST AND THE END OF THE PIPE CAME DOWN AND SMASHED THE INJURED EE S LEFT HAND.

WHILE SLIDING SHAFT OUT OF POSITION, HAND SLIPPED OFF SHAFT AND SMASHED RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

WHILE LIFTING/PUSHING A PORTABLE GENSET IN THE BACK OF A SEMI TRAILER THE EE FELT A POP IN HIS ANKLE. NOTE: EE WAS NOT FOLLOWING PROPER LIFTING PROCEDURES

EMPLOYEES WERE REMOVING THE SAFETY BARRIER FROM THE TRUCK DUMP. A MECHANIC THREW THE SAFETY LINETHAT WAS ATTACHED TO THE BARRIER AROUND THE METAL TRUCK DUMP HIGH WALL. INJURED CAUGHT THE ROPE, BUT HE DID NOT SEE THE METAL SAFETY HOOK ON THEEND OF THE ROPE WHICH HIT HIM IN THE MOUTH.

INSTALLING HEEL PLATE (WEAR ITON) ON 992 G CATERPILLAR LOADER BUCKET, THE MECHANIC REACHED TO ALIGN PLATE THAT WAS LOCATED ON HYDRAULIC JACK, THE PLATE SLIPPED OFF THE JACK AND LANDED ON LEFT (5TH DIGIT) FINGER.