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Employee was using a long pry bar to clear bridged material in a conveyor transfer chute. The bar pinched his left index finger between the bar and the transfer chute housing resulting in a laceration. Sutures were required creating limited use of the left hand.

Employee was using a long bar to unlodge rocks in a transfer chute from the primary plant's scalping screen. Employee reported feeling a strain or "pop" in neck or upper back & the feeling of arms & legs going numb. Contacted EMS & transported employee to hospital for evaluation. MRI revealed no deformity & released him pending further evaluation by specialist.

EE was completing liner repairs inside the primary horizontal impactor. He twisted at his waist while picking up a 1" impact wrench. he felt a strain in his lower back. When reported to his next shift on 7/22/08 at 07:00, he was having muscle spasms and requested a chiropractor evaluation. He subsequently has received chiropractic treatments & medication.

EE WAS USING UTILITY KNIFE CUTTING CONVEYOR BELT. THE KNIFE WAS PULLED THROUGH THE BELT & PUNCTURED RIGHT LEG OF EMPLOYEE. MEDICAL EVAULATION REQUIRED SUTURES TO TREAT WOUND.

MAINTENANCE EE WAS COMPLETING BEARING REPAIR ON A 3 DECK INCLINE SCREEN. HE WAS USING OEM THREADED ROD PULLER INSTALLING THE COUNTERWEIGHT SHEAVE ONTO THE SHAFT. WHILE PULLING THE WRENCH TIGHT ENING THE PULLER, HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK, PHYSICIAN TREATED ON 8/25/03 WITH HOT/COLD COMPRESSES & MEDICATION.

EE WAS USING ADJUSTABLE WRENCH TO REMOVE TORCH FROM OXYGEN/ACETYLENE SUPPLY HOSES. THE PULLING MOTION INDUCED TENSION ON LEFT SHOULDER RESULTING IN MUSCLE/TENDON STRAIN. ON 7/28/03, ORTHOPEDIC SPECIALIST PRESCRIBED ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AND POSSIBLE THERAPY.

MAINTENANCE EMPLOYEE WAS CROSS CUTTING CONVEYER BELT FOR A MECHANICAL BUTT SPLICE. UTILITY KNIFE SLIPPED FROM BELT PUNCTURING RIGHT LEG THIGH ONE INCH DEEP. EE RECEIVED 3 SUTURES AND A TETANUS SHOT.

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF RUBBER FOR A BELT HEAD SCRAPER WHEN THE KNIFE SLIPPED, CAUSING ALACERATION TO THE LEFT HAND. EMPLOYEE WAS TAKEN TO ST. ANTHONY'S MEDICAL CENTER WHERE THE WOUND WAS SUTURED.

EE WAS HOLDING A MAUL WHICH WAS BEING STRUCK BY A HAMMER TO REMOVE A STABILIZER PIN FROM A D9L DOZER. A PIECE OF METAL WAS DISLODGED BY THE IMPACT AND STRUCK THE EE IN THE UPPER LEFT ARM, PENE TRATING TWO LAYERS OF CLOTHING AND LODGING 1/4" TO 3/4" BENEATH THE SKIN. EE WAS TAKEN TO UNITY HEALTH CLINIC AND THEN TO A PLASTIC SURGEON, WHO REMOVED THE OBJECT FROM THE ARM AT HIS OFFICE.

THIS WAS AN INJURY WHICH I DID NOT BELIEVE TO BE REPORTABLE AT THE TIME, HOWEVER AFTER SPEAKING TO THE MSHA INSPECTOR CONDUCTING A REGULAR INSPECTION I BELIEVE IT IS. EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WHIL E SHOVELING AROUND THE SHORT BALLAST CONVEYORS IN THE SECONDARY PLANT HE STRUCK HIS RIGHT FOREARM AGAINST A GUARD, CAUSING A LACERATION. HE WA TAKEN TO UNITY HEALTH IN ST. LOUIS WHERE THE WOU

EE STATED THAT HE WAS HELPING INSTALL A 30 HP MOTOR IN THE SECONDARY PLANT. WHILE DRAGGING THE MOTOR ACROSS THE PLANT FLOOR WITH A HOOKED ROD, EE FELT PAIN IN GROIN AREA. ACCIDENT WAS NOT REPO RTED UNTIL 3-18-97, WHEN PAIN PERSISTED, EE WAS TAKEN TO SEE DR WHO DIAGNOSED A HERNIA AND REFERRED EE TO ANOTHER DR FOR SURGERY. HERNIA REPAIR IS SCHEDULED FOR 3-16-97, EE HAS WORKED ON REST

WHILE CHANGING A BEARING IN THE PLANT ON ATAIL PULLEY,THE COME-A-LONG HE WAS SUING TO REMOVE THE BEARING SLIPPED AND THE BEARING FELL ON HIS HAND,BREAKING HIS KNUCKLE.