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Employee was using a wrench to loosen a screen bolt. Pulled muscle in lower back resulting in restricted duty.

Employee was swinging a hammer to take out the ball joints on a 772 when EE's left hand popped causing pain.

Employee was cutting a belt that was positioned on the ground. The safety knife slipped and contacted EE's right leg causing a laceration to EE's right calf muscle, resulting in stitches. Full duty, same day.

Crew was removing a bearing from the shaft at the shaker. They were trying to get the race free. The employee struck the bearing resulting in shattered metal coming back at the employee's hand. Employee was wearing gloves but the metal cut through to the top of the hand.

Employee was cutting lagging material to go around the main crusher. EE was using a box knife to open a hole for a bolt when the knife slipped cutting EE's right thumb.

Employee was using a retractable safety utility knife to cut a piece of flashing and the knife blade failed to retract back like it is designed. Resulting in a laceration on the underside of their forearm requiring 5 stitches.

On 2/20 at 11:30, employee was operating the doghouse at Avoca Quarry when EE went to clear a cone bridge using a pry bar. While pulling on the pry bar, the rock gave way and EE hit pinky finger on the cage surrounding the crusher inlet, resulting in multiple open fractures of the tip of that finger.

The employee was cleaning out an unused silo that had filled with material. Employee used the handle of the shovel to see if debris blocking the door was movable while standing to the side. The door itself, which is steel & approximately 24" x 24" & of a clam-shell design, broke loose from the concrete ceiling. It fell to the ground 7' below, striking employee in the lower leg.

Mechanic was working under normal conditions, he was not under any unusual stress or strain. He was installing a drain plug in a wheel loader, wheel differential, which is on a vertical plane on the face of wheel hub. He was turning a ratchet, an felt a pop in his left bicep muscle and the muscle was at least partially torn.

Employee was a supervisor who was working with the plant electricians while replacing a transformer that had failed. The employee was attempting to remove insulation from the 750 CFM cable when his knife slipped and resulted in a laceration to the back of his left thumb.

Employee was using a 6 lb. sledge hammer to remove a stuck tooth from a trackhoe bucket. When the employee struck the tooth with the hammer, a small shard of metal broke off and embedded into employee's left forearm. Employee was taken to a clinic to have the shard removed. Two (2) stitches were used to close the wound.

The employee was working on the feed plate on the gravel plant screen. He was using a drive ratchet to tighten the bolts on the plate. The bolt slipped causing the ratchet to strike the employee under the chin. The strike resulted in a laceration approximately one inch long and 1/4 inch deep.

Using a 2 lbs hammer hitting a chisel to remove a pin on a master lock on tracks for dozer. Metal object entered left upper leg.

EE was using a screw driver to pry open a bung seal in a 55 gallon drum. The screw driver slipped, which caused his hand to glance across the aluminum seal. He suffered a right hand laceration that required 25 stitches. EE was using the wrong tool to get the job done, resulting in this injury.

EE WAS TRYING TO GET A SPRING ROLLER RELEASED FROM WHERE IT WAS MOUNTED ON THE CONVEYOR. HE WAITED FOR THE BOLTS TO BE CUT OFF BY TORCH THEN WAS USING A 18" PRY BAR TO PRY THE ROLLER OUT OF THE BRACKET. HE WAS PUSHING ON THE PRY BAR WHEN IT SLIPPED AND HE LET GO OF THE BAR AND THE BAR HIT HIM JUST UNDER THE LEFT EYE LID

EE WAS HOLDING A SCREEN WEDGE WITH HIS LEFT HAND AND TRYING TO GET IT STARTED BY HITTING IT WITH A HAMMER. HE MISSED THE WEDGE AND HIT HIS FINGER.

EE WAS HELPING MECHANIC, MAN UNPIN THE HORSE BACKHOE ATTACHMENT AT THE JAWS INORDER TO REMOVE IT. HE GRABBED A BRACE TO ADJUST HIS FOOTING AT THE SAME TIME OTHER HIT THE BRACE WITH A 3 LBS. SH OP HAMMER, SMASHING HIS THUMB LACERATION IT. HE WAS THEN ADMINISTERED FIRST AID BY HIS SUPERVISOR OTHER BY WRAPPING THE HAND AND THUMB AND APPLYING ICE. THEN TRANSPORTED TO CLINIC.

EE WAS HELPING CHANGE OUT V-BELT ON VSI. WHILE REMOVING LAST BOLT ON COVER, WHEN IT FELL OFF STRIKING HIM ON SHIN. HE DID NOT WANT TO THE DR. 6-20. HE WENT TO THE CLINIC 7-25.

EMP WAS WORKING WITH ANOTHER EMP TAKING BOLTS OUT OF CRUSHING UNIT. OTHER EMPS WRENCH SLIPPED OFF BOLT AND HIS FOREARM STRUCK EMP IN MOUTH. EMP DID NOT WASN TO SEE DR 3-28-97. CAME BY OFFICE 4 -11-97 WANTING TO SEE DENTIST. EMP NEEDS BRIDGE WORK REPLACED.

EE WAS CUTTING CROWN BAR RUBBER WITH UTILITY KNIFE. RIBBER SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND AND HE CUT HIS FOREARM.

EE WAS PREPARING TO INSTALL A COUNTERWEIGHT BACKON THE SHAFT OF A VIBRATOR SCREEN. AS HE & ANOTHER EE WERE LIFTING THE COUNTERWEIGHT, THE CHISELTHAT WAS USED TO HOLD THE WEIGHT APART CAME OUT & STRUCK EE IN HIS EYE.

EE WAS REMOVING PINS FROM AN 8" RIVER PUMP FLOAT. HE OVER REACHED WHILE SWINGING A SHOP HAMMER CAUSING A STRAIN TO ELBOW. DI NOT REPORT INJURY UNTIL 3-21-96.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING GUARD ON STANDARD CRUSHER REMOVED BOLTS AND HIT GUARD WITH HAMMER. THE GUARD CAME DOWN AND HIT EMPLOYEE'S HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTIN GOUT SECTION FO BELT TO BE REPLACED AND THE BOX KNIFE HE WS USIN GSLIPPED AND CUT HIS LEFT FOREARM.

INJURED ATTACHED CHAIN TO ANVIL RING (PART OF CRUSHER), AS I WAS BEING LIFTED OUT, RING BROKE & CHAIN HIT KENNY IN THE FACE

EMPLOYEE WAS CHIPPING WELD WITH HAMMER, SLAG BECAME LODGED UNDER HIS RIGHT EYE LID.

INJURED WAS HELPING PUT TEETH ON LOADER BUCKET, ONE TOOTH WAS STUCK, SO HE HAD ANOTHER EMPLOYEE HIT IT WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER AND IT SPLINTERED STICKING HIM IN THE UPPER LIP.

EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING BOLT ON CRUSHER WHEN WRENCH SLIPPED & HIT HIS LOWER LIP.

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING A TIRE AND GOT HIS FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN ALUMINUM MUD FLAP AND JACK HANDLE.

INJURED WAS INSTALLING A REBUILT POWER HEAD ON CRUSHER SCREEN. IT WAS STUCK IN THE UP POSIITON, HE USED A WRENCH THAT HAD THE END BROKEN OFF TO FREE IT UP. THE POWER HEAD RELEASED, THE WRENC H SLIPPED AND CUT HIS HAND.

BATCHET COME ALONG SLIPPED A TOOTH WHILE OPENING HAMMERMILL AND EE S HAND SLIPPED OFF HANDLE AND RIGHT FOREARM HIT CHUTE TO HAMMERMILL.

CONTRACT WORKER WAS HAMMERING ON THE LID OF A METAL BIN AND ANOTHER PERSON THAT WAS HOLDING THE LID OF THE BIN DROPPED IT ON HIS HAND CAUSING THE INJURY. HE WAS A CONTRACT WORKER AND WAS NOT N EEDED AGAIN FOR THE ASSIGNMENT.

ONE EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING THE BREAKER BAR UP WITH PRY BAR AND INJURED WENT TO MOVE SPACERS WHEN PRY BAR SLIPPED AND SMASHED TIP OF RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING THE SAW BLADE OFF THE WEEDEATER AND THE WRENCH SLIPPED CAUSING THE BLADE TO HIT IN THE LEFT PALM.

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING A HYDRAULIC HOSE ON A LOADER AND PULLED TOO HARD ON A WRENCH.

EE WAS USING 10 FT CHEATER BAR TO PUT TRACK BACK ON CRANE & TO AJUST NUTS & BOLTS, HE WAS IN A HURRY TO GET THIS DONE SO HE COULD MOVE IT OUT OF THE WAY SO A SHOT COULD BE SET OFF LATER THAT M ORNING. HE STATED TO A JOHN MILLS THAT HE STRAINED HIS BACK DOING THIS.

EE WAS SWINGING SLEDGE HAMMER TO REAPRI DAMAGE TO IMPACT AND STRAINED HIS ELBOW. DID NOT THINK ANYTHING OF IT AT TIME DECIDED TO SEE DR AFTER IT CONTINUED TO BOTHER HIM.

EMPLOYEE WAS BREAKING DOWN A BOOM CHAIN AND THE LEVERAGE BAR SLIPPED OFF THE HANDLE AND HIT HIM IN THE EYE.

TIGHTENING FAN BELT ON LOADER THE BAR SLIPPED OUT AND HE FELL ON GROUND LANDING ON R SIDE

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING BOLTS OUT OF TRACKS ON A BACKHOE WITH A HAMMER AND A PIECE OF METAL FLEW OFF BOLT AND STRUCK HIM IN THE RIGHT HAND.

EMPL HELPING MECHANIC CHANGE BEARING ON A BLOWER.MECHANIC HIT BEARING WITH HAMMER AND PIECE OF STEEL BROKE OFF AND STRUCK EMPL ARM.

51/2FOOT CRUSHER WAS BEING ADJUSTED WITH HYDRAULIC RAMS THE RAM WAS EXTENDED ABOUT 6IN THE OPERATOR TOLD HIM TO TURN THE GRINDER AROUND HE PICKED IT UP BY THE RAM & WHEN HE DID THE RAM CAME BACK IN & CRUSHED HIS RT FINGERS

WHILE HAMMERMILL LID WAS BEING HOISTED,THE LID SUPPORT BAR SLIPPED ALLOWING LID TO FALL BEYOND USUAL TRAVEL DISTANCE.

WHILE DRIVING A PIN INTO ARM OF LOADER, A PAINT CHIP HIT HIM N THE EYE..

EMPL WAS ON TOP OF MESABI SCREEN TRYING TO BEAT A ROCK FROM SCREEN WITH SLEDGE HAMMER.IT GLANCED OFF SCREEN AND HIT EMPL LEFT FOOT BEHIND STEEL TOE.DIDNT GO TO DR UNTIL 8-4-89-FX IS MINOR AND HEALING.

WHILE CUTTING PVC PIPE-EMPLOYEE SLID HIS HAND OVER A PLASTIC SLIVER, RESULTING IN A 7-SUTURE LACERATION TO HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A TRANSMISSION FROM A TRUCK THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED AND T HE JACK DID TOO CAUSING THE EMPLOYEES FINGER TO BE CAUGHT BETWEEN JACK AND TRANSMISSION

EMP WA> ATTEMPTING TO DISLODGE A CBLE FROM A FIBERGLASS FLOTATION DIVICE WITH A PICK. THE PICK PENETRATED THE FIBERGALSS AND W HEN HE ATTE MPTED TO DISLODE THE J PICK THE SHRARP END CAME CAME BACK AND HIT HIM IN THE LEFT EYE.

EMPLOYEE WAS KNOCKING SOME DUST LOOSE FROM THE DUST COLLECTOR DISCHARGE PIPE WITH A RUBBER HAMMER. HIS FINGER BRUSHED AGAINST THE METAL COVER OF THE FINISH ELEVATOR CONVEYOR COVER AND WAS CUT. FOUR STITCHES WERE REQUIRED IN HIS RIGHT LITTLE FINGER.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING PRY BAR TO TURN CLEANOUT PULLEY TO REMOVE ROCKS FROM SAME WITH WRISTS HELD STRAIGHT GRADUALLY INCREASING PRESSURE WAS APPLIED SUDDEN SHARP PAIN OCCURRED IN WRIST