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Driller and Assistant were pulling casing. The assistant turned the casing loose. The driller pulled casing up, the casing stuck and then released causing the casing to jerk in an upward motion hitting the driller assistant in the mouth.

02/28/13 EE using cutting torch for maintenance. EE claimed slag fall in left ear. EE taken ER,examined,given antibiotic,released w/o restriction. 09/11/2013 EE contacted mgmt via phone complaining of drainage/dizziness. 10/04/13 EE saw ENT specialist. Examined, given antibiotic. Testing revealed perforated ear drum. 01/07/2014 EE underwent surgical procedure to repair ear drum.

07/10/2011 employee received minor burn to right shin while cutting metal. Treated on-site first aid. 09/15/2011 seen by doctor for infection. 09/17/11 employee notified supervisor of medical treatment.

Miner was grinding in front of welders while re-lining a pan feeder. He had his back to the welders. Welding flash came from behind his face shield and reflected off of the inside causing burns to the miner's eyes.

EE was operating tramway and had to reach down to secure a door on an incoming tram bucket.Doors on the tramway buckets are designed to latch automatically after they are emptied into the discharge silo;however,unlatched doors occur frequently due to rocks or sand in the latch mechanism. When EE reached to secure door, it caused a muscle strain in his lower back.

Employee was using a drill press & was moving the metal shavings with a wrench. He began talking with another employee & unconsciously grabbed the metal shavings that were curling toward his chest with his gloved hand. The metal shavings cut through the glove & lacerated his left index finger, which required sutures.

Four employees were performing preventative maintenance on the aerial tram system used to transport stone from the quarry to the plant. While tensioning the steel cable used to carry the tram buckets, the hydraulic cylinder assembly pulled loose from its anchor point. One employee was fatally injured and another suffered a broken leg, after being struck by components of the system.

On 02/23/06 employee received a puncture wound to his right hand, between his little and ring fingers. This incident was witnessed and caused by another employee. Victim was holding a plastic panel up with both hands while a driller from the opposite side of the panel drilled through the panel and part of victim's right hand.

Employee said that while operating the bag machine, his right shoulder became more painful from an old work-related injury. He felt burning pain & stiffness in it whenever he had to raise it overhead to reach an empty bag. Finally became so painful tht he could not push empty bag onto the machine's filler spout on his right side. Had torn rotator cuff surgery on 8/26/05.

Employee was making adjustments to feed system above bulk bagger; he asked other employee to test system. He informed operator he was clear of machine. As machine was started, his leg became caught between stationary and moving part of machine putting pressure on lower leg. Employee had a stress fracture to his right ankle.

THE RAIL ON THE BAGGING MACHINE HAD BECOME SHARP DUE TO CONTINUOUS INSERTION OF THE BAGS FOR LOADING SAND. EE INSERTE BAG AND HIS RIGHT THUMB WAS LACERATED ON THE SHARP EDGE OF THE RAIL.

HE HAD BEEN REMOVING PALLETS FROM THE STRETCH WRAP MACHINE AND PUTTING THEM INTO STORAGE. HE WENT TO LINE UP THE MACHINE WHEN HE WALKED BETWEEN THE MACHINE AND PALLET CONVEYER. WHEN IT WAS ACT IVATED IT PINNED THE LOWER PART OF HIS LEG BETWEEN THE PALLET AND THE FRAME OF THE MACHINE. LOWER PART OF HIS LEG BEGAN TO SWELL UP.

USING BAGGER AND PALLETIZER REPEATEDLY WHEN LEFT SHOULDER BECAME SORE. REPORTED 5-15-01, WENT TO DOCTOR 5-3-01.

WELDING - METAL IN RIGHT EYE.

USING JACK-HAMMER TO BUST UP CONCRETE. BECAME LODGED - PULLED ON IT -- FELT SOMETHING GIVE IN HIS BACK.

HE WAS HOLDING PIPE FOR ANOTHER EE WHO WAS WELDING.

EE WAS INSTALLING NEW CARBON STEEL CONICAL HOPPER ON A WET SCRUBBER WITH CABLE HOISTS WHEN LIFTING LUG BROKE OFF HOPPER AND STRUCK HIM ON UPPER LIP, LACERATING SKIN. THREE WELDERS WERE WORKING ON PROJECT. EE RECEIVED 4 SUTURES TO CLOSE LACERATION.

EE USING HAND GRINDER W/4" DIA. DISC TO CLEAN WELD ON 6"STEEL PIPE. GRINDER KICKED BACK AND DISC STRUCK EE ON RIGHT SIDE OF FACE NEAR LOWER NOSE.

EE WAS GRINDING EXCESS WELD OFF OF TRAMWAY RIAL. THE GRINDER KICKED BACK AND AS A RESULT, HE RECEIVED A LACERATION TO HIS RIGHT KNEE. THIS LACERATION WAS CLOSED WITH FIVE SUTURES. HE WAS AL SO GIVEN A TETANUS SHOT.

EE HAD CLIMBED UP ON THE SIDE OF BAGGER TO TOP OF TANK. HE HAD A HANDHOLD WITH HIS LEFT HAND NEAR THE BUTTERFLY VALVE ACTIVATING ARM. WHEN THE BAG ON BAGGER WAS FULL THE BUTTERFLY VALVE CLOSED . THE ACTIVATING ARM CAUGHT TIP OF EE'S LEFT THUMB.

WHILE POSITIONING THE HOIST HE WAS HOLDING THE CHAIN AND ACCIDENTLY PUSHED THE UP BUTTON. THIS CAUSED HIS FINGER TO BE PULLED INTO THE CHAIN GUIDE.

CRANE WAS HOOKED TO CRUSHER TRYING TO MOVE BELL. WHEN CRANE LIFTED THE BELL, IT HIT THE EE ON THE RIGHT KNEE. WENT TO THE DR ON 5-9-96 GIVEN KNEE BRACE AND TOLD TO WEAR BRACE FOR 5-7 DAYS.

EE WAS USING AN OXYGEN-ACETYLENE TORCH TO CUT A STEEL PIPELINE OVERHEAD, WHEN A HOT SPARK &/OR DEBRIS WENT IN HIS RIGHT EYE.

USING IMPACT WRENCH THE SOCKET CAME OFF WHILE TURNING PIN TALL FINGER.

EE WAS GETTING READY TO PULL OLD BELT OF OF A-2 CONVEYOR WITH CRANE, HAD CRANE IN POSITION WITH THE BOOM AT APPROX. 40 TO 45 DEGREES. DID NOT HAVE OUTRIGGER OUT. EE WENT TO SWING THE BOOM TO T HE RIGHT EE SAID THE SWING WOULD NOT STOP CAUSING THE CRANE TO LAY OVER TO THE RIGHT SIDE. EE JUMPED FROM THE QUIPMENT.

EE WAS CUTTING METAL WITH CUTTING TORCH. WHEN CUTTING, THE METAL BECAME HOT, SLAG GOT INTO BOOT AND CAUSED A BURN.

ALLEGES CONTINUOUS USE OF PALLETIZER AND BAGGER CAUSED STRAIN TO THIS NECK AND SHOULDER (RIGHT).

INJURED WAS LOADING BAGGED SAND WHEN HE REACHED FOR A BAG, THE CONVEYOR SPLICE CAUGHT HIS RIGHT THUMB WEDGING IT BETWEEN THE BELT AND THE SLIDE TABLE, CAUSING A FRACTURE TO HIS RIGHT THUMB.

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT DRIVING IN THE PIT AREA WHICH WAS UNLEVEL TERRAIN AGRAVATED OLD BACK INJURY

WHILE USING A PNEUMATIC AIR WRENCH TO LOOSEN A BOLT ONT EH TRACKS OF A DOZER, EMPLOYEE PINNED LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN HANDLE OF AIR WRENCH AND DOZER TRACK. AIR WRENCH SLIPPED FROM ITS INTEN DED POSITION, CAUSING THE INJURY.

CHANGING BLADES ON 966 CAT LOADER, REMOVING BOLT FROM BLADE. BOLT HEAD STARTED SPINNING AS EE WAS REMOVING THE NUT WITH AN AIR WRENCH.

INJURED WAS PERFORMING MECHANICAL WORK ON A CATEPILLAR 920 FRONT END LOADER. WHILE TRYING TO REMOVE A BOLT WITH A PNEUMATIC WRENCH HE COULD NOT VISUALLY SEE IF THE BOLT AND NUT WAS TURNING SEP ARELY OR TOGETHER HE THEN TRIED TO FEEL IF THE NUT WAS TURNING WITH HIS LEFT HAND,CUTTING HIS MIDDLE FINGER ON THE ROTATING BOLT.

HOSE PRESSURE LOST GRIP. SKIN ABRAISION ON L FOREARM.

GUIDING BASKET OF BITS IN DECK TIP OF GLOVE CUAHT BETWEEN BRACKET AND DECK MASHED ALL SKIN OFF FINGER

STEADYING PUMP, WHILE OTHER REAMED OUT HOLES, PARTICLES GOT IN EYES

THEY WERE CONSTRUCTING A DUST COLLECTOR HOUSING. HE WAS HOLDING THE METAL TOGETHER WHILE I.NAME WELDED. HE LOOKED AWAY WHEN AN ARC WAS STRUCK. THTA EVENING (4-24-90), HE WENT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM WITH A DIAGNOSED FLASH BURN IN BOTH EYES. DROPS AND CREAM WERE PUT IN EYES, PATCHES WERE APPLIED FOR 30 HOURS.

CUTTING RUBBER BACK METAL WITH A JIG SAW. METAL CHIP IN LEFT EYE.

I.NAME WAS PULLING THE AIR RELEASE VALVE ON A RAILCAR WHEN THE COTTER-PIN HOLDING THE RELEASE VALVE LEVER BROKE, CAUSING HIS RIGHT HAND TO STRIKE THE FRAME OF THE CAR. INJURY INCURRED WAS A CH IPPED BONE, RIGHT THUMB.

ON COMPLETION OF A WELDING JOB, HE RAISED HIS HOOD AND UNINTENTIONALLY TOUCHED HIS WELDING ELECTRODE TO THE WHEELBARROW ON WHICH HE WAS WELDING. IT CAUSED A SPARK FROM WHICH A PIECE OF FLUX ST RUCK HIM IN THE LEFT EYE CAUSING ABRASION TO THECORNER.

EMPLOYEE WAS FILLING JUMBO BAGS, HE CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN THE FORK OF FORKLIFT AND THE BAG FILL PIPE.

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ON OVERFLOWLAUNDER 10X10 SEPARATOR WELDING UNDER SIDE OF LAUNDER SOME HOT SLAG BOUNCED UP FROM GRTATING & IN BEHIND EMPLOYEES WELDING HELMET & INTO RT.EYE

EMP WAS FELLING TREES FOLOWING AN I CE STORM. AS HE WAS CUTTING CHINSAW HE WAS USING KICKED BACOPENING A 2" CUT 1 1/2" BELOW L. KNEE. 11 STITCHES WERE REQUIRED.

SANDING WITH HAND HELD ELECTRIC SANDER. SANDING DISC CAME APART, SANDER BECAME OUT OF BALANCE AND JERKED OUT OF OPERATORS HANDS. DISC STRUCK BACK OF LEFT HAND.

WELDING CHUTE TO #8 SCREEN HOUSE BIN. CHIPPING SLAG FROM WELD, FOREIGHN PARTICLE GOT INTO EYE.

EMPLOYEE CUT HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER ON THE SPOOT ON THE VALVE BAGGER.ABOUT 3-4 WEEKS LATER HE INFORMED MANAGEMENT THAT HE WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH IT,EVIDENTLY IT DID NOT HEAL CORRECTLY.THE FI NGER WAS COLD TO TOUCH AND LIFELESS.INITIAL DOCTORS VISIT RESULTED IN SEEING A SPECIALIST.

TRANSFERRING 107 SOLUTION OF TDO FROM MIXING TANK TO DAY STORAGE TANK.EMPL OPERATING 2'' GATE VALVE TO CHANGE TRANSFER OF REAGENT FROM #1 DAY TANK TO #2 DAY TANK WHEN RUBBER HOSE SLEEVE SLIPPE D FROM 2'' PIPE1CHEMICAL RICOCHETED FROM WALL ONTO EMPL UPPER BODY AND FACE.

HOT SLAG FROM W9LDING FELL INTO RIGHT EAR-BURNS TO TYMPANIC MEMBRANES OF THE RIGHT EAR.

EMP WAS GRINDING STEEL PIPE

HAVING COMPLETE CUTTING DOWN TREES UNDER THE ELECTRIC LINES, THE INJURED WAS WALKING TO THE ROAD WITH CHAIN SAW ON IDLE. CHAIN CAUGHT ON INJURED\S LEFT TROUSER LEG PULLING IT AGAINST THE LEG. LEFT LEG WAS CUT BELOW THE KNEE.

DRILLING A 7/8" HOLE IN CONCRETE WITH A 1/2" DRILL MOTOR. DRILL BIT HUNG UP IN HOLE SPINNING DRILL MOTOR.