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A Mine Engineer sustained a fracture to right lower leg while operating the JLG Manlift. While tramming the manlift drove over a rock which caused them to unexpectedly get jostled in the basket, causing them to come down on right foot in an awkward manner resulting in the injury.

An equipment operator was in a Cat 980H FEL working at the Aglime stockpile. While at the face of the stockpile working the pile a large chunk of frozen material broke free falling about 15 feet & landed in bucket. The weight of the material caused the loader to tip forward causing operator to be thrown forward in the cab making contact with the door glass and cab support pillar.

On Wednesday, August 29th sometime around 2:00 PM a car was found in the main lobe of Thornton Quarry. Upon investigation the deceased driver was observed inside the vehicle. It appears from preliminary findings that this incident is a suicide. The car entered the quarry from Williams street landing 150 feet below. The local Police are conducting an investigation.

In the early morning hours of 1/14/11 a private vehicle traveling north on Williams Street left the roadway sustaining considerable damage. The vehicle came to rest on Thornton Quarry property in the area of the tarping station. The vehicle had two occupants, passenger pronounced dead at the scene, driver transported to hospital. This incident did not involve miners.

In the early morning hours of January 14, 2011 a private vehicle traveling north on Williams Street left the roadway sustaining considerable damage. The vehicle came to rest on Thornton Quarry property in the the area of the tarping station. The vehicle had two occupants, passenger pronounced dead at the scene, driver transported to hospital. This incident did not involve miners.

A mechanic sustained a nasal fracture when he was struck in the face with the parking brake pedal on a p/u truck. The injured miner was repairing the parking brake on a p/u truck which would not release. While attempting to release the parking brake pedal manually by hand, the pedal released easier than he expected and struck him in the face.

This incident did not involve a miner. A private vehicle traveling north on Williams Street left the roadway striking a section of fence and the main gate at the entrance to Thornton Quarry. The driver sustained injuries and was transported by ambulance to Christ Hospital. The Thornton IL Police Department is handling the investigation.

A laborer suffered a contusion and laceration to his left hand while installing a section of conveyor. The injured miner was cutting a bolt that was in the way and when the cut was complete the conveyor moved causing his left hand (off hand) to be caught between the conveyor and another object.

The injured miner was rigging scrap steel to an extended reach fork lift when he was struck on the top of his hard hat by one of the forks as it was lowered. He is now experiencing pain and stiffness in his neck. He did not seek medical treatment until May 28, 2010

Employee did not report injury to plant manager. He told the manager he did not know when or where he hurt his back. Employee then told his personal doctor that he may have hit a rut when driving his haul truck but was not sure when he hurt his back.

At the end of the shift, the injured was driving his personal vehicle to the locker room to pick up his dirty clothing and lunch box, when he struck the yard gate at the front of the property.

The injured was decending the Cherry Picker and when he reached ground level he felt a pain in his right ankle.

The employee was operating the locomotive and when he was given the signal to stop he struck his shoulder on the window frame.

THE INJURED MINER INADVERTENTLY PLACED HIS RIGHT HAND ON THE RAIL OF A TELESCOPING SHUTTLE CONVEYOR. THE DRIVE WHEEL ROLLED OVER HIS HAND DELIVERING A CRUSHING INJURY. SUTURES WERE REQUIRED MA KING THIS A RECORDABLE INJURY. T

WHILE DRIVING A HAUL TRUCK THE EE STRUCK HIS HAND IN THE CAB AND INJURED HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER.

THE DECEASED & A CO-WORKER BOTH CUSTOMER TRUCK DRIVERS WERE OUT OF THEIR VEHICLES NEAR THE SHIPPING AREA WHEN A HAUL TRUCK DROVE THROUGH THE AREA & STRUCK BOTH INDIVIDUALS. [SEE ATTACHED COPY OF FATAL]

THE INJURED AND COWORKER WERE IN THE PROCESS OF CLEARING THE M-8 CONVEYOR AT THE #4 SHORTHEAD CRUSHER. THE INJURED ATTEMPTED TO MOVE THE CONVEYOR BY REMOVING THE V-BELT GUARD AND PULLING ON TH E DOUBLE V-BELT. A MISUNDERSTANDING WITH COWORKER OCCURRED AND THE CONVEYOR WAS STARTED AS THE INJURED WAS PULLING ON THE V-BELT.

WHILE OPERATING WATER TRUCK RAN OVER LARGE ROCK AND LOST CONTROL OF STEERING WHEEL MOMENTARILY AND WHEEL SPUN CATCHING THUMB.

EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF USING A CHERRY PICKER TO DELIVER AND ELECTRICAL PANEL TO THE TUNNEL AREA. EE STATES THAT WHEN HE WAS APPROX HALFWAY DOWN THE RAMP HE LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. EE AL SO STATED HE UNBUCKELD HIS SEATBELT AND JUMPED FROM THE VEHICLE INJURING HIS SHOULD AND LACERATING HIS FACE AND HEAD.

WELDING IN FOR HEAD BOX OF 1 PRIMARY WAS HIT BY A FALLING ROCK WHEN BELT MAINTENANCE STARTED THERE WIND UP REEL. CONTUSION LEFT RIBS.

THE INJURED WAS DRIVING A TRUCK FOR THE FILLMORETOWNSHIP. FOR UNKNOWN REASONS THE INJURED EXITEDHIS TRUCK WHILE THE LOADER OPERATOR WAS LOADING ANOTHER TRUCK. AS THE LOADER OPERATOR BACKED HIS VEHICLE HE NOTICED THE INJURED'S TRUCK IN HIS MIRROR AND STOPPED IMMEDIATELY. WHEN THE OPERATOR EXITED THE LOADER HE FOUND THE INJURED ON THE GROUND AND IMMEDIATELY CALLED FOR RESCUE HELP.

DRIVING PIT TRUCK TURNED FAN ON AND DUST CAME OUT AND WENT INTO LEFT EYE.

ICE CAME OFF HEAD PULLEY CONVEYOR AND HIT FINGERS LEFT HAND WHILE EE WAS HOLDING ONTO HEAD BOX FRACTURE RING AND MIDDLE FINGERS.

FILLING A 5-GAL. BUCKET UP WITH MUD TO BE HOISTED OUT OF PIT. THE CLEAN OUT ELEVATOR NEXT TO EE WAS RUNNING W/O A GUARD ON IT. FOOT GOT ENTANGLED IN BUCKETS BREAKING 3 TOES LEFT FOOT.

LOADING CONVEYOR SECTIONS ONTO FLAT BED TRUCK. LOADER WAS BACKING, A HOOK ON THE ONE CHAIN CAUGHT A CONVEYOR FRAME PULLED IT OFF THE TRUCK, KNOCKING MAN TO THE GROUND-FELL ON HIP-STRAINED HIP AND LOWER BACK.

CAUGHT HAND BETWEEN CONVEYOR AND SKIRTING BRUISED RIGHT HAND.

49959NG WELD TRUCK NO POWER STEERING WHILE DRIVING TO GARAGE SUDDEN WHEN TURNING PULLED MUSCLE LOWER BACK.

UNCOUPLING LOCOMOTIVE FROM RR CARS. WHEN SHUTTING THE AIR VALVE ON ENGINE HOSE COUPLING BLEW APART- CUT AND BRUISED TO INSIDE LEFT ELBOW.

DRIVING PERSONAL CAR TOWARDS TIME CLOCK TO GO HOME-HEAD ON ACCIDENT WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE ON ROAD BETWEEN OFFICE AND PLANT-NECK STRAIN.

REUTRNING FROM ASSIGNED WORK AREA-WAS JARRED AND THROWN OFF PIECE OF EQUIPMENT-THROWN TO GROUND-FRACTURE OF LEFT RADIUS AT WRIST.

SHOWING ANOTHER EMPL HOW TO OPERATE BOBCAT DROPPED BUCKET ON LEFT FOOT BROKEN BONE.

PROCEEDING DOWN3HILL TO BEGIN WORK LOADER OVERTURNED FROM EMBANKMENT INJURY TO NECK,LEFT HAND AND SCALP LACERATION.

OPERATING LOADE9 CASTING OVER MATERIAL.MACHINE COME OUT OF GEAR THEN WENT BACK IN GEAR WHIPPING DRIVER PULLED MUSCLE LOWER BACK.

PICK UP TRUCK COMING DOWN ROAD, DRIVER HAD TO MOVE OVER OFF ROAD TO ALLOW HIM TO PASS, HIT HOLE IN ROAD JARRED BACK.

WHILE OPENING GATE, PICKUP TRUCK JUMPED INTO REVERSE GEAR, PINNED EMPLOYEE BETWEEN TRUCK & FENCE - LACERATION TO THE HEAD & FRACTURED RIGHT LEG.