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Employee was heating some bent steps on an excavator and attempting to bend them back into place with a 5' pry bar. The pry bar slipped and the employee stepped back with left leg which twisted and fibula bone by employee's left ankle fractured.

Employee was pushing a wheel-barrow to clean under the dryer screws in area 200 and hit her head on the low hanging screw causing neck strain.

Employee stepping out of their truck and stepped on a frozen chunk of material that had likely fallen from a wheel well off another vehicle. Employees foot slipped and employee fell out of the vehicle landing on left shoulder. Employee sustained a broken bone in the left shoulder.

Employee air lancing in the bottom of a bin with the lance against the wall. A chunk fell off the wall landing on the air lance causing the other end the employee was holding to bounce up and hit employee on the right side of the bottom of their jaw which caused a contusion and bruising. This was strictly a first aid case until 01/29/15 when employee missed work due to pain in jaw.

Employee was operating a Vermeer ride-on Dingo doing clean up when she backed into an overflow pipe from TK-1400. She was caught between the overflow pipe and the Dingo. This caused low back pain and hamstring tendonitis.

Employee stepped onto a sloped walkway and twisted her left knee causing damage to her MCL and ACL. Employee worked normally scheduled shifts until she sought medical treatment on December 31, 2014, at which point she was placed on restricted duty. There was no medical treatment, nor lost time, nor restricted duty until December 31, 2014.

SUBCONTRACTOR LANDED ON CONCRETE GRADE WHEN HE STEPPED THROUGH THE 42" SQUARE OPENING IN THE PLATFORM HE WAS PREPARING TO COVER. HE LANDED ON HIS BACK AND SHOULDER. HE SUFFERED A BROKEN COLLARBONE, 2 BROKEN RIBS, AND A CONCUSSION. PLATFORM HAS BEEN BARRICADED WITH CAUTION TAPE UNTIL WORK COMMENCES.

Employee was at the end of a conveyor belt to gather samples. He set his bucket down, the wind caught the bucket and he stepped to catch it and hit his hard hat on a support beam. As a result, he had a concussion.

Employee was climbing a fixed ladder to an elevated work platform. At the top of the ladder, when the employee stepped off the ladder, he hit his hard hat on a low clearance beam causing neck strain.

Employee spent 4 hours working around the fines discharge chute during shift. When employee got home that night, he had discomfort in his eyes, tried to flush them with no success. Employee sought medical treatment and had multiple microscopic particles removed from both eyes.

There is no specific incident. Employee stated his back was sore on Wednesday 7/30 in the morning and attributed it to operating the loader all day Tuesday 7/29. Employee stated again of Friday 8/1 that his back was stiff. Saturday morning he went to the ER and was diagnosed with back strain.

Employee was working in area 3100 doing normal job; he did not notice any discomfort until he was on his way home from his shift on the next morning. There is no specific incident that occurred which caused employee to get particles in his eye. When the discomfort in his right eye did not go away, he went to the eye doctor and had particles removed from his right eye.

There is no specific incident that can be pinpointed as to the cause of getting foreign body in eyes. Employee noticed discomfort in his eyes and after attempting to flush eyes, the discomfort persisted and it was recommended that he see the eye doctor. Employee had 5 particles in his left eye and 3 particles in his right eye that were removed.

Employee was spraying Zep 45 lubricant on a sticky valve when the spray defected under his safety glasses into his eye.

A cloud of dust was sent airborne by a gust of wind. Dust entered eyes of employee.

Comfortable, sunny day. Work area was well lit. EE was installing stainless steel baffles in duct work system. Slid first 2 baffles in without incident. Placed 3rd baffle in duct work. EE did not notice channels were larger than baffle assembly. Baffle assembly slid out striking EE's finger, causing laceration to right ring finger.

Employee was wrapping a come-along around a pipe and the hook came around and hit the employee in the mouth and nose. Result was a bruise and a couple of lose teeth which were expected to tighten after a couple of days. A few weeks later, the ee notified the employer that he had sought dental treatment and had 2 teeth pulled and would have one more pulled at a later date.

Laying brick on the ceiling in Zone 8, another bricklayer tapped the brick next to him and brick mortar went in eye. Employee had his safety glasses on at the time of incident. His left eye became red. Raw hide mallet tool was being used, and the brick mortar was Korundal Bond.

Injured was pulling on 5 ft pry bar to align conveyor frame for final placement, Bar slipped from steel causing him to lose control of the tool which then struck the employee on the outside of left knee cap resulting in fracture of the patella. Employee was released to return to restricted duty following medical attention.

Foreign body in the right eye while pulling bags from the limestone baghouse resulting in a corneal scratch

Employee working in the cooler building near the hot screw tracing conduit, when employee removed his glasses to wipe the fog from them, a blob of material fell from overhead and got into his left eye.

Employee was changing a mag drum when he felt discomfort in his left eye. The chain fall that was being used came into contact with an overhead cable tray knocking some dust onto employee. He had foreign body in his left eye.

Rough terrain and speed while moving material employee hit bump while running skidloader and jarred shoulder and neck

There was a plugged condition in the discharge area of the Rotary Hearth Furnace which we believe resulted in uncontrolled combustion of CO. There were no injuries and no damage to equipment. This does not constitute an admission that an ignition occurred. This report is filed out of an abundance of precaution.

Employee exiting CR-112 pulverizer when his retrieval line got snagged. He bent down to unhook it, when he stood back up to exit, he felt a pain in his lower back.

A 24 volt breaker tripped, resulting in a couple of small CO combustions. There were no injuries and no damage. This does not constitute an admission that an ignition occurred. This report is filed out of an abundance of precaution.

Employee cutting open a tube of caulk with a utility knife and punctured his right thumb requiring sutures.

Employee had been in the restricted area of 50% sodium hydroxide solution to turn the caustic system on. Employee was wearing all his PPE while in restricted area. He completed his task and left the restricted area to remove PPE. A hose on the system burst as employee was walking away after removing PPE. Employee received chemical burns to back of neck and back of legs.

Dark dirty area. Knife slipped while cutting a zip-tie.

Employee walking under a low screw trough under dryers in area 200 and stood up too soon bumping head on the low trough. Employee has concussion and neck strain.

employee coming down a ladder, reached up to grab sample bucket, missed a step and caught himself with his right hand causing strain to his right shoulder

Employee carrying parts for the coal pulverizer. Employee went to set the parts down and parts shifted pinching employees left middle finger between floor and parts. The pinch caused a laceration requiring 3 stitches.

Individual was working indoors setting structural steel components. Work area was hot and humid due to elevated weather conditions and heat producing operations in work area.

Employee inadvertently put hand into a hot pile of ash causing burns to left forearm, left wrist and pointer and middle finger on left hand.

EE powered down the screening plant, while standing along side machine the plant vibrated one additional time causing a rock to fall off the top of the screen striking EE on the upper back. EE cont. to work but soreness developed later into his shift and was treated for a back contusion.

Between 8:00 p.m. and 12:a.m. Appears to have been an electrical fire that started in the electrical junction box. Damage to locker and meeting rooms. Smoke damage to entire trailer and contents.

Dryer bed had stopped while hot dryer air continued to be introduced to dryer. Over time, pellets completely dried, overheated, & started on fire. Program/Equipment was inadequate for situation. When burning pellets were discharged from dryer, downstream belt conveyors caught on fire. Damage occurred to belt conveyors, some dryer and related baghouse components.

Employee noticed irritation in his left eye on the date indicated above. He sought medical treatment for watering, red, sore left eye on Wednesday April 17, 2013. Employee had been working in areas 300 and 400, but cannot pinpoint the area where or when incident occurred.

Two EE's were cleaning the floor sump and trench in building.The task was to vac the damp lime material onto the trench and sump washing the material down with water. After the task the EE complained of irritation to the right forearm. EE was brought to job trailer supervisor removed his boots and noticed burn on his foot.

Employee swinging hammer in tight space around locked out screw conveyor. Employee got his finger caught between a flight on the screw conveyor and the hammer. Employee received a cut on his right index finger which resulted in 3 sutures.

Employee opening north access door to second stage mixer using a come-along to lift door. Door slipped free of come-along and fell onto employee's right thumb which was between the door and the mixer wall. Employee sustained 5 broken bones in the right thumb.

Employee released latch on doors for over size container and set latch on a flat piece of steel. Employee then reached down to pick up cable to open door, latch slipped and came down smashing right thumb. Employee lost thumb nail, no broken bones, no sutures.

Oversize chute form screensizer to oversize container was plugged. EE had inspection door at screensizer open while another group of ee opened doors on oversize container. Caused material to drop through chute which apparently created a chimney effect. Pushed hot gases & materials out screensizer inspection door. EE received burns to 20-29% of body

Oversize chute form screensizer to oversize container was plugged. EE had inspection door at screensizer open while another group of ee opened doors on oversize container. Caused material to drop through chute which apparently created a chimney effect. Pushed hot gases & materials out screensizer inspection door. EE received burns to back of head

Oversize chute form screensizer to oversize container was plugged. EE had inspection door at screensizer open while another group of ee opened doors on oversize container. Caused material to drop through chute which apparently created a chimney effect. Pushed hot gases & materials out screensizer inspection door. EE received burns to back of head and left hand.

Employee was working in an extremely dusty area (metallic fine dust and rock dust). Employee wore safety goggles over prescription safety glasses and a half mask respirator. Employee experienced eye irritation but did not recall a specific incident. Employee sought medical care prior to work the next day and was prescribed antibiotic eye drops for corneal abrasion.

It is believed that a combustible gas mixture ignited upon reaching the flue of the RHF causing the vents to relieve as designed. There were no injuries or damage to equipment. All safety precautions in place at the time worked to keep employees safe.

Air was found cross-tied with nitrogen feeding the cooler. During a ramp down of production, it is believed that air mixed with combustible gases caused sufficient pressure to open the relief door on cooler. There were no injuries or damage to equipment. All safety precautions in place at the time worked to keep employees safe.

dust and wind

While inspecting area, wind blew dust into employee's eyes causing irritation.