Gerken Materials IncMetal/Nonmetal

Changing screen cloth, lost balance and fell into hand rail.

Working on skid loader attachment and stepped backward. Tripped over some steel and fell on his rib cage.

Fall from highwall

EMPLOYEE CLAIMS TO HAVE SPRAINED HIS BACK WHILE RUNNING END LOADER IN SHOT ROCK AREA

EE was helping install a punch plate on the screen deck and had his fingers around the plates opening as it was being pushed into place. Caught finger on cross rail, ripping open end of finger, which had to be sewn back together at hospital.

EE's reported to work and discovered the electircal trailer and control tower was on fire. Supervisor called fire department and MSHA then.

The ground was ice covered with a layer of snow over top of ice. Employee lost footing on ice and fell and hit his head. Took him to be checked out and dr said he had a concussion.

Employee is a semi-driver with our sister company N.O.A.P. He was working on the truck trailer in the shop area and slipped off and landed wrong on his foot/heel.

Employee was breaking up a rock with a sledge hammer & strained his back.

SMASHED LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN THE FORKS IN SKID LOADER. HAD A CUT AND SWELLING/BLEEDING OF THE FINGER.

EE WAS STACKING FLAT ROCK, COWORKER WAS OPERATING LOADER PEELING ROCK. THIS SPUN A SMALL PIECE OF ROCK UP, STRUCK EE IN FOREHEAD, CUT FOREHEAD, 7 STITCHES.

EE WAS STACKING 3"" WALL STONE. HE WAS STACKING UP SOME STONE ON ONE CORNER WHEN ANOTHER EE RUNNING A SKID STEER WAS SETTING ANOTHER STONE ON THE PALLET WHEN IT SLIPPED OFF AND PUSHED TWO OTHER STONES ONTO HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

WORKER WAS STACKING 2"" ROCK AND A PIECE OF STONE CRACKED IN HALF, WHEN IT CRACKED, HE LOST HIS GRIP ON HALF OF IT AND IT FELL ON HIS RIGHT FOOT CAUSING SWELLING IN THE FOOT.

EE WAS BANDING A PALLET OF STONE WITHOUT HIS GLOVES ON AND HE REACHED A ROUND PALLET FOR TIGHTENER WHEN THE BANDING CAUGHT HIM ACROSS HIS LEFT TOP HAND AND LACERATED HIS HAND AND WAS SENT TO H OSPITAL TO GET STITCHES 4 STITCHES TOTAL.

EE WAS WORKING ON MILL OPRATION CONTROL ROOM ALL SHIFT. AT 3:55 PM, PT MGR COULD NOT LOCATE HIM. HE WENT INTO CONTROL ROOM AND FOUND HIM COLLAPSED ON FLOOR UNCONCIOUS. CPR WAS GIVEN AND CMT WAS CALLED HE WAS NOT ABLE TO BE BROUGHT AROUND. IT IS BELIEVED HE HAD A MASSIVE HEART ATTACK.

WORKING IN QUARRY, FOREIGN OBJECT BLEW INTO HIS LEFT EYE.

WHILE DRIVING A QUARRY TRUCK, A FOREIGN OBJECT BLEW INTO BOTH EYES.