CARROLL'S ROCK PITSMetal/Nonmetal

Miner was using pick to loosen small surface boulders from dirt and felt a pain in back. EE suspects this pain is related to a recent injury for which ee had been treated and released back to full duty.

Miner began to feel pain in their back after performing usual duties of dressing stone, loading stone into loader bucket.

Equipment operator was cleaning debris from ventilation area of excavator and was bitten by a rat hidden in debris.

Miner states EE was carrying a rock and felt a pain in the knee. EE initially thought the issue would resolve on its own. EE has been diagnosed with a strain and receiving physical therapy also wearing a brace. EE will be re-evaluated at regular intervals.

The employee was handling a piece of rock when he lost hold of it and it landed on his left foot behind the steel toe. His medical report states he has a fractured metatarsal and the employee is currently not at work. It is not known how long he will be on off duty status at this time.

The miner feels like sometime during the course of the day he did something to stain his back and did not feel the effects until he returned home that evening. Miner initially felt like the strain was not bad enough to stop him from his duties, but later decided he was impaired.

An employee dropped a rock on his foot while trimming it with a hammer.

Employee was moving a rock weighing approx 30 lb when he felt a pain in his upper left leg. He was diagnosed as having a ligament sprain.

A small shard of metal broke off of the sledgehammer the miner was using to trim rock and lodged in his right leg approx 4"" below the knee. He was taken to the E.R. where the shard was removed and 3 stitches were applied. Miner was released for work immediately but was given 2 days off.