The employee was changing skirting rubber. They stepped up on a piece of the framework to look in a hopper and when they stepped back down their foot landed on a piece of material and they twisted an ankle. It was initially treated as a sprain, but after not improving as quickly as expected, an x-ray was done on 4/22 and it was determined that there was a fracture.
The mine employee was using a 4' sleever bar and a 4 lb. hammer to remove mud that was built up under the Stamler drag chain. EE felt a pain in right shoulder. EE still had some pain later, so EE was taken to the clinic on 5/17/2024 and returned to work with no restrictions. On 7/26/2024 EE was seen by another doctor who evaluated the MRI and put EE on light duty.
The mine employee was checking the buckets on a bucket elevator and got a particle of something in EE's right eye.
A haul truck driver with a history of asthma told the excavator operator that EE was having an asthma attack.
The employee was fabricating a base for a motor and gearbox using a steel plate 24""x24""x3/4""thick. It was on a steel work table in the shop. While repositioning the plate the employee smashed the end of left index finger between the steel plate and the table top. The finger was split open and required six stitches to close the wound.
The miner spent about 2 hours kneeling during the process of replacing skirting rubber. This aggravated a previous knee injury and miner was instructed to do no kneeling and avoid using ladders for at least a week.
The miner was walking on a catwalk, tripped and tried to catch self injuring a shoulder as they fell down. Miner initially thought they were ok and did not report the accident to their supervisor until 4/27/2021. After the initial medical examination and a follow up, physical therapy was recommended.
The miner was cutting a piece of conveyor belt with a utility knife, slipped and cut leg
The miner was unclogging a dust line and twisted EE's right knee
The maintenance team was installing a new screen when a 6 inch square steel tube supporting the screen tipped and struck the miner's hand catching the hand between the tube and the catwalk. It resulted in a fractured left thumb and laceration on left hand.
The employee was unrolling a roll of conveyor belt. The roll was going crooked and they tried to slide the roll of belt to straighten it and strained their back.
The mine employee was removing metal shingles from the No. 1 kiln and cut left hand on one of the shingles. It required 6 stitches.
The employee was helping an over the road truck driver dump some material from an end dump trailer. When they were done, EE tripped on the pile and grabbed the back of the trailer to steady self at the same time the driver latched the tailgate. EE's hand was caught under the tailgate latch crushing a bone in the center of EE's hand.
One miner was preparing to move a welding trailer to another location when another miner dropped a piece of metal from the location where EE was working on top of a kiln. The metal struck the first miner in the left hand causing a cut and swelling. It was determined at the clinic that a bone was also chipped and EE will be on light duty for about three weeks.
The employee was repairing a water line. It was a very hot day and employee was working in a hot part of the plant. Employee developed heat stress. Employee was driven to the clinic for treatment.
The employee was working with others to dismantle a roll crusher. After using a wedge to separate some parts, he was removing the wedge and somehow struck the tip of his right pinky finger between the wedge and the frame of the crusher.
The employee was helping to pull a large electrical cable into a cable tray. During the process, he thought he pulled a muscle. He reported it to the safety manager on 10/02/2015 and on 10/13/2015 it was determined that he had a hernia.
It had rained and the ground was wet. The employee slipped and strained his lower back.
The employee doesn't know what he did to injure himself. He said he was experiencing pain in his hip the next day after working his shift. He did not report any injury until he reported for his next shift on 3/18/2015.
Employee was cutting a piece of metal and got a piece of something in his right eye.
The injured employee, along with three other employees were positioning a large air compressor. He sustained a hernia.
The employee was using a large hammer to remove some rusted bolts while repairing a roll crusher. He missed the bolt he was aiming at when he swung the hammer and hit the handle of the hammer on the crusher. His right index finger was injured and required stitches to close the wound.
The employee was doing the walk around inspection of a haul truck when he slipped and turned his ankle causing an avulsion fracture on his left foot.
The employee was adding hydraulic oil to the dump truck when he slipped from where he was standing and fell. The fall resulted in him twisting his ankle. He thought it was a sprain, but when he went to the clinic to get checked they found his ankle was broken.
The employee was laying on the shop floor using a cutting torch to remove a bolt from a truck when a spark or small piece of slag went in his left ear. He gave himself first aid for a burn in his ear. He then went to the clinic as a precaution. He was examined, given a prescription for ear drops and he returned to work the with no restrictions.
The employee was using a cutting torch while changing screens. The hose snagged as he moved, causing the torch to pass over his arm resulting in a burn on his left forearm.
The employee was greasing the pins on his loader bucket and fell, striking his head.
Employee was using a utility knife to trim a belt. He set it down, and when he picked it up he grabbed the wrong end and cut his hand.
Employee was making his rounds and tripped. He reached out to keep from falling down and his hand came in contact with the Number 4 kiln hood. He sustained a small 2nd degree burn on the side of his left hand.
After loading a truck, the employee was walking back to the scale room and stepped on a clinker and injured his foot. He went to the doctor two days later and was informed he had a hairline fracture, but no treatment was necessary. At a follow up 6 weeks later, it had not healed and it was determined that surgery would be necessary.
The employee was working in the stamler area at the raw end of the plant and while putting the cleaners in the stamler got his finger caught in a pinch point.
It was very windy. The employee was cleaning up around the top of the fines tank when a gust of wind blew some dust into his eye.
Worker was loading a truck under the tanks and when he closed the door, he caught his finger between the lever that operates the door and a piece of the framework under the tanks.
Workers were dismantling the intake pipe on the number 4 coal pulverizer when the pipe shifted and caught the worker's hand between the pipe and the structure, resulting in a small bruise and cut on his right hand.
1/2"" washer being used on a 3/8"" bolt securing a 18"" elevator conveyor belt (140' long) with a c-clamp. Chipped bone in finger
1/2"" washer being used on a 3/8"" bolt securing a 18"" elevator conveyor belt (140' long) with a c-clamp. Laceration on head & brusing on leg.
Two workers were replaceing a guard on return conveyor. One worker jerked guard towards himself, pinching other worker's left hand between guard and motor pulley. This caused a laceration to the middle finger.
EE WAS DOING REPAIRS ON DRAG CHAIN. DRAG CHAIN HAS A GUIDE IDLER & IDLER WAS OUT OF ADJUSTMENT IDLER IS MOUNTED ON A BRACKET MADE OUT OF ANGLE IRON. USING A CABLE HOIST/PULLER TO SECURE IDLER DLER, EE CUT BRACKET WITH TORCH. IDLER & BRACKETWAS HANGING ABOVE EE'S HEAD & WHEN BRACKET WAS CUT THE CABLE HOIST FAILED TO HOLD IDLER & IDLER & BRACKET ROTATED DOWN, STRIKING EE IN THE MOUTH
EE WAS USING A PRY BAR TO PLACE DRAG CHAIN BACK ON PULLEY, BAR GOT JAMMED. EE WAS TRYING TO PULL BAR OUT, HANDS WERE CAUGHT BETWEEN BAR AND STEEL FRAMEWORK. THE LITTLE FINGER AND THE HAND 234 3 LACERATED. THIS INJURY TOOK SEVERAL STITCHES.
ICE (BLACK), DARK AREA, UNEVEN GROUND. EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN A SLIGHT INCLINE, STEPPED ON SOME BLACK ICE, HIS FEET CAME OUT FROM HIM. HE FELL AND FRACTURED LEFT ANKLE. HE HAS SPLINT ON AND TUESDAY (12TH) WILL SEE AN ORTHOPEDIST TO DETERMINE IF SURGERY IS NEEDED.
EE WAS USING A PIECE OF STEEL PIPE TO DISLODGE PLUGGED CHUTE. WHEN HEATED THE MATERIAL CAN GLOB UP & MAKE WHAT WE CALL A ""LOG CLINKER"". ONE OF THESE LOGS FELL ON TO PIPE, RAMMING THE PIPE INTO EE'S FACE. HE HAS LACERATED CHIN & LOWER LIP, PLUS TWO SHATTERED TEETH.
EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN PICKING RINGS OUT OF KILN ON SATURDAY'S SHIFT. SUNDAY HE WAS CLEANING PLUGGED KILN CHUTE DURING THIS TIME HE EXPERIENCED SHARP PAIN AND HAD A BULGE ON HIS RIGHT SIDE, IN THE GROIN AREA. EMPLOYEE WAS TAKEN TO CLINIC THURSDAY MORNING & DIAGNOSED WITH A HERNIA. HE IS SCHEDULED FOR SURGERY 01/09/02.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING PRY BAR TO DISLODGE ROCK CAUGHT BETWEEN ROLLER & CONVEYOR BELT. BELT CAUGHT AHOLD OF BAR & THREW IT BACK TOWARDS EMPLOYEE. EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK ON RIGHT SIDE OF FACE AND HIS HEAD HIT A LADDER. EMPLOYEE HAS A BRUSIED JAW & A LUMP ON LEFT SIDE OF HEAD. TAKEN TO CLINIC WHERE HE WAS EXAMINED, HAD X-RAY OF JAW. NO BROKEN BONES. HE IS OFF WORK 12/11 DUE TO SHIFT CHANGE.
CLEANING OFFICE CARPET, MOVING FURNITURE AND CARPET RUNNERS. TWEAKED BACK WHILE LIFTING AND HAD SEVERE PAIN IN LOWER PART OF RIGHT SIDE OF BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING UP EXCESS COAL BUILD UP FROM AROUND COAL PULVERIZERS. SHOVELING COAL INTO A WHEELBARROW AND THEN PUSHING WHEELBARROW OUT AND EMPTYING COAL INTO A PILE. LIFTING WHEELBARRO W EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCED SEVERE PAIN IN LOWER BACKON LEFT SIDE AND HAD DIFFICULT TIME USING LEFT LEG.
EE WAS PAINTING HANDRAIL BY BAGHOUSES. EE BROUGHT HIS RIGHT ARM BACK AND HIS RIGHT ELBOW STRUCK AN UPRIGHT PIECE OF SUPPORT PIPE CAUSING SWELLING OF THE RIGHT ARM & HAND.
HE WAS CLEANING AROUND/UNDER STAMLER WITH A PICKAND PRY BAR. MATERIAL WAS FROZEN AND WHILE APPLYING PRESSURE ON PRY BAR, EE STRAINED A MUSCLE WHICH RESULTED IN A HERNIA.
MOVING FILING CABINET, CABINET SLIPPED SLAMMING HAND BETWEEN CABINET AND WALL.
EMPLOYEE WAS KNEELING ON METAL PLATE WHILE REPAIRING LOADER. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS UNDER THE PLATE DRILLING UPWARD. THE DRILL CAME THROUGH THE PLATE STRIKING INJURED IN RIGHT KNEE. SUTURES R EQUIRED TO CLOSE WOUND.
EE WAS EXITING OUT OF BURNER SHACK TO RELAY MESSAGE TO ANOTHER EE WALKING ON STEEL GRATING DECK EE LEFT LEG WENT THRU AN OPENING IN DECK CAUSINGHIM TO GO DOWN, HIS RIGHT LEG BUCKLED UNDERNEATH HIM HE REAGGRAVATED THIS INJURY 2/3/01 WHILE USING A PICK WENT TO DR 2/15/01 FIRST VISIT