Krome Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Employee was climbing caged ladder at conveyor 18. EE was on the last rung when EE heard a pop sound and pain on right bicep.

Employee stated that was working with a driller to put the hose for the sump pump into the lake, when EE felt a sprain/strain type feeling in their back. When positioning the hose, body position can become awkward requiring twisting.

Employee was in the process of changing screens when 5th digit was pinched

EE removed a lifting hook from an autocrine and placed it on a round shaft. A few minutes later the EE slipped in the mud and hard hat fell off. EE bent over under the shaft to retrieve hard hat. Placed a hand on the shaft to balance themselves and knocked the lifting hook off. The hook fell onto the EE's head. EE received stitches. EE returned to work.

An employee was returning from staking out the limits in area when they tripped and fell over a rock. Employee fell face forward and injured chin and lip requiring stitches.

Uneven Surface. Twisted Right Ankle.

The incident happened while trying to weld a flatbar, 6" by 36", to the inside of the hopper. While placing the flatbar, right before lowering his welding hood to start welding, some material gave away under his feet. He slipped backwards and struck himself with the flatbar right above his right eye causing a cut on his right eyebrow.

While driving a manlift employee hit a small ditch bounced lost balance and his right foot slept out of the basket impacting the toe guardsand cutting his calf

A 64 year old Miner with over 26 years experience was doing a hoist resocket on a dragline. As he raised the sledge hammer to knock out the wedge from the socket he felt a popping sensation in his right bicep. The employee visited several doctors getting a second opinion and missed his first day of work on 11-5-2012

Back strain due to improper lifting

EE was conducting maintenance on a 980H loader. He and and another ee were removing a pin when it fell stricking him on the top portion of the foot.

Cut back of hand with utility knife while cutting old conveyor belt.

After changing a phase monitor on a electrical cabinet and engergizing to adjust voltage, an arc flash occurred and injured his hands.

During the process of replacing a backstop on conveyor 3, both employee & co-worker began to prep the motor. EE had not placed his safety harness on while on the catwalk. His co-worker loosened the bolt & took the nut off, at that instance the bolt shot out, the reducer rotated forward and struck EE throwing him off the catwalk 10 ft into the chute.

Was working on pattern at WU. While tying up pattern, I twisted my left knee. At the time it seemed very minimal. Did not go to the Doctor for several days. Diagnosis: Prepatellar Bursitis

Employee was walking toward the plant at the beginning of the shift, approaching electric room. He slipped on some loose rock and landed on his left knee.

Employee was attempting to climb up his loader to start the shift when his lunch bag strap fell off his shoulder. In his attempt to reach for it before it fell he let go of his left hand to catch it. He then lost his balance and twisted his shoulder.

Employee was moving a portable pressure cleaner from the wash rack area for repair and while taking it out, it tilted back, he tried to catch it, causing cuts to 3 of his left fingers from a small caution sign mounted on the equipment.

Employee was opening rail car doors at the loadout area to washout the rail cars and as he was opening the door with a 5 foot bar he slipped and fell backwards. He felt a pain in his left knee. (Employee quit that same day and did not seek treatment for the injury until August 4th, 2005 at which time he was taken to workers comp.)

Employee was pulling a water hose to wash down the area, when the hose twisted in his hands, catching the employees right thumb, with the hose clamp, causing a cut on his thumb. (The employee did not seek medical treatment until the 26th of July, at which time he was taken to workers Compensation)

Employee was attempting to move an old railroad tie from a stack of old used ones. He got his right hand caught between a rail tie and a section of old rail, when the railroad tie turned in his hands.

Employee was washing the concrete floor of the primary crusher area, when he slipped on the wet concrete and fell to the floor, injuring his knee.

Employee was climbing a portable work ladder to work on a 992 loader and the weld at the bottom side of the ladder broke, causing the employee to fall with the collapsed ladder, landing on his knees.

EE was changing a Canica crusher feed plate liner, when the liner slipped down and struck the EE in the inside of the left shin.

Employee moved a 70 lb. aggregate sample from a pickup bed to a roller conveyor and felt a sharp pain in his back.

WHILE FIXING A GREASE LINE THE EMPLOYEE'S HAND WAS PULLED INTO THE PINCH POINT BETWEEN THE CONVEYOR AND THE TROUGHING IDLER CAUSING INJURY TO THE RIGHT ARM AND WRIST.

WHILE REMOVING A BREAKER, EMPLOYEE CAUGHT HAND AND LACERATED RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER.

WHILE USING A GRINDING WHEEL, THE WHEEL CAME OFF AND CUT EMPLOYEE ON LEFT FOREARM.

EMPLOYEE WAS RESOCKETING DRAG CABLE ON DRAGLINE AND STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

EE TWISTED ANKLE WHILE CLIMBING DOWN FROM DRAGLINE.

MAINTENANCE ON DRAGLINE.

WHILE CLIMBING OFF OF DRAGLINE LADDER, EE TWISTED RIGHT ANKLE CAUSING SPRAIN.

DRAGLINE OILER WAS LEANING OVER TO PICK UP A SMALL ROCK AND PLACE IT ON LINE TO MARK THE EXCAVATION LIMIT FOR THE DRAGLINE. WHEN HE FELT A PAIN ON HIS LOWER BACK.

EE FOOT SLIPPED ON LADDER OF DRAGLINE AND HE FELL AGAINST CORNER OF OPEN COMPARTMENT DOOR NEXT TO LADDER, CUTTING HIS RIGHT THIGH. REQUIRED ONLY FIRST AID. A FEW WEEKS LATER HIS LEFT LEG BEGAN TO HURT CAUSING HIM TO SEEK MEDICAL TREATMENT. DR TOLD HIM IT WAS RELATED TO THE FALL.

EE WAS LIFTING AN DINSTALLING HEAVY CROSS MEMEBER TUBE IN SCREEN UNIT WITH HELP FROM ANOTHER EMPLOYEE. AS THEY WEE PUTTING THE TUBE IN PLACE TAPANES SLIPPED ON BOTTOM DECK SCREEN WHICH HAD SO ME 3/8 STONE ON IT AND THEN FELT PAIN IN CENTE R OF LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A WIRE BRUSH TO REACH UP & OPEN THE DOOR OF A WELDER TO START THE MACHINE THE BRUSH SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND & FELL STRIKING HIS LEFT EYE WITH THE HANDLE OF THE BRUSH

EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING DRAGLINE B CLIMBING DOWN OVER THE CRAWLER TRACK INSTEAD OF USING LADDER PROVIDED. HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HIS KNEE FELL ON TOP OF THE TRACK CAUSING CONTUSION.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A STEEL BAR TO OPEN A CLAMSHELL GATE. AS HE STRUCK THE GATE, THE BAR SLIPPED, CAUSING HIS HAND TO BE SMASHED BETWEEN THE GATE AND BAR. USED WRONG TOOL. PRYBAR WAS BEING U SED AS A HAMMER.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN LADDER FORM DRAGLINE WHEN EH STEPPED ON LOOSE AND UNEVEN GROUND BELOW THE LADDER AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE, CAUSING A SPRAIN.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A HOLE SAW IN A DRILL PRESS. HE LEFT THE CHUCK KEY IN THE CHUCK. WHEN THE DRILL STARTED, THE KEY KNOCKED HIS THUMB INTO TH E SAW, CAUSING INJURY.

EMPMLOYEE WAS STANDING ON NARROW PLATFORM AND HOLDING ON TO A HANDHOLD WHILE CLEANING THE FRONT WINDOW OF THE DRAGLINE. HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL SEVEREAL FEET TO THE GROUND. HE LANDED O N HIS FEET THEN FLAT ON HIS BACK. SAFETY BELT WAS NEEDED BUT WAS NOT USED.

EMPLOYEE STRIPPED ON CAR RELEASE CABLE ON LOCOMOTIVE WALKWAY. FELL ON-KNEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPENING RAILCAR DISCHARGE DOORS WITH A LONG PRYBAR. HE APPLIED EXCESSIVE FORCE TO THE BAR AND HURT HIS BACK.

WHILE MOVING ABOUT INSIDE DRAGLINE HOUSE, THE EMPLOYEE LOST HIS BALANCE DUE TO THE MOTION OF THE DRAGLINE AND CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH HIS RIGHT HAND ON CENTER SHAFT. HAND WAS PINCHED BETWEEN SHAF T AND A MACHINE GUARD. GUARD PREVENTED MORE SERIOUS INJURY.

WHILE USING PNEUMATIC IMPACT WRENCH, RETAINING PIN HOLDING SOCKET TO WRENCH SLIPPED PAST HOLDING RING, LACERATING RIGHT HAND PALM AND RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER.

EMPLOYEE WAS PROJECTED FORWARD INTO THE WINDSHIELD OF HIS GRADER WHEN THE GRADER BLADE CAUGHT ON A RAIL JOINT, WHICH STOPPED THE MACHINE ABRUPTLY. HE WAS OPERATING IN A STANDING POSITION W/O A RESTRAINING DEVICE. A STANDING HARNESS WAS SUBSEQUENTLY INSTALLED.

EE WAS HOLDING A STRIP OF METAL WHILE ANOTHER EMPLOYEE DRILLED A HOLE IN IT. WHEN EE APPLIED TO MUCH PRESSURE, THE 1/8" BIT BROKE AND THE DRILL SLIPPED TO ONE SIDE, WHERE THE BROKEN BIT PENETR ATED HIS LEFT FIFTH FINGER.

I.NAME HAD A SEIZURE RELATED TO AN OLD HEAD INJURY WHICH CAUSED LOSS OF CONTROL OF TRUCK. DROVE TRUCK STILL LOADED DOWN THE RAMP FROM THE CRUSHER. DROVE INTO OPPOSING TRAFFIC LANE ON A CURVE A ND COLLIDED WITH A EUCLID HAUL TRUCK DRIVEN BY OTHER EMPL.

OTHER EMPL HAD A SEIZURE RELATED TO OLD HEAD INJRY WHICH CAUSED LOSS OF CONTROL OF TRUCK. DROVE TRUCK STILL LOADED DOWN THE RAMP FROM THE CRUSHER. DROVE INTO OPPOSING TRAFFIC LANE ON A CURVE A ND COLLIDED WITH A EUCLID HAUL TRUCK DRIVEN BY OI.NAME.

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING WELDERS IN REPAIRING 7X20 SHAKER. REFLECTIONS OF ARC WELDING FROM WALLS OF SHAKER CAUSED FLASH BURNS TO BOTH EYES. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES BUT NOT WELDING HO OD OR GOGGLES.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING AN IMPACT WRENCH TO TIGHTEN BOLTS WITH AN IMPACT SWIVEL SOCKET AN 0-RING WHICH SECURES THE LOCK PIN OF THE SOCKET TO THE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF ALLOWING THE PIN TO FALL FROM THE SOCKET THE SOCKET THEN SPUN OFF THE WRENCH STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON THE LEFT HAND CAUSING LACERATIONS

WHILE OPERATING A LOADER IN THE PIT EMPLOYEE INJURED HIS BACK WHILE CUTTING THROUGH ROCKS AND BOULDERS.THIS IS EMPLOYEES NORMAL DAILY ACTIVITY.THERE WAS NO APPARENT CAUSE OF INJURY.OLD INJURY WAS AGGRAVATED.

POSITIONING ENGINE HEAD IN CONFINED SPACE FOR STORAGE PINCHED R HAND BETWEEN ENGINE HEAD ENGINE

WHEN CARRYING A 70" X 3" SHAFT, THE EMPLOYEE'S HAND STARTED TO SLIP. AS HE SET THE SHAFT DOWN TO GET A BETTER GRIP, HE PINCHED THE END OF HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER.

WHILE REMOVING OIL SEAL FROM GEAR REDUCER USING A SCREW DRIVER AND HAMMER, EMPLOYEE STRUCK HIS LEFT HAND WITH HAMMER.

WHILE WASHING DOWN WORK AREA WITH WATER HOSE, FOREIGN MATTER SPRAYED UP INTO RIGHT EYE.

EMPLOYEE WAS PAINTING THE CATNACK OF THE DRAGLINE EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON THE TRACKS & AS HE MOVED ALONG THE TRACKS HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE TRACK CAUSING HIM TO FALL WITH ONE LEG OFF TH E TRACK INJURING HIS RT KNEE

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF WATER HOSE AND WAS USING A RAZOR BLADE. THE KNIFE CAME THRU THE WATER HOSE AND LACERATED EMPLOYEES RIGHT THIGH.

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED WHILE CLEANING INSIDE OF THE MACHINE EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON A STEP THAT HE HAD RECENTLY CLEANED BUT APPARENTLY HA D NOT DRIED COMPLETELY INJURY OCCURRED TO HIS BACK WHEN HE FELL AND HIS BACK HIT THE STEP AT THIS TIME EMPLOYEE HAS BEEN PUT ON BED REST STATUS AWAITING EXAMINATION BY A DR

EMPL TOSSING ROCK FROM PLATFORM UP TO 7 X 20 SHAKER SCREEN.ROCK DIDNT GO ON SCREEN AND FELL BACKWARDS TOWARD EMPL.REACHED UP TO PREVENT ROCK FROM FALLING AND HAND WAS PINCHED BETWEEN ROCK AND STEEL BAR.PINKY FINGER LEFT HAND CUT REQ STITCHES AND BONE WAS BROKEN.

EMPLOYEE WAS RE4OVING USED SHAKER SCREEN FROM SCRAP PILE.EMPLOYEE PULLED ON SCREEN AND SLIPPED ON METAL PLATE CAUSING EMPL OYEE TO FALL.

WHILE CHANGING 7EETH ON DRAGLINE BUCKET A PIECE OF THE BACK OUT HAMMER CHIPPED AND WENT INTO THE HAND OF THE EMPLOYEE WENT TO DOCTOR REMOVED SMALL PIECE OF METAL.

WHILE PULLING O3 LARGE WATER HOSE, HOSE HAD SLACK IN IT ALLOWING EMPLOYEE TO FALL FORWARD STRIKING LITTLE FINGER ON HAND RAIL.

WHILE TIGHTENIN1 A BOLT ON THE SAND CLASSIFIER SPLITER BOX THE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF STRIKING THE EMPLOYEES BRIDGE OF HIS NOSE, BROKEN NOSE.

EMPLOYEE WAS RE4OVING ELECTRICAL GENERATOR FROM 4600 DRAGLINE SLIPPED ON TRACK FROM GREASE ON WORK BOOTS BUMPED RIGHT KNEE.NO MEDICAL AT THAT TIME A MONTH LATER RIGHT KNEE SORE.

WHILE CLIMBING 8OWN STAIRS HELD ONTO ANGLE IRON.WELD BROKE ON ANGLE IRON CAUSING FALL TO NEXT STEP APPROX. 2 FEET.X-RAYED RIGHT ANKLE.SPRAINED RIGHT ANKLE.

WHILE CUTTING A3 OLD BELT THE BLADE CAME OUT OF THE UTILITY KNIFE STAYING IN THE BELT MATERIAL RUNNING HAND OVER BLADE CUTTING SAME

CHANGING MIDDLE3DECK SCREEN ON 6 X 20 SHAKER.EMPL SLIPPED AND FELL INTO DISCHARGE CHUTE CRACKED RIB.

MECHANIC WAS CL3MBING DOWN FROM 988B LOADER AFTER CHANGING HYDRAULIC LIFT CYLINDER AND SLIPPED ON OILY SURFACE

WAS CLIMBING INTO RAIL CAR & SLIPPED DUE TO POOR FOOTING INSIDE OF CAR WAS COVER WITH SAND. STRAINED RIGHT ELBOW & BACK.