St. Cloud Quarry: 1 recorded fatality Metal/Non-Metal

Employee was struck by foreign object in the eye during maintenance. Foreign object was removed from eye.

Wind blew material into the employee's right eye. Doctor removed material. Prescription medication was prescribed to the employee.

Employee fell from trailer - injury lower leg

At 12:30 AM ee was performing work near 7-ft. crusher, cutting a piece of rubber. EE was using a utility knife to cut rubber. While performing the cut knife slipped & punctured EE above R knee. EE radioed the lead-person & first aid was performed. Foreman was called and it was determined that the employee should receive medical attention. Ee received 1 stitch at hospital/ER.

Service Technician was in the shop removing bolts from a track roller on a mining shovel. EE's finger got caught between the handle of the air torque wrench and the ground, breaking EE's middle finger on EE's left hand.

Apprentice was loading 5" pipe into a cart, when the pipe moved and pinched his pinky finger against the cart rail which caused a laceration to his Right pinky finger.

We had a trespasser come onto the property sometime in the early morning of 4/12/2015 and start equipment, buildings, etc. on fire. The plant was not in operation and no one was on site.

Heat Exhaustion

Caught right pinky finger in a pinch point causing a broken tip and laceration. Required 4 stitches.

EE pinched his left ring finger in a steel door that keeps the overflow chute from overflowing. Injury required 2 stitches.

EE was swapping shipping covers from Reman transmission to core transmission when he turned to walk back to the old transmission he caught his left leg (above the knee) on the drive shaft yoke and cut his leg open.

Shot was fired at 2:15 pm. Received a call at 2:45 pm stating that a rock had struck a car on HWY 23. The driver was struck in the hand by a shard of glass but did not require medical attention. WAS IMMEDIATELY REPORTED TO MSHA 6/14/2012

Employee fell down 4 stairs and strained her left knee. Has been treated as a first aid and became a reportable the end of July.

Employee slipped on some ice and strained his left knee.

Employee was working with a coworker changing urathane screen sections. In the process of one employee shoving a section of screen to the injured employee, the section caught; the coworker shoved harder; the section jumped and pinched the injured employee's right thumb tip.

Employee reached under a load suspended by an all terain fork lift when the load shifted and fell pinching the employee's left hand. The resulting injury to the palm side base of the employee's left thumb required three sutures to close.

Contract trucker working for customer, K.C. Trucking, used a tire gauge to realign the fan belt on his truck with the engine running. In the process three finger/tips on his left hand were cut off. Injured trucker was taken to hospital and is now home recuperating. K.C. Trucking does not have an MSHA contractor ID#. K.C.Trucking: phone # 763 420-6116.

Employee alledges he was shoveling stemming material when his back "locked up."

Employee was taping a hole in a steel plate when the tap broke. The employee suffered a laceration to his right hand when he contacted the broken stub of the tap still in the hole in the plate. This wound required multiple stitches to close. Employee was not wearing gloves at the time of his injury.

Was being loaded and a rock fell out of bucket and jolted the truck. He felt pain in neck and his right arm and leg went numb.

REPETITIVE MOTION INJURY - RIGHT WRIST - FROM PULLING LEVER IN SHOVEL.

EE WAS CARRYING A PAIL OF TOOLS DOWN A STAIRWAY PULLED MUSCLE IN GROIN AREA ON RIGHT SIDE. DR REPORT INDICATES SOME BACK STRAIN. DID NOT VISITDR UNTIL 8/14/01 DUTY RESTRICTIONS START THAT DA Y

LIFTING GEAR REDUCER ONTO SHAFT ON HEAD PULLEY ON CONVEYOR. INJ WAS NOT REPORTED UNTIL 5/18/01

EE WAS TURNING TO THE LEFT AFTER PLACING A BAG OF TURKEY GRIT ON A PALLET KNEE & FOOT ON RIGHT LEG FAILED TO TURN WITH BODY INJURED RIGHT KNEE

HOLDING SLEDGE HAMMER FOR ANOTHER EE TO TIGHTEN NUT ON OMNICONE CRUSHER EE'S SLEDGE DEFLECTED OFF OTHER SLEDGE & HIT INJ EE IN THE EYE. SAFETY GLASS BROKE CAUSING LACERATION TO LEFT EYE

SLIPPED AND FELL ON MATERIAL FROM DISCHARGE CHUTE WHILE BOLTING ON A NEW FLAP. FRACTURED LEFT RING FINGER.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A DROP BALL CRANE. THE CRANE SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR AND STARTED DOWN RAMP. EMPLOYEE JUMPED OUT OF THE CRANE WHILE IT WAS GOING DOWN THE RAMP.

WORKING ON NEW CONSTRUCTION. BUMPED NOSE ON ANGLE IRON. CUT NOSE WHICH REQUIRED SUTURING

OPERATING A SAWZALL TO CUT TRIM. THE SAW BLADE CAUGHT AND KICKED BACK CUTTING THE EMPLOYEE ON THE LEFT LEG.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN SURFCE TUNNEL WALKING WAS MUDDY EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON WALK WAY AND FELL ON BUTTOCKS.

FRACTURED LEFT FIBIA. SLIPPED OFF LOADER BUCKET EDGE WHILE GETTING A PIECE OF IRON OUT OF THE LOADER BUCKET. LOADER WAS PARKED AT SHOP AREA.

FMC FEEDER EXCITER ASSEBLY SLIPPED AND CAUGHT EE MIDDLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND LACERATION ON FINGER TIP REQUIRING SUTURES.

EE WAS ON HIS WAY TO HAVING A DRUG TEST TAKEN DUE TO VEHICLE ACC HE HAD JUST HAD. IT WAS EXTREEMLY HOT OUTSIDE. HE WAS SWEATING AND RUBBED HIS EYE WITH HIS HAND. HAND HAD EMULSION ON IT AND IT GOT INTO HIS EYE. HAVING TROUBLE SEEING, SO HE WENT TO NEAREST HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT.

WHILE REMOVING A 250 LB BOX FROM BED OF SHOP TRUCK, BOX SHIFTED ON A SMALL ROCK LODGED UNDER BOX. BOX DROPPED DOWN SMASHING RT THUMB.

SLIPPED ON ICY GROUND--LANDED ON LEFT SHOULDER JOINT. SHOULDER INJURY--ROTATOR CUFF TORN.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A UTILITY KNIFE TO SPLIT SOME CONVEYOR BELT; PULLED KNIFE TOWARDS BODY, STRIKING SELF IN HIS RIGHT LEG, JUST ABOVE THE KNEE, CAUSING A CUT REQUIRING THREE (3) STITCHES.

LOADER OPERATOR WAS HELPING ANOTHER LOADER LOAD RAILROAD CAR WITH BALLAST. AFTER LOADING R.R. CARS IN FRONT OF BALLAST STOCKPILE, ONE LOADER HAD STARTED TO MOVE THE CARS DOWN THE TRACK, PLACIN G MORE EMPTY CARS NEAR BALLAST STOCKPILE. HE WAS WAITING WITH BUCKET FULL AND RAISED NEAR R.R. CARS. EMPLOYEE GOT OUT OF LOADER WITHOUT SETTING BRAKES. LOADER ROLLED FORWARD INTO R.R. CARS, W

EMPL FELL FROM CHUTE TO CONVEYOR THEN TO THE GROUND,HITTING & TWISTING RIGHT KNEE.

STORAGING SPARE SCREEN CLOTH PANELS IN STORAGE TRAILER WHEN 1 PANEL FELL AND STRUCK EMPL ACROSS RIGHT ARM CAUSING LACERATIONS TO RIGHT ARM.

EMPLOYEE WAS LEAVING THE 50TONE EUCLID TRUCK (WATER TRUCK) & WHEN HE STEPPED FROM THE LAST STEP TO THE GROUND HE TURNED HIS RT ANKLE

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED WHILE SHOVELING STONE OFF CONVEYOR BELT AND FELL TO GROUND HITTING LEFT HEEL. EMPLOYEE HAS CONTINUED TO WORK HS SHIFTS UNTIL 7-22-91, UPON WHICH TIME HIS DOCTOR HAS REQUESTED HE TAK EOFF UNTIL 7-26-91.

WHEN OPENING THE SIDE DOOR OF THE TRAILER THE PRESSURE FROM THE INSIDE MADE THE DOOR SWING OPEN WHICH HIT EMPLOYEE 1 1/2" ABOVE THE EYE.

EE WAS CHECKING THE AIR VOLUME ON A SQUIRREL CAGE FAN IN PREPARATION TO INSTALL IT ONE THE GRIT PLANT BAGGING SYSTEM. UPON STICKING HIS RIGHT HAND IN EXHAUST OF SQUIRREL CAGE FAN THE FAN CAUGH T HIS 1,2,3 FINGER OF HIS RIGHT HAND CUTTING THEUNDER SIDE OF EACH.

HE WAS REMOVING A NUT FROM THE SOCKET OF THE IMPACT WRENCH HE WAS USING WHEN HE ACCIDENT;Y HIT THE TRIGGER ON THE IMPACR WRENCH CAUSING A NUT TO SCREW ONTO HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER UP TO THE SECO ND JOINT.

HE WAS SLIDING THE SCREEN OUT OF THE SIDE OF THE WASH DECK WHEN HIS GLOVE GOT CUAGHT ON THE SCREEN AND THEN WAS PINNED AGAINST THE WALL OF THE TOP DECK. AN EDGE OF A WIRE OF THE SCREEN CUT HI S FINGER.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING BOLTS FROM A LOADER CUTTING EDGE HOLDING THE HEAD OF BOLT WITH LEFT PALM WHILE OPERATING ANIMPACT WRENCH WITH RIGHT HAND.BOLT HEAD SPUN CUTTING LEFT PALM.

LIFTING RE-RAI5ER DEVICE TO RERAIL DERAILED RAILROAD CAR

EMPL FELL STEPP3NG OFF FUEL STATION STAIRWAY STEPPED ON ROCK CAUSING ANKLE TO TURN.SPRAINED ANKLE AND SCRATCHED ELBOW.

DRILLER WAS STR3KING CHUCK WITH HAMMER TO FREE DRILL BIT MINUTE PIECE OF METAL FLEW OFF AND IMBEDDED IN DRILLER'S LEG.

EMPLOYEE TRIPPE8 IN HOLE WHILE CARRYING DRILL BIT AROUND MACHINE.SPRAINED BACK.EMPLOYEE REPORTED INCIDENT 5/21 UPON WARING WITH BACK PAIN.

INJURED WAS DIS5SSEMBLING THE DRILL HAMMER USING THE STEM WRENCH WHEN HIS FOOT WAS SQUEEZED BY THE STEM WRENCH RESULTING IN A CRACKED 2ND TOE ON THE LEFT FOOT.

OPERATOR EXPERI9NCED PAIN IN HIS BACK TO THE DEGREE THAT HE REQUIRED A MEDICAL OPINION. DOCTOR SAYS REST FROM VIBRATIONS OF MACHINE WITH DRUG THERAPY. VIBERATION AND ROCKING MOTION OF MACHIN E WERE NORMAL T2 ITS OPERATION AND AGGRAVATED EMPLOYEES CONDITION OVER TIME.