Top Grade_Chieftain 1400 Metal/Non-Metal

Injured employee and two other employees were lifting a 5 foot by 5 foot by 1/4 inch thick piece of steel (approx 275 lb) onto a truck. Injured employee felt something strained in his shoulder. Doctor diagnosed a rotator cuff tear on June 7.

Employee states, "I slipped going down the stairway." He is on work restrictions: No lifting greater than 35 lbs, limited work which involves kneeling, limited work which involves squatting.

Employee has been operating a front end loader in the pit between 8 and 10 hours, 5 days a week. On July 21 he said he had a sore back and needed to see a doctor.

Employee was trying to drive out a drive chain link pin. The pin shattered and a piece of it cut the top of his right hand - seven stitches.

4/18/08, EE states, he was welding a leaned forward and hit his head on a spray bar, jamming his neck. 5/9/08 EE requested to see a physician because his neck was still sore. Physicaian returned EE to work with no restrictions and with a referral for physical therapy.

EE was doing maintenance on screen tower. Quoting EE's accident report: Putting tools in work box, on plant, had hand on edge of box, reached for a tool and the lid closed on hand (wind).

Employee was installing 1'x 4' urethane screen panels, pounding them in place with a hand sledge hammer. He struck himself in the hand with a mis-directed blow.

Employee states: Twisted right ankle walking on catwalk". Catwalk was clean & empty.

Employee was removing a flat rock from the head box over the screen. As he rolled it to the edge of the screen it shifted to one side and pinched his hand between the rock and the frame of the screen. Impairment: lifting with right hand limited to 2 lb.

USING A JACK AND BLOCKS TO RAISE A SAND STACKER, EE'S SHOULDER BECAME SORE. HE THOUGHT IT MIGHT GET BETTER AFTER USING IT, BUT IT KEPT HURTING SO HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR TO HAVE IT CHECKED. EE WAS OFF 1 DAY AND RETURNED WITH RESTRICTIONS OF LEFT-HANDED-WORK-ONLY UNTIL HE HAS AN MRI.

AFTER GETTING OUT OF THE SKID STEER HE WAS RUNNING - HE SLIPPED ON SOME ICE AND FELL AGAINST THE TIRE HURTING HIS NECK.

WHILE STANDING OR WALKING ABOUT 20' FROM DRIVE OVER HOPPER, A HAUL TRUCK PULLING ONTO HOPPER DROVE OVER A ROCK SHOOTING IT FROM UNDER TIRE HITTING EE'S LEG (R) BREAKING IT.

WHILE WORKING UNDER A 88-B DRAGLINE CRANE, HELPING TO LOOSEN SOME BOLTS, THE WRENCH BROKE. HE STUMBLED BACK TWISTING HIS RIGHT ANKLE CAUSING A BAD FRACTURE.

CALLED TO SAY HE IS HAVING STRANGE FEELINGS IN WRIST. 10-21-02 HAD NERVE CHECK POSSIBLE CARPAL TUNNEL. SAW HAND SURGEON IN JANUARY HAD SURGERY 2/21/03. WORKING WITH RESTRICTIONS 2-24-03.

SLIPPED AND FELL ABOUT 5' WHILE REPLACING A CONVEYOR BELT. TRIED TO CATCH HIMSELF AND PULLED SHOULDER OUT LANDING ON GROUND.

WHILE CLEANING EQ WITH AN AIR HOSE SOME DIRT BLEW INTO HIS EYE.

WHILE WORKING ON A WELDER, HE FELT HE REINJURED HIS BACK AFTER A FEW DAYS IT DIDN'T GET ANY BETTER SO HE SAW HIS DOC WHO SENT HIM TO A SPECIALIST. WENT TO DOC 5-24-01. OFF WORK UNTIL NEXT APPO INTMENT 6-4-01.

WHILE WORKING ON SOME CATWALK & CONVEYOR, MUST HAVE TWISTED OR LIFTED WRONG. SEEMED OK UNTIL NEXT MORNING. CALL IN AND REPORTED SORE LOWER BACK.

REPAIRING A BEND PULLEY ON FIELD CONVEYOR.

ON 4/7/99 EE WAS CHECKING A CONVEYOR FOR BAD ROLLERS. WHEN STEPPING ONTO 2ND CONVEYOR HE TWISTEDHIS BACK. CONTD TOTOWRK UNITL 4/13/99 WHE HE WENT TO THE DR. HE WAS THEN TOLD TO ICE IT & RETURN ED TO WORK ON 4/15/99

WHILE WORKING ON A CRUSHER STAND IT SLID OFF A PIPE AND CAUGHT EE BIG RIGHT TOE ON 3RD IT STARTED TO HURT MOVE 2ND ON MONDAY 4-5-99 HE WENT TO THE DR AND TWISED IT BROKE.

WHILE WORKING WITH A SKID STEER HE HIT A BUMP HURTING HIS BACK. (LUMBAR STRAIN)

WHILE WORKING AS A MULWRIGHT. STARTED HAVING SORE RIGHT ELBOW FOREARM AND WRIST. FROM LIFTING, SLEDGE HAMMER DRILLS WELDING ETC. WENT TO DR 10-20-98. NOW GOING FOR SURGERY 1-19-99.

SLIPPED ON LADDER GETTING INTO OR ONTO THE LOADER HE RUNS.

EE INJURED HIS BREAK SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND IT STARTER TO BOTHER HIM IN APRIL. HE WENT FOR TREATMENT 4-8-98. IT HAS HELPED AND HE HAS BEEN OFF WORK SINCE 6-2-98. \

IN JUNE OR JULY 1997 MIKE WENT TO HIS DR FOR A SORE STOMACH. EVERYTHING SEEMED OK. NOW MAY 21 1998. IT BECAME REAL SORE AND THE DOC. TOLD HIM TO TAKE OFF 5-22-98. HE CAME BACK ATTEN THAT AND I T GOT WORSE. NOW HE IS OF 6-1-98 TO SORE AND BLEEDING COULD BE FROM THE EQUIPMENT HE DELIVER ITS QUITE ROUGH RIDING.

EE CLAIMS HIS WRISTS HAVE STARTED TO BOTHER HIM TO MAKE HIM SEEK TREATMENT. IT HAS BEEN COMING ON QUITE SOME TIME.

WHILE WORKING UNDER A SAND CLASSIFIER INJURED TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE.WORKED BALANCE OF WEEK AND MON 10-07-96 WENT TO DOCTOR TO HAVE IT CHECKED WILL BE OFF AWHILE.

WHILE WORKING ON A TIRE IRON SLIPPED HITTING EMPLOYEE IN THE HEAD.

ON2-15-95WHILE WORKING ON A CRUSHER. HE SLIPPED WHEN PICKING UP A PART ON THE CRUSHER STAND. AFTER PULLING SOMETHING IN BACK. HE SAW THE DR. AND CONTINUED TO WORK LIGHT DUTY. IT KEPT BOTHER ING AND WITH NO MORE LIGHT DUTY HE WILL BE OFF FOR A WEEK OR 2 DEPENDING ON HOW HE FEELS LAST DAY OF WORK 2-23-95.

ON 4/20/94 EMPLOYEE REPORTED THAT HE BUMPED HIS ELBOW WHILE MOVING A SCREEN ON A GRAVEL VIBERATOR. IT FELT AS LITTLE STRANGE SO HE REPORTED IT. ON 4/22/94 HE HAD IT CHECKED BUT KEPT WORKING UN TIL 5/18/94 WHEN HE WNET BACK TO THE DOCTOR AND PUT ON A RESTRICTION. HE WAS OFF 5/19/94 AND DIDN'T COME IN ON 5/20/94 WHEN HE COULD HAVE WORKED

WHEN STEPPING FROM A LOADER THAT HE MOVED TO GET A TRUCK HE SLIPPED OFF OF THE STEP TURNING HIS LEFT KNEE..

WHILE WORKING ON A GRAVEL SCREEN INJURED MISSED A PIN HITTING HIS LEFT THUMB CAUSING A SLIGHT FRACTURE. HE WAS GIVEN A LITTLE SPLINT AND CAN WORK AS NEEDED. NO LOST TIME.

WHILE OPERATING A LOADER CLEANING UNDER THE PLANT, THE OPERATOR NOTICED HIS BACK START TO TIGHTEN UP. IT CONTINUED TO GET WORSE AND FINALLY HAD TO STOP GOING TO HIS FOREARM. HE THEN WAS TAKEN IN FOR A CHECK AND TOLD TO TAKE A DAY OFF DUE TO A MUSCLE SPASM. HE LOST THE NEXT DAY AT WORK.

68935 HELPING CHANGE A SCREEN ON A GRAVEL PLANT, HE BUMPED HIS EYEBROW AND CUTTING IT SO THAT HE NEEDED A COUPLE STITCHES.

WHILE WORKING ON A HOPPER AT THE GRQVEL PLANT SOMETHING GOT INTO EMP EYE THAT NIGHT IT BOTHERED HIM SO THE NEXT DAY HE MENTIONED IT TO HIS FOREMAN AND WAS SENT TO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT.