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Employee was working to get an airslide to flow material when dust from above dropped down onto the employee and into their eye.
At the start of the shift employee was climbing access ladder of 992G FEL. Employee stated they felt right arm tingle and feel numb. They did not slip or try to catch themselves, was just climbing ladder normally. EE was taken to clinic, diagnosed w/ arm/shoulder strain, placed on restricted duty and referred to PT for eval and treatment
Employee was in the rollout chute removing a piece of 6" metal used for making 57's and then added plate steel for making 67's while doing this EE struck their ribs left side and stated they thought they felt a pop in their ribs and was having trouble breathing.
Employee was performing a team lift with another EE to set a 100lb. LP bottle from the back of a service. Due to a miscommunication between employees, injured employee had EE's fingers under the bottle when it was set down on the bumper.-smashed the tips of the middle and ring finger of left hand - resulted in restricted duty
The employee was entering the production utility shed outside of the administration building. When EE attempted to open the door the hinge failed and the door struck EE in the head causing a laceration.
Minor back strain from lifting old wear plates that were being removed from a miller lining.
Employees were putting a guard back on after replacing a bad idler when the guard slipped and hit one employee in the upper lip requiring six sutures.
Employee was installing a drive belt on the primary grizzly feeder with two other employees. During the task, their left thumb became wedged between the drive belts and a pulley,
Cutter AGG driver (NOT Heidelberg employee) proceeded to the pit loading area and exited the truck to correct an issue with the gate locking system. While attempting to engage the gate latch manually, the latch moved unexpectedly, causing the gate to slam shut and crush the end of the driver's middle finger. The driver immediately left the facility to seek medical attention.
Employee was installing a blank in the meal pipe. While pushing blank in and didn't realize a finger was in the bolt hole. When blank finally went in it cut tip of right ring finger.
EE was rolling a pulley, and it fell off the pallet and when EE went to pick it up, EE's right pinkie finger got caught between the boom and the shaft. Causing a laceration needing stiches.
Employee was assisting with installing a tail pulley on P-3. The tail pulley rotated and pinched the tip of EE's right pinky finger. The would required stitches to close.
Employee was working in the de watering screen and when they went to lift up a water sprayer it caught on floor level and an abrupt stop happened. They felt no injury but later that night around 7pm they started to have some pain.
While collecting material left over from a completed shaker screen change, the employee (EE) was in the process of moving a steel plate to be taken down from the tower. During the movement, the plate shifted unexpectedly and pinched EE's finger between the plate and the catwalk. The employee reported that EE removed EE's glove and noticed bleeding from the tip of EE's finger.
The employee was installing blades on a shredder in the resource recovery area. They slid a blade onto the shaft and pinched their finger between the blade and the spacer.
Miner was changing a drill bit. While spinning the drill bit, it slipped from the miners hand and smashed their left middle finger at around 10:15 am. Miner let manger know at around 10:37 am and requested medical evaluation. As a result of their medical evaluation miner was diagnosed with a broken left middle finger.
EE was attempting to remove a broken drill steel when the chain slipped pinching their right thumb
A member of the office cleaning company was cleaning a restroom in the administration building. EE mixed two chemicals in the restroom which caused EE to inhale fumes. The vendor employee was taken to the emergency room and released later that day.
Employee was attempting to open the service truck door. The door latch was stuck and the employee forcefully pulled on the door causing it to spring open. After the door sprung opened the employee noticed some soreness in their wrist.
The employee was lowering a coil of hose from on top of a silo to the ground using rope. the weight of the hose caused the employee to lose grip on the rope momentarily. When the employee regained grip on the rope, they hit their right thumb on a guardrail causing the injury.
During installation of drive belts on Warman Pump employee received a laceration on left pinky finger. The belts had already been installed. Employee was manually turning the shiv to check belt tension when the tip of finger was pinched between one of the belts and the shiv. X-rays revealed a nondisplaced fracture.
Employee was cleaning a drain trough. when they went to replace the grate (80#) over the trough, they felt a strain in left shoulder. Reported to supv. Contacted clinic, who advised RICE and OTC ibuprofen. No restrictions at that time. At follow appt. 5/28, placed employee on weight restriction R arm- first day restricted 5/28/25
Employee was shoveling and felt a pull in back. Employee was put on restricted duty for a week.
The employee was laying on grating reaching to install a bolt on the bearing housing, while a Johnson bar was leaning on a nearby handrail. Another employee leaned against the handrail which caused the Johnson bar to tip over and strike the employee on the head.
EE was spraying a hose when it slipped, hitting the right forearm. The hose clamp caught their arm causing a laceration.
EE was taking a small boulder off of a locked-out conveyor. EE pinched the tip of right ring finger between the rock and the conveyor structure when removing the boulder. Stitches were needed for EE's fingertip.
WHILE MOVING A CRUSHER LINER, RIGGING SLIPPED & CRUSHED EMPLOYEE LEFT FIRST & 2ND TOES
Employee was organizing parts in a storage area. EE had a shaker screen counterweight on the tines of a forklift. EE slid the counterweight off the tines of the forklift, when EE did EE felt a twinge in right shoulder. Self-treated until Monday, when EE was seen at a clinic, diagnosed with a muscle strain, placed on restricted duty (no use of R arm) until follow up appt.
Throwing dust collector bags into the rear of the suck truck the employee felt a pop in right shoulder. Employee started treatment with our online Teladoc with no change in pain or discomfort. Employee was advised to seek medical attention with a clinic. Right shoulder strain.
The employee was removing a wall filter down off of the all-thread and a section of the wire mesh that wraps the outside of the filter caught the left hand of the employee. This caused a laceration to the employees left thumb pad. The employee was not wearing gloves at the time of the incident.
Employee was removing liners from ball mill when they dropped the liner striking them in the foot. Receiving a fracture in the foot.
Employee was repositioning PPE when a small piece of metal went into right eye. After flushing eye, employee received medical treatment for a scratch to cornea.
Employee was cleaning material off 117 conveyor belt when they felt a pull in is abdomen/groin they reported this to supervisor and denied care at this time. The employee reported to safety on the 27May2025 they were still experiencing pain and we called care and EE was given a home care plan with no relief they were scheduled a clinic visit for further treatment.
During a screen change, employee was standing on middle deck screen. EE put foot on the top deck crown bar to brace self while pulling the screen off the forks. While pulling, EE's foot slipped and EE hit shin on the crown bar. This caused a laceration that required 8 stitches to close.
Employee injured right shoulder while install a piece of screw conveyor during the second shift on 1/27/25. EE reported it to the supervisor on 1/28/2025 at 10:30 am. EE called Teladoc and was referred to see a clinical doctor.
Lead Technician was on their second day working alongside Field Technician to complete field assembly of an HD605-8. Work is being performed inside the equipment maintenance shop. Technician finished welding the left side tire guard on. Technician was using a cloth and solvent to wipe the welded area when they noticed something had entered left eye from behind safety glasses.
Employee got dust in is eye on 1-17-2025 and over the weekend the employee had medical treatment which changed the treatment process to a medical to a lost time incident.
Employee was working with a crew installing putlog beams in a vessel. Due to a miscommunication, the crew on opposite side of vessel pulled the beam while employees hand was in a pinch point and the top of the employees right pinky finger became pinched between a beam clamp and the vessel. Employee pulled finger out and noticed blood. Injury required stitches.
Employee was lifting a gas cylinder bottle on the welding trailer. EE lost grip due to a light frost; the cylinder fell back into the mounting slot with EE's right hand positioned on the bottom end of the bottle to allow EE to guide it down. EE's finger was in-between the bottle and metal rack resulting in injury to the tip of EE's right Pinky Finger, needing 4 stitches.
Employees were hanging a 2" angle iron 107" long above the v-belts on the 7' crusher. They set the angle iron in place for welding and SE's end fell and it pinched EE's hand between the angle iron and the beam, cutting through EE's glove. EE and SE were wearing Radnor A6 cut resistent gloves and the angle iron pierced through the glove between the thumb and forefinger.
G&R employee was guiding sheet metal roofing into a dumpster. The sheet metal swung into the employee's gloved hand which was resting on a cross beam of the dumpster, cutting the pinky finger. Medical treatment was 3 stitches to the finger.
Employee was cleaning the ground floor of the shipping silos with a vacuum truck. As the employee was sucking up material, they felt discomfort in the groin. Employee was seen by the clinic and placed on restrictions.
EE reports was assisting install a tail (bin) pulley out of a manlift along with a second employee. The second employee was using a come-along to lift the pulley up so they could get it in position when the EE decided to assist by pushing the pulley. It weighs approx. 100-150 lbs. As the EE began to push, EE felt pain in lower back. EE started PT on 11/14/2024.
The employee's left shoulder popped out of joint while climbing down into a jaw crusher to perform maintenance.
EE states they were washing out a bucket on 988 K loader. EE was dragging the hose but, the hose got hung up on rocks. They turned and stepped back onto a pallet. Their foot slipped off the pallet and they fell backwards onto their knee.
The employee was assigned to clean the magnet off one of the belts. Employee was using the JLG manlift to complete the task. Once the magnet was cleaned off, they lowered boom to ground and exited the basket. They were carrying bucket of tramp steel as they stepped out, they twisted their left ankle. Resulting in un-displaced fracture of left leg fibula.
EE was replacing the windshield wiper motor on a F-250 truck. After installing, EE plugged the motor in. The wiper was not in the "Parked" position and cycled, pinching their left thumb in the wiper linkage. EE was wearing cut-resistant gloves, but it was a pinching situation resulting in a laceration requiring stitches to close. EE returned to work with no restrictions.
During the process of fueling the locomotive, the Locomotive Engineer received diesel splash back in the eyes from nozzle located at locomotive fuel island.
Employee went to pull the hinged ladder down to inspect the belt and after releasing the ladder while holding it with their right hand, they released the ladder which smashed their left pinky finger between the ladder and corner of the catwalk grating. Employee was wearing A4 cut resistant and impact resistant gloves at the time of incident.
The jack stand was lying down horizontally at the tailgate. EE said EE didn't notice the adjustable extension tube was approximately 6 to 8 inches above the top support surface of the jack. EE said it was fine until EE stood it up vertical. That's when the tube dropped down pinching EE's finger between the two pieces.