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Technician has lower left side back pain that radiates to the hip that started after the 993K engine tune-up technician was trying to install the engine turn tool. the technician's body is in a awkward position with head tilted and arms up against the engine block while on a 2 step ladder. After trying first aid, EE finally went to the clinic on 2-9-26.

Employee was inspecting a lube pump and removed the cover. After the inspection the employee proceeded to replace the cover when it slipped out of EE's hands. While attempting to catch the cover the employee's right middle finger went under the seesaw mechanism causing a fracture to the tip of the right middle finger.

The employee was unblocking the 11 launder and lifted a grate. After pulling the second grate, the first cover landed on the employee's right hand causing a laceration.

An employee attempted to throw a 3 pound rail anchor into the back of a grapple truck, but the rail anchor ricocheted off the sideboard of the truck instead of landing in the back and struck another employee standing nearby in the mouth, lacerating the employee's upper lip and fracturing the employee's upper jaw.

A hose released pressure causing an abrasion to the left cheek. Employee said they were loosening and wiggling the hose and valve connection when it made a pop and they felt the oil hit to their cheek. Spray of oil happened and only lasted a split second.

While pulling a 20' long 2"x2"x1/4" stick of angle iron off a rack, the employee felt pain in their left elbow. The employee worked the rest of their shift, but then went to a local clinic on their own accord the following day for an evaluation without informing the company. This evaluation resulted in lost workdays.

While lifting a hoist and chains up and out of the way of a rail car truck side frame on the floor, the chains caught the frame, causing it to fall to the side and land on the employees left foot. The employee was wearing metatarsal safety-toed boots at the time. The employee suffered three fractures in their left foot and toes.

While an employee was working on a haul truck, dirt and debris fell from an above platform on the truck, some of which, landed in the employee's left eye. The employee sought medical attention. The eye was numbed, dirt or debris was extracted from the eye, and prescription eye drops were administered.

While lowering a removable mantle hand railing down on a mantle cart, the employee's left hand was in the line of fire, injuring two fingers. One finger suffered a laceration requiring sutures and another finger suffered a hairline fracture requiring a brace.

While a summer student was sweeping, a 20-pound tire knife oven no longer in service on a shelf on a wall approximately 4 feet above the floor fell on EE's right hand, fracturing two bones in the hand. The employee's broom caught the power cord to the oven, causing the oven to fall off a shelf.

While adjusting a coupler on a locomotive, the employee felt discomfort in their right bicep. This was originally a report only, as there was not a reportable injury at the time. This discomfort led to a few medical follow-ups and ultimately surgery on Jan 9, 2025.

Employee states that while changing idlers on the 5/10 shuttle in the filter building, EE pinched their left pinky finger between the idler rack and the support beam.

While installing a window on a locomotive, microscopic pieces of glass chipped off the window and landed somewhere on the employee. Some of the glass made its way into the employee's eyes at some point throughout the day and the employee began to feel discomfort. The employee had to seek medical attention; eyes were numbed and the glass was extracted.

An employee pinched left pinky finger between a worn shovel tooth and the lip of a service truck bed while transferring the tooth from a shovel bucket to the bed of a truck. The pinch caused a cut to the side of pinky finger. Leather, cut resistant gloves were worn at the time and were not cut. EE went to a local clinic afterwards and received 3 sutures.

EE was helping install a Steel I-Beam, body was in an awkward position resulting in strain to EE's lower back. EE was placed on light duty

Employee was assisting loading bundle rods onto a flat bed when EE pinched fingers on EE's left hand between loose rods.

Employee was reaching under a newly installed pinch valve to align bolt holes. When employee pulled on the plate employee heard a pop and felt pain in left elbow.

Employee was banding a rod bundle when the wire band slipped out of the banding clip and hit EE on the wrist causing a laceration. The laceration required 7 sutures to close.

Employee was helping to lift and position a 42x73 vulcanizing platen on a conveyor belt system with three fellow employees. The system was shoulder high. The employee twisted and felt a pop in groin followed by discomfort.

Employee was rotating an injector on the shop table to work on other side, as rotating one edge slipped off of table pinching pinky finger. This pinch required stitches.

Employee was climbing onto the 344 CAT drill to check water level and felt a pop in their right elbow.

Employee was taking a metal lid off of 5 gallon spike keg when the lid tore in half and slicing EE's palm through the glove. Cut required 4 stitches.

Employee was cleaning steel shavings from around a wheel lathe with a pitch fork. A piece of shavings slid up the handle, employee didn't see it and when repositioning EE's hand the shaving cut through EE's glove causing a laceration to the right hand index finger.

Employee was getting into pickup at beginning of shift to head out to loader the employee was assigned to operate. As employee went to sit in the driver's seat employee felt pain in left knee.

Truck shop maintenance employee was removing a retainer pin for bit on a rock breaker. As employee pulled the retainer pin out of the hole, employee lost control of it dropping it on finger. The impact broke the tip of the finger, caused a finger nail avulsion and a nail bed laceration.

Dropped seal ring for haul truck wheel onto left hand 5th finger. Causing slight fracture of finger.

Crusher maintenance employee fractured/lacerated #3 finger left hand. Course Crusher employees were changing pan feeder wear liners. Employee pinched EE's finger between the worn liner and a pan feeder pan.

Mine RR ops employee was changing oxygen cylinder within a cabinet. Upon removing the cap ee noted ee needed to rotate the cylinder to line up the nozzle with the regulator. While turning the cylinder employee felt a pop in left bicep. Was diagnosed with a ruptured left distal bicep tendon.

EE incurred neck and back pain when lifting a portable hydraulic ram tool overhead and trying to wedge it between the truck frame and the tire.

Employee states was pushing rags into a small opening to stop material from spilling from a rock box when felt a "pop" in finger. When employee removed glove saw that the tip of finger was bent funny and would straighten out.

Employee was injured when a sump that was being lowered into the basement with an overhead crane came into contact with a severely corroded pipe and broke the hanger causing the vertical pipe to fall and come into contact with the employee's ankle, fracturing it. The bolts on the hanger were completely rotten.

Employee was working to unplug a tails pump when the plugged material let loose and hot material sprayed EE's arm resulting in a 2nd degree burn.

Hosing pellets from floor in pelletizer building areas when dirt fell on employee straining back and left knee.

Employee pinched finger while loading a barrel onto a cart resulting in a laceration to the little finger on the employee's left hand. The laceration required 7 stitches.

Employee was climbing from the main deck of our scaffold to an elevated cantilever platform and felt a pain in right knee. Initial medical evaluation suspects a torn meniscus in knee. EE is currently off from work.

Employee was aligning a 24" carbon steel flange on a pipe. Flange slipped off the pipe and struck right heel of employee resulting in a fracture to his right heel.

EE closing bin supply electric door. Wrapped the strap around hand and put weight into closing it. Was expecting door to close harder than it did since, door closed rapidly momentum pulled hand between closing doors causing hand to be lacerated by door latch upon doors slamming on hand. Laceration required 18 stitches, and there was no other damage to his hand still off work.

Employee was climbing out of a rod mill when his arm came in contact with a sharp edge of a worn out line. Employee was cut on the right forearm.

Employee states that while building pallets he turned around to grab a tool and felt pain in his knee.

Employee was taking the slack out of a drive chain when the chain slipped out of his hand and pinched the tip of his small finger between the chain and sprocket.

Employee alleges that he was scraping flakes off a weld and something got behind his safety glasses and irritated his right eye.

Employee states that while shoveling material from under a belt, she felt pain in her back.

Mine ops employee was helping pick up a drill cable using the bailer. Employee was on deck and assuring the cable went into the real straight. He had one hand guiding the cable and the other hand on the hand rail. The bail swung pinching his finger between the bail and the hand rail. Employee received antibiotics for infection.

Mine ops employee was leaving the rear house of a drill, they were shutting the door behind them and got their small finger on their left hand pinched in the door mechanism.

Shovel operator was putting a busted loader tooth into the back of the supervisors pickup. When he set the tooth in the box of the truck he sliced through his glove and right index finger on a sliver/burr that he did not see on the busted tooth. The laceration required 8 stitches.

Employee was standing on a step stool leaning over a hydraulic hose pushing up on a drive shaft of a machine to install a lifting strap around the drive shaft.

**This incident is being reported to terminate citation 6556658. The citation is being contested and this report is submitted under protest.** Employee got debris in eye while oiling pallet wheels.

Employee picked up a drill plug from the left side of his body to put back on the casing. He had one foot on top of the drill mound (ant hill) and one foot on the inside of the mound. When he moved the plug he felt a pull in his lower back.

Employee was carrying a 6' I-beam with a co-worker and felt a "pop" in his right wrist.

Employee was installing wheel chocks on our CR Meyer Truck when he stood up, the tool box cover fell down, striking the employee just above his right eye resulting in 2 sutures.