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Employee got his finger between slide bar and spinner pinching his index finger of his left hand. EE thought that he had only damaged his fingernail. A band aid was placed on it and the EE continued to work. EE went to the Doctor on Oct. 26 and was diagnosed with a fracture at the tip of his index finger. No treatment was needed.

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

While unlocking a camlock fitting on a pit pump the employee was pulling on the 4 inch female fitting trying to get it lose. When the fitting came loose it struck the employee hitting between the nose and upper lip. *** Resulting in four sutures to his upper lip - justifying a reportable medical injury with no restrictive duty or lost days***

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.

EE was installing a new chain sprocket on the digger drive. After the completion of the project, EE felt pain in his right hip. Plant manager was not notified of injury until 3/15/2006. EE was seen by Dr. & recommended to have MRI and be seen by surgeon. EE underwent surgery on 3/21/2005 for herniated disc.

Employee attempted to assist in lifting a wear plate and popped something in his back/hip area.

Employee was making a plant change by opening a gate when he smashed his finger between the handle and a keeper pin. The employee received 4 sutures.

Ee was installing a saddle onto the mainframe arm of the omnicone 1560 crusher and caught the end of his middle finger on his left hand between the saddle and the frame arm removing the skin degloving from the tip of the finger. Dr treatment included skin graft making this a reportable medical injury with no lost workdays.

Employee lifted hood on EX270 to check oil. Hood did not catch and lock and it fell hitting him on head. Employee was sent to Dr and released as 1st aid. He complained on 4-12-05 and requested to be re-sent to Dr. He was put on light duty pending x-ray results.

Employee was assisting in the removal of the spider cover plate from the gyrator crusher. When the plate was lifted, it began to swing and the employee attempted to stop it from hitting the bulk oil tank. His hand was pinched against the oil tank.

EE was stepping over a motor to look at another and stepped on corner off skid with center of foot & bent it backwards.

Employee was guiding cylinder into place with a come along in 773B Cat truck. While jacking into place, cable around cylinder slipped & caught fingers between cable & ride cylinder. Cable had total weight of cylinder. Avulsion of 2nd finger on right hand to first knuckle & fracture of 3rd finger.

Employee was attempting to clean screen deck. In the process, his hand struck a bolt on the deck and the sharp edge cut his finger.

AFTER COMPLETING THE PRE-SHIFT INSPECTION OF HAUL TRUCK, EE REMOVED THE WHEEL CHOCK AND WAS THROWING IT UP ONTO THE CAB WALKWAY OF THE TRUCK WHEN EE FELT A PAIN IN LOWER BACK. EE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A MUSCLE STRAIN AND RETURNED TO WORK

EE WAS STANDING ON THE GROUND REMOVING CHAINS AND BINDERS FROM A LOW-BOY TRAILER IN PREPARATION TO LOAD A TRUCK. ONE OF THE CHAINS HUNG UP ON THE TRAILER AS THE EE PULLED ON IT. EE FELT A "POP" IN RIGHT SHOULDER

Employee was turning the water on at the water stand pipe so he could wash the bed of the truck bed. When he bent over to turn the water valve on there was an aluminum valve wrench hanging over head approximately six foot off the ground. The wrench fell striking the employee's hardhat and back of his head.

EE WAS REMOVING A BUNDLE OF SKIRT BOARDS WITH FORK TRUCK. SKIRT BOARDS WERE BUNDLED TOGETHER WITH A NYLON CHOKER. WHEN THE CHOKER WAS REMOVED, 1 OF THE SKIRT BOARDS (13'6" LONG X 11" WIDE) SLID OVER ONTO EE'S FOOT, CAUSING A SEVERE BRUISE. EE WAS WEARING METATARSAL BOOTS, BUT IT CAUGHT JUST ABOVE THE METATARSAL. RELEASED LIGHT DUTY, BUT CAN'T PUT ON STEEL TOE BOOT.

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE HIT HIS HEAD ON A PIPE WHICH CAUSED HIS HARD HAT TO STRIKE THE BACK OF HIS NECK WHICH CAUSED A KNOT ON HIS NECK. HE SAID HE REPORTED IT TO THE PLANT LEADMAN BUT NOTHING WAS DONE BECAUSE THERE WAS NO UNUSUAL PAIN OR ANY COMPLICATIONS AT THE TIME. ON 3/11/05 EE REPORTED THE INCIDENT AGAIN AS HIS DR. SAID HE COULD NEED SURGERY, SURGERY REQUIRED 11/07/05.

Employee was lifting a section of chute about 5' long. The section of chute was on front of boat and being moved to captive barge. The employee lifted one corner of chute and felt sharp pain in his back. Delay in reporting due to waiting on medical records.

While moving some sections of screen cloth, the employee's thumb was pinched between the sections, bruising the nail. The employee experienced significant pain and the nail was drilled to relieve the pressure.

Employee was loading scrap metal on trailer. Had just loaded a 10" steel pipe with boom truck and disconnected lifting cable. Employee was concerned that pipe might shift during transport and roll off trailer. Employee repositioned pipe and mashed his right ring finger.

Employee was removing ice from a conveyor when he smashed his pinky finger between a chunk of ice and a machine guard.

THREE EMPLOYEES WERE IN THE PROCESS OF REMOVING A PIECE OF METAL 3/4" X 8' LONG FROM FEEDER WHEN THE METAL SLIPPED, CRUSHING EE'S SMALL FINGER ON LEFT HAND. BROKEN BONE. MEDICAL ONLY.

Injured employee was climbing up the ladder on side of customer's truck to examine material when he felt a pain in his left chest.

Employee was changing screens when he felt a piece of dirt scratch his eye.

Employee was going to turn on a conveyor when he stepped on a step incorrectly and strained his calf muscle

Employee was walking under the boom of his drill while doing preshift inspection and bumped his head. He then stumbled catching himself and straining his shoulder.

WHILE LIFTING A PIECE OF WIRE CLOTH ONTO THE WASHING SCREEN, EMPLOYEE HEARD A "POP" IN HIS LEFT ARM. HIS CO-WORKER GOT HIM OFF THE SCREEN TOWER WITH A MANLIFT. HE WAS THEN TAKEN TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL WERE HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A TORN BICEP TENDON. X-RAYS CONFIRMED NO BONE DAMAGE. HE WAS INSTRUCTED TO SEE AN ORTHOPEDIC SPECIALIST TO FIND OUT HOW EXTENSIVE THE DAMAGE WAS.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING THE ROTOR COVER PLATE ON THE REMCO CRUSHER. HE MIS-JUDGED THE WEIGHT OF THE PLATE AND IT SLIPPED, PINCHING HIS FINGER AGAINST THE ROTOR.

EE rolling up fuel nozzle on fuel truck when nozzle got hung up on the hook, reeled it up and it shot off hook slammed his finger in door causing 7 stitches to left middle finger.

Ee was performing work on the crane on the lower dock. He and a co-worker were changing over from the claw to the bucket. After attaching the tagline to the bucket, ee tugged on the tagline to tension it up with the boom. The resulting tension sucked his hand into the cable guide (bell), and cut his hand.

Removing the discharge hose from TR #88118, the hose slipped & caught right index finger. Cut right index finer/nail.

Employee was removing a fuel cap when he strained his thumb.

Employee was installing brake pads on a haul truck. He had installed three of four springs to hold brake pad. Lost balance and struck forehead on a set screw on brake cylinder.

WASHING OUT UNDER SCREEN TOWER IN SECONDARY PLANT. ABOUT 2:30 PM EMPLOYEE SET HOSE DOWN & VALVE OPENED CAUSING HOSE TO FLY AROUND EE & HE HIT HIS HEAD TRYING TO GET AWAY.

Employee let his supervisor know that he thought he had something in his eye. He tried to flush his eye with eye wash. He then went to the doctor and a small partical (rust) was removed using a medical instrument. The employee was wearing safety glasses and hard hat (PPE)during his duty shift.

EE WAS LIFTING A DRUM LID/PUMP FROM A GREASE DRUM, AND FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK AND LEG.

Employee was using high pressure hose to clean deck of dredge when he lost his grip-the hose struck him in groin.

ON NOV. 26, 2004, THE EMPLOYEE WENT TO THE LOCAL E.R. COMPLAINING OF BACK PAIN. HE CLAIMED HE HAD INJURED HIS BACK WHILE AT ANOTHER QUARRY ON JULY 17, 2004. PLANT MANAGER AT BOTH LOCATIONS STATE HE DID NOT REPORT ANY INJURY OR ACCIDENT AT ANY TIME BETWEEN JULY AND NOVEMBER. EMPLOYEE CLAIMS TO HAVE INJURED HIS BACK ATTEMPTING TO MOVE A LARGE ROCK FROM THE HAUL ROAD.

Employee was replacing the drill steel in the drill and the end of one drill steel rolled over the top of his foot.

EMPLOYEES WERE COMPRESSING A FEEDER SPRING, STRAPPED THE SPRING IN THE COMPRESSED MODE. ONE OF THE STRAPS FAILED CAUSING THE SPRING PRESSURE TO RELEASE MASHING HIS SMALL FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS TOUCH UP PAINTING WHEN SHE REMOVED HER SAFETY GLASSES TO WIPE HER RIGHT EYE WITH HER GLOVES ON CAUSING HER TO GET PAINT IN HER EYE.

Employee was sitting at desk completing paperwork when he felt something in his eye.

Employee was carrying bolts to his basket when they shifted twisting his shoulder

EE WAS HELPING REPLACE CONCAVES IN 42" GYRATORY CRUSHER, AND WAS PUTTING 30 POUND BLOCK OF ZINC INTO MELTING POT WHEN HIS GLOVE CAUGHT ON THE SIDE OF THE POT. HIS HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE POT AND THE ZINC, CAUSING A LACERATION TO HIS FINGER.

Employee was installing a tailpulley, the employee pinched the tip of his finger between the tailpulley shaft and frame resulting in a cut. The cut required stitches.

EE WAS IN A SITTING POSITION, WELDING A HANDRAIL ON A STAIR PLATFORM. HIS BACK WAS TO THE STAIRS. ANOTHER EE WAS ON THE PLATFORM ABOVE. THE EE ON THE HIGHER PLATFORM KICKED THE ANGLE IRON WHICH FELL AND HIT THE EE ON THE BACK OF THE HEAD.

EE cut off his right middle finger while working on the hp-500 bowl. Crew was changing out the wear liners in the bowl of the HP-500. Nuts were placed under the bottom of the new liner to give the bowl clearance off the floor to allow adjustments. Grease is used to seal leaks. The grease created suction. When it released, the bowl dropped & amputated his finger.

EE was reaching to turn on the master switch when he wrenched his back.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE FOREIGN MATERIAL THAT HAD JAMMED THE BLOCK ON THE MOBILE CRANE. WHEN THE MATERIAL WAS REMOVED, THE BLOCK MOVED AND HIS HAND WAS CAUGHT IN THE SHEAVE.