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KMC cautiously reports this as a workplace accident. Employee informed supervisor on 8/9/24 of an earlier, offsite arm injury. Later, EE reported the accident below, saying the two injuries were separate. Employee lunged for wiring harness that was falling off a box. EEs right forearm struck the wooden box (EE thought it was cardboard box) hard enough to create hairline ulna crack.

EE & co-worker attached a strap to a pump replacement, which had a shaft connected to it. Co-worker lifted the pump & shaft using crane. EE held onto shaft for stability. While trying to get pump & shaft in position, the assembly shot upward, possibly due to the shift off strap or crane hook slipping off. EE's left ring finger became trapped in keyway of shaft.

Injured employee & another employee were handling a piece of metal. While turning it to the other side, the metal struck the other employee in the side (no injury), causing the employee to drop their side. This made the metal fall and bounce. When it bounced, it caught IE's left middle finger between the table & the metal. The finger was smashed & had a small cut.

Employee was lowering hydraulic cylinder to deck of dredge using cable tension & hinged bottom of cylinder. EE planned to install a grease line extension so the cylinder wouldn't need to be lowered again. As the cylinder descended, EE realized the cable was not tensioned as the cylinder came down quickly. EE moved to side as the cylinder struck their right leg.

Employee was replacing a hose on top of the silos. EE stepped onto the toe plate to be able to reach the cable winch to attach it to the hose to put onto the transfer line. While EE was doing this, EE felt a pop in EE's left knee.

EE was lifting Right-hand dog bone into place by hand when it slipped free of control. As it fell EE tried to push it against the stick to keep it from falling to the ground and smashing EE's foot. Customer added a guard to the stick. Employees finger was smashed between the dog bone and the guard. The additional guard is not a Caterpillar part.

While working on a lime machine, the employee was repairing an auger. While putting it back together, the auger slipped, and then the employee's right hand slipped into the auger.

Employee was installing a new light in a tunnel, and EE was tapping the existing light with a drill and carbide bit to get power to the new light when a piece of aluminum was extracted out of the old light base, which hit employee in cheek, and then bounced into EE's left eye under EE's safety glasses.

Employee was lifting & bagging 100# bags when EE noticed EE's back started to hurt. EE took medication and continued working. It was still sore on Sunday, so EE went to the ER. The injury was not reported to management until Monday.

Employee picked up a starter for the #365 excavator to put it in the back of the service truck. EE misjudged the bed and mashed right index finger under the starter requiring several stitches in EE's finger. I was not made aware of this accident until 3/30/2020.

Employee was cleaning the inside of a tanker with a coworker when the employee scraped right knee. On 2/22/19 the scrape had become infected and employee went for treatment.

Employee was climbing onto an excavator. EE got to the top of the track and grabbed the handle and felt a sharp pain in neck/back.

Employee was attempting to run a sample in the lab at Upper Gieseke. The disk that sits on top of a heavy ceramic bowl was situated incorrectly in the bowl. Employee tried to adjust disk by tapping bowl against ground. Bowl slipped and mashed employee's index and third finger on left hand, resulting in laceration of finger.

Employee did not report accident until 3/20/2018. While cleaning kyanite particles from under grating, employee picked up grating to place it on top of a platform. Two to three days later EE noticed pain in the left side of neck.

Employee was standing on a flat bed truck loading 50 lb bags of lime into a hopper and strained right groin.

Employee was removing a choked pipe from the hopper with co-worker, as the co-worker removed the last bolt, the pipe twisted and caught left pinky finger between pipe and silo, partially severing the tip, which required surgical removal.

Employee attached a hydraulic line in a D-5N Dozer, when he stood up after being in a cramped position, he experienced numbness and weakness in his right leg that did not resolve. He sought treatment, the diagnosis was a pinched nerve in his knee. He was placed on light-duty pending resolution through physical therapy.

Employee was deconstructing scaffolding, while lowering a section to the ground, he felt pain and burning in his abdomen. Resulted in muscle strain with work restrictions on lifting.

Employee was lifting an area guard door to adjust the crusher when he felt and heard a pop in his lower back, causing pain which was diagnosed at the ER as: Sciatica

Employee was replacing filters in the Gieseke dust house, dust fell from overhead behind safety glasses and into both eyes causing redness and irritation which required treatment with a prescription medication.

Employee opened a metal door into his left knee, causing a contusion which required 5 days off work for recovery.

The employee was working in the #16 East Ridge Tunnel, a skirt from the belt frame fell off and struck the employee on his hard hat, causing pain in his neck and upper back, requiring physical therapy treatment.

Employee was placing a jackhammer into the service truck when it slipped and fell onto his left pinky finger, causing a contusion. Employee was placed on restricted duty by the treating Emergency Room physician.

Employee was unbolting the 1500 cone from the cyclone, the cone body dropped pulling his hand open, causing a 1 inch laceration at the base of thumb and forefinger. No stitches were required. Employee was treated for infection related to the injury on 10/01/2013.

Employee was taking the starter off the 515 Dump truck when it slipped and caught his right thumb between the starter and a cinder block, resulting in a contusion that required drainage of blood.

Employee was bagging M35 100lb bags, he threw a bag on the pallet and felt a pull in left forearm, resulting in muscle strain.

Employee felt pain in lower back after climbing into a boat to retie a rope while working on the dredge. (Note: Employee did not miss work until 5/07/13)

Employee reached past a guard on the # 5 belt at the crusher, when he pulled his arm back, the underside of the metal cut him, causing a 1 1/2 inch laceration on the left forearm, requiring 5 stitches.

Employee was replacing wire on the welding machine. He picked up the spool of wire and felt pain in his left shoulder, which was subsequently diagnosed as a sprained shoulder.

Employee was bagging M35 100lb bags, he felt a pull in his left forearm when throwing a bag on the pallet, resulting in muscle strain.

Employee was bagging M-200 mullite product, as he took the bag off the mullite spout to place on the pallet, his arm struck the mullite bagging spout, causing a 1 and 1/2 inch long laceration on his left forearm near the elbow that resulted in 14 stitches.

Employee was running the impeller packer (robotic bagging machine) when a piece of tin dislodged from the storage tank and fell, striking employee on right shoulder causing pain and numbness down right arm and in the last three fingers of right hand.

Employee was lowering a water hose from the upper level of the cooler scrubber, the hose wrapped around his right hand and the hose clamp sliced the back of his hand between the thumb and forefinger which required 9 stitches.

Employee was moving firewood as part of site clean-up when he felt a sharp pain in his back and down his leg.

Employee was walking down an embankment outside the East Ridge Dryer; the LID from a 55 gallon metal drum fell from the landing outside the control room and hit the employee on the nose causing a minor laceration (needed stitches) and a nose fracture.

Employee was fueling dozer in wet bin. When he finished, fuel hose was retracted, dislodging debris which fell, striking employee on the head, causing laceration.

Employee was totting a Flat Bar up the steps. When he made the turn at the top of the steps he felt pain in his lower back.

Employee was putting firewood into woodburning stove; he jammed left middle finger, causing a fracture in the fingertip.

While working in a water tank, the employee was standing on one ladder. He lifted a second ladder and twisted to place it into a second water tank. He pulled a muscle in his lower back.

While helping another employee dump a hopper with material in it onto a belt, caught middle finger on right hand between hopper and a piece of steel.

COMING DOWN VERTICAL LADDER IN MILL AT LOWER GIESEKE PLANT, CARRYING 2 SCREWDRIVERS, AND FELT A POP IN RIGHT KNEE. DID NOT HURT AT THE TIME. LEFT WORK AND KNEE BEGAN TO HURT. WENT TO LOCAL EMERGENCY ROOM.

WHILE SETTING UP OVERHEAD CRANE AND CONNECTING HOOK, THE HOOK SLIPPED AND CAUGHT INDEX FINGER ON LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE HOOK AND SHACKLE.

Reached in chute hole to pull out a shaft to release gate - the gate dropped down and caught right index finger between chute and shaft.

While placing door on cooler discharge elevator caught little finger on right hand betwen door and opening.

While making repairs on the #2 elevator at the Mullite plant. Splicing #2 elevator belt, locked out drive motor-sheave elevator belt against motion. Had to move elevator belt in position, accidentally moved left hand towards sheave and caught left ring finger between sheave and v-belt.

WHEN RELEASING A C-CLAMP, EMPLOYEE PUSHED THE HANDLE WITH HIS RT. THUMB. THE HANDLE DID NOT MOVE & JAMMED HIS THUMB. DID NOT SEE A DR. AT THAT TIME. 5/11/05, EE WENT TO THE DR. BECAUSE HIS THUMB WAS STILL BOTHERING HIM. NO LOST TIME OR RESTICTED DUTY. GIVEN A SPLINT TO IMMOBILIZE HIS THUMB.

While cleaning up excess material at the East Ridge dryer - went to pick up a piece of tin - the tin was frozen to the ground and cut index and middle fingers on right hand - was wearing leather gloves at time of accident

While moving 2 pieces of steel H-beams, one flipped over and caught ring finger and middle finger on left hand causing a tuft fracture on the ring finger.

While priming pollution pump the pipe pulled loose from the threads spraying water containing sodium hydroxide (12pH) in face and eyes.

WHILE COVERING WINDOWS IN REAGENT BLDG. WHEN A BOARD FELL DOWN CATCHING HIS FINGER BETWEENT HE BOARD AND THE EDGE OF A SHEET OF TIN.