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Pump Checker was hooking up the 8" x 20' pipe to the pump; they had to drag the hose about an inch to get it lined up with the connection when they felt something pull in left lower abdomen.
Sandbagger was assisting with loading bags, and a bag fell off a pallet on the conveyor rollers. Employee made sure the conveyor was shut off and then stepped on the roller to adjust the bag. As the employee was lifting the bag back onto the pallet, they felt discomfort in their right groin.
Right shoulder strain from pulling on hose.
Strain on groin doing mine moveup. Doctor put on restricted duty same day.
Replacing Filter Belt and felt discomfort in right forearm by EE's elbow. Doctor put on restricted duty starting on 06/20/2024.
Employee was putting a return roller into place on conveyor, and it kept falling out of place. Employee kept catching it with their left hand over their head and then felt pain in their left shoulder.
Employee grabbed a 5-gallon water jug and took it to the filter belt building. As the employee was attempting to place it in the hoist basket the employee had to move a used belt to make room for the water jug. As the night went on the employee experienced some discomfort in their right leg groin area. Employee sought medical treatment on 10/16/2023.
Employee was grabbing samples at BC5340 and went to open lid but it was locked. As the employee tried to pull the lid open and they felt a pain in their right hand up to their right shoulder. Did not become a lost time reportable until 01/17/2024.
Left shoulder strain from pulling on filter belt.
Removing a gearbox assembly when they felt a pop in left shoulder. After PT and cortisone shots, medical decided they needed surgery.
Miner was loading drisco pipe in the back of a pickup truck. The pipe slid and the miner reacted to grab it. In doing so EE twisted right knee.
While assisting with a pushout in our Rail Yard, the employee opened the knuckle to the railcar they were connecting to, the front of the knuckle fell off and struck EE's left foot. The knuckle was missing the connecting pin. EE reported the incident to EE's supervisor who took EE to the ER, they did an x-ray and it showed EE fractured EE's fourth toe.
Employee injured hand closing a pump house door. Employee immediately returned to work after seeking medical exam. Upon an Orthopedic follow up employee was given a lifting restriction and provided a hand brace by doctor.
Employee was manually removing a steel grate placed over a roadway drainage trough and strained lower back muscles. Employee was taken to the local hospital, released and was given a follow up appointment for 10/03/19.
Employee was removing a grating that had fallen in a drainage trough. After task completion, employee felt discomfort in abdominal region. Discomfort was reported on 10/2/19. Discomfort became worse on 10/30/19. Employee was taken to the hospital on 10/30/19 and diagnosed with a potential hernia.
The employee was lifting a rail car lid when employee felt a strain in employee's back. Two days later employee sought medical treatment including prescription medication
The employee was lifting a car lid when EE felt a slight pull in EE's back. EE filled out initial incident paperwork, but did not seek treatment until 6/20. This incident turned into lost time on 6/21.
Pipe was plugged, employee took bolts out of flange and moved one pipe up so employee could look into the pipe to see where the blockage was. As employee held the flashlight in the pipe, the pipe settled pinching and breaking employee's pinkie finger, left hand. The finger is broken.
Employee was picking up or removing 8 inch Tee from shipping container when the Tee shifted cutting the employee's left thumb requiring stitches to close the cut.
Employee was removing the dust collector assess door when it fell striking ring finger cutting it which required stitches.
Dyno Nobel crew was feeding loading hose through outbound hose sheave assembly. EE was standing on truck using 3 points of contact. EE's right hand was on hose boom carousel. Hose boom moved pinching EE's middle finger right hand between hose boom guide wheel and hose boom carousel. EE received 7 stitches.
Employee was cleaning out dewatering building using a 2" diameter water hose which involved lifting and maneuvering the hose. The employee stated that he bent over and twisted to move the hose when he felt a strain in his back. Not reported to plant management until 12-29-14. Unreported Muscle relaxer injection received by doctor (Notified Plant Mg. 1-05-15)
Employee suffered burn on his wrist just above his glove while he was switching out screens.
The employee is claiming back pain from opening rail car lid hatches and recently had surgery. The incident was never initially reported to plant personnel as being work related and was being paid for by the employee's personal insurance. The incident is currently under investigation.
According to associate, he injured his foot over a year ago and recently learned that it was fractured. The associate claims he injured his foot by kicking railroad car lids to open and close them.
While installing screens on a Rotex, the associate dropped a bolt between the Rotex and the floor. The associate attempted to retrieve the bolt by moving the Rotex manually by hand while quickly grabbing the bolt. The associate's hand was caught between the Rotex and floor as a result. The resulting injury was a swollen hand and restricted duty.
While changing a gate in the Wet Surge Tunnel the associate hit his tooth on a metal drip pan that slid out from the damaged gate. The resulting injury is a broken tooth.
Took a bolt out of a lid brace on a conveyor. When the bolt came out the brace snapped back and cut finger.
Worker reported pain in groin area after opening stuck rail car door. He reported incident to management via phone 8 hours after shift ended rather than while on job. He saw doctor on 10th & 11th. Doctor on 11th put him on several work restrictions until later consultation with surgeon for possible hernia. Management investigating incident.
While assisting someone remove a guard, the guard slipped from the worker's hand. A rough inside edge of guard struck his lower left forearm & caused a laceration. The plant manager took the worker to ER for evaluation. The laceration was cleaned & sutured closed rather than using the medical glue.
An associate lifted 2 3.5 gal sand buckets. 5 minutes later he felt slight groin pain and even more pain in evening at home. He called the health insurance nurse hotline who recommended a medical visit. He visited a clinic, the doctor diagnosed a strained groin & prescribed muscel relaxant and pain relief medication.
Worker had pain in the lower left back (left side) when lifting bag of sand. He did not report until next day (9/18) but indicated it was not bad. He said pain was much worse 11 days (9/29) after first report & was taken to clinic & released to full duty. 2 days later (10/1), he reported more pain & returned to clinic and was told to not return to work until later.
The injured employee was cleaning his work area around the forced air packer and strained his back while moving a 100 lb bag of sand. The incident was first reported on 10/16 and at that time the incident was not a recordable injury. The employee left work on 12/09/08 and we were informed on 12/12/08 that the employee was to be off work.
The injured employee was removing a guard from a face pump. The employee was working with another EE to lift the guard over the pump/motor sheaves.
The employee was injured while moving a roll of coiled up hose while cleaning his work area.
INDIVIDUAL WAS PLACING ROLL OF STRETCH WRAP ON MACHINE WHEN ROLL SLIPPED PINNING FINGER BETWEEN PLASTIC ROLL AND METAL SPINDLE. FINGER WAS CUT AT NAIL REQUIRING TWO STITCHES.
EE WAS WORKING ON A CONVEYOR IN THE QUARRY. HE WAS PULLING HIMSELF UP THE CONVEYOR WHEN HE FELT A PULL IN LOWER BACK. COMPANY WAS NOTIFIED ON JULY 8 THAT HE RECEIVED MEDICAL TREATMENT- CHIROPRACTOR CARE.
THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING A GEAR REDUCER AND AN ELECTRIC MOTOR ON A CONVEYOR. WHEN THE MOTOR WAS MOVED, THE WEIGHT SHIFTED AND SMASHED HIS HAND BETWEEN THE GEAR REDUCER AND MOTOR. ON THE LEFT HAND, THE SMALL FINGER WAS CUT AND THE LEFT FINGER (RING FINGER) WAS BROKE.
THE INJURED WAS SPLICING A CONVEYOR BELT. HE LIFTED THE CONVEYOR BELT CLAMPS UP TO THE CONVEYOR. THE BELT CLAMPS WEIGH BETWEEN 50 TO 80 LBS.
THE INJURED WAS PICKING UP A TRAY OF SAND SAMPLES. THE TRAY WEIGHED APPROX. 28-30 LBX. THE TRAY OF SAMPLES WAS ON A COUNTER TOP 34 1/2" FROM THE FLOOR. WHEN SHE PICKED UP THE TRAY SHE FELT HER BACK GO WEAKER AND HAD A BACK ACHE-SHE MISSED STWO DAYS OF WORK AND IS CURRENTLY ON RESTRICTED DUTY.
THE INJURED WAS LOADING RAILCARS. HE WAS LIFTING ALID (TRYING TO CLOSE IT) & PULLED SOMETHING IN HIS RIGHT LEG. THE INDIVIDUAL KNEELS DOWN ON ONE KNEE & LIFTS THE LID. THE INDIVIDUAL HAS A TOR N HAMSTRING & WILL BE ON RESTRICTE DUTY. THIS IS NOT A LOST TIME ACCIDENT.
THE EE'S ACC OCCURRED ON9/20/01. THE CO WAS INFORMED ON 10/4/01. THE EE WAS INSTALLING TRANMISSION IN A VEHICLE ALONG WITH ANOTHER EE HE SAID AT FIRST HE DIDN'T KNOW WHEN HE DID IT. THEN HE CAME BACK & SAID HE THOUGHT IT WA WHEN HELPING WITH TRANS. HE WAS NOT ON ANY RESTRICTED DUTY HAD SURGERY 10/12/01 RIGHT INGUINAL HERNIA HE IS OFF WORK NOW
PUSHING A MARTIN MOTOR. ACCIDENT REPORT FILED ON 7/25/01. REFUSED MEDICAL TREATMENT & REFUSED TO SEE DOCTOR. ON 12/11/01 SAW DOCTOR WHO PUT HIM OFF WORK. THIS WAS FIRST NOTICE TO DEDRON OF ANY PROBLEM. EMPLOYEE CLAIMS ACCIDENT FROM 7/19/01 WAS THE CAUSE.
EE WAS REMOVING ONE OF THE CUTTING EDGES FROM THE BUCKET OF THE VOLVO L330 LOADER. AS THE EE CUT THE NUTON THE NEXT TO LAST BOLT, THE PLATER (CUTTING EDGE) FELL ON HIS FOOT. HE RECEIVED A FRAC TURE & IS OFF WORK.
THE INJURED WAS POUNDING ON A RAIL CAR DOOR WITHA STEEL BAR TRYING TO CLOSE IT. HE WAS ALSO SHOVELING SAND. HE COMPLAINED OF BACK PROBLEMS. 2/6 HE CAME TO WORK WITH RESTRICTED DUTY SLIP.
THE INDIVIDUAL INJURED HIMSELF WHILE PULLING ANDCARRYING A WATER HOSE UP SOME STAIRS. AT FIRST HE DIDN'T THINK MUCH ABOUT THE INJURY. IN DEC. HIS ACHILLES HEEL ON THE LEFT FOOT STARTED HURTING FROM THE ACCIDENT (HE SAID). FROM 12/19 TO 1/12 HE WAS OFF WORK. HE CAME BACK TO WORK & IS ON PHYSICAL THERAPY IN JANUARY BUT NOT ON RESTRICTED DUTY.
INSTALLING A BEARING ON A SNUBBER PULLEY. THE BOLT USED FOR RIGGING WAS NOT WELDED PROPERLY. THE BOLT THAT BROKE OFF & HIT THE INJURED IN THE LIP & THE SNUBBER PULLEY LANDED ON HIS HAND. THE I NJURED RECEIVED STITCHES IN HIS LIP.