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Employee was carrying a bucket of stone down the pit ramp and slipped and landed on their elbow, which resulted a bump on their elbow. The bucket of stone was to prevent slipping in other locations.
EE was moving bunking for a saw block and stepped on a small stone and twisted an ankle
Working at the Zoom Saws and said back hurt from trying to move the steel blocking that was frozen into the ground
was using wedges to break stone, piece slipped and cut middle finger of right hand
Miner was blowing out off a drill, with compressed air, and got a piece of debris in his right eye
Miner was taking hose off of exhausted hydro bag, when second water bag fell and rolled out of cut, causing injury to top of left hand. Cut and tendon damage, and some broken bones.
Laceration to the left hand 5th digit (pinky finger). Employee was plastering around granite block for placement on wire saw. Employee's pinky finger hit edge of granite rock, and received a cut. First aid was performed at office, and employee then went to clinic to see if he needed stitches. Stitches were placed, and employee returned to work.
Employee was helping lift an electrical cable over pins on a wire saw, and felt a pull in his groin. He finished his on Friday May 3rd, came in Monday May 6th, and decided his groin hurt more, so we sent him for medical attention. It was determined he had a groin strain.
Employee was wearing safety glasses when a piece of rust/dirt fell under the top of the glasses and went under his top eyelid. After attempting to clear it out with eyewash solution, was unable to. We sent him to Urgent Care Outpatient Facility. They numbed his eye, and removed the foreign material without incident. Employee returned to work, with no restrictions.
EE told his Quarry Manager that he felt he had strained his back the previous Friday, June 11th, while pulling 2inch electrical cable. The quarry manager immediately set up an appointment to go to a care center to be evaluated at that time. He had a no loss of work injury, according to documents from the Care Plex, occupational Health Facility, in PA.