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Team members replacing return roller, shaft began to slip, team member grabbed the shaft, causing pain to the right wrist.

Team member installing new exhaust gaskets, bolting up the flanges when debris fell onto and behind safety glasses, into right eye. Flushed eyes at the shop, debris remained behind eyelid.

EE was lifting a return roller and handing it to a co-worker when EE twisted at the waist and strained back. (Lifting a Return Roller). Update: EE resigned, was not terminated by Knife River South Dakota.

EE shoveling material to level the ground out to install stairs and platform to allow for storage of fueling tank.

Employee changing oil, debris fell and landed in employee's right eye.

Window in loader was being closed, 5th fingertip slipped and was smashed between window and trim.

Employee strained muscle in left hip when moving a water hose out of the way.

Employee pulling down on cable jack while in a man lift and felt a pull in right shoulder.

Employee was washing material on the back pad under Tower 2 with a fire hose. Employee lost control of the fire hose and it hit them in the upper chest, below the collarbone. (Chest wall contusion) Employee did not advise the supervisor until 4/23/2018 that they requested medical treatment.

Employee had completed cutting an H Beam on the band saw in the welding shop. EE picked up the cut off piece off the band saw that weighed 30 pounds and felt a pain in back.

Employee was assisting in removing the poly screens from the main north screen. A screen fell back on the screen deck, striking the employee's left ring finger. (Fracture to the left ring finger distal 4th tip.)

***1st day of treatment was 8/12/16****loading a shot, struck by a rock in the back.

EE was carrying a screen in Tower 2 to position it so that it could be installed in Screen 3. When EE picked up the screen EE felt a pain in right shoulder and bicep.(This incident was discussed with EE from the Denver Co. MSHA office on June 22, 2016 and directed to file an injury report due to the PT ordered by the Physician on 6/21/2016).

Personnel was loading scrape metal onto a flatbed trailer his glove caught a piece of slag and caused the metal to pinch his finger between the metal and the wooden side boards of the trailer.

EE was attempting to free a stuck bucket latch pin on skid steer 15-918. The extension that he placed on the latch handle slipped off and his right elbow was cut when it struck the loader frame.

The employee was climbing up a ladder to access the controls panel for stacker conv.The EE pulled his groin muscle when he was climbing ladder.

Pulling hose and fill tubes, hurt back.

Employee checks pumps on weekends. Cart tipped down into water while greasing pump. Tried to keep cart from falling into water while at the same time adding rock for weight to tongue to prevent it from falling into water.

WHILE ON THE INCLINED CATWALK BETWEEN #2 & #3 SCREENS, OPENING THE SPRAY BAR ON #3 SCREEN. AFTER OPENING 2 VALVES, STOOD UP TO MOVE TO ANOTHER SET OF VALVES. A SHARP PULL WAS FELT IN LOWER BACK.

EE WAS CLIMBING THE LADDER ON THE LONGBELT STACKER TO MOVE IT, SPRAINED LEFT KNEE.

EE WAS GOING TO HELP CHANGE DRILL ROD. WHEN HE AND ANOTHER EE WERE LOADING ROD ON FLATBED TRUCK, ROD ROLLED TOWARD EE. EE THEN PUT HIS LEFT FOOT TOWARD ROD TO KEEP IT FROM ROLLING OFF TRUCK.