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Mill Operations Employee was cleaning the discharge cylinder at the Lime Plant. When the valve on the hose was opened, compacted lime discharged back toward the Employee and went under the face shield and safety glasses, contacting the eyes.

While changing rollers in an impact zone a roller frame assembly fell smashing employees left thumb causing a laceration requiring 12 sutures.

CLP Ops Employee was sprayed in the eye by a mist of acidic solution while disassembling a diaphragm pump suction hose. Employee was wearing eye protection/safety glasses.

During an attempt to remove rigging from a hook on a forklift, the operator extended the boom to assist the rigger. Unfortunately, this action caused the rigger's hand to become trapped between the knuckle of the mat and the item they had just lifted, resulting in three broken bones in EE's right hand.

Mill Maint Employee's hand pinned by concave liner at primary crusher.

Mill Maintenance Employee sustained crush injury during maintenance activity on the XCC 2 Belt.

when entering the lube room a 1" shackle fell and stuck EE on top of right foot behind steel toe protection. EE does recall where it fell from when EE entered the lube room.

Mill Maint Employee sustained rope burn to their hand while changing out a return idler on 5 Belt XCC.

HT135 Operator pinched/lacerated finger by stuck/malfunctioning boarding ladder.

The injured employee was attempting to cut the lower mud ring on a gear half that was positioned on a concrete floor, with the split line partially overhanging a small concrete retaining wall. The employee reached with both hands under the gear to cut the mud ring, and the gear shifted, striking them in the hard hat and both hands.

Mine Tech Employee mentioned a "twinge" in their leg to a co-worker approximately 30 minutes prior to the end of their shift. About an hour after their shift, Employee reports the pain their leg had intensified to the point that they could barely walk, at which time they contacted their supervisor to report it.

Mill Maintenance Employee reported back pain upon lifting an acetylene bottle.

Employee lost footing while looking for rocks/minerals while taking a break from the rock wall logging work being performed. The employee used the rock wall to brace from EE's fall and received a laceration to EE's left pinky finger that resulted in three stitches.

Mill Maint Employee struck/injured by angle iron during maintenance activity.

Training Dept Employee injured finger attempting to change Dozer D6-4 dipper height; dipper slipped and smashed left point finger.

CLP Employee sustained small laceration to left index finger by 50-inch gasket when dropping in dumpster.

As a coworker was climbing into a crew van, EE dropped EE's cup of coffee into the boot of the injured employee. The hot coffee caused a burn to IE's right foot!

Mine Maintenance Employee sustained arm laceration by Loader wire rope choker sling.

Mill Ops Employee struck/injured by high-pressure water hose nozzle in the rougher basement.

SX-EW Employee was splashed in the face and eyes with sulfuric acid diluted solution.

Mill Services Employee got lime splashed in right eye while cleaning at the lime plant.

CLP Employee changing a PLO bag at the bagging station reported feeling a pop/sharp pain in their right shoulder when they reached up to attach the rubber band that holds the neck of the bag onto the feeder.

Motor Grader Operator performing pre-shift inspection caught their finger in the side compartment door jamb as they were closing it, causing injury.

Leach Employee picked up portable generator and strained back.

Employee reported eye irritation from debris that fell behind their safety glasses.

Electrical panel slipped from Employee's hands, causing injury on lower thigh area.

Haul Truck Operator reported that EE's lunch bag shifted as EE was getting into the Man Van at the beginning of shift and aggravated an old back injury. EE took pain medicine and EE's back was feeling okay. After the medicine wore off during the shift EE's back started hurting. NOTE: Reported back pain at 2:45 AM on 03/09/2023; shift began at 6:30 PM on 03/08/2023.

Utilities Employee strained shoulder while moving AC unit. NOTE: On 03/07/2023 the Employee was given an order for physical therapy treatment which Employee started sometime shortly thereafter, at which time this injury changed from a First Aid to a Medical Treatment.

Employee burned their hand on the bottom of a glass coffee carafe.

Employee flushing water through a caustic line was sprayed in the face when they disconnected the hose.

An MPC driver attempted to connect EE's 3" off-loading hose to an above-ground tank when it slipped out of EE's hand and came back, hitting the driver in the face.

Employee injured their back while lifting a bevel toe skirt liner weighing approximately 45 pounds at 2 Chute XCC.

Employee reported feeling a pop in their hip after sitting down in place when their foot rolled off a rock they were stepping on while straddling and holding a 4-inch pipe to put it in a 4-inch fusion clamp.

During the LOTOTO stage of Haul Truck Operator's walkaround, their finger was smashed between the ladder handrails and the ladder release latch.

While pulling cable on south 4, Employee felt a pull/pop in shoulder.

At the Primary Crusher an XCC Belt Crew Employee was handing 40-pound beveled toe liners into the chute when they felt pain their lower part of their back and had to drop the chute.

Employee was carrying a sample bag in their left hand over their shoulder when it slipped off their back, causing pain in their left shoulder and neck area.

Employee tossed a shovel full of mud to the side and twisted arm/elbow.

Warehouse Employee with pre-existing condition in left shoulder was putting boxes away when Employee felt pain in left shoulder.

Drill Operator reached up to put water truck hose back up on the reel and heard a pop in their shoulder.

Employee in light vehicle driving from pit to mine shop got out of the vehicle to remove a rock out of the roadway, which caused back pain that increased after they began running equipment a short time later.

Employee reached into bed of truck to grab tool box when they felt a sharp pain in their stomach.

Employee was installing nut on liner bolt when liner shifted, smashing their right index finger between the bolt and liner.

Employee felt a pain in lower back while operating a skid steer.

Employee injured back while helping to stage scaffolding.

Small feed end shell liner rolled into opening on rollers and started to fall. Employee put arm/hand under to attempt to push it back up. Liner fell completely off striking employees arm between liner and roller beam below, breaking EE's arm.

EE was changing out the petron barrel under grind line 3. The barrel EE was changing out was half full of petron. To replace the barrel EE put the lid on existing barrel and tried to roll it out of the way. During this process the barrel slipped and caught EE's ring finger on the left hand and pinched it against the back wall.

While working at the truck desk at the security gate employee felt pain in EE's neck.

Employee had moved a portable brown house from one pattern to another on the East 1 and while disconnecting it, employee lifted the trailer with left hand off the hitch of the truck and felt a twinge in left elbow and bicep area.

While mixing wear guard, some of the activator portion of the 2-part mixture got onto employee's hardhat and dripped into employee's eye behind the safety glasses