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The employee was tightening a screen on the crushing plant. When they pulled on a bar that tightens the screen, they felt a pull in their back and tingles in their toes.
The employee was assisting another employee with changing out some screens on the crushing plant. One of the screens had a sharp edge where it was worn down from the rock and had broken off. The sharp edge of the screen punctured the employee's right hand.
The employee was installing an evaporator core, and while turning a nut into a tight place, the pressure of the line sprang back and bent employee's pointer finger over top of the other three fingers.
Employee hit their knee on a ladder step leading to a storage bin. The employee reported the injury to the Quarry Foreman on 2/16/17, stating that they needed to see a doctor.
As the employee was exiting Liebherr shovel, he struck his right elbow on the machine. He did not report the injury for approx. 2.5 weeks. Upon visit with a doctor, he was diagnosed with medial epicondyle fx. Was put into a cast, no medication, no lost time, restricted duty for as long as the cast is on the arm.
The employee was removing a welder from the hitch of a pickup truck, when he sat welder down the jack stand wheel folded up and the welder struck the top of the employees left foot resulting in a hair line fracture.
Inmate laborer did not mention any problem until later in the evening after being returned to the law enforcement center. He was taken to emergency room at 6:38 pm workday ended at 3:00pm
Customer was clearing tailgate of rock from a previous load when the tailgate slipped from his hand cutting the index finger on his right hand requiring 18 stitches. Customer was seen at the quarry hauling rock again later the same day.
WHILE PREPARING TO CHANGE THE OIL IN THE CONE CRUSHER, THE EMPLOYEE REACHED ACROSS A 55 GALLON OIL DRUM TO RELOCATE IT AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN THE LOWER RIGHT SIDE OF HIS BACK. HE SAW A DOCTOR ON THAT DAY, BUT DID NOT HAVE ANY LOST TIME FROM WORK UNTIL DECEMBER 10, 2004 WHEN THEY DECIDED TO DO SURGERY.