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2 men working close together with knives. ! technician pulled EE's arm back as the other lifted EE's knife striking EE in the arm. EE was cut and needed stitches
Employee was trimming rubber for a back skirt on a conveyor belt. While cutting the rubber the razor knife slipped and cut the outer right thigh.
Employee was replacing a transmission in a pick-up truck. They used a floor jack to lower the transmission. While lowering the transmission, it became unstable and started to roll. When it did, the employee smashed their finger between the transmission and the jack. Their right-hand pinky finger had a laceration that required sutures and fractured tip.
Employee was using a hammer when it glanced off and struck their left index finger, causing a laceration.
Employee was using a personal knife to cut off a piece of tread from their boot. When the employee attempted to close the knife, they closed it on their left middle finger.
An employee was removing a lever hoist used to align a shaft during a bearing replacement. During the lever hoist removal, an employee's nose was lacerated when struck by the lever hoist. The initial X-ray results were negative for any fractures or broken bones. A fracture in the nose bone was revealed during a follow-up CT/MRI scan on 3/3/2026.
Employee was helping replace the swing bracket on a Backhoe. EE was disassembling the crate that contained the new bracket. They struck a board downward on one side, causing the other side of the board to come up and strike them in the face. Employee's lip laceration was sutured and they were released with restrictions.
An employee was cutting a hole in a urethane cover with a blade to access the fill plug when the blade slipped and cut into their hand, causing a laceration between the thumb and index finger.
EE was taking a track pad out of equipment, and believes they injured themselves when they were knocking the pins out of the track.
Employee was removing bolts from the pit pump when the wrench slipped and made contact with their lip.
While using a come-a-long to raise and align a loader bucket cutting edge, the hoist hook slid, pinching the employee's gloved finger. Employee was diagnosed with an open phalange fracture, received sutures, and released with restrictions.
EE struck a ceramic impact panel with a hammer in an effort to dislodge it when a piece of the ceramic went under EE's glasses and entered EE's left eye.
EE was clearing a chute over the feeder. When the material broke loose, the bar EE was using was forced up against an I-beam crushing EE's left thumb.
Employees were using a come-a-long to move a water tank over a few inches to sit in place properly. EE walked up on the job to give assistance. The chain that was around the structure's leg broke, striking the employee in the left eyebrow area. EE received 3 sutures and was released to full duty.
Employee was pulling the chain on a come-a-long when EE stepped back to gain more momentum, employee felt a pop in EE's lower right leg.
Employee was installing electrical cable terminations. As EE was cutting and peeling back the cable sheathing, EE cut EE's left hand between the left thumb and index finger. Employee was taken to Urgent Care to have wound cleaned due to fear of contamination/infection. Treating physician cleaned wound and closed cut with 3 stitches.
At the beginning of the shift in the parking lot, an employee was moving their personal firearm from car's console to a discreet location when the firearm discharged. They sustained a minor wound to their leg that did not require stitches. They was released to work on June 16th.
Employee was using a hammer in the process of changing wires out on a screen when they felt pain in right shoulder. They sought medical attention and worked full duty until June 25, 2025 when they were prescribed physical therapy and restrictions.
On 4/28/25, an employee felt a pop in EE's upper back while using a sledgehammer in the gyratory crusher. Did not seek medical treatment until 4/30/2025.
Employee was using an open blade box cutter to cut the top of a cardboard bore hole saver tube when the knife slipped off the tube cutting EE's right thigh. This resulted in a laceration of approximately one inch long and one quarter inch deep requiring four stitches.
Employee was doing maintenance on a blending gate when the ratchet EE was using slipped and hit EE in the mouth, causing a laceration. EE received 8 sutures and was released to full duty.
Employee hit a troughing roller on a conveyor with a hammer and struck hand fracturing EE's right thumb and index finger, as well as lacerating EE's right index finger requiring seven stitches.
Employee's right hand was caught in between a come-along chain and a conveyor frame when removing a bend pulley. Cutting the right index finger.
Employee reported to supervisor on 1/4/2025 that employee allegedly hurt wrist on 12/4/2024, approximately one month prior, during a maintenance project while using a hammer. Employee sought medical treatment on 1/4/2025, and advised management of being prescribed a wrist brace and prescription.
EE was installing the hammer of the PC490. The employee was using a bar in a swinging motion to push the pin out of the boss on the stick. The pin was almost out as the employee was swinging the bar toward the pin. The pin fell out and the PC490 stick pushed downward on the bar causing the end of the bar to rapidly move upward striking the employee's head.
Employee was changing a return roller with a hammer on the guard and was prying off the hammer to take out the return roller when the hammer slipped out and hit employee in the mouth chipping front tooth.
Employee was removing a rock from the crusher with a pry bar when the bar hit the employee's right wrist causing a contusion. Employee felt okay until Tuesday 11/26/24 and then decided to go to the doctor.
Employee was working overhead, changing a hydraulic hose on a water truck, when a socket tool they were using fell and struck their mouth, breaking three teeth.
In the process of removing a 990 loader bucket tooth with a soft metal hammer, a fragment of the tooth superficially entered the employee's chest. In order to remove the metal fragment, surgery is required.
Employee was stripping the outer jacket off of motor wire to install in a pump when the Hawkbill knife EE was using slipped out of the insulation and ran across the top of EE's leg resulting in a laceration. EE sought medical attention, received sutures and is currently on restricted duty.
Employee was performing maintenance on a roll away box using a come-along when the hook came loose and struck EE in the head.
The employee was using a sledge hammer to put the pins in a bucket that they had just placed on an excavator and as EE swung the hammer EE heard a "pop" in EE's knee.
Employee was using a pocket knife to cut a poly strap on a box when the pressure released from the strap striking the employee's leg causing a laceration.
A rock dislodged from the wall while scaling landing on miner's right hand and scale bar. Miner was wearing CUT 5 level gloves. Injury did not require sutures, but x-ray showed minor fractures of the thumb proximal phalangeal shaft.
While performing repairs on screens, maintenance employee cut themselves with a utility knife sustaining a thigh laceration. Emergency personnel dispatched to facility where the employee was transported via ambulance for further medical treatment. Employee received sutures and was discharged later that day.
Employee was removing a conveyor gearbox when the pipe wrench EE was using slipped causing EE to strike EE's left knee and smash EE's right thumb.
Employee was cutting a water hose toward the barbed end of the nozzle when the knife slipped and cut the top of EE's left hand between the thumb and index finger.
Employee was trimming the bottom tab off a poly-deck screen so it would fit flush against the side of the screen. EE was utilizing a retractable razor knife and as EE cut away from self the blade slipped off catching the tip of EE's left ring finger.
Employee struck their finger with a hammer causing a minor laceration. The doctor gave the employee a splint.
EE was changing a turbo on a haul truck. EE was using a scraper to remove the gaskets from the turbo and needed to change the blade. After changing the razor blade on the scraper, the employee was trying to tighten the set screw with an O-ring pick. EE's hand slipped and caused the razor blade to cut EE's middle finger on EE's right hand just above the knuckle on EE's right hand.
While cutting tube with a box knife the driller cut self with the knife and EE left the quarry without telling anyone what happened. Once EE arrived home, EE realized it was more than EE could take care of so drove self to a medical facility receiving 4 stitches to inner calf on EE's right leg. EE was released back to work with no restrictions.
EE was replacing the protective wrap on an electrical cable on the sand dewatering screen. The wrap was secured to the cable with zip ties so EE used a Dewalt razor knife to cut the zip ties to remove the protective wrap. While attempting to cut one of the zip ties with the knife in right hand, the knife slipped and EE cut the back side of left hand. EE received 8 stitches.
IW was using a hammer to drive a pin on a set of tracks when a piece of material broke off pin and struck IW's right arm
On 6/15/23 an EE was replacing a ripper tooth on a CAT dozer. The EE used a sledgehammer to dislodge the ripper tooth and upon impact a roughly 1/4-1/2" piece of the tooth broke off and struck the EE in the left calf. On 6/16/23 EE was taken to the clinic where an x-ray confirmed the object was lodged in their calf. EE was prescribed antibiotics.
While switching plant over employee needed to use a come along to flip a gate, once the come along was grabbed the chain was knotted up. The employee hung the come along up to straighten the chain and get some slack in it, when EE pulled the slack the hook came free and struck employee in the mouth breaking one front tooth in half.
While in the process of hand scaling a highwall, a rock chipped off the wall, striking the employee in the face.
Employee was in the process of using a come-along to hoist a section of angle iron which was to be welded to a conveyor belt head roll structure for bracing. As they tensioned the device and were setting the brace in place, the hook slipped up the brace and pinched their right middle finger between the hook and the brace. This resulted in a laceration to their right middle finger.
Employee's hand slipped off wrench while removing screen bolt.
EE was changing a bulb on the R-85 haul truck. There is a rubber grommet around the lens which needed to be removed. EE pulled out EE's pocket knife to cut the rubber. While EE was putting it away EE's pinky was caught in the pivot point of the serrated portion of the blade. This resulted in a cut on the outside of the left hand pinky from the nail around the finger pad.
Employee was changing blow bars on the portable plant, using a soft faced sledgehammer, when a metal fragment came off the shoe causing a laceration on the anterior of EE's right elbow. EE sought medical attention, first aid was rendered and released to full duty. EE had surgery on March 1, 2023 to remove the metal fragment from EE' arm and is currently working with restrictions.