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Employee was working under 2D stone hopper, breaking up lumps to get material flowing with a poke bar. A large chunk broke free and struck the bar, causing the end of the bar to strike employee's chin. Employee was taken to physician, received 7 stitches under chin and returned to work with no restrictions - Medical treatment only.

Employee was using a standard metal sledge hammer to remove the teeth off of a loader bucket when a piece of the tooth fractured and struck the employee in the arm. The piece of metal hit the employees left forearm causing a laceration and the metal piece to stick in the arm. The metal piece that fractured was approximately 1/4" (long) X 1/8" (wide) X 1/16" (thick).

Employee was unchoking a vessel, when material fell down on the inside striking the bar EE was holding. The bar kicked up striking the nail of EE's little finger. Employee reported incident and was taken to OMP where a subungal hematoma was drained and an antibiotic was prescribed. Employee returned to work with no restrictions

employee was using an 18" adjustable wrench to remove bolts from an 8" pipe flange. As EE pulled on the wrench to loosen a bolt, EE felt a pull/ sprain in shoulder. the wrench did not slip. Employee reported incident to supervisor, was taken to OMP for medical evaluation, and placed on restricted duty (no lift, push, pull>10lbs, no prolonged overhead work

Employee was attempting to seat a valve on a diverting plate by striking it with a hammer. EE missed intended target and EE's hand struck an adjacent piece of metal lacerating the pinky finger requiring 3 stitches.

While EE was wrenching pipe on the air line under 204-205 drags he felt a pain in his back.

While doing routine work employee felt discomfort in left shoulder. He was sent to a health clinic for evaluation and was returned to work the same day with no restrictions. After continued discomfort, surgery was deemed necessary on 1/29/2016. This did not become reportable until surgery on 01/29/2016.

Employee was attempting to loosen a 1/2 pipe from a valve. He braced the pipe on his thigh in order to apply pressure with a crescent wrench. As he applied force, he felt a pain in his lower right side of his abdomen. He was taken to Dr., who placed him on restricted duty until follow up

Worker was assisting in the assembly of an air slide. Sections were being lifted into place by a chain fall from above. When lifted the air slide shifted and pinched his hands.

Employee was driving a bearing into an end cap housing. Employee injured was using a steel plate to drive bearing and swung a 3-4 lb dead blow hammer, forgot where his right thumb was and the hammer he swung strongly and hit his right thumb. Employee was taken to ER. Employee was released to light/ restricted duty.

Employee was cutting a piece of corrugated plastic hose, holding it horizontal with his body and one hand. The other hand was making a cut around the plastic hose and when he came around to the other side it cut quicker than he anticipated. The knife cut through his leather glove and gave him approx. a half inch cut between his thumb and index finger.

Employee was placing caution tape by #5 finish mill for a project. The employee was using a utility knife to cut the tape. While cutting the caution tape, the employee lacerated his left middle finger.

Worker was attempting to close an inspection door on the pre-heater tower using a sledge hammer. He was hitting one of the hinges with the sledge and missed the hinge causing his pinky finger to be caught between the door and the handle.

Employee had just made a splice to a conveyor belt. As he was tapering the edges of the belt at the splice, his hand slipped and he cut his left middle finger with a utility knife. He was taken to a physician where he received a few stitches to close the wound. Employee returned to work with no restrictions.

Employee was using a hammer and chisel to clean material build-up from the flights of a pump screw. He missed the chisel and struck his left index finger with the hammer. Employee was wearing leather gloves at the time.Was sent to physician, x-rays were taken, no broken bones, no torn skin. Physician placed on restricted duty until recheck 1/20, then released to full duty

Employee was replacing diaphragms on 260 bag house. Employee was kneeling on his left knee using a pipe wrench to loosen diaphragm housing. While loosening one of the diaphragms, he felt a sharp pain on the outside of his RT knee. The diaphragms are located approximately 3 feet from the walking surface.

The shift supervisor went to the iron feeder and noticed that it was clogged and raw material mixed with cement. Then the shift supervisor and the shift mechanic started to hit the material with a spear to break material formations and began to go down. They used a hammer and the spear together. After these work the supervisor began to feel discomfort in his left shoulder.

Employee was sent to unclog the iron hopper. To loosen the material, the employee hit several times the hopper close to the discharge. When he was doing this operation, failed with the hammer and hit one of the ribs of the hopper with the left thumb causing a cut that was required 4 stitches.

Employee was using a knife to slice air hose lengthwise. Rather than laying hose on a bench to slice it, he held it in his left hand; the utility knife cut his palm. The wound was cleaned and dressed, & employee received several stitches at the base of his thumb. Returned to work-no restrictions. Note: discovered incident n/reported in July after review of incidents in Oct.

Miner using 6 ton come-along to pull gear box out chain on hoist broke and struck miner on right leg.

Employee stated that after driving pins for the bottom ash feeder with a sledge hammer on the 1/18/13 he developed soreness in the neck and shoulder on 1/19/13. Employee did not request his supervisor to file incident report until 1/22/2013 which was when the employee was evaluated and medically treated.

Injured employee was standing next to a coworker that was striking a chisel with a hammer and was struck in the back of the right hand with what appears to be a small sliver of metal. This resulted in an embedded object on the back on of right hand.

Employee was trying to break the plate lock to gain access to their tools because he forgot the keys. During the process, he was using a homemade pipe lance as a bar to pull the plate and break it. He made a strong force and the lance slipped between the door and plate causing the fifth finger to get over the plate edge causing a cut over the nail and finger's body.

Employee was using an adjustable wrench to loosen a 3/4" bolt. The bolt came loose suddenly, allowing the wrench to strike the employee's right thumb and wrist. No broken skin or bruising, but employee was seen by physician and placed on restricted duty-no lifting over 15lb w/ right hand

Injured pinched his left little finger between a hammer handle and wrench when he was attempting to strike the wrench to loosen a nut on a piece of all thread that was held in a vise.

Employee was attempting to remove an actuating arm from a shaft on the triple gate feeder for the raw mill. He was prying the arm off with a 5' pry bar. During the course of removing the arm, the employee felt a slight pain in his right shoulder. Reported it to his supv., was taken to OMP, evaluated and placed on restricted duty (one armed)

Injured felt pain in his shoulder when he was hoisting an 8-inch hose using a rope looped through rope loop overhead to move the hose into position for connection to a hose on the vac truck.

Employee was cutting nylon ties securing electrical cable to beam. Due to location, employee was cutting in a downward motion towards opposite hand. When cable tie severed, tip of knife struck employees left thumb. Wound was cleaned, dressed. Employee received two stiches. Put on restricted duty (no squeezing-l hand).

Employee was cutting drag bars out of a chute. Space was small and cramped, so he was bent at the waist to gain access. He felt a pain along his belt line and reported it to his supervisor. Employee was sent to physician-diagnosed as a possible pulled muscle. Placed on restricted duty 2-23(no lifting over 30 lbs)Rechecked on 2-28: released to full duty

Hammering on the metal skirting that had been altered to fit into the chute area of 108 belt, at this point the employee felt something strike him in the eye causing discomfort. Upon looking into employee's eye the object was no longer visible as it had been.

Employee was replacing gudgeon shaft and hangers in a 9" conveying screw. He was using a bar to lower the screw back down into the housing. The bar slipped and caught his right index finger between the bar and the screw housing. Fracture to tip of right index finger.

Employee was adjusting belt cleaner of conveyor belt #8 head pulley with an adjustable wrench hand tool; the wrench slipped from his hand impacting the base support ribs of the conveyor with his right hand 4th finger tip.

Employee was performing a cleaning process to the high speed crushing mass with a hand tool (twibil) when his left hand was smashed between handtool handle and a door frame.

Employee was standing on work platform removing lumps from silo using 4 ft. steel bar inserted through porthole. Large lump suddenly fell & kicked bar outward. The bar struck the employee in jaw/face areas. Employee fell backwards and was caught by safety chain. Employee was taken to local hospital.

While cleaning sprayer to apply stain the hose lifted out of the bucket and sprayed acetone on the left side of EE's face. EE immediately flushed his face with bottled water and reported to the job trailer for eye wash solution. EE contined to experience burning in his eye and was taken to the emergency room for treatment.

Employee trying to remove large chunk from 2D gypsum hopper above scale belt. He was using a sledge hammer and jackhammer bit as a bar. While hitting the bit to break up the chunk, a fragment broke off the bit penetrating the employee's right arm. *THIS INJURY NOT REPORTABLE UNTIL FOREIGN PARTICLE SURGICALLY REMOVED ON 7/28/09 AND EMPLOYEE PLACED ON RESTRICTIONS.*

Employee replacing glass inspection window on horizontal drive of #2 cooler. While trying to separate glass from the metal frame, employee tapped glass with wrench causing glass to flip out of frame and cutting him on tip of finger.

Employee using air lance to clear material from 2C feed chute & was in process of using sledge hammer to get clinker to move. The head of sledge hammer slipped on the chute, causing hand to come in contact with feed throat of mill. Smashed right index finger taking off nail, splitting end of finger and breaking bone at tip of finger.

Employee was cutting out jacket of Sealtite. Improper use of utility knife (cutting toward self, instead of away) caused injury when employee slipped with knife and lacerated left wrist. 5 stitches required.

Employee using 2 pipe wrenches to loosen coupling on frozen pipe line. Working overhead on ladder and felt pain in his stomach area.

Employee was tightening a lateral line on North Filter Bed using a pipe wrench. The wrench slipped, smashing his left index finger. He broke the tip of the finger and required 6 stitches on underside of his finger to close laceration.

Employee was breaking up hard cement with brick hammers around elevator areas. As other employee was in motion coming down with the hammer, IE reached for one of the lumps and was hit with the hammer on his finger.

Employee was greasing loader at start of shift, grease gun stuck on one of the grease fittings and when he pulled it off his elbow hit the edge of the bucket. ***** THIS INCIDENT WAS NOT REPORTABLE UNTIL 11/12/08 WHEN EMPLOYEE ASKED TO SEE DOCTOR FOR PAIN IN HIS ELBOW. HE WAS PUT ON RESTRICTED DUTY AS OF 11/12/08 WITH LEFT ELBOW STRAIN.****

Employee had his tape measure hooked onto a piece of metal and was pulling it out to measure the length. As he was pulling the tape back it sliced into his left index finger. Tape was old and well used. The edge was worn down and sharp.

Employee was removing pipe from roll press oil cooler. He had wrench on fitting and when he applied pressure the nut broke loose and he hit his thumb on the pump base. Employee did not report incident until 8/29/08 and did not seek medical treatment until 9/8/08.

EMPLOYEE LOOSENING A NUT WITH RATCHING BOX END WRENCH. WHILE USING A STEADY PULLING MOTION, THE NUT BROKE LOOSE AND HE FELT SHARP PAIN IN HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER AT THE JOINT.

EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTING TO CLOSE BULKHEAD ON LOADED BOXCAR. HE WAS USING DRIFT BAR TO ALIGN HOLE IN THE BULKHEAD WITH THE HOLE IN RECEIVING BRACKET. OTHER EMPLOYEE BUMPING BULKHEAD WITH HIS FORKLIFT TO PUSH BULKHEAD IN, DRIFT BAR SLIPPED CATCHING EMPLOYEE'S FINGER ON RIGHT HAND BETWEEN BAR AND BRACKET.

Miner was removing wooden 2x4 plates with a pry bar. While striking the pry bar, a metal shard chipped off of the striking surface of his hammer shot in his hand through his leather work glove. The shard was removed at the hospital and the miner returned to work.

Employee was attempting to get movement from the north roll press with the t-wrench provided. The wrench slipped off the sheave mounting bolts and he twisted his left wrist.

The injured employee was using a bar to free up material when the material broke free he struck himself in the ribs causing a contusion.