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Employee was using a utility knife to cut nylon straps holding roof bolts. Knife jumped while cutting a strap and cut EE's left leg above the shin bone. Employee received sutures to close the wound.
Employee was assisting shoveling a pile - EE fell into the pile and got lime in eyes. EE went to local medical center to get eyes flushed. Treating physician prescribed EE eye drops.
Employee was welding a patch on the enhanced hydrate blow down line. EE stated EE got something in EE's right eye, and thought it was slag from chipping EE's weld. EE washed out EE's eyes and used eye drops on site before going to a local medical center. At the med center the doctor used a Q-tip to remove a spec from EE's eye and prescribed EE eye drops for a scratch on EE's cornea
The injured miner was swinging a 10 pound sledge hammer to attempt to unplug a lime kiln dust (LKD) bin and chute. While swinging the hammer they felt a pop and pain in right shoulder/arm. They visited an orthopedist who released them to restricted duty. An MRI is scheduled for 12/15/2023 to determine the extent of the injury.
Buckets on a loadout spout were stuck. Trying to break free the material, the employee banged on the buckets from the inside with a sledgehammer. This resulted in the loadout spout becoming unstuck, and it swung forward and hit the employee in the face, knocking out the bottom half of their two front teeth. EE will have crowns put on. No restrictions and did not miss work.
EE was trouble shooting high differential pressure on a dust collector. When EE entered the collector EE found a blank with a punch plate instead of a bag. EE used a pair of plyers to try and free the punch plate from the blank, while doing so EE's plyers slipped and hit EE in the mouth breaking a tooth and chipping another
Employee was using a bar working on unplugging a pipe. While working, employee's hand struck employee's helmet-mounted earmuffs and knocked hard hat and safety glasses partially off face. At the same time, an employee one floor above had opened an inspection door, and vibration caused ground lime to fall through grate flooring and into the lower employee's eye.
Employee was attempting to knock debris loose from from a dump chute located above a vibrating feeder on the no.8 kiln. The debris inside broke loose creating a large cloud of lime dust that surrounded the employee. This got into both eyes. Employee was wearing safety glasses with dust seal and respirator which were current requirement.
The employee was using a scraper to clean ash from the sidewalls of a damper when EE slipped and crushed EE's finger along the side of the firing hood. The employee suffered a laceration along with a fractured left ring finger tip.
EE was struggling with the quality of Hydrate. EE decided to dump the material. EE locked-out the Hydrator and screw to troubleshoot. Once the cover was open EE noticed that there was no material in the screw housing. EE used a sledge to free the material from the chute. As EE was banging on the chute, material fell into the screw housing, inundating EE.
Worker was repairing a belly dump trailer. EE used a jack to jack up the trailer. When the EE reached through the gates to move a railroad tie. EE either hit the jack or the jack moved in the dirt causing the trailer to drop, closing the gates on the EE's arm. Barney trucking reported verbally to MSHA on 10/20/2020.
Lime sat in silo and plugged over the chute. Before starting to load trucks, employee was attempting to unplug discharge chute from Silo 4 by pushing bar into discharge chute. Material gave way, bar pushed into chute and hand hit part of the chute. Contact with chute broke left index finger.
Emp was swinging a sledgehammer and felt a pain in their back. Emp was taken in for treatment and was given restrictions. Emp worked 1 day with restrictions.
Employee was changing out 3/4" bolts on flight for upper dust screw conveyor. EE was using the open end on two ratchet wrenches to tighten the bolt and nut. While tightening towards self with left hand and away from self with the right, the wrench in EE's left hand slipped off the bolt head. Employee lost balance, falling forward onto wrist rolling it over.
Employee was using a wrench to remove a swivel fitting. The head of the wrench broke and the wrench came back and hit the employee in the face, cutting EE's nose. EE received 5 stitches.
EE was removing bolts from a final drive on haul truck. Later that afternoon, back started bothering EE (strain).
Employee was cutting holes in the bottom of a plastic tool bucket with EE's Leatherman knife to drain water out. The knife slipped and EE cut EE's hand.
EE used a come along to reposition a take-up pulley, this process was inadequate. So they got a crane. The come along was hooked onto an I-beam which worked with the previous direction of pull. As the crane passed the come along, direction of pull changed. Adjusting, the employee pulled the come along to the side, allowing it to fall off the I-beam causing an ulnar fracture.
Employee was using a long pipe to tap a hopper of a dust collector to determine how full it was based on sound from tapping. On the first tap, the employee felt a pain in wrist.
Employee unplugging Hydrator, plugged due to power outage. Using pipe wrench to move the first stage of the hydrator, wrench broke. Employee caught self to regain balance, pulling shoulder. Employee was initially seen by doc., returned to work no restrictions. Follow up visit identified weakness, determined to be from tear in rotator cuff. Employee had surgery on 1/9/2019.
Employee removing sensor from transmission using prybar. Prybar slipped, employee hit hand, resulting in laceration on finger.
Employee raking ash ring from kiln grates when a large chunk of ring fell on to the rake, impact jarred their lower back. Employee was seen at Urgent Care that same day, lower lumbar strain. Treatment plan recommended not returning to their last night shift that evening. On 8/6/18, employee seen by Occupational Medicine and return to work without restrictions.
Employee was using 2 hammers to drive rail anchors into railroad track. When employee struck the hammers together a shard of steel came off and pierced right leg below the knee.
Employee was using hammer to work on trailer gates (sprained shoulder).
Employee was raking coating from Kiln #6. EE used a long metal rake. EE shoulder felt sore, ee reported it to supervisor on 10/24/2017, but did not want to seek medical care. EE thought it was just sore, but wanted to let them know. On 10/25, ee requested to see a medical professional for evaluation. EE was seen on 10/25/2017, and was diagnosed with Rotator cuff tendonitis.
Employee was cleaning at transfer point of the west belt in the stone tunnel. While using the hand tool for this work, it hung up on something under the belt. EE pulled harder, sudden release and smashed finger into the conduit connection on the wall behind EE. The connection cut left small finger. EE was wearing a leather glove.
Employee was loading a pneumatic tank in the pebble loading area. EE pinched right thumb with the bar that is used to close lids. EE was given 4 stitches.
Unplugging 1/8" lime from product chute using hammer caused product to surge onto belt and become airborne and into employee's eyes. Employee flushed eyes at plant and was taken to the emergency room for additional flushing and examination. Employee was given a precautionary prescription and returned to work. Eyes were not damaged.
Miner struck left thumb with a brick hammer, fracturing the bone under left thumb nail. EE is on restricted light duty.
Employee felt sharp pain in right shoulder when his scaling bar slipped.
After cutting a groove in a yellow mine pipe, the employee wiped his eye with his hand and felt something in his left eye.
Employee loosened bolt two turns when he was told to wait to do clean up, the metal clamp on the guard broke causing the guard to pin his leg against the skid steer. Bolt punctured skin on right calf.
While employee was hand scaling and baring the loose roof he felt something give in his side.
employee was cutting skirt board with a razor knife. The knife slipped and caused a small laceration on his upper left thigh, requiring 3 sutures.
Employee received lime burns to his right and left forearms after unplugging a chute in the lime storage area. Lime had filled the cuffs of his gloves and chemical reaction occurred when the lime combined with his sweat, which caused burns to his right and left forearms.
Was cutting zip tie from hose reel to be installed and cutting blade slipped and cut right index finger requiring stitches.
Employee was trying to remove build up of material from a product gate, when pry bar struck the employee below the eye.
Employee was raking ash. He lost his grip on the rake handle. He made a grab for it and pinched his thumb between the handle and a handrail.
Employee was tightening a fitting on water pump of roof bolter when wrench slipped hitting left thumb
Employee entered kiln to help scale during kiln shutdown. A large piece of coating came loose and rolled down pile and hit his foot.
Employee was raking ash. Felt pain in arm.
Miner was cleaning coal mill grizzly --- fractured tip of left pinky with steel bar.
Hand was pinched between chain come-along and pipe elbow while moving a pipe elbow into place. Chain come-along slipped on metal, finger got in the way.
EE was removing fittings from old section of waster pipe when pocket knife he was using slipped and came down across back of left hand and first knuckle of thumb.
Employee was repairing a ram. Lifting ram with bar. The bar shifted allowing the ram to pinch finger causing a laceration on finger.
Employee was handscaling using a scaling bar to the the rock to insure it was not loose. While prying up on the bar the piece of rock at the bars tip broke loose and allowed the bar to travel up in a snapping motion. Employee did not seek medical attention until 7/7/10.
Employee was rodding #3 Kiln preheater & felt pain in lower back & leg.
EE was installing hosing rubber on a screen and when he cut the rubber, he followed through and cut his left thumb. Has some stitches in thumb. Back to work same day at regular job.
Employee was handscaling in a scaling basket. He was leaning back to scale a piece off the face and roof area and felt strain to his back. Employee did not seek medical attention at this time. On March 7, 2010 he did seek medical attention but did not receive medical treatment until 4/5/10.
Employee strained right shoulder clearing a jam in the underneath side of the crusher. Employee did seek medical attention and needed surgery which was scheduled for 3/9/10. Employee worked up to the day of his surgery.