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At approximately 6:30am on 03/30/2026 EE informed incoming production supervisor that at approximately 10:00pm the night prior (03/29/2026) they had felt a "pop" in their left wrist while turning a wrench. EE denied medical care when asked and offered a ride to the hospital by the supervisor three times.

On 2/4/2026 an employee was using a spud bar to clean material from a clogged chute at the surface crusher when EE injured EE's right pinky finger. EE refused treatment at time of incident, but after seeing a doctor on 2/26 & 2/27 it was determined EE's finger had been fractured.

A Kiln laborer suffered a partial thickness burn to the palm of left hand. This injury happened while they were using a metal pipe to remove hot material from the discharge end of kiln no. 2.

Employee states rust entered EE's right eye while using a chain hoist at the surface wash plant. A piece of rust dislodged from the steel beam the hoist was attached to. The incident happened on 3/30/2025 but was not reported to management till 3/31/2025.

Millwright was loosening the bottom nut on the coal mill journal. When pulling to loosen the nut, it suddenly broke free and the wrench slipped off and struck the inside of EE's left knee.

Employee was assisting another employee align a medal pin to be inserted in the stick boom of the rock crusher. When the pin was struck with a sledgehammer, dust entered the employee's eyes that was helping with the alignment.

The hydrate operator reported feeling a pop in EE's right shoulder and numbness in EE's right arm after using a sledgehammer. EE was striking the Pre-Mixer due to material build up when this incident occurred.

An employee received an eye injury after getting lime in left eye. After using the vac system to remove material from the screen floor employee started cutting corrugated 4-inch vac hose into manageable sections to be removed from the job site. As employee cut a section of pipe it flipped lime in employee's left eye.

An employee was injured while working in #1 kiln. EE was hand scaling down coating in the kiln shell when a piece fell and struck EE's left foot. This contact resulted in two fractures to EE's left foot.

Employee was clearing plugged chute. Material broke free striking pry bar which in turn struck employee on right cheek, resulting in a hair line fracture.

Injured was opening L-400 feed screw gate with a pipe wrench to adjust material flow when EE felt pain in lower back. Incident was reported on 5/11 and medical treatment was requested on 5/17 when condition didn't improve. Injury became reportable when physical therapy was ordered on 5/31.

Injured was attempting to get product to flow from silo into truck using a bar when ee felt pain in shoulder. Incident occurred on 1/29, reported initially on 1/31, and requested medical attention on 2/5 when condition didn't improve.

3 employees were installing bushing on quarry hammer. While pounding on a plate to get bushing into place employee swinging hammer hit plate. Hammer slipped from plate hitting employee in mouth and shoulder.

Injured was using a punch and hammer to set a ring seal in a pump head. While striking the punch, the hammer slipped off the punch and struck left hand.

Employee was raking #1 kiln grates and felt a sharp pain on the right side of back. Restricted duty.

Injured was assisting changing a head pulley bearing when they pulled on a pry bar and felt pain in the shoulder. Incident was reported immediately but did not become reportable until 08/24 when an MRI was performed and physical therapy was prescribed.

Employee was scaling a rock from the back. The scaling bar slipped and they felt pain and a burning sensation in the right shoulder. Did not report to management till 5/15/17. Had dr visit on 5/19/17, MRI 5/26/17, Physical Therapy ordered 6/6/17. May continue operating mechanical scaler.

Employee was raking clinkers off the kiln #3 grate when ee felt something pop in left shoulder. The pain comes and goes. Employee reported the injury on 04/28/2017 and was taken to the doctor on that date.

Employee was changing hydraulic hose on scaler using a pry bar when the bar slipped and struck employee on lip causing a laceration.

Employee was putting together a rail on a DM45 drill. EE was hitting a pin with a hammer and a piece of metal chipped off and hit left hand. It punctured the palm of hand.

Employee was cutting zip tie when knife slipped. EE suffered a minor cut on left index finger.

Injured was attempting to unplug a stone chute with a bar when EE pinched finger causing fracture.

Injured was using a hammer to remove a link from a chain when he felt pain in his lower back. Injured sought treatment after work when the condition didn't improve.

While raking coating from kiln employee felt a pop in his right knee resulting in restricted duty work. Employee has had prior non work related issues with same knee.

Injured was striking a hopper with a hammer to get material to flow when finger was pinched between hammer handle and handrail.

While using a come along to pull section of new tunnel together, an eyebolt broke causing the come along to strike employee in the left arm

Employee cut left index finger with pocket knife while cutting light strap requiring stitches.

Employee was using a utility knife to cut a bad end off a 4" plastic corrugated pipe. The knife blade slipped out of the pipe striking the right forearm causing a laceration that required stitches.

Two employees were in the process of opening a rail car hopper gate. Both employees were using bars to rotate the gate mechanism when the injured employee felt a pop in his elbow.

Injured was using hammer and chisel to remove a stripped out allen-head bolt on coal mill fan seal ring. Chisel slipped and finger contacted sharp edge of seal ring causing small laceration.

EMPLOYEE WAS ALIGNING #3 KILN DRIVE MOTOR USING PRY BAR TO LIFT MOTOR. THE PRY BAR SLIPPED OUT STRIKING EMPLOYEES FINGER RESULTING IN LACERATION REQUIRING STITCHES.

Employee mashed his finger while swinging a sledge hammer. It appears when he was hitting the side of the slurry bin his hand slid down the handle of the hammer. He continued to swing and his left index finger got mashed in between the handle and a section of plate that wraps around the bin. Employee received 5 stitches.

Maintenance EE's were striking the end of a screw conveyor with an 8lb sledge hammer and a piece of the shaft flew off and struck the injured employee in the forearm causing a laceration and embedding of metal.

Employee was raking clinkers from kiln #3 and mashed his finger between the kiln rake and the handrail. He suffered a laceration and broken fingernail to his right, middle finger and received 5 stitches.

EE was swapping a material flow gate using a come-along and had to apply a lot of pressure. when the gate broke free, the EE's arm came back towards his body. Injury became reportable when EE was taken to the doctor on 9/30/13 and X-Ray revealed chip on elbow.

While using a large pipe wrench to turn the shaft on a quarry pump, employee pulled muscle in neck/shoulder area. The wrench was above his head while pushing, which contributed to the injury. Employee requested medical aid on August 9th.

Injured was using a hammer and chipping hammer to remove a corroded bushing on a cooling tower fan shaft. A small piece of metal (1/16" x 1/16") from the bushing became lodged into his right forefinger during this process.

Employee cut his left forearm while attempting to cut a hose.

Employee was cutting out a collapsed section of 4" hose that he was using on the vacuum system in the baghouse. He was holding the hose with one hand and cutting around the diameter with a utility knife when the knife slipped out and cut his wrist. He was sent to the clinic and received two sutures.

Employee was raking coating from Kiln #4 and felt a twist in his left knee while stepping backwards.

Injured was sweeping in the screening building when gust of wind blew dust into his eyes behind is safety glasses.

Employee was un-spooling cable with a utility knife in his right hand. His hand slipped and he punctured his left middle finger.

Employee was cleaning out feeder with a spud bar. He smashed his left ring finger between the feeder and the spud bar.

Employee was removing the mounting plate for kiln 4's O2 analyser. He was using his left hand to hold the socket end of the wrench in place and his right to turn the socket wrench in an upward motion. As he attempted to turn the socket wrench, he felt a pop in his left shoulder and immediately reported the accident.

Injured was striking 1A tank with a hammer to attempt to get material to flow. When injured struck tank, lime dust fell onto him from above, entering into his right eye past his goggles.

Employee was attempting to clear a chute plugged with lime. Using a rod to clear the plug he struck a pocket of hot lime which blew back into the employees face entering his eyes behind the safety glasses he was wearing resulting in the use of antibiotic medication.

Injured was attempting to remove mud build-up from a return idler by striking it with a bar. While striking the idler, injured's left index finger was pinched between the bar and the idler's frame causing a laceration.

Employee was cutting a hose used for the vacuum truck with an utility knife and pulled the knife towards his right hand. He suffered a laceration to his right, middle finger approximately 7mm in length. He was initially treated on site with basic first aid. This became reportable on 4/20/09 when he received surgery to repair a damaged tendon.

Employee was using a box end combination wrench to tighten the mounting bolts on a rotary feed chute. The wrench slipped off the nut, and caused The back of his left hand to strike the end of a protruding bolt. This casued a small abrasion. The emplyee self treated the injury on 02-10-09. On 02-13-09 the employee was sent to Concentra Medical for an infection/oral antibiotics

Employee was raking coating from kiln when a piece hit rake pole knocking employee into handrail. Abrasion to upper right arm. Returned to physician 12/1/08 shoulder pain, restricted activities of no lifting over 10 lbs., unable to use power tools and limited use of Rt upper arm. Procedure for raking coating not followed. Note: Employee retired.