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Contractor EE was repairing a ripper tooth from a D10 Dozer. EE hit the ripper tooth with a hammer a couple of times to get it in place for the retaining pin. A piece of metal sheared off of the ripper and embedded into the EE's left arm. EE eventually went to the ER for treatment. It was removed and EE was prescribed antibiotics.

Employee was moving screw upstairs when it slipped in hand and pinned thumb back to their wrist.

Employee was trying to dislodge a rock from between discs on tractor and used a hammer and a screwdriver. Employee hit the top to their left hand with the hammer when the rock broke free.

employee was attempting to close a chop gate by hitting it with a hammer when they missed and struck their left hand and wrist with the hammer.

Employee was attempting to knock buildup off the inside of a hopper with a hammer, when the hammer bounced back and hit EE in the top of the head.

2 employees were barring out a hopper together. One employee was brushing loose material away while the other continued barring and crushed the first employee's left middle finger between the bar and the grizzly, breaking it.

employee was chipping material buildup inside a dryer hopper when the bar slipped and their left ring finger was broken during the impact between the bar and the side of the hopper.

A maintenance employee with 9 years total mining experience was attempting to cut a rubber hose with a utility knife, when the knife slipped and the employee cut the top of the left thumb near where the joint meets the hand. The cut resulted in 4 stitches to close the wound.

Employee was barring mud out of a dryer conveyor belt tail roll. The bar slipped in the employee's hands, crushing the pinky finger on the right hand between the bar and the tail roll housing.

Employee was shoveling material off the rail road track, when ee dropped the shovel and it hit the top of ee's hand.

The miner was pounding a pin out on a bulldozer, when they felt a pain in the left thigh, though there was minor bleeding the employee disregarded it as a scratch, and continued working. On 7/19/2018 the employee went to the doctor and had an x-ray performed, which revealed a sliver of metal embedded in the thigh that had to be surgically removed.

Employee pinched his hand while performing maintenance on a tractor used for field drying. He had his hand in between a pin and a hammer he was using to fix the machinery with. He needed 3 stitches in his hand!

Employee was using a rope to pull a ladder into place on a piece of machinery he was working on. The rope dropped and got wrapped up in a tail roller. and then rope wrapped around his leg. It tightened around his leg until it broke.

EE was shoveling underneath the dryer. When his shovel hit a rock. The impact caused his right wrist to bend. He immediately felt pain and went to the Wyoming medical center.

EE was trying to rotate a plugged pin-mill feeder with a pipe wrench on the shaft when it broke free, causing his left middle finger to get caught between the wrench and feeder. It required 3 stitches to close the laceration and there was no lost time from work.

EE received laceration on inside of forearm (3 stitches), laceration on outside of forearm (7 stitches) and 3 stitches to sew up laceration on elbow when a come-along slipped while tightening it on the pin-mill shaft. He fell back against metal framework that is welded to pin-mill, causing the injuries. He was taken to the hospital ER and returned to work the next shift.

EE was handing 6# sledge to man on walkway above him. Sledge hammer dropped 18 inch to top of ee head.

EE was removing bearing from shaft of Rotex gear box when the bearing broke. A piece of metal entered through top of left thumb and lodged in left wrist. Surgery will be scheduled to remove the metal fragment.

Employee was cutting string on bulk bag when the knife slipped around his left thumb, causing a laceration that required 10 stitches at the emergency room. The employee has not missed time at work.

Employee was bending over a railing to clean out a pin-mixer when he felt a sudden pain in lower back. He visited Chiropractor several days later; x-rays reveal a slipped disc in lumbar region. No work for 2-4 weeks as per doctor.

Employee cut right thumb tip on utility knife with exposed blade while rummaging through a tool box. Two stitches were required. No lost time was involved.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PRY SHEAR PIN OUT OF ROLLER-MILL WITH A PRY BAR WHEN IT SLIPPED, STRIKING LEFT HAND AND WRIST. HE DROVE HIMSELF TO THE HOSPITAL FOR CARE, THE RESULTS WERE NOTHING BUT SOM E BRUISING.

EE WAS CLEANING PRODUCT FROM BENEATH THE PIN MIXER BELT BY PULLING IT WITH A BROOM WHEN HE FELT HIS BACK POP. LOWER BACK DISCOMFORT CAUSED HIM TO MISS 2 DAYS OF WORK.

APPARENTLY GOT SOME DUST IN EYE WHILE CLEANING, HE IS NOT CERTAIN WHEN IT HAPPENED.

EE WAS PRYING ON A RAILCAR GATE WITH A PRY BAR, THE BAR SLIPPED, ALLOWING HIS HAND TO BE STRUCK BY A SLEDGEHAMMER BEING SWUNG BY A COWORKER. EE DID REPORT THIS INJURY UNTIL AFTER A RECENT XRAY REVEALED HE HAD BROKEN BONES IN HIS HAND THAT WERE ALREADY HEALING. HE HAS RECEIVED NO TREATMENT, JUST PAIN MEDICINE.

THE EE WAS CLOSING RAILCAR HOPPER BOTTOM DOOR WITH AN IRON ROD. THE DOOR WAS BENT, REQUIRING ADDITIONAL FORCE, WHICH CAUSED THE BAR TO SLIP OUT OF THE GEAR DRIVE, ALLOWING IT TO SPRING BACK AN D STRIKE THE WRIST. HE WAITED TWO DAYS BEFORE HAVING IT XRAYED, WHICH REVEALED THE WRIST WAS BROKEN. ESTIMATED TIME OF RECOVERY IS 6 WEEKS.