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Miner was removing a handrail from a piece of equipment. The handrail was supported using an overhead hoist. The strap on the handrail came loose causing the handrail to shift and pinch the miner's finger causing a laceration. The miner was wearing gloves at the time of the incident.

Welding and fabricating new hand rail and catwalk at kiln. While working in aerial boom lift, worker moved lift basket crushing two fingers on right hand between boom lift basket and kiln shell.

While assisting a coworker in a work task not related to plant operation improper handling of a chainsaw led to the injury of a miner resulting on the injured miner's left leg.

The brick rig was in use in the kiln to support brick being installed. Pogo sticks are set on the rig to the brick to keep pressure on them until the brick ring can be keyed. The brick rig shifted causing the pogo sticks to lose tension resulting in the brick above to fall, severing the last 3/4inch of EE's finger tip.

Grinding in back of Kiln, stopped grinding as grinder was slowing down it caught glove on left hand index finger.

Injured Employee attempted to unspool rope from barge rope winch without releasing tension at winch when rope slack backlashed. Employee's left arm that was holding slack was thrust upward due to force of backlash resulting in fractured wrist.

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING IN BRING UP A BELT IT CAME UNROLLED AND HIT EMPLOYEE IN THE HEAD.

Employee was on top of T331/332 bins at C336 Conveyor to get set-up to install new conv belt revive belt being flown-up by crane. Belt came unrolled and hit miner in head, causing a concussion.

Employee was welding and grinding on date of incident. EE was wearing proper PPE, face shield and safety glasses. At some point, EE got a couple pieces of metal in right eye. Didn't bother EE until after the shift. Metal could not be flushed and had to be scraped out.

No. 4 kiln open back door to kiln, still running - management said to open. Hot lime dust went into left eye. Went to doctor. Doctor said I had a stroke. Now I see black and white out of it. No color.

Second degree burns to forearm; holding a lit torch in his hand he reached with the other had to get material to cut and the flame touched his forearm. EE was not wearing a protective welders jacket or welders sleeves

Open wound left index finger; manually rotating the adjustment ring into position on the crusher; finger was pinched/pulled through the guide roller.

Foreign body in left eye; cutting a piece of handrail with a cutoff wheel, without wearing a face shield; the wheel broke and a piece of metal went behind the safety glasses.

Employee was disassembling the wash screen; while cutting off the foot pads dirt and rust build up on bolts blew into his eye. Corneal abrasion.

Employee positioned a platform ladder along side a ventilation fan to clean with pressure washer. Water valve was opened and the pressure was more than expected knocking the ladder over sideways. Multiple contusions, right shoulder, arm, ribs and hip.

Employee was working overhead using a cutting torch to remove sheet metal screws and the metal splattered and ricocheted off of the sheet metal onto his face and metal got into his eye behind his safety glasses.

Ee was using a torch to burn off the bolts of the take up bearing on the tail pulley of chips cross belt of the Nordberg. He reached behind the bearing, while torch was still lit, to clear mud off of the bolts and his left wrist came in contact with the flame.

Employee was loading explosives out of basket of unit MV0600 (powder rig) when a rock slab fell from the roof and hit the back of the machine jostling the basket and injuring employee's left knee.

Employee was loading explosives out of basket of unit MV0600 (powder rig) when a rock slab fell from the roof and hit the back of the machine jostling the basket and injuring employee's right shoulder.

EMPLOYEE WAS GREASING MACHINERY ALL DAY AND HIS RIGHT SHOULDER STARTED HURTING TOWARDS THE END OF THE DAY.

WHILE USING AIR ARC WELDER, THE ON/OFF BUTTON BROKE AND STAYED IN THE ON POSITION. EMPLOYEE TOSSED IT TO THE GROUND AFTER THE AIR ARC FLIPPED AROUND AND BURNED GLOVE.

WHILE WORKING IN THE INDEPENDENT SHOP, EMPLOYEE WAS USING A FREESTANDING GRINDER TO SMOOTH THE EDGE OF A PIECE OF METAL. WHILE GRINDING, THE METAL PIECE LURCHED OFF THE WHEEL AND FORCED EMPLOY EE'S HAND TO GET CAUGHT BY THE WHEEL. EMPLOYEE'SLEFT THUMB SUFFERED AVULSION TYPE INJURY. ALL SAFETY ITEMS CHECKED ON MACHINE AND WERE FOUND INTACT.

EE WAS USING AN AIR IMPACT TO TIGHTEN NUTS WHEN PARTICLE GOT IN EYE. REPORTED INJURY DUE TO CONTINUED IRRITATION

COMPRESSED AIR WAS BEING USED TO DISLODGE ICE FROM A PIPELINE. AS THE ICE BECAME DISLODGED THE COMPRESSED AIR AND ICE WERE FORCED OUT OF THE END OF THE PIPE. THE COMPRESSED AIR EXPANDED AND TH E FORCE OF THE EXPANDING AIR KNOCKED THE INJURED OVER. INJURIES INCLUDED DISLOCATED SHOULDER, BROKEN CLAVICLE AND MINOR CUT.