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Employees were using a winch to pick up an impeller when the chain got hung up on a bolt stud. The chain popped off of where it was hung at the same time as the employee put his hand onto the pipe to brace himself. At that moment the chain hit the pipe where the employee hand was resulting in lacerations to the left index finger.

EE was cutting out damaged re-bar with a burning torch. EE did not realize that the piece he was cutting had stored energy. As he cut through on one end, the re-bar sprung up and struck him on the rt. forearm. The wound is a laceration requiring stitches

Employee struck across both legs by high pressure water spray.

Employee was cutting old conveyor with torch, as he cut a piece of angle the angle had unseen stored energy causing it to strike the employee's right hand causing a cut and swelling in the knuckle.

Employee was sizing piece of 3/8 hard plate w/ hydraulic shear. The employee pushed piece into the shear to position it then operated the foot control while stabilizing the piece with his hand. When the shear came down the piece lifted off the shear and pinched his middle finger on his left hand between the work piece and hand guard. Employee received 6 stitches

Ee was using air lance. Rt eye felt irritated after task was completed. Began eye irrigation with supervisor. Small particle from his upper eyelid was removed. The EE was then taken to a medical provider. Both eyes were examined and found an abrasion on the right eye. EE was prescribed an antibiotic and was release to full duty with no restrictions the same day.

Employee was using a cutting torch for a structure brace, and a piece of slag came in contact with employee's right elbow, causing first and second degree burns. Employee was not wearing all company-required PPE, which was available. Employee was prescribed a small dosage of painkillers and returned to work the following shift on modified duty. Released for full duty on 8-26-14.

Employee was grinding on a crusher liner and some debris flew into his eye.

Employee was balancing kiln ID fan. He had welded a balance weight to the side of the fan wheel and was wire wheeling the slag off his weld with a 4" grinder when it came in contact with the edge of the fan wheel and got ripped from his grasp. The grinder hit his chest, ran up his coat and hit his chin. Causing employee to receive 1 internal stitch and 3 external stitches.

EE production utility operator, was air-lancing a vessel in the prehater tower when he wrenched his right elbow. He did experence some swelling at the joint and was taken to a local clinic for examination. The physician aspirated the joint, removing a small amount of fluid. He returned to work without complication.

Drilling hole thru diamond plated decking, Drill bit caught as it was penetrating deck and spun the drill body twisting employee's right ring finger.

Pushing and pulling air lance to clear plastics line.

Back strain while operating drill. Sitting in twisted position for 2 hrs - didn't realize seat swiveled. Found release knob on side of seat & rest of shift the seat swiveled. However, some back discomfort at end of shift. 2 days later, he reported increased back pain, sought medical attn & was prescribed a Rx & light duty.

Cutting 1/8th aircraft cable, a tooth caught on the blade, pulling finder into the blade, leaving a 1' cut. Contractor did receive stitches.

EE was changing our wear shroud on a CAT 990 loader bucket. The bolt dropped past the shank allowing the bolt to spin. The EE used his gloved hand to push the bolt back up and inadvertently hit the trigger to the impact wrench. This caused the bolt to spin, cutting through the glove and cutting the EE's hand.

While operating jackhammer felt a pull in groin area.

Employee was using an air lance to clear a blockage from an air slide on 9/19/2012, he felt that he "strained" his right shoulder. Employee did not see a physician until he felt it was necessary on 9/28/2012.

Employee was welding on the boat-loader catwalk, in the shop. He was wearing his welding helmet & safety glasses. He raised his welding helmet while grinding the slag off the weld when a piece of foreign material got past his safety glasses and into his eye.

While testing the amp on the air hose the hose got out of control and the employee got sprayed in the face with air. Both eyes became irritated. He was seen at the local clinic and treated with antibiotic drops and cream.

Mechanic suffered a laceration to his Left thumb, on the dorsal side, while drilling a hole in plumbers strap to secure the air line seal air on R1 pump discharge bearing. The drill caught and the metal curled toward him and cut his Left thumb between the 2 joints.

Employee exited overhead crane cab at end of shift. While traversing walkway to leave, an AC unit cooling fan engaged creating a draft. Employee was wearing safety glasses but some dust particulate entered his left behind them.

EE Was reaching for vacuum hose when his left arm was caught in hose resulting in swelling and abrasions.

Employee had face shield & prescription safety glasses on while using grinder. Dust & particles became airborne & irritated employee's eye. First aid was given & employee was taken to the doctor. Released to full duty the same day.

EE was using an air lance 2 dislodge remaining mat'l with air. He jabbed at the blockage 2x & hot mat'l came out door burning ee ear. He then came 2 ctrl room 4 assistance. At no time did we believe that there was any hot mat'l remaining to drop above the tipping valve door as it was completely cleaned out during 1st step of job. Additional details available, no room 2 input.

Ee had begun to clean the riser with a water lance, when a large piece of build-up dislodged. As the material fell, some of it struck the end of the lance causing it to hit the Ee's aluminized hood. The Ee's hood flew up striking the Ee on the cheek and causing a laceration. The employee had to have 8 sutures to close the wound which was approx 1" in length.

Employee was using an impact tool and punctured his left index finger. He was wearing leather gloves and was able to control the bleeding and placed a bandaid on the finger. He left work at 5pm, but when he got home he noticed pressure in the fingernail area and sought treatment at St Lukes ER in Lee's Summit, MO. Pressure was relieved from nail,two stitches were placed in finger.

Employee was cutting overhead when rust particles fell into his right eye.

While pulling bags employee felt pain in lower back right side.

Hydraulic wrench slipped and hit the right lateral side of his calf and caused pain to the right medial side of his knee. EE was examined and returned to full duty, however, in a follow up exam and MRI shown there was a torn ACL, MCL and mincus. He was put on modified duty on August 2, 2010.

Employee was dislodging chunk from feeder. There is a cross bar on the feeder and employee was using this as leverage. The poker slipped off and at the same time his feet slipped causing left arm tripping the stop-cord. This tripped a pneumatic gate to prevent spills. When the gate closed his right hand ended up pinched between the gate and cross bar.

Empolyee was performing cleanup in the plant near the secondary crusher when the crusher backed up causing material to overflow. The overflowing material struck the employee on the left side of his back above the belt line.

EE using a bench grinder to dress 1/8" thick steel band. Work piece, glove and then right hand was pulled into the grinding wheel. Right pinky finger broken in two places and badly lacerated.

Hand drill became bound while drilling and twisted employee's hand.

Employee welding on overhead collector pipe in raw grind. Felt burn near right eye. Took off mask and wiped spark away, washed eye with saline. Incident reported to supervisor. Days later eye became irritated and employee sought medical treatment. Doctor removed residue from small piece of metal and employee given prescription for medication.

Employee was using cutting torch and molten metal ran down sleeve, into glove.

While cleaning the preheat tower, a chunk of material broke loose from above. Then material fell below, hitting the Woma gun the employee was using to clean the Preheat Tower and the Woma gun handle hit employee in the lip, causing a laceration.

EE was changing a Wear Plate on the 988H. EE was using Impact Wrench to take nuts off of the bolts. EE stopped to check if the bolt had dropped down and at the same time, he was holding the impact tool with his right hand accidentally pulling the trigger, causing the bolt to turn, cutting through the glove on his left hand and cutting his left index finger.

EE was enlarging a hole in metal beam to install stairway with a cutting torch. As EE was removing torch from between stair treads, the torch tip got caught in the cuff of his welding gloves, causing 1st and 2nd degree burns to the wrist.

Employee was using a drill on the ID Stack railing for modifications to be made. When drilling, the drill caught in the hole and twisted. The employee reported the incident as a first aid, but requested medical attention on 10/21/08. X-rays revealed a fracture to his right hand

Employee was using the shop plasma cutter. Laid the plasma handle on his left thigh as he bent down to move the angle iron. The plasma gun has a yellow safety switch caught on a piece of clothing and pushed it forward, then the red main trigger was depressed while he was moving. With both of these activated, the plasma cutter turned on and burned him in two areas.

Employee came to control room complaining of lower back pain and thought he had kidney stones. He was taken to OHS Clinic where diagnosis was lower back strain.

Employee was breaking up bridged material in cone; rock flew up and struck him finger causing a fracture.

Employee was using a personnel blow off station to blow dust off of himself and clothing. Dust got into his right eye. Eye flushed immediately. Taken to the doctor's office, diagnosed with minor "lime" burns. He was given a prescription for antibiotic eye drops.

Employee was removing liner plates from ball mill. He was welding and a hot piece of metal fell onto his right foot causing a burn.

At approximately 9:30 pm the EE was repairing laces in the #7 belt using a die grinder to cut the laces. The trigger on the die grinder stuck in the on position and wouldn't release. Upon reaching around to unplug the grinder, it dropped down, struck, and lacerated his left knee.

Employee was using cutting torch when wind shifted and a spark flew up into his left ear, causing burn. At that time, employee shut off cutting torch and flushed ear with water. Incident reported to supervisor 4/28/08 when employee sought medical treatment. Referred to specialist in May for treatment.

Employee was in the mill while air arcing mill liners. The employee was wearing safety glasses but reflection off of the mill liner was too bright.

EE and a mechanic where using a hydraulic wrench to tighten the spider bolts on the gyratory crusher. While the EE was repositioning the wrench, a miscomunication accurred with the mechanic. The mechanic energized the wrench, pinching the EE's finger between wrench and crusher structure.

Employee was pushing material with dozer when rock struck dozer and he jerked backwards.

Employee claims back/lumbar strain as he exited his bulldozer, or while operating it.