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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.

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 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.

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.

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.

Wedge kicked back from crusher and pushed employees arm into handrail. He noticed some swelling in his arm after the incident so an ice pack was used to reduce swelling. The employee said he felt like he was OK. On 10/25/2007 he became concerned about the extent of the bruising on his arm and requested a doctor's appointment. He was taken to the doctor, x-rays were negative.

While cutting a weld with a cutting disc on a 4" grinder the disc caught an edge breaking the disc and caused the grinder to kick back. EE lost grip and the grinder landed on his left forearm causing abrasions and lacerations.

The maintenance employee burned his eyes due to welding / cutting. The employee states that he was wearing PPE.

Replacing pan liner on 6B feeder, cleaning a bolt, bolt hit with impact wrench by employee. Head of bolt cut finger.

On September 12, the employee was cutting off old patches in a chute. He then was chipping the hot slag when a small piece struck his face below his safety glasses. The injury did not become recordable until 10/12/06 when he went to the doctor for the injury. His eye became infected as a result of the minor burn.

Maintenance crew was preparing to install new manganese in crusher. Pittman was jacked forward to allow the shims to be removed. Employee was pulling shims out when the jack lost pressure and crusher closed while his fingers were between the shims.

An employee was cutting out a liner in a crusher. The safest way to remove the liner was to cut it up into 12" to 18" sections while positioned out of the way and allow them to drop to the belt. The first section was cut, and apparently hit another section along the way down to the belt causing it to take an unusual flip landing on the employee's right foot.

Employee was using torch to cut bolts off of a roller and got slag in his ear. Initially, employee refused medical treatment at the time. On June 21, after experiencing severe pain as a result of foreign particles in right ear, employee decided to seek medical treatment.

Employee was working in the same area with another employee using grinder. Emoployee removed safety glasses to clean them and was struck in eye by small metal shaving by grinder. The piece of metal was removed, but a prescription eye drop was given.

While cutting bolts from liner plates the torch burned back into the tip. Employee purged torch and let it cool off. When employee re-ignited torch, it burned through his glove. Employee had recently removed a piece of hot slag that had fallen into his glove - liner could have been smoldering and oxygen from torch could have accelerated it.

Operating crane (50 ton grove) rigged to 5700 lbs truss, moving 100' downhill in reverse, load in uphill position. Started to descend air pressure 120 lbs, crane in low gear reverse, traveled 30' to 40' down incline boom full retracted. Lost pressure due to mechanical failure. Brake max ruptured.

The employee was grinding with an electrical grinder and got a small metal sliver in his eyes. The employee was wearing safety glasses. The employee did not report the injury to his supervisor, he went to get a physical and told the doctor about the sliver. The employee has been terminated following the post injury drug test.

The employee was picking up a grinder with his finger on the trigger and inadvertently engaged the trigger causing the grinder to twist and strike him in the leg.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REPAIR A HOLE IN A ROCK CHUTE. WHILE CONDUCTING THIS TASK, WELDING SPARKS CONTACTED THE EE'S LEFT HAND CAUSING HIM TO DROP THE PLATE, & PULL HIS LEFT ARM DOWN. THIS CAUSED THE EE TO STRAIN HIS LEFT SHOULDER.

OP WAS PUSHING ON BIG ROCK WITH DOZER AND DOZER BLADE SLIPPED OFF ROCK. BACK OF DOZER SLAMMED DOWN CAUSING BACK INJURY. EE WENT TO EMERGENCY ROOM, DIAGNOSED WITH BACK STRAIN, GIVEN MEDICATI ON AND SENT HOME.

BACKHOE WAS LOADING OFF ROAD TRUCK WHEN A BOULDER FELL FROM BLASTED MATERIAL ON HIGH WALL & HIT BACK OF THE OFF ROAD TRUCK WHICH EE WAS DRIVING.THE JOLT THREW HIM AROUND.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO OPERATOR A DRAGLINE, WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL KICKED BACK CAUSING THE EE TO INJURY HIS ANKLE.

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WELD A PIPE. THE EMPLOYEEN DID NOT WEAR HIS WELDING HOOD THE ENTIRE TIME WHILE ATTEMPTING TO WELD THE PIPE.

A DRILL ROD CAME LOOSE FROM THE ROD LOCK AT THE TOP OF THE CAROUSEL. THE DRILLER WHO WAS INJUREDCLIMBED UP THE TOWER TO PUSH THE DRILL ROD INTO POSITION. HIS HELPER LOWERED THE TOP HEAD ONTO THE DRILL ROD TO PUT IT INTO THE CAROUSEL. WHEN LOWERING, THE DRILLER ON THE TOWER HAD HIS HAND IN THE PATH OF A TRAVELING BLOCK & HIS HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BLOCK & THE TOWER.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING DROPBALL MACHINE BREAKING OVER SIZE ROCK. DURING NORMAL OPERATION ROUTINE, THE HOIST BRAKE PEADL KICKED OUT HITTING THE EMPLOYEE'S LEFT FOOT AND ANKLE.

THERE WERE MULTIPLE EES WELDING IN A CLOSE QUARTER AREA FROM DIFFERENT ANGLES. AS THEY WELDED, THE LIGHT FROM THE WELDERS REFLECTED BACK AND CAUSED THEM TO GET FLASH BURN.

THERE WERE MULTIPLE EES WELDING INA CLOSE QUARTER AREA FROM DIFFERENT ANGLES. AS THEY WELDEDTHE LIGHT FROM THE WELDERS REFLECTED BACK & CAUSED THEM TO GET FLASH BURN.