While cutting steel with a torch under the primary crusher, sparks caused employee's pants to catch fire near EE's ankles. The fire watch told EE EE was starting to burn EE's pants, so EE stopped cutting and put fire out. Employee received burns on both ankles and calf area. EE will be a lost time from 12/24/25 and will be reevaluated on 1/2/26.
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Showing all 25Employee was part of team removing a screen to be taken to another quarry. When trying to remove screen it was still attached with a weld. Employee cut the weld and it became free and swung in employee's direction and pinched employee between the screen and the handrail. This caused injuries to employee's colon.
Employee was cutting rotting pieces of tower floor with a torch. While removing a piece with a pry bar the slag from the previously cut welds hit employee below the safety glasses. Employee reported a burn and swelling under EE's eye.
Employee felt discomfort in EE's right eye while grinding. EE thought EE flushed everything out but woke up the next day with continued irritation so EE went to the doctor. Doctor confirmed there was no foreign bodies remaining in eye but prescribed eye drops out of precaution. **Employee wears prescription safety glasses
Grinder bit struck arm/wrist.
While being loaded by an excavator with shot rock, the employee says a rock hit the inner side wall of the dump body causing EE to shift in the seat and hit the inside of the door. Employee was wearing the seatbelt. Employee has pain in their shoulder.
While grinding on sand screw during maintenance, employee felt a sudden pain in their back. Employee was seen by contractor physical therapist who urged them to go to the ER. The employee was diagnosed with a back strain and given a prescription painkiller and muscle relaxer.
While grinding a bearing employee states something got past face shield. Eye was rinsed and they returned to work. Incident was reported 5/18 due to irritation. Employee saw a doctor on 5/24 where no foreign body was noticed but eye drops were given. Management notified 5/28 and this form was submitted the next working day 6/1.
Head injury due to sudden release of air pressure in beetle drill.
While operating portable plant employee pinched finger on grizzly bar leading to a minor fracture and 6 stitches on right index finger. Contributing factor was not following the standard operating procedures set (task training).
Employee had out patient surgery on right knee to remove a small fragment of chipped bone. Employee on 1/16/19 reported knee discomfort when employee went to start up a power washer that had a hand pull power cord. On 3rd pull, felt knee discomfort.
While lancing lower hoist pin with lancing equipment, slag dripped onto steel toe shoe landing on cloth tongue burning through and top of foot. 1/25 original incident date-no recordable medical attention, 2/6 follow up request - prescribed ointment provided for 7-10 days. (Recordable prescribed ointment)
while employee was in the process of fixing a torn belt, employee placed one hand under belt and drilled through belt and made contact with gloved hand creating a circular injury to right pointer finger resulting in 8 stitches
Employee was operating dozer in reverse and turning upper body to see behind and dozer lunched after cresting a mound causing a twisting to lower back.
Employee standing on one end of stone barge tied to the dock where loading takes place was struck by the winch cable that moves the barge when the cable clamps were unable to hold cable at the cable eye. Employee sustained a simple fracture of the fibula and swelling of area due to trauma requiring a procedure to relieve pressure.
Using jackhammer to remove frozen fine material behind screen deck and when it broke through the edge of material, the jackhammer's downward motion caused left hand finger to become pinched between the handle and the top of a handrail adjacent to work area.
Working on the pan feeder, the employee tried to position a lever hoist inside the framework of the feeder. After attaching the hook to the framework, he released the body of the lever hoist causing it to rotate downward, pinching his finger between the hoist and link to be installed.
Employee was holding a carriage bolt from spinning with the head of a hammer. Another employee engaged a 1" impact gun and the bolt spun causing the hammer head to slip and the employee's finger was struck by the bolt.
Operating drill press to fabricate a cover from sheet metal, the metal sheet began spinning and cut through gloved hand.
Cleaning rock jam with an excavator, employee was dumping a bucket of stone, when a large stone fell and struck stairway. The rock then shattered and a piece of stone struck the windshield of the excavator and then struck the employee's hand.
Employee dropped a lit torch causing burns to his lower leg.
PICKING UP STEEL WITH CRANE. STEEL DID NOT APPEAR TO BE SECURE. WENT TO RESTRAP AND TIGHTEN WHENSTEEL KICKED OUT CATCHING LEFT HAND.
EE WAS GRINDING A 992 LOADER HIGHLIFT BUCKET WITH A 5900 RPM MILWAUKEE GRINDER WHEN THE GRINDING WHEEL CAUGHT ON A CUT IN THE BUCKET AND CAUSED THJE GRINDER TO KICK HITTING THE EE IN THE LEFT LEG JUST ABOVE THE KNEE.
CUTTING 1/1" STEEL W/TORCH. QUICK DISCONNECT WAS FAULTY & ACETYLENE & OXYGEN MIX BECAME INFLAMED EE HAD NOT BEEN USING PROPER GLOVES & QUICK DISCONNET WAS BANGED UP AND DAMAGED
STANDING ON PLATFORM OF PRIMARY CRUSHER EMPLOYEE WAS THROWING ROCKS INTO JAW CRUSHER TO CLEAR JAM. WHEN CRUSHER BECAME UNBLOCKED A PIECE OF STEEL FLEW OUT OF RUNNING AND PIERCED HIS RIGHT CHEE K.