Employee of contractor (truck Driver) suffered a medical emergency (heart attack) while waiting to have EE's truck loaded with bentonite. 911 was called and a ambulance was dispatched to the office of the plant site and the truck driver was taken to the hospital in Worland Wyoming.
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Showing all 4Employee started feeling unwell shortly after arriving on shift. At 11:40pm plant employees took the ill miner to the ER. The hospital could not give a definitive diagnosis and the employee is currently waiting to see a specialist for a proper diagnosis and treatment and is off work at this time.
EE was exiting scraper, when the wind caught the door & slammed it on EE's rt hand. Hand was caught between door & door jam. EE continued to work, & on 2/11/21, informed supervisor they wanted to get hand x-rayed. Hand was put in cast & EE given full work release. After working till 2/15/21 EE went back to dr & instructed to stay home till 3/4/21 when injury will be re-evaluated.
Employee stated that they coughed and felt a sharp pain in their groin area, but didn't leave work and stated they felt improvement the next day. Employee ended up filing workers comp paperwork that was accepted on March 3rd 2021.