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UNDER THE SILOS IS A TIGHT SPACE. WAS USING A WALK BEHIND SKID STEER. MOBILITY WAS LIMITED, OPERATOR WAS GOING IN REVERSE WITH A LIMITED FIELD OF VIEW
Finger caught under crane cable after cable slack was winched taut resulting in a laceration requiring 6 stitches. Returned to full duty; no restrictions.
Employee was running a walk behind skid steer removing snow around the scale-house. Employee was backing up and backed into a concrete bollard hitting right leg causing a large hematoma. Employee was sent to hospital via ambulance.
Plant was shutdown to address problem on #2 screen feed belt. The tail pulley was removed and loaded into the skid steer bucket to be moved out of the way. While backing and turning to the right an employee walked into a blind spot causing the skid steer bucket to make contact with EE's left knee.
An employee was a passenger inside of a fellow employee's personal vehicle that was involved in an incident on the quarry road headed to return to work from their break. Employee initially declined medical treatment but, on the 12th, requested to been seen by medical professionals. Employee was diagnosed with a mild concussion and was given restrictions.
Operator was hauling mud in a 980H loader when EE hit a bump in the haul road and received a possible pinched nerve in EE's neck. EE is seeing a physical therapist for pain relief. No time lost, no light duty restrictions, still working job of injury.
Employee was moving a section of 12" hose with the telehandler. They attempted to extend the boom out to place it down while on an uneven surface. The outriggers were not extended and the vehicle rolled onto its cab side. The employee was wearing a seatbelt but injured their leg from the impact of the rollover.
The employee was operating a wheel loader to move Type III stone to the stockpile yard. While digging into the pile, the loader jolted as the bucket came to a stop, and the operator felt pain in neck and upper back.
EE1 was getting in the man basket. EE2 was already in man basket and moved it pinning EE1 leg between basket and concrete wall
Employee was operating loader and skidsteer and felt pain in their back. Later was diagnosed with a shoulder strain/tendonitis.
Operator was scooping GAB from the pile when the top of the pile sloughed off and filled the bucket, causing the loader to lose balance and tip forward. The operator quickly dropped the bucket, causing the rear of the loader to fall back to the ground and jar the driver. The driver reported experiencing soreness in their back after the event.
Employee reported intermittent left knee soreness at the end of shift, but couldn't think of any incident or event that could have caused it and didn't think that it was work related. The employee sought medical care when the issue didn't resolve, and was advised that it could be related to repetitive pushing of the clutch pedal on the site's front end loader.
EE drove the loader down the hill to remove material from the stackers and the parking brake came on causing whiplash which resulted in EE hitting head on the windshield.
The injured employee was adjusting the belt scraper on C-6 conveyor. The belt was still in motion as EE attempted to adjust the scraper and this caused the spud wrench to forcefully be spun back causing it to contact EE's finger against a rail. The employee was taken to the ER and given stitches and a splint.
EE was riding as a passenger in a fuel truck when the driver over-corrected the vehicle on an uneven surface, causing the vehicle to flip over to the passenger side. The passenger incurred a right shoulder rotator cuff strain.
In process of removing cheek plate from jaw that was binded (jammed) up for removal, attached crane to cheek plate and applied pressure and cheek plate popped out and swung 5 feet and caught welder fabricator in face and knocked EE backwards. Worker got bloody nose and 5 stitches. Went to doctors and told to take day off.
An employee's left hand became lodged between the rotating pulley and the gear box shaft on radial stacker
An employee was operating a CAT 777 Haul Unit in the L2 pit, when a boulder rolled out of the muck pile and struck the dovetail of the 777. The employee was staged while being loaded by a 992 when the incident occurred. As a result of the incident, the employee sustained soft tissue injuries to the neck and lower back.
Haul truck operator runs over a pot hole and bruises ribs on arm rest of operators seat.
Employee was operating a Haul Truck when the truck bounced, causing injury to employee's back.
EE reports gradual onset of lower back/sacral discomfort while operating Front End Loader. No specific incident, but they report that Loader was "bouncing around" a lot during operation. Seat was verified to be in proper operational condition.
Driving a haul truck, pinched right thumb in door frame.
was driving up ramp to top of the stone. Was not wearing seat belt and hit head on interior roof of truck, causing EE to come back down hard on seat.
Employee reported having discomfort in their back after operating a skid steer. Refused medical treatment. Later sought treatment with personal physician, then requested medical attention. Incident investigated for questionable work-relatedness. Decision made internally to accept. On restricted duty.
While lifting a gear with the crane on truck, chain jumped & hook on chain hit right wrist & thumb
Employee was operating a front end loader in the Pit and was instructed to re-handle boulders. Employee was trying to dislodge a boulder at a working face when the rear of the loader lifted up and then dropped back down to the pit floor once the rock released, resulting in an injury to the employees back.
Employee was observing conveyor in motion. Conveyor was being cycled in position for additional bucket change out. Employee took it upon self to get into a closer position near conveyor, lost balance and grabbed rail. Wheel crossed path of right hand at that moment, squeezing right gloved finger.
A laborer sustained rib fractures to their right side when the skidsteer loader EE was operating struck an object under the snow and came to a sudden stop. The injured was moving snow on the west side of the garage when the bucket caught on a section of railroad track embedded in the concrete. EE was wearing the seat belt and had the lap bar down when the incident occurred.
An employee was operating the Vermeer Walk-Behind cleaning up around the #1 Cooler Vent Fan. As the employee was backing up in the tight working space, the employees arm struck an I-Beam. This caused their right arm to go forward and bend EE's right wrist back into EE's arm causing a pinch point between the I beam and the piece of equipment. Fractured right wrist.
driver was backing pickup along the outside edge of embankment got to close and slide down embankment, the seat belt caused to strain muscle in left shoulder.
At 11:00 am an operator was loading rocks into the haul truck. As the loader was lifting to dump into the truck the loader shifted causing a large rock to come back into the cab breaking through the front windshield. The rock and windshield landed on the employee's knee and hand. Employee has a fractured finger and needed stitches to close a laceration to the left ring finger.
Employee was operating a Haul truck when EE went over a mound of material at approximately 30mph. EE received friction burns and a lower back strain.
A Mine Engineer sustained a fracture to right lower leg while operating the JLG Manlift. While tramming the manlift drove over a rock which caused them to unexpectedly get jostled in the basket, causing them to come down on right foot in an awkward manner resulting in the injury.
The injured employee was using a Dingo TX 525 to remove accumulated material beneath a structure. While operating the equipment in reverse, the bucket contacted a vertical steel member. The sudden motion crushed EE's left wrist between the Dingo controls and the diagonal structural steel member. The diagnosis was a strain and contusion of the left wrist; no broken bones.
Employee was operating a loader in the pit muck pile area and hit an ridge in the floor causing the loader to stop abruptly and jarring employee's back. Employee did not request medical attention at time of injury but the next day stated that it was not improving and would like to be seen by a doctor.
A CAT 773 Haul Truck was passing through the North pit gate, at the same time a CAT 773 was traveling the same route in the opposite direction. As the two vehicles passed, the catwalk on the North bound truck struck the rear fender of the South bound truck.
While removing material from the loading face, the pit loader came to a sudden stop, "jolting" the machine. Later in the shift, employee reported some discomfort between the shoulder blades. First aid/self care measures were employed. A clinic visit was required on 9/23. At that time, the employee's work duties were restricted from operating equipment due to medical precautions.
The employee was operating an articulated truck. Employee stated employee fell asleep. The tire tracks indicate the truck rode up the left side embankment causing the cab to turn over on the right side. Employee received a concussion without loss of consciousness and a laceration to the right ear without foreign body.
Employee suffered an amputation below the knee while cleaning near the fine screw in the Grinding Facility.
Employee was operating a CAT 740B Haul Truck and hit a rut in the road, causing back pain. The injury was not reported to management until 9/9/19.
Employee loading trucks in pit with 990H stated a 6'x2' rock slid appr 13' down muckpile and struck left front corner of the bucket and felt a pain in neck. Clinic placed employee on restricted duty on 8/14/19, currently assigned to operate smaller loader
Employee was operating a skid steer at the tailings pile when ee ran over a 4x8 rock causing the skid steer to lurch, jarring back.
EE was using a truck boom to push down the pusher bar to push bead seat band down. The boom slipped off the pusher bar while EE was reaching under to install the o-ring. The boom slipped pinching EE's finger. Left middle finger laceration received 17 stitches.
Employee was in the process of removing sand that had accumulated under a conveyor with a bobcat. The employee had made several passes under the conveyor until ee struck a vertical ladder with the bobcat attachment. The bobcat struck a vertical ladder and a 6 inch piece of rebar flew off the crusher deck and struck the operator on the forehead causing 1-inch laceration.
Employee was going to bring the locomotive back into the plant. EE threw the wrong switch and was instead on the track that has a bump and stop. EE did not realize the mistake until EE looked up and saw the stop. EE decided to jump off instead of running into the stop EE was afraid that the locomotive was going to derail and crush EE.
Loader Operator was loading haul trucks in the pit when a boulder rolled down the muck pile. EE caught the boulder in the bucket but the loader tipped forward. The boulder rolled out and the loader dropped back down and bounced causing lower back injuries to the Operator.
Employee was operating a forklift, moving refractory material in and out of a kiln. While backing out of the kiln, the wheels slipped at the transition of the brick ramp. Employee made several attempts to back the lift up and on one of them, jarred their back. Reported incident to Supervisor, taken to DR, diagnosed W back strain, placed on RD 2/16, Rtn to full duty 3/5.
An equipment operator was in a Cat 980H FEL working at the Aglime stockpile. While at the face of the stockpile working the pile a large chunk of frozen material broke free falling about 15 feet & landed in bucket. The weight of the material caused the loader to tip forward causing operator to be thrown forward in the cab making contact with the door glass and cab support pillar.
WHILE TWO EMPLOYEES WERE WORKING OUT OF THE MAN BASKET EE'S HAND BECAME PINCHED BETWEEN THE CONVEYOR SLED AND THE MAN LIFT HANDRAIL. THIS MOTION REMOVED THE SKIN FROM THE TOP OF EE'S HAND TO EE'S FINGERS. EE WAS TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE TO CROZER HOSPITAL WHERE EE HAD SURGERY ON THE HAND
Fingers caught in heater fan