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The employee felt pain on 10/01/2007 but did not report it until 10/12/2007. He was then taken to the company clinic and placed on restricted duty on 10/12/2007.The employee states that driving the pit truck caused pain and numbness in his R-arm, R-shoulder, and R-thumb allegedly.

Employee was installing an electric motor; motor moved quickly and pinched his hand between motor and I-beam structure.

A splinter entered the EE's left forearm when he brushed against a rail tie while assisting another EE load a front-end loader onto a lowboy trailer.

EE sprained his back after the loader bucket he was operating was struck by a haul truck.

The employee went to the company doctor on 6/14/2007 and was placed on restricted duty. While driving through the plant yard and attempting to make a call on a company radio, the employee lost awareness and visibility and drove into a stock pile resulting in a contusion/superficial abrasion to R-lower leg.

922G loader operator accidently hit the hoist dropping the bucket on the bed of injured employees truck. Employee was jarred hitting the window of the truck.

A driver was driving haul truck from pit to primary crusher. Another employee was driving empty haul truck from primary crusher to pit. Due to inattentiveness of the driver, the empty truck slid into loaded truck.

Boulder hanging on wall in mud seam flipped over striking bucket and jarring operator.

While adjusting/changing a chain on the finger stacker, the chain slipped and struck the employee on the hand.

Employee stuck hand in head pulley conveyor.

Employee was moving a boulder, when the boulder slipped off the bucket causing the loader to jerk and the employee bounced up losing his hard hat and bounced again and hit his head on the fan switch, lacerating the right side of his scalp.

Employee's right arm was pinned beneath the handrail and in the roller at the same time as his hand was drawn into the troughing roller while inspecting the #2 conveyor belt, receiving ten stitches and abrasions to multiple areas of right arm/hand while trying to free himself.

Customer truck driver pulled up to automated ticket chute and reached into box to get ticket. The truck rolled back catching his finger between the chute and the truck mirror causing a laceration to his finger, requiring 5 stitches.

The loader upshifted after down shifting, going into a stock pile, causing it to slam into the stock pile bottoming out the seat.

The employee was driving a truck to measure a conveyor belt. He looked up at the belt and struck a concrete block. The injury resulted in a laceration to the forehead requiring stitches.

A Cat 769 D water truck owned by Vulcan Materials and a 2003 Sterling dump truck owned by a customer, collided on the plant entrance road. The customer dump truck operator later complained of back pain and was advised to stay out of work.

Employee was operating a Mack DM 690 water truck watering roads. Employee lost control of truck and jumped out resulting in injury to wrist, ankle, knee & head.

Employee was conducting clean up at the primary plant when a large rock was ejected from the grizzly screen located on the second level. The rock rolled down stairs and struck employee on the calf of left leg. Incident was reported and the employee continued to work. Employee began loosing time on July 27, 2006 after the injury worsened.

Employee was loading haul truck with shot rock. As employee returned to get second bucket of rock, a boulder rolled off the pile and struck the bucket of the loader. Employee was jarred forward and seat belt caused him to be pushed back into his seat.

The employee was injured attempting to dislodge a rock from rock box with a scaling bar. While the employee was attempting to dislodge the rock the belt/roller pulled the bar which resulted in his right hand getting caught between the bar & conveyor.

The employee went to see the company doctor on 4/4/2006 and was placed on restricted duty. While driving the yard truck at the plant, the steering wheel moved suddenly causing the truck bed to tip over, resulting in a fracture to the employees R-pinky finger due to grabbing the steering wheel to regain control of the vehicle.

On 2/21/06 the employee went on a personal leave and had surgery around 2/25/2006. On 3/15/2007 Vulcan Materials Company received the DWC Form from the employee informing us it was a work related injury. The employee claimed he injured lower back due to the bouncing of the truck while driving (ALLEGED).

Employee was coupling railcars to locomotive. When he noticed at the last minute that the draw heads were not lining up, used his left foot to push the draw head on the railcar. His foot slipped and was caught in the couplings, crushing his toes. Three toes were surgically moved later that night. (Little toe and next 2 amputated - all proximal phalange.)

EE strained his neck after driving his vehicle into a concrete barrier, causing the airbag to engage.

Employee diagnosed w/soft tissue neck strain after hitting pot hole on quarry road. Doctor said to rest & return Mon. regular duty. Did regular job on Mon. attended training class Tues. On Wed. 2/08/06 employee thought he might need to go back to doctor; did not have any pain or a headache, but some stiffness in his neck. Physician scheduled physical therapy.

The ee was operating a haul truck and stated the seat bottomed out an djarred his back. Incident was not reported until 1/9/06 and medical attention was rendered on 1/10/06.

EMPLOYEE STRUCK HIS RIGHT KNEE AGAINST THE CONSOLE OF THE PIT LOADER WHILE TRAVELING ACROSS THE PIT FLOOR.

Employee was using a loader and was pushing brush up into a pile, the loader was an open cab. While doing this the employee was struck by a stick that had come up through the cab and struck him in the head, rendering him unconscious for approximately one to two minutes

THE OPERATOR OF A VOLVO A35C HAUL TRUCK WAS NOT WEARING HIS SEAT BELT. AS A RESULT OF THAT, IT IS MY OPINION THAT HE HIT HIS HEAD ON A METAL POST INSIDE OF CAB, CAUSING HIM TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE TRUCK.

On 11-30-05 this claim was accepted as a compensable repetitive motion injury. The claim has been under investigation since 08-16-05. Employee returned to work on 12-06-05. If you have any questions, please call me.

The ee was attempting to raise the bed on a 771 Haul truck. the bed was raised approx. 2 to 3 feet and he stated the bed dropped stricking the frame, resulting in a strained neck.

Loader Operator - Repetitive Motion.

Sprained left hand after the Euclid 50-ton stockpile truck door swung open and closed onto his hand.

Employee went to see the company doctor on 5/3/2005 and was placed on restricted duty. While moving stacking conveyor with a loader, the cable slipped off the wheel, causing it to pinch the employee between the chain and the tire.

THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING AT THE RIGHT REAR OF A BOOM TRUCK WHEN THE OUTRIGGER WAS LOWERED DOWN ON HIS LEFT FOOT.

Compression fracture of lower spine - while dumping pond fines the haul truck's front wheels rose off the ground and came back down. The EE did not report the injury until 5/17/05.

Employee became trapped between F-250 pickup and haul truck when he walked between the vehicles. Driver of haul truck accidentally disengaged the park brake and rolled into injured employee. Th injured employee was switching between vehicles to receive training on haul truck.

EE states to have hurt back operating cat truck. Office notified 2/28/05 of incident. Doctor released him back to work as long as he could run a different truck. Off of work 3/1 and 3/2. Returned to work 3/3. EE left work 3/9 at noon in pain. Now off 3/10 thru 3/15/05.

The ee was checking a belt for a problem and his glove was pulled into the belt under skirt rubber. Two fingers on left hand were mashed.

Laceration to upper lip and cheek after hitting face against the front of the skid steer structure at the hydraulic ports.

Employee went to see doctor on 2/21/05 and stitches were applied. Employee was operating a loader and struck a berm, causing employee to strike head against light in cab of vehicle, resulting in a laceration to scalp.

The employee received a laceration over his right eye after being struck with a belt scraper that broke loose while trying to adjust the tension.

Strained lower back after pulling dump truck level.

EE was operating CAT D25C articulated truck & was backing up to get loaded by the track hoe. EE was looking over his right shoulder to look up at the track hoe. EE stated that the weight of his hard hat & the positioning of his head caused him to strain his neck. He said that his truck was moving slow & the ground was rough. EE did not report neck strain until 2:30 pm.

Employee experienced painful back spasms while operating an articulating haul truck while moving stripped material. Employee had experienced back spasms before and the case was put under investigation. As of 1/18/2005, the case was accepted as an injury that was reportable.

Co-worker was in a CAT 637E Scraper and recklessly hit the back end of EE's CAT 631 Scraper.

A large boulder fell from the loader bucket, causing the machine to pitch. Although he was strapped in, the sudden movement caused the seat springs to compress and recoil which forced him into the cab roof. EE hit his head on the roof. He was ok initially, but later complained of neck pain and sought medical treatment for a pinched nerve in his neck.

The metal access door for the gyratory crusher came loose and fell into the primary feeder. The door was cut into two pieces. One piece was successfully removed without incident. The second section of the door shifted as it was being lifted and smashed the employee's thumb.

Driller was cleaning drill area for preparation of drilling at the Huntsville Quarry. While using front end loader a 25' - 30' section of wall fell onto the cab of a Cat 980C loader. Employee received scratches to face and 4 sutures to left pinky finger. His left pinky finger was broken.

Frature to Coccyx & futher back injury (type to be determined.)** Employee was under the hood of loader. The mechanism holding up the hood failed knocking Employee 4 ft to the ground. Narrative paraphrased from work activity.**