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The HVAC vent covers in the floor of the office building/ lab were removed for floor cleaning and waxing. Mill operator was exiting the lab area when EE stepped on said opening, making EE loose EE's balance, leading to a fall. Employee was transported to hospital via local ambulance service. Employee was seen by hospital ED for pain in knee. Xray's indicated no broken bones.

Operator walking, overstepped end of EE's catwalk, causing EE's toe to catch the ground, causing EE to fall forward to the ground, landing on right shoulder.

During the time of the incident the temps were in the mid 20's and it had snowed earlier in the day, resulting in slippery track conditions

Lab tech was in the laboratory, walking into the mill testing area from the main room. When transitioning through the doorway from the main room into the mill testing area, the miner slipped on the tile walking surface causing the miner to fall to the floor.

Employee was stepping over a wash hose and caught the heel of EE's boot causing EE to fall onto EE's left knee.

Employee was going to help clean at the top of the penthouse. While walking to the area one of the plugs for a clean out hole was laying on the catwalk and the employee tripped over the plug and hit their knee on the expanded metal flooring.

EE was adjusting the weight on a vibrator in the dryer burner room when EE's foot slipped a little causing EE to put all EE's weight on right shoulder causing EE to dislocate right shoulder. EE was taken to the ER where the shoulder was treated and EE came back to work the next day.

On 9/16/24 at 7:00pm an employee fell while getting off the dozer when re-fueling. When EE caught self from the fall, EE injured right elbow. EE came in to work the next morning at 8:15 and was brought to urgent care by the PM. After X-rays and other checks, it was found that EE had a right radial head fracture.

Dryer operator attempting to pull water hose, slipped on algae that had grown on concrete surface, causing operator to partially fall, catching self with right hand/wrist. X-ray of hand/wrist showed a sprain that required a brace and restricted work duty for 10-12 days. Operator was placed off work until the x-ray was read 8/5-8/7

Employee stepped wrong and felt a pain in left knee while walking from truck to pump MCC.

Miss stepped going down stairs causing right knee injury. Doctor put EE on restricted duty on 06/21/2024.

Carrying a boom lock for 824L wheel loader tripped on something on ground & dropped boom lock on right hand pinky finger

On Saturday morning at around 6:15 am EE was trouble shooting the burner at the dryer. After several trips in and out of the burner room EE, tripped and stumbled. While falling EE's hardhat came off. EE fell on left knee and striking head on a metal cabinet causing a laceration on EE's scalp resulting in five staples. DR returned employee to full duty.

While employee was cleaning up a trench with a hose and their left foot slipped into the trench while the right foot stayed on the surface and strained their lower back.

Worker tripped on a set of steps falling forward. EE's right knee struck the platform grating and cut knee. The gash required 7 staples in the right knee.

Employee was changing out the floc bag using an overhead hoist. As the employee moved the new bag to the hopper, they tried to step on the pallet the new bag was on, but caught their foot on the corner, causing them to trip/fall and injure their left ankle. Status changed on 9.26.23

While walking into the warehouse prior to start of shift, employee had hands full with employee's personal items and didn't see a rock on the ground. Employee tripped and fell, twisting left ankle and right knee. Employee then landed on right knee, wrist and shoulder.

Mechanic was crawling out of under packers at 4Spout when feet got tangled up in each other. EE fell from packer platform on hands and knees approximately 30" from packer platform to concrete floor below onto L knee. EE reports no pain and no injury other than a 2" knot above L knee. Mobility is not restricted. EE does not want to go to ER or leave work.

Employee was using a cutting torch to cut I-beams at the metal scrap yard, when they stepped back to let the cut piece drop, they tripped and fell on to an I-beam hitting their tail bone against it.

At the end of the shift the Employee parked the end loader and descended down the steps, using three points of contact, and missed the last step. This caused the employee to fall and roll ankle.

Contractor was hired by Covia Corporation to provide a crane and crane operator to set a transformer on a pad next to the Covia maintenance building. After the work was completed and the crane operator was removing the rigging from the crane hook, the operator mis-stepped and fell from the crane deck to the ground, a distance of approximately five feet.

Shipper had released a truck and was walking backwards. Tripped over a wheel chock & fell, striking buttocks, hip, & right shoulder on the ground on 9/26. They did not report it immediately. 9/28 reported pain to management. Physical therapy given, but could return to work with no restrictions. Follow-up 10/28, restriction due to ongoing pain in R shoulder.

The miner lost footing while entering DR-02. When they went to catch themselves their left elbow came in contact with a sharp edge inside of the dryer drum. This caused a laceration and they received 5 stiches.

Loadout employee was loading railcars. While stepping between two railcars, EE's retractable fall protection device locked causing EE to lose balance and fall. While falling employee attempted to catch self and injured EE's left hand.

At 18:35 on July 28, 2022, A utility operator, was completing EE's pre-shift inspection on the CAT forklift and dropped EE's pen. The employee crouched down and leaned forward, putting EE's hand on the floor for balance and began to slide forward on the sand atop the concrete floor, causing EE to dislocating EE's shoulder.

While installing insulation over a access panel, the employee realized it was upside down while on a ladder and was going to climb down, to turn it around. A gust of wind caught the insulation cover and caused EE to become unstable on the ladder. The employee jumped to the ground approx. 44" and injured EE's left Achilles.

Loadout Operator slipped while on top of a railcar. Operator had on fall protection but did hit wrist on the grating. Resulting in a fractured wrist and a torn bicep.

The miner injured EE's knee while stepping across the wet screen to perform maintenance. The miner slipped when stepping from the top of the eccentric housing to a round support member.

Slipped on ice and landed on left side hurting EE's shoulder, elbow and wrist. After further evaluation and an MRI the employee is scheduled for surgery on EE's shoulder.

Employee twisted EE's right knee after obtaining a stockpile sample. Employee has now had surgery which makes this reportable.

Getting out of an Excavator the miners foot slipped due to a missing pad on the track. Employee used right hand to grab the cab and keep from falling, in doing so they hurt their right shoulder.

At approx. 3:15am the belt tender lit a torch on BC-09 then started walking to truck. While EE was walking to truck, EE lost footing and twisted ankle. EE called supervisor and reported the incident. EE stated that the soft spot on the bottom of the foot was hurting. The miner has a fractured bone in foot.

On 11/4/21 at 6:45am employee was leaving the trailer to drop off paperwork in the main office. While going down the stairs they missed the last step and fell to the ground. EE stated it was their first week in the new office and was use to having 3 steps not the 4 we have now. EE missed the last step thinking they were on the ground level.

While stepping out of the cab of a Tele Handler an employee rolled their ankle, dislocating the ankle.

The employee was walking down a flight of steps and injured the right knee. This was a routine task the employee had done many times without an incident. It turned into a torn meniscus that required surgery. The employee worked up to scheduled surgery on 01/16/22.

Employee was traversing from one platform to another when EE twisted their right knee. The employee was stepping over a chute and did not have a good area to step which led to the injury. The employee was checked by medical and released to full duty, but after a few weeks, employees knee grew more painful. EE was scheduled for surgery on 4/23/21, but worked fully up to that point.

Employee was taking a pallet of culligan water jugs to the main plant using a forklift. EE pulled up to the overhead door, climbed off the forklift to open the door. As EE walked back to the forklift, EE tripped over the corner of the pallet falling into the forklift mast. EE used their hands to brace the fall but jammed the right ring finger in the process.