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Employee fell into a chute and onto the material below when the hatch door EE was leaning against unexpectedly opened. The hatch opened because the winch holding it in a semi closed position broke from its anchorage point.
***Reported 5/12/26 - EE claims EE stepped into a hole and experienced a pop in EE's knee
EE was climbing the ladder of the shipping loader to go to work. When climbing the shipping loader, EE missed the step and fell backwards. EE landed on the ground on EE's right shoulder and back then hit the upper back portion of EE's head.
EE fell down an undetermined amount of stairs below the kiln feed area. The worker received multiple lacerations to head and nose requiring extensive care. Also informed late evening at the ER that there was a crack on one or both sides of vertebrae.
The employee was working on the platform level of 471-BF-07. EE was raising cages by a rope to the upper section of the dust collector. EE looked up to communicate with the another employee. EE stepped backwards while continuing to look up and tripped over an empty box. When the employee braced EE's fall with EE's hands causing the injury to EE's right wrist.
Employee was climbing down ladder on a loader. When employee moved rt hand a gust of strong wind caused employee to fall off ladder. Causing pain to the right knee
Employee was descending steps between two shaker screens. They missed a step and fell, injuring an ankle. Employee was taken to a clinic, X-ray revealed an ankle avulsion fracture. Seen by ortho the next day, fitted w/ a boot. RTW their next sched day with restricted duty.
The employee was walking down the stairs at 1st bank silos when EE slipped on a piece of clinker causing EE to land EE's right foot awkwardly on the next step. On 03/05/2026 EE was issued light duty restrictions.
A maintenance millwright was walking down the stairs in the raw mill from the 1 1/2 floor and fell down the stairs hurting EE's knee.
EE was working installing a liner and while positioning EE slipped and fell. There was excess water and mud in the area. EE fell and dropped the liner which caused EE's fracture and laceration to EE's left index finger.
Miner exited work truck to begin drilling. Slipped and fell on ice/snow following snowfall.
Miner stepped on snow-covered rock and tripped/fell. Landed on right side.
Employee was performing an inspection on the 90CR001 horizontal shaft impact crusher during a shift change. Upon inspection of the HSI Crusher, the employee found blow bars backed off and was in the process of torquing them when the employee fell approximately 4' onto the underlying 90CV001 belt. Employee received right ankle, shoulder and head injuries.
EE slipped and fell on EE's right hip
Approx. 10:39pm on 11/22 we were contacted by Thornton fire dept. with a request for access to recover the body of an individual who had jumped to their death from Interstate 80/94 Tri-state tollway. The body was located approx. 150' below the road surface and was not accessible from the quarry & Was NOT Part of Mine Property according to Property Maps.
Employee stepped in a hole causing them to lose balance. They fell backwards and attempted to catch themselves with left arm extended. They suffered a wrist injury when contacted the ground.
Loader operator drove to Central Control for a pre-shift safety meeting. While exiting the payloader, the operator missed stepped on the last rung and fell backward, landing on the left hip.
EE drove a stake body truck down to level 12. EE exited the vehicle and then reached back in to turn off a strobe light. While reaching, EE stepped in a 6" hole and tweaked EE's back. Appears to of strained a muscle. Upon clinic visit, EE was deemed unable to currently work. Missed workdays and likely light duty ahead.
Employee was working on the long reclaimer. Employee went to reposition and while doing so slipped and left butt cheek landed on the point of a metal plate. This caused a 2cm puncture to butt cheek. This didn't become a medical until they went to wound care and they started packing the wound. This started on Oct 29th
EE was entering the building on EE's way to EE's office when EE tripped on the steps going up to the door. This was on Friday. We considered it first aid. On Tuesday EE went to the Clinic for an X-ray. X-ray showed a fracture in EE's right foot. EE came back with restrictions. This is when it became an MTI and recordable to MSHA
EE was on the ground helping load a face for a shot. The EE stepped on a rock and twisted EE's left knee and fell to the ground. Work Care was called and recommended a clinic visit. The clinic did an x-ray and said nothing was broken and referred EE to an orthopedic doctor. EE visited the orthopedic doctor on 7/29 who placed the worker on restricted duty and physical therapy.
fell in wet stone dust and twisted left knee
The employee was descending a stairway at the fly ash stamler. EE missed the last step and landed awkwardly. The next day the employee requested a medical evaluation which identified a lumbar (back) strain.
Shift repair was working on the "small mills" FK pump to repair an air leak. While walking from the repair truck to the west side of the FK pump, they tripped on uneven floor plates and fell hitting their right knee. Employee was taken to the emergency room and was diagnosed with a fractured right patella (kneecap).
As employee was stepping up and transferring their weight, they rolled their ankle.
Employee was in Pit #3 of Plymouth Meeting Quarry to take pictures. EE was walking back to EE's vehicle and stepped on a rock while crossing 6' wide mud wash. The rock gave way, and the employee fell sideways. EE struck the left side of EE's head on a rock. Left ear was lacerated requiring stitches.
Employee was walking to EE's haul truck when EE stepped on a frozen puddle of ice. EE slipped and fell straight backwards and injured EE's shoulder.
Employee was working on the screen at Scrubber Tower 10SC002. After putting all the tools away, the employee went down to the MCC to remove the lock and commented to a coworker EE couldn't find EE's vaping device and rushed up the tower, climbing too quickly into the screen EE's right foot got caught in the screen panel and EE fell twisting and straining it, the ankle and knee.
The employee walked into the pressure washer to retrieve the pressure washer wand and hose and when EE walked back out of the doorway EE slipped on ice. Falling backwards and reaching out with right hand to break the fall, resulting in a sprained right wrist. Located next to the door was a bucket of ice melt, ice scraper, and a shovel.
The employee was walking back to the loader and stepped on the loader's parking mound. EE slipped and lost balance. While falling forward EE hit left knee on the ground and put left arm out onto the loader to stop self from falling forward, hyper-extending the left shoulder and scraping left knee.
Employee was walking up a staircase @ #1primary. EE had R hand on handrail, while holding tubes of grease in left hand. EE caught foot on a step, lost balance, & struck L elbow. No material on steps, just tripped. Went to clinic, x-ray neg. Dr. placed on 10# weight restriction as precaution. Release to full duty at follow-up appt 1-6-25
Slipped while climbing on drill rig. Grabbed something to prevent fall.
Plant Mechanic stepped down from a Ford F-250 plant truck, and turned left ankle when EE touched the floor with their foot. There were no obstructions on the floor at the time of the incident.
EE was cleaning up waste in the loader when EE was finished and dismounting the machine EE reports EE was coming off of the loader and missed the last step, fell on to back and landed more on the left shoulder. EE worked for 2 days with some soreness. EE sneezed and developed pain. Went to ER and found a fractured rib on left side
The employee was walking in the packhouse to check bag inventory for a customer when EE walked around a pallet of bags and found what EE was looking for EE turned around and did not realize EE's proximity to the pallet and caught right foot on the corner of the pallet causing EE to fall, striking knee on the ground. The employee sustained a fractured kneecap.
Employee fell on same level, resulting in sprain and strain injuries.
An employee was conducting a pre-use equipment checklist when the employee slipped and fell from a water truck. The employee received sutures to the back of the head.
Emp strapped a starter on a flatbed p/up & felt the need to climb onto flatbed to secure strap. Emp did this task with a co-worker. When done w/tie-down, emp went to the rear & went down forward on a step bumper, w/out handholds and missed the step and fell on side with right elbow, forearm and hip taking the impact
The employee was working on getting a feed pipe choke out when EE was attempting to remove an air lance from the feed pipe of finish mill 1. The employee was pulling on the air lance and was having difficulty as it was stuck. When the air lance came out it caused the employee's momentum to carry EE backwards. Which caused the employee to roll and sprain EE's right ankle
Employee was getting water in the water truck at the fill station here on site as EE was going up the berm to the electrical box to turn the water off the sole of EE's boot caught the dirt and grassy area of the berm resulting EE to fall forward trying to catch self with EE's left arm injuring EE's shoulder
Operator of an excavator climbed up onto the machine to enter the cab. While standing on the track to enter the cab the operator fell backwards to the ground. operator dislocated their left shoulder, fractured their left hip and cut their left elbow requiring stitches.
There are four steps with handrails to enter/exit the office. When walking down the steps exiting the plant office the employee slipped on the first step losing their balance and fell backward on the steps and slid to the bottom straining their lower back. A contributing factor to the incident was the steps are wood and it had recently rained making the steps slick.
Employee was walking across pit floor and twisted ankle, resulting in a fracture of left foot.
While exiting the loader the employee lost grip on the ladder falling 3' to the ground. EE was experiencing pain in leg and went to the hospital to be looked at. EE had a sprain of right knee.
Employee was replacing screen panels. Employee was standing on top deck when EE lost footing and slipped to screen deck and then rolled to the opening where screen had been removed. Resulting in employee hitting right lower back into I beam. Employee had harness and lanyard on. Employee went to hospital from home on 3/6/2024 and had been at work until that point.
Employee was walking to the truck to get a tool. They stepped on uneven, snowy ground and twisted their ankle.
Employee was standing on a pile of rubble when the bottom of the pile started to drop. Employee jumped landing on their right shoulder.
While taking a lunch break the employee was sitting on their lunchbox. when they stood up they lost balance falling backwards onto the floor. The following day they complained of knee pain and went to a clinic to get looked at. Resulting in restricted duty.
EE was climbing down from 773D haul truck and EE's hand slipped off the handrail and fell approximately 10' to the ground injuring right wrist and back.
Contractor fell while trying to climb down OEM ladder on a CAT 773E haul truck.