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January 26, 2018 OK · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Holliday Sand & Gravel · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Injury became reportable on 04/02/18 when EE had surgery. Employee was digging a headline cable that was buried in the sand and did not release pressure on the winch. Employee went to step over the cable, when it released from the sand it caught EE's leg it flipped EE. EE landed on right shoulder.

December 19, 2017 UT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ash Grove Cement Company · Fall onto or against objects

The employee was working near the raw mill when EE tripped on the catwalk but caught himself on the handrail. When EE caught self EE felt a strain in right small finger. We monitored the strain to see if it would improve but it didn't. A doctor diagnosed that the tendon in the finger had torn and needed repair. The employee had surgery on 3/22/18 making it reportable.

December 1, 2017 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ash Grove Aggregates Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was walking to the picnic table for lunch and twisted right ankle. X-rayed and given Ibuprofen and an ace wrap and told to keep elevated with ice. Released to regular duty.

June 6, 2017 WA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ash Grove Cement Company · Fall from ladders

Employee was descending a ladder with a piece of material inside raw mill. One of the ladder legs shifted causing employee to lose footing and fall down. Employee was taken to hospital and diagnosed with rib fracture and fracture of transverse process vertebra.

May 11, 2017 NE · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lyman Richey Corp dba L R S&G Co · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was washing out the log washer and felt a pain in calf causing employee to slip. Hyperextended right knee. Did not report injury until 5/22/17 and did not report it as work related until 5/25/17.

May 8, 2017 MO · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Holliday Sand & Gravel · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee stepped off of one barge to another as they turned to walk down the barge they tripped over the loose dock line causing them to twist an ankle.

March 15, 2017 NE · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ash Grove Cement Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

On 3/15/17, employee tripped, fell on right knee, and experienced minor knee swelling. EE was recovering as expected until EE started performing a lot of maintenance work on EE's knees. On 3/31/17 EE's conditioned regressed and EE sought treatment from EE's PCP. X-rays revealed no broken bones; diagnosed with deep tissue bruise on knee cap and placed on restricted duty.

March 9, 2017 MT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ash Grove Cement Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was walking over to lock up the gas pumps for the day and slipped and fell landing on their left shoulder.

December 23, 2016 OR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ash Grove Cement Co · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee slipped and fell outside while walking in snow / ice conditions. EE fell to EE's buttocks, experiencing mild back and leg pain. EE received initial first aid and on 12/25/2016 went to the ER for increasing pain. EE received a CT scan disclosing disc bulge in the lumbar area, with 4-6 weeks of PT and an MRI ordered. No missed work to date.

December 15, 2016 NE · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ash Grove Cement Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Injured employee was outside and walking towards the mill building entrance. As employee approached, slipped on ice, that was on a vehicle pathway, and fell on back. Employee reported a sore lower back and was instructed to implement first aid/RICE. Four days later employee felt they needed to go to the doctor and was placed on a 20 pound lift restriction.

December 2, 2016 OK · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Holliday Sand & Gravel · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was exiting the front end loader to the ground via ladder, stepped off onto uneven ground and rolled ankle.

September 13, 2016 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Conco Quarries · Fall onto or against objects

Fell approx. 2 1/2 ft with leg landing on a piece of sharp metal sticking up

August 23, 2016 KS · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ash Grove Cement Company · Struck against stationary object

Employee was walking around skid steer and tripped over the edge of the bucket and feel to the ground. In the process of falling the employee attempted to grab a handle on the equipment and received a laceration to their thumb caused by a sharp metal burr on the handle.

July 26, 2016 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ash Grove Aggregates Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE was walking down a ramp to a water pump. EE stepped on the hose and slipped and fell, twisting right leg. EE underwent surgery to repair multiple fractures.

June 16, 2016 AR · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ash Grove Cement Company · Fall from machine

One of our dump truck drivers injured leg as EE was getting out of truck. EE caught foot on part of the truck causing EE to lose balance. EE landed awkwardly on other leg resulting in a fracture.

May 26, 2016 KS · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ash Grove Cement Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee slipped and fell (same level) while working inside a rail car and needed assistance exiting the car.

March 8, 2016 KS · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Holliday Sand & Gravel · Fall from machine

Employee was climbing onto the dozer and EE slipped and fell spraining EE's left ankle.

February 12, 2016 MT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ash Grove Cement Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was on the silo top sweeping material away from a conveyor belt. EE was backing up while sweeping when EE tripped on a platform, landing on EE's right elbow. EE broke the radius bone near the elbow joint on EE's right arm.

February 4, 2016 UT · Metal/Non-Metal utility man, shift tech, service/dump truck operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ash Grove Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The employee was attempting to get into a plant pickup truck when EE rolled ankle. The employee was fine at the time but at the beginning of April began to feel pain in ankle. On May 3rd EE's doctor prescribed an ankle support boot to help ankle heal. The injury became reportable on May 3, 2016.

January 20, 2016 NE · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lyman Richey Corp dba Central S&G Co · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee stepped off the scale and slipped on ice. Fell to the ground and twisted left ankle. Resulted in left distal fibula fracture.

January 19, 2016 KS · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ash Grove Cement Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

On 1/19/16 the employee slipped on the ice and fell as they were leaving work at the end of their shift. On 1/25/16 the ee requested medical treatment as there was minimal improvement to their condition. The employee was seen by a medical provider and diagnosed with a fractured rib. The employee was given prescription medicine making this a reportable injury.

December 10, 2015 NE · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ash Grove Cement Company · Fall onto or against objects

Injured employee (IE) was trouble-shooting controls for an overhead hoist from a coal mill walkway. IE left the area and fell/stumbled forward while transitioning from one walkway to another. IE's right ear struck the mid-rail of an adjacent guardrail resulting in a 1cm laceration requiring two sutures. This is the first time the IE worked in the area.

October 23, 2015 WA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ash Grove Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was coming down the stairs from the break room when he slipped and strained his left knee.

September 22, 2015 WA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ash Grove Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was exiting the track mobile when he slipped from the step and strained his right hip.

September 17, 2015 AR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ash Grove Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

He twisted his knee stepping out of a connex box on 17 Sep. Re-aggravated the knee on 21 Oct and on 23 Oct he requested treatment. We set up an appointment for 26 Oct. He went to the doctor on the 26th and they gave him a knee brace and Ibuprofen 800 and returned him to work at full capacity.

June 11, 2015 KS · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ash Grove Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Stepped (hopped) over barricade. When right foot landed, right knee hyperextended.

May 13, 2015 NE · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Central Sand and Gravel Company · Fall onto or against objects

Employee was starting the engine on the dredge and stepped over a water pipe. He slipped on the wet deck and hit his left knee on the water pipe.

March 2, 2015 NE · Metal/Non-Metal steel worker, iron metal worker, iron worker SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ash Grove Cement Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Cutting out angle inside of the kiln and when he cut the piece, there was another piece that was already cut which he didn't see causing the angle to fall. He fell down inside the kiln and landed on his right side shoulder and arm.

March 2, 2015 AR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ash Grove Cement Company · Fall onto or against objects

Hurt shoulder mounting vac truck, made it worse pulling vac hose

December 4, 2014 MT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ash Grove Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was coming down from the slurry tanks on an icy metal stairway when he slipped. His right hand was on the handrail, but when his feet slipped, his right elbow went over the rail. He felt something pop in his right shoulder, which gave him shooting pain in the right shoulder and neck. The fingers on his right hand started tingling.

October 23, 2014 KS · Metal/Non-Metal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Holliday Sand & Gravel Company, Inc. · Fall onto or against objects

EE was helping move river cables and tried stepping over a 14" plastic pipe when he slipped and his right leg folded under. He received a contusion of his right knee.

July 27, 2014 WA · Metal/Non-Metal utility man, shift tech, service/dump truck operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ash Grove Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The employee was working in a skid steer and finished the task he was assigned. When he was done, he stepped out of the skid steer and landed wrong on his left foot. He felt a sharp pain in the tendon above his left heel. The working area was clean and paved with no debris or abnormal working conditions.

July 23, 2014 WA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ash Grove Cement Company · Fall from machine

Trainee was looking for his cell phone and said he was going to the office to see if he left it there. He instead climbed back on top of the trailer without fall protection and hit his head on the overhead shoot causing him to fall off the trailer toward the ground. He landed on the drawbar between the trailers.

June 23, 2014 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Conco Quarries · Fall from machine

While fueling a loader, staged away from the quarry, fueler slipped on ladder attached to loader, falling to ground, injuring elbow. Weather conditions were wet/rainy and fueler's gloves were wet, causing the fueler to lose his grip on the ladder.

May 7, 2014 MT · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ash Grove Cement Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was standing on the Marland C-Conn gearbox. He was handing another employee a hammer when he lost his footing and fell about 49 inches, landing on the heel of his left foot. He sustained a fracture to his left heel bone.

May 4, 2014 AR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ash Grove Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Miner slipped in mud and "tweaked left knee". Injury happened on 4 May 2014, but did not become MSHA reportable until 15 May 2014.

April 23, 2014 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ash Grove Aggregates Inc · Fall onto or against objects

Employee was climbing up ladder and lost his grip, falling against his right shoulder. Diagnosed with right shoulder contusion.

April 9, 2014 AR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ash Grove Cement Company · Fall from ladders

Ladder slipped and fell on buttocks.

March 24, 2014 AR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ash Grove Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee aggravated a previous injury to ankle through general day to day work activities such as walking, stair climbing etc.. Employee was placed on light duty as a result of the aggravated injury.

February 26, 2014 TX · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ash Grove Cement Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

While inspecting welds of inlet plenum section of Main Bag house, employee stepped in hole for inlet duct. Employee fell approximately three (3) feet onto inlet vane.

February 11, 2014 KS · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ash Grove Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee slipped sideways straining muscles in lower back (did not fall)

December 23, 2013 AR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ash Grove Cement Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Miner was carrying CKD valve motor and slipped on wet concrete. Same level fall and broke rib.

December 10, 2013 NE · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ash Grove Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While the injured employee (IE) was descending the front fixed ladder on a Terex haul truck a side strap of the bottom flexible step broke causing the IE to slip and his left foot to get tangled in the side and bottom of the strap/step resulting in a sprain left ankle.

October 12, 2013 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ash Grove Cement Company · Fall from ladders

Employee fell from third rung of 12 foot ladder in an attempt to avoid dust falling into his eyes.

October 2, 2013 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ash Grove Cement Company · Fall onto or against objects

Worker was walking around a piece of duct when he stepped into a floor opening adjacent to a fixed ladder. His right knee and left elbow struck the edge of the floor grating as he fell.

September 17, 2013 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ash Grove Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was traversing from one scaffold platform to another when he miss-stepped. His foot was caught between platforms when he twisted his body and injured his foot.

June 27, 2013 NE · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lyman-Richey Sand & Gravel Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was walking up a hill with a tool box. The tool box broke, causing the employee to fall to the ground.

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