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Employee was scraping drive and hit frozen material. Employee was thrown forward and hit steering wheel. Employee had lap belt on during time of accident. Employee did not report injury to IMI till 12/10/2018.
While thawing ice on a bin pulley, a propane thawing device became entangled, causing the employee to become entangled. Investigation continues.
EE drove the cat skidloader to the shop to take bucket off and put the forks on. EE put front of bucket on the ground, could not get pins out to release the bucket. EE used a hammer to hit the pin. Once EE did that, the back of the bucket fell onto EE's foot.
Employee was working from truck bed to remove ramp wall off of portable plant. When removing bolt put in for transport, the wall began to fall towards them. As wall was falling employee fell in the bed and injured left ankle. Wall came to rest on truck bed walls.
While cutting legs free on a refeed hopper at the jaw, a piece of rust popped and went behind employee's PPE. Employee was seen by a physician and diagnosed with a right eye abrasion.
Employee was sandblasting and stopped to take a break. Employee took off PPE and rubbed their eye. During that process it is believed that a piece of debris was transferred into the employees left eye.
Employee was performing a pre operational inspection of a piece of equipment and slipped while in the engine compartment. This led to the employee spraining their right knee.
Anderson Fire Department was dispatched at 18:00 hours for a potential water rescue. AFD then notified imi of this issue. It was found that 4 teenagers had trespassed on the property with the intention of swimming. imi was informed at 18:45 that a victim had drowned and they were actively trying to recover the body. Body of the victim was recovered at 20:09.
Employee states that over the past 2 years of operating a loader they have developed a cyst on their left thumb from repetitive motion. Employee will have surgery to remove the cyst.
While cutting a hopper with a circular saw, employee finished the cut and took their safety glasses off. Upon taking safety glasses off, a particle of steel fell into eye. Particle was irrigated out on site, but employee was still seen by physician. Employee received RX for injury.
Employee told manager that they were having bilateral wrist pain from operator the joysticks in the loader. Employee was treated on and off for 20 months before receiving Reportable level treatment.
EE was up on the plant grizzly welding structure together. After running out of welding rod, stood up & proceeded across beams. When ee reached the big beam, foot slipped causing ee to lose balance, fall into straddled sitting position. This caused right leg to go one side of the beam & left twisted. Somehow striking knee on way down to other side.
EE started having eye irritation on 10/11 at 0900 hours. It is believed that a shard of metal from grinding the previous day caused the irritation to the eye. The flake of metal was removed and EE given antibiotics for this injury. EE was returned to work with no restrictions. During the grinding process EE was in full and appropriate PPE.
Miner was climbing out of a transfer box on aggregate plant when their knee twisted.
While an employee was carrying waterhose up the platform the nozzle came off and struck the injured employee, who was below, on the hand.
The plant operator was washing out underneath a cone crusher when a rock fell from above and struck EE in the hand, lacerating right ring finger and breaking the finger tip bone.
Employee was tempting to put antifreeze in Cat740. Employee set container on step, then climbed up the steps, once up on the platform, lost balance forcing employee to jump off the platform. Employee landed on feet but fell/rolled onto left shoulder on the ground. Employee will Have to have surgery on left shoulder.
EE was helping check the finishing plant out during start of shift. EE grabbed a 2 inch water hose and when they bent over they told the foreman they hurt their lower back and could not stand up straight. The foreman brought EE to break room and asked if they need medical assistant. EE stated that they did, and then was taken to the company doctor.
The employee was operating Cat 775D Haul Unit stocking out. The right front tire drove over a pile of stone. The unit bounced the seat bottomed out and the employee felt pain in lower back. Depending on the healing, surgery may be required.
Employee was grinding on a six inch piece of steel pipe. Employee got a piece of metal in right eye. Employee was wearing proper safety protection. The conditions were very windy.
We had about 1 inch of snow on the ground. The maintenance crew drug a piece of metal across the snow, which packed the snow down tight. When employee crossed the path where the metal had been dragged EE slipped and landed on elbow.
The Mechanic helper was working on a piece of equipment in a tight spot. He had his leg folded under his thigh for a period of time and his leg went numb. He went home and the feeling never returned, so he went to the hospital. Doctor said it was a pinched nerve and may take a few days for feeling to return 100%.
The employee was getting off of a manlift into muddy conditions and slipped and twisted knee.
Employee was reaching in job box on truck, his hard hat fell off and he hit his head on the job box lid
While adjusting the door on secondary crusher, the door fell open and crushed the miner's thumb. Two people were trying to adjust the door when it fell. The door fell open smashing the thumb against a conveyor structure.
Employee was changing screens on wash plant when he stepped backward he slipped at the oversize chute, employee fractured right fibula.
Employee was driving water truck with window down, particles blowing around in cab got in his left eye.
The injured employee was moving a safety cone into the after hours location. As he was walking back to his machine on the quarry floor, he lost his balance and fell on level ground, causing an injury to his right hand
Employee was cutting a skirt board rubber with a utility knife when the knife cut his right leg just above the knee. He was on his knees cutting the skirt board rubber pulling the knife towards his knee when the knife slipped off the rubber and cut his leg. He was taken to the emergency room for treatment where he received 1 stitch.
Employee was working with hand tools disassembling commercial crusher. Employee while using a pry bar, pulled/ strained back muscle.
The injured employee was positioning an 8" hydraulic check valve onto the forks of a fork truck. The valve slipped on the forks and the employee attempted to catch it before it fell off of the forks. The Valve pinched his left pinky and ring finger between the fork and the valve injuring those fingers.
The injured employee was clearing rock out on the discharge end of a conveyor belt. He freed the obstruction and injured his left Pinkey Finger against a skirt board.
The injured miner was removing 6-10" limestone rock from a feed chute. He moved one rock and another fell and impacted his left middle finger, fracturing the tip bone.
WHILE SHOVELING SAND TO MAKE SMALL TRENCH HE TWISTED AROUND TO DUMP SHOVEL WHEN BACK MADE POPPING SOUND LIKE BREAKING A STICK. LOWER LEFT SIDE OF BACK WAS VERY PAINFUL BUT COMPLETED WORK DAY & WENT HOME.DECIDED LATER THAT NITE TO GO TO E.R. WHERE DR. EXAMINED & PRESCRIBED MEDS WITH LIGHT DUTY. WAS TOLD IF PAIN PERSISTS TO SEEK FURTHER MEDICAL ATTENTION.
The EE involved arrived 15 minutes before start time and went directly to his haul truck and started the truck. While in the shop the EE reported to another EE that he had slipped and fallen from his truck after it was started. He said he missed the bottom step and fell against the tire. He slid down the tire, striking his head on the concrete. He died on 11/27/2014.
Employee was installing belts on a screen while rolling belts on, he pinched his middle finger.
Employee called the shift supervisor from the pit loader and said that he was not feeling well.
Employee was pulling on a water hose. It got caught on an I-beam. He pulled harder to get it to break free and it did not. The last pull hurt his right Shoulder
Employee was washing a 988H loader with a 2 inch fire hose while moving hose and stepping backwards stepped on hose and twisted left ankle.
EE was cutting the outer jacket off of a piece of wire, holding the wire with his right hand and the utility knife in his left hand slicing back towards his right hand. The utility knife slipped and continued through his right thumb. Resulting in a cut requiring 11 stitches.
He was in a man lift trying to change a gate at the scalpering screen, when he said his back was hurting. he was sent to a medical dr. after complaining of his back hurting. He was at the chiropractor the night before for his back.
EE WAS EXITING CAT 216B SKID LOADER. HE STEPPED OUT OF MACHINE TO GROUND ON RIGHT LEG. BEFORE LEFT LEG REACHED GROUND HIS RIGHT KNEE CAP AREA POPPED CAUSING PAIN & FELL TO GROUND. DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL FOLLOWING MORNING WHERE DOCTOR PRESCRIBED MEDICATION AND KNEE BRACE WITH LIGHT DUTY RESTRICTIONS FOR 5 DAYS.
Miner was pulling electric lines to the primary crusher. While pulling the ground line tight the strap he was using slipped. When the line slipped he grabbed the wire with his left hand and a sharp piece on line cut his hand.
The injured employee was moving a steel beam into position inside a feed hopper with another employee. The beam became temporarily lodged in the hopper. The other employee pulled on one end of the beam to dislodge it. when the beam became dislodged, it pinched the thumb of injured employee and cut the skin requiring stitches to the injured thumb
Employee was cleaning rocks from a plugged screen.
Employee was replacing a pulley on the primary crusher. He felt something "pull" in his upper right arm, but didn't think much about it. He had some swelling the 2nd day and it was still bothering him, so he notified the plant superintendent. He went to the med center and was diagnosed with 727.62 biceps tendon rupture. He is scheduled for an MRI at a later date.
The miner was welding hammers on the primary crusher. He took welding helmet off and using his hands brushed the dust off of himself. When he brushed the dust off the fan he was using to blow welding fumes out of crusher, blew a small piece of metal in his eye. The miner had on all of his safety equipment, including his safety glasses.
Employee turned off the agricultural lime plant to dislodge a rock in the tail pulley. After locking of the conveyor he dislodged the rock. When he did that, gravity moved the conveyor belt entangling employee's arm in the tail pulley.
WHILE PICKING MUD & ROCKS OFF OF CONVEYOR BELT, HE REACHED OUT TO PUSH A ROCK OFF THAT WAS HEAVIER THAN EXPECTED. THIS SPRAINED HIS RIGHT SHOULDER & HE NOTIFIED FELLOW EMPLOYEES & MANAGEMENT IMMEDIATELY. HE CHOSE NOT TO SEEK ANY MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 07-12-2013 AFTER CONTINUED SORENESS PERSISTED.
The injured employee was climbing a fixed 7' ladder to access a conveyor platform. While he was climbing, he felt a sharp pain in his Right Hand. The employee continued his inspection of the platform and climbed back down the ladder. The employee lost sensation in his right hand and approximately 2-3 hours later the employees hand swelled up.