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employee slipped and fell on their right side of their body

Employee overheated while lacing conveyor belt, claimed they got dizzy and sat down beside the conveyor road, did not communicate to anyone and called 911 themselves! Employee ate and drank throughout the day. With a group of co-workers all day including the supervisor to allow breaks (water, shade, cooling) due to the extreme heat.

MSHA inspector issued citation forcing us to file even though we don't believe this is a recordable. Employee stated they had soreness in shoulder on Thursday, May 1. There was no lifting, pushing, pulling or striking incident that caused this shoulder soreness. States "I drove over a bump in my path and it jarred me".

Mechanic was removing ripper tooth from dozer with soft-faced hammer when a metal shard broke off and went through glove between right index & middle finger. 07/29/24 - Emp. developed infection in wound; medically treated and given antibiotic with return to full duty status.

Employee was walking backwards from front of pickup truck along conveyor. Stepped onto the grated ground berm, twisted ankle underneath self landing with all EE's body weight. Believed ankle was just sprained and went home. Two days later (6/14/24) found out it was a nondisplaced fracture of lateral right fibula.

Laceration to left leg requiring stitches. While attempting to disconnect bucket from skid steer, the bucket slipped off the bucket moment and contacted left leg resulting in a laceration.

Incident happened on the first day of running a brand new equipment (dragline). Operators were being tasked trained on a day when the plant was shut down and locked out. Fire broke out in engine compartment and damaged the engine. No one was hurt. Esparto Fire Department responded and eliminated the fire. The fire did not spread.

Employee was using a digging bar to clean out material buildup inside the hopper underneath the screen at the midway plant. While doing so EE hit the top right of EE's hand on the metal drive gear box that stands out from the screen. Employee was taken for X-Rays and sustained a small fracture to EE's right metacarpal.

Employee was in the process of changing wear iron on a cone crusher. While installing the feed plate into the bottom of the crusher, and getting it into its final position, the metal plate slipped unexpectedly, pinching their right ring finger between the feed plate and the screen deck.

Heavy Equipment Mechanic was welding a small crack by the mounting bracket of the 980M wheel loader's fuel tank. A flash of fire occurred and mechanic received burns to face, chest, and left arm.

EE was assisting operation and placed finger on shim; finger was pinched causing a fracture and laceration of the left index finger tip requiring two sutures. Employee released to work without restrictions.

Employee was attempting to remove a v-belt from a sheave on the main drive of a wet screen. Another emloyee was assisting to remove tension on the belt by raising the drive end of the belt pulley while the injured employee attempted to lift the belt off the sheave. While grasping the belt near the motor end the belt moved back over the sheave & pinched injured employee's finger.

Employee got heat exhaustion, ambient temperature 109 degrees. Headache, vomiting, dehydration, cramping.

Miner experienced lower back pain while excavating sample material holes. Excavator occasionally hit hard material which caused a jarring sensation when front end of excavator would lift off the ground & land back down once bucket became free. Miner requested to visit WC Doctor on 8/10/18 due to lower back pain not subsiding. Physician placed miner on light duty.

Wheel loader bucket made contact with dump truck bed. The driver experienced neck and back pain from the jolt. Employee was released to full duty, but referred to physical therapy for neck and back pain.

The mine superintendent was contacted in regards to smoke on the edge of the mine property. The fire department was contacted and extinguished a brush fire. An employee called MSHA Sunday to report the fire. A response was received the following day with requests of this 7000-1. There were no miners working at the time, no injuries and the cause of the brush fire is unknown.

A 12KV power line failure resulted in a 4.9 acre brush fire. A communication cable was damaged.

Windshield wiper repair in progress. Turned wiper motor on to line up pin on sprocket with linkage. Sprocket rotated and pinched middle finger between the linkage and housing. Employee disregarded company policy and training on lockout/tagout procedures. Employee received 16 stitches to the left middle finger. No impairment, released for normal duty as a driller.

Employee sustained burn to right ankle when a piece of slag fell into a crease in jeans on top of boot trim; slag burned through the material and dropped down into the boot while performing welding repairs. Physician placed employee on 'off work' status.

Employee reported eye irritation, was taken to the clinic, employee had debris in right eye which required mechanical removal. Employee was released to return to work at full duty without restriction.

Employee was lifting a belt motor on to an in place belt line for future installation. As ee went to set it on the belt with the help of another employee left middle finger was pinched between the motor and the belt causing a laceration on the pad of finger.

Operator noticed flames from engine compartment and attempted to extinguish with portable fire extinguisher. When it was empty, operator moved clear & initiated emergency response procedures. Local Fire Dept was able to extinguish fire. Fire was contained to engine compartment & likely caused from battery cable arcing to hydraulic hose at frame rail.

Screen Deck # 5 at Vernalis rock plant caught fire. No injuries as result of fire. Local Fire department was called immediately by maintenance foreman. Foreman was cutting out holes with cutting torch in preparation on the installation of the impact plates.

Loader operator was taking material from bank with 980G front end loader, when material from above loader bucket collapsed onto loader bucket causing machine to bounce froward then back. Operator felt sore after this but did not seek out medical attention until 08-27-15, at which time he was placed on restricetd duty for 7 days.

EE1 was picking up tools from his work area on the lower east side cat walk of primary #2 screen when EE2, who was located on the upper cat walk of Primary #2, picked up a swing gate he was installing. When EE2 picked up the gate it came apart in two pieces, one piece falling down and striking EE1 in the nose. EE1 suffered from a laceration on his nose.

A trespasser not employed by the mine operator entered the property when the mine was not in operation and died as a result of an apparent suicide. *The cause of death was multiple blunt force injuries as a result of jumping off a cliff into the quarry.

EE had removed 4X6 - 1 ½ Screens from deck, he had lifted the screen up over Handrail and was lowering to lower level (work deck) approx. 10 ft. when he let go his left middle finger caught between Handrail & Screen causing injury to finger. Nail avulsion & fracture of finger tip.

Equipment operator was moving large boulders with a loader and the boulder rolled out of the bucket causing the machine to buck and the operator cut his head on a plastic tab that was located directly above his head in the loader.

While attempting to free stuck trough roller employee caught finger between roller and belt.

Employee was performing a belt splice, had a hand grinder in one hand and he was moving forward on the belt. The employee went to brace himself and hit the safety switch on the grinder powering the tool which cut his hand (7 stitches).

Employee was cutting welds to remove a cover plate to access the inside of a conveyor receiving box. Employee was using a grinder with a cutting wheel when the grinder kicked back striking and knocking off his hard hat and attached face shield. The wheel then struck the employees cheek causing a laceration from the edge of his lip to his cheek approximately 2.5 inches in length.

Employee 1 was operating a forklift to move a crusher liner. The liner shifted pinching the foot of Employee 2.

EE had a Threshold Hearing Shift. EE was originally tested on 6/14/13 and a shift was identified. He was re-tested on 8/29/13 and it was still present.

Miner was climbing a six foot step ladder. Upon reaching the third rung of the ladder his foot slipped off the rung and he fell to the ground. The ladder was on a concrete pad at a wash plant and soles of boots were wet.

EE attempted to track a belt back under a wiper using a short metal pry bar while the belt was still running, the bar snagged on the belt and hit the employees right hand against a metal support lacerating his pinky finger requiring 8 sutures. All guards were in place at the time of the incident and the ee used a step ladder to elevate himself and reach over the belt guarding.

Employee was fabricating a steel chute performing cutting, welding, and grinding activities. The employee was in the chute squatting or kneeling for most of the shift except to stop for breaks. There was no one event that caused the injury, it seems to be from cumulative work throughout the day. His knee did not start to swell and become painful for a few days over the weekend.

Employee was removing a guard in order to perform required maintenance. As he pulled on the guard to remove, it sprung back pinching his left pinky finger between the guard and the mounting bolt. Employee was wearing leather gloves.

Mechanic was working out of a man lift and leaned against the hand rail while handing another employee a steel plate, the employee help a pop and sharp pain at his lower rib cage. The employee requested to see a doctor on 1-6 and was diagnosed with a sprained lower rib on his right side. He is on restricted duty with a recheck on 1-9-12.

At the end of shift on 5-10-11 EE removed glasses to wipe his face off and got dust in his eye. EE flushed his eye out before going home and felt that his eye was ok. On 5-12-11 EE woke up and his eye was red and inflamed; EE was taken to the clinic where a foreign object was removed and antibiotic drops were prescribed.

Trespasser was found in vehicle on property.

Employee was pouring concrete and contaminated knees with wet concrete causing a minor chemical burn. First aid was applied at that time. On 3/1/11 the knee had become inflamed and the employee was examined by a physician. The physician gave the employee an antibiotic to treat a potential infection.

While EE1 was holding the bottom of one side of the head pulley drive guard, EE2 lifted the other side, causing the guard to smash EE1's left 4th finger. Laceration to finger

Plant operator was stepping down from the back of his truck while wearing his fall protection harness with his lanyard clipped to his chest strap. In the process of stepping down the pelican style snap hook contacted the edge of a skirt box causing the snap hook to flip up and chip one of the employees teeth.

Worker was removing a bolt using a wrench and impact gun. Nut stuck and the force of the impact gun forced the wrench down and pinched off the tip of his finger

The EE slipped on step of dozer, caught himself with the grabrail and strained his left elbow.

Miner opening rail car hopper doors when load in rail car became unbalanced causing car to suddenly lean, pinching miner between car and catwalk handrail. Rail car is a rotary dump car and material was not flowing out from one side of car when bottom dump hopper doors were opened.

EE was loading trucks and moving 1X4 material with the 980H loader all day. After work his fingers on his right hand started getting numb. He called his Dr. and they told him to contact his employer because they thought that it was a work related injury possibly carpultunnel.

EE was driving a water truck for dust abatement when suddenly the seat dropped to the floor causing him back pain.

After talking with a individual about an emotional subject, the employee became sick and passed out causing the employee to fall. He struck his head on a rock and lacerated his head. This laceration required (5) stitches.

EE was climbing down machine, when he caught his foot on the lower step and fell about 2 1/2 to 3 feet on his backside, bruised back.