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Employee was stepping out of storage shop, stepped on pebble twisting/spraining right ankle.
EMPLOYEE WAS UNPLUGGING A FEEDER IN THE RECLAIM TUNNEL. WHEN MATERIAL BROKE FREE EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON A CLINKER BALL STRAINING HIS RIGHT KNEE
Miner was cleaning a roller shim for roller placement. He unhooked his lanyard to move to a new location and did not stay 100% tied off. He tripped and fell backwards from the platform to the ground 14'9" below. The handrail had been removed to allow the roller installation. He broke both wrists and his left rib.
Employee was pushing a roll into the roller mill with port-a-powers. As employee released a port-a-power to insert a spacer the roll came back pinching three fingers on his right hand causing lacerations and fracture.
On May 21, 2014 at approximately 6:30PM, employee was pulling a swing block out of the conex building just East of the bucket wheel. He reached in and pulled it out with his left arm. He felt a pain and burn in his left bicep area. Employee immediately notified another employee. He was taken to Texoma Medical Center ER for evaluation.
Employee was wearing appropriate heat resistant protective clothing working on shutting off the air to an air cannon, as he shut off the air flow, the air cannon "popped" causing hot material to become airborne. Material fell down the hot work gloves causing burns to both wrists.
The employee was changing oil while standing on a catwalk approximately 10FT above ground, employee turned and foot slipped causing the employee to fall on the catwalk. The employee struck against the electric motor causing a strain to middle back and rib cage. The employee is seeking medical attention.
Employee was walking to the MCC when he stepped into a rut his left knee gave out causing employee to fall to the ground
EE was working on a machine. The cab of the machine came down and caught right hand. The right hand middle finger was fractured and there is a 1.8 cm laceration on hand.
Employee was pushing a broom, cleaning up coal from around the coal unloading area. She stated she stepped on a piece of coal which caused her left knee to twist. She denied medical treatment and working through the rest of her shift without any issues (incident happened at 9:00 a.m. employee's shift ended at 3:30 p.m.)
Employee was loosening bolts on shaker motor
Employee was attempting to light burner pipe. When he put the torch in the flame went positive causing him to get second degree burns to his face.
Employee lifted up chocks from side of wheel of forklift, went to toss the chocks in the bed of the forklift, chocks caught on frame causing chock to be pulled out of the employee's hand falling on top of right foot.
EE was assisting in change out of skid steer bucket. EE was having difficulty getting the bucket locking pins to release. EE was standing in front of skid steer bucket when locking pin finally released. When the bucket came free from the machine it landed on the employees left foot resulting in dislocation and multiple fractures.
Employee went to get a sample from the alkali bag house. He got the sample and was walking back when he tripped and fell fracturing his left wrist.
On February 6, 2014 at approximately 10:00AM, EE was working at the bucket wheel on the West transfer conveyor with 2 co-EE's. He slipped on ice and fell on his right side. He immediately felt pain in his right elbow and his lower left back. He reported this to company immediately. EE was driven to One Medical for evaluation.
Employee states that repetitive movement of pressing the diesel pedal on the 980G Cat loader he was operating, was causing his right knee to hurt.
Employee stated that he strained his lower back while operating a loader maybe 2-3 months ago but is unsure but know he did it at work. Employee stated that the bouncyness in the loader aggregated his lower back.
EE was putting power cord back on pontoons. he was trying to step from the work boat to one of the pontoons he slipped and hurt his knee
Employee removing hammers, dropped section onto his right hand causing abrasion to his right pinky finger
Employee removed his goggles to clean them when the wind blew Alkali dust into his left eye
Employee was replacing cord for a water pressure transduceron SS7 screen,he had set down so he could reach the LB to take the cover off. When he got up he felt a sharp pain in his lower back. He was taken to Mercy Occupational clinic and diag. with a lower back strain. He was prescribed two weeks of PT. He has been placed on light duty with follow up exams.
Employee was working on the dredge power cord to get it pulled loose from the bank near the dredge pit. As he was pulling, he felt a pain in his left arm between his elbow and shoulder.
Employee was holding the base of a ladder for an employee when a chunk of debris fell from the ceiling and struck the employee's forearm. The employee reported pain in the foreman where he was struck with debris.
Employee was attempting to remove a chunk of material caught between a chute and a conveyor with a pry bar. The bar slipped off the chunk contacting the belt this caused the bar to bounce back striking the employee behind his left ear causing a contusion and stiff neck.
Employee Strained right arm/shoulder while cleaning rail cars with a shovel. Employee has been placed on light duty.
EE was replacing bad bolts in the SB-920. He was using an air impact to tighten new bolts, while in the process of tightening a bolt an old bolt popped loose hitting him on his right ear. When the bolt hit him on the ear he lost his footing and tried to catch himself with his left arm. He said when he caught himself he twisted his left arm and wrist.
Employee was walking down some stairs and stumbled. After he stumbled he felt a pain in his hip. Employee did not want to go to the doctor at this time. The pain has not gone away and the employee wished to see a doctor on 11/14/2013. Employee has been put on restricted duty as of 11/15/2013.
Employee was taking a tool box out of the lab cart and felt pain in his right shoulder.
Employee was attempting to open a valve for a back up slurry pump, but was unable to get it to open and restarted the primary pump. When pump started an over head slurry line ruptured and sprayed slurry on him blocking his escape route. The employee climbed over the hand rail and jumped about eight feet to the ground causing a fracture/ dislocated right shoulder.
The employee was doing normal housekeeping on an elevated catwalk. While clearing 3"-5" rock from the catwalk a gust of wind blew some debris (dust/fines) over the top of his safety glasses into his eye. After attempting to flush his eye at a wash station he was taken to the ER for examination. The ER applied numbing eye drops to examine, the eye had been scratched.
On August 13, 2013, employee was climbing to the top of the water truck to check the water level and strained his back and leg. EMPLOYEE DID NOT REPORT THE INCIDENT UNTIL AUGUST 20, 2013.
On Monday, August 5, 2013 at approximately 3:50pm, IE was assisting in reassembly of the booster pump. He was helping another employee pick up and carry a steel "foot" support for the pump. As the two were placing the foot onto the deck, EE appeared to have dropped his end first causing the weight of the foot to pull on IE arm.
Employee was attempting to free a stuck gate by pulling on it. When the gate broke loose, he got his hand caught by the air cylinder.
Employee was using cutting torch to remove slag, piece fell onto a rock and bounced across right eye- mild abrasion to right eye.
Employee was walking up a set of stairs when he felt a sharp pain in his left groin area.
Employee was loading a cement rail car. When he was finished he bent down to close the lid on the rail car. The rail spout was not raised high enough so when he stood up he hit his head on the rail spout causing a concussion/neck strain.
Employee was using a Freightliner water truck to wash out under the field conveyor. The nozzle came off. The employee then crimped the hose turned to shut the water off at the valve. The hose came un-crimped and employees hand slipped the hose clamp cut employees hand
Employee was using a hand drill to tighten wire holding a scaffold plank in place. The tip of his glove got caught in the wire and pulled finger into drill bit. Drill bit cut the 2nd finger of his right hand.
As EE attempted to step over a support cable, his right foot became entangled in it, causing him to fall on his left elbow, hurting his left shoulder.
Employee was moving a cooling fan when base of fan came loose, striking his hand.
Maintenance crew ee and I were attempting to pull the counter weight off the timing side of a Telsmith screen shaker. We had a puller and two come a longs on it as well as heating it. it started coming off as we cranked on the come a long when all of a sudden it broke loose and flew off resulting in smashing his hand between the counter weight and I beam.
Employee was operating a loader, as he pushed the loader bucket into the stockpile, he stopped. During that time a rock rolled from under the bucket to under the left front wheel. As the operator backed away from the stockpile the left front tire drove over the rock, causing the tire to slam down on the ground.
Employee slammed right index finger in door.
5/31/13 at approx. 4:30am, while hammering on the mill liner, a shard of metal came off caused by the concussion of the hammer and impacted the leg of one of the contractors on site. The injury was reportedly minimal and did not require the immediate need of a medical professional.
The employee was using a pocket knife to trim the excess off of a zip-tie that was securing a grease hose to the framework of a conveyor. He took a step forward and lost his balance, this caused him to fall forward. The employee reached up with both hands to break his fall. While doing this the knife blade came into contact with his left thumb.
On May 6,2013 EE was greasing tripper feed conveyor. As he was descending the steps he twisted his left ankle.
Employee was getting samples on the pre-heat tower when hot dust blew up his coat sleeve causing burns to his forearms and left hand.
Employee was walking down a flight of stairs and thought he had reached the bottom. He took a flat step but there were actually 2 more steps. This caused the employee to lose his balance and fall forward. He reached out and grabbed the top rail of the hand rail to break his fall. This caused his lower half to twist resulting in a burning sensation in his lower back.
Employee did not report incident until the following day - 3/20/2013. Employee stated he pushed the door of the Loader open and the door swung back hitting the employee's left elbow.