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EE was filling drill shots with a Kawasaki loader. The ground was frozen and rutted, one tire slipped into a rut, jerking the loader violently. EE was wearing his seatbelt, but the action strained his lower back.
Employee working with another mechanic to replace a screen motor at lime processing plant, employee placed his left index finger in a bolt hole to check the alignment. The other employee was prying on base plate, the base plate shifted cutting off end of left index finger.
Employee stooped down to pick up a box weighing approximatley 20 lbs. As he raised from stooped position, twisted slightly and felt a pain in his lower back.
Employee was climbing ladder into haul truck and his knee "gave way". There was no cause, did not slip or bump knee. Employee has torn medial meniscus of the left knee requiring surgery. This is a reportable lost time accident.
Employee was pushing buckets in on the empty side of the tramway, when the dispatcher released two buckets instead of one. Employee tried to stop the extra bucket by grabbing ahold of it and slid about 8 feet, trying to hold it back. Employee complained of shoulder/arm pain and sought medical attention. Employee has been off work since date of injury.
Employee was helping carry a calrod heater, walking backwards between screen deck and bonnett and his foot slipped off end of plywood and went into lime burning chute.
Employee was coming down steps and when stepping off bottom step, stepped on a mound of hard material, sprained right ankle.
Emloyee was using a pry bar, his hand slipped off and he struck his hand against a machinery housing.
Operator backed over a rock at the dump site, turning the bed of the truck on its side. Truck bed was turned upright with no damage.
Employee looking for a water leak in drainage ditch slipped on muddy ground and fell. This resulted in reportable lost time accident.
Employee working in small storage area with 2.5" aisles when a truck came in needing to be unloaded - employee turned to leave catching his foot on open box falling forward and landing on his right side fracturing two ribs. This resulted in a lost time accident.
Miner states that he heard a load "squall". He shut off the belt to go see what was making the sound. He saw fire and smoke coming from the head box of the #4 belt. He attempted to fight the fire, but the fire grew. He called 911 at 2:10 pm. The fire was put out by the Brady Fire Department around 3:00pm.
Employee was lifting empty sand bags onto platform by the bagger; as he lifted the bundle he felt his back lock up, his foot slipped and he fell to the ground. He stated that he hit is leg on either the guard or hand rail brusing his leg. He has also complained of back pain and sought medical attention. He did not loose any work time.
Employee experienced a std. threshold shift (greater than 25% of 2, 3, 4K testing)during his annual audiometric test conducted on 8/16/07. Test data was received on 8/30/07.
Emp was performing housekeeping duties at jaw crusher using shovel to remove buildup around crusher. Emp developed pain in lower back. The injury resulted in a MSHA reportable restricted duty incident.
Emp was cleaning out duct at hydrator, went to step down and mis-stepped, falling backwards. He caught himself, but caused lumbar strain. This is a lost time accident.
2 EE's were Roof bolting on the 5 west ramp. They proceeded to install a bolt in the area to the right of 10 previously installed bolts. Using a jackleg drill they started to collar a hole noticing the rock looked suspect. They started to move when a slab fell striking them with debris. Fall was arrested by fall protection. Both men sustained mutiple injuries.
2 EE's were Roof bolting on the 5 west ramp. They proceeded to install a bolt in the area to the right of 10 previously installed bolts. Using a jackleg drill they started to collar a hole noticing the rock looked suspect. They started to move when a slab fell striking them with debris. Fall was arrested by fall protection. Both men sustained mutiple injuries.
Emp was climbing down from a loader and missed the first rung, falling to the ground. This is a reportable accident because he was fitted with a brace on his left knee. There was no lost time.
Employee was changing air filters on the hydraulic drill. He felt a sharp pain in his shoulder.
EE manually opening a bin gate. Gate was hard to open and employee was pulling and pushing in rocking motion. On the pull stroke the gate broke free causing a muscle strain to right shoulder. EE was taken to Emergency Room at Winchester Medical Center and was given 48 hours off resulting in reportable lost time accident.
Removing chunk from rear end of a 35 ton haul truck, when last bolt was removed the chunk fell striking employee in the head. He was taken to the hospital by company vehicle and received 4 stitches in right side of head. Failure to make secure and inattention to job hazard were the causes.
Employee was lowering a spout to load a truck with Lime Kiln Dust. The spout needed to be adjusted to go into the truck hatch properly. The employee jerked the spout with the cable and felt a sharp pain in his right groin area. Doctor determined it to be a hernia.
Slipped while pulling on pipe wrench and hit head on a piece of steel.
Miners was lifting a damaged sand bag from a pallet, twisted and felt sudden pain in is back.
Employee was climbing down from the 920 loader and had his hand on the door. His ring caught on the door hinge lacerating his ring finger.
The millwright was pulling a screen cloth out of #301 screen when he struck his right elbow on #302 screen. On 10/19/07, the injured received surgery to repair a nerve in his elbow.
The boat loader was in the south dock final screening station washing spillage on the first floor with a high pressure water hose. As he shut the water hose valve off, the hose near the valve ruptured making it impossible to control the water or to hold onto the hose. The hose struck his feet causing him to fall into a steel support horse.
Employee was emptying a bucket near Tower 2; he was striking the side of a bucket with a sledge hammer to dislodge material. A small piece of rusted metal flew off the bucket striking the employee in the right lower leg causing a small laceration. The piece of metal had to be removed from the wound.
EE was placing a container of hydrated lime on an overhead shelf, the container fell striking the employee, the lid came off and lime splashed in EE face and eyes (EE was wearing safety glasses) burning cornea of right eye. This resulted in two days lost time.
Miner was changing return idler under P2 conveyor when foot slipped causing body to turn and strain muscle in lower back.
The conveyor and screen attendant were sent to the P-drive building to clean dirty floors. As he was by P-7A head pulley area, moving water hoses so he could do his job, his foot got caught in the hose. Suddenly, as he stepped down on the hose, his right ankle rolled to the side. The incident resulted in a fractured ankle.
The employee was cleaning up his work area. He picked up some heavy steel and felt pain in his right arm, by elbow. He reported the injury at the time but did not go to the Doctors.
Employee was approaching secondary crusher to fix a spray bar. The crusher suddenly ejected a rock which struck him on the top of his hardhat. He had on all his required PPE.
Employee was using a drill press & was moving the metal shavings with a wrench. He began talking with another employee & unconsciously grabbed the metal shavings that were curling toward his chest with his gloved hand. The metal shavings cut through the glove & lacerated his left index finger, which required sutures.
Truck driver entered mine property to pick-up load of material. While traveling from truck to scale house stepped through piece of floor grating and lacerated inside of left leg. Driver received ~7 stiches to close laceration. Driver returned to truck that night. Spent night in his truck, and left property @ ~8:00am on 04/26/07.
While walking out of building (lunchroom), sprained left ankle on a cement ledge.
While EE was observing a malfunction at top of rotary kiln dust blew into left eye (EE was wearing safety glasses). This is a no lost time reportable accident due to eye medication.
Windy day and dust got into left eye under safety glasses. This is a reportable accident because of eye medication.
The mechanic leader was removing the 40 pound hydraulic pump from the bottom storage shelf in the shop building. The injured slid the pump towards him with his left hand. Suddenly the pump rolled off the shelf and landed on his right hand thumb. His thumb was pinched and the doctor had to remove his thumb nail.
Four employees were performing preventative maintenance on the aerial tram system used to transport stone from the quarry to the plant. While tensioning the steel cable used to carry the tram buckets, the hydraulic cylinder assembly pulled loose from its anchor point. One employee was fatally injured and another suffered a broken leg, after being struck by components of the system.
4-employees were performing preventative maintenance on the aerial tram system used to transport stone from the quarry to the plant. While tensioning the steel cable used to carry the tram buckets, the hydraulic cylinder assembly pulled loose from its anchor point. One employee was fatally injured and another suffered a broken leg, after being struck by components of the system.
EE was welding on a railcar I-beam. Stood up and welding helmet fell off. EE went to jump down to pick up welding helmet on the ground, striking head against corner of railcar.
While operating loader employee experienced chest pain. He stopped equipment, sought help and was taken by ambulance to hospital.
The repairman was rebuilding a chute. He had to climb down the 54 inch chute to the bottom to take a measurement. While standing on the chute taking measurements, he started to slide forward because of dirty material lying on the chute steel. His left foot toe caught the side of the chute causing his foot to twist outward away from its normal position.
Employee didn't shut-off, lock and tag equipment before performing task, leading to fractures to fingers and hand.
Injured employee was cutting a slot in a conveyor belt to be used as a side belt with a utility knife when the knife slipped and cut his wrist. The laceration required stitches. The injury did not result in lost time or restricted dury.
EE was grinding overhead wearing a face shield, when he finished, he removed the shield and was attempting to "Dust-off" the loose debree and got some dust in his right eye.
While trying to put new support tube in scalper, tube got jammed up in back. When we went to free it, one end slipped down and struck top of employee's foot.
EE was standing in control room and stretched his arm over head, striking left index finger against sharp edge of light fixture, resulting in laceration requiring stiches. This was a reportable no lost time incident.