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KMC cautiously reports this as a workplace accident. Employee informed supervisor on 8/9/24 of an earlier, offsite arm injury. Later, EE reported the accident below, saying the two injuries were separate. Employee lunged for wiring harness that was falling off a box. EEs right forearm struck the wooden box (EE thought it was cardboard box) hard enough to create hairline ulna crack.

EE & co-worker attached a strap to a pump replacement, which had a shaft connected to it. Co-worker lifted the pump & shaft using crane. EE held onto shaft for stability. While trying to get pump & shaft in position, the assembly shot upward, possibly due to the shift off strap or crane hook slipping off. EE's left ring finger became trapped in keyway of shaft.

Injured employee & another employee were handling a piece of metal. While turning it to the other side, the metal struck the other employee in the side (no injury), causing the employee to drop their side. This made the metal fall and bounce. When it bounced, it caught IE's left middle finger between the table & the metal. The finger was smashed & had a small cut.

Employee was attempting to get off excavator when EE's foot slipped, causing EE to reach for something to grab a hold of quickly. This caused EE's body and shoulder to twist. EE heard a pop and felt stinging and burning with pressure afterwards.

EE was at the East Ridge shop helping take teeth off the 990 CAT loader with fellow employee and witness. Co-worker took a sledgehammer to beat the last tooth off the bucket that needed to be replaced. While beating the metal tooth with the sledgehammer, a piece of metal flew off and hit EE in the sternum area. EE received stitches.

Employee was cutting straps on a pallet of bulk bags when either the box cutter or the plastic strap cut the tip of the employee's finger.

Employee was using jack hammer to knock kiln brick loose. While taking rows of brick out of the kiln, a brick fell on the employee's finger.

Employee was lowering hydraulic cylinder to deck of dredge using cable tension & hinged bottom of cylinder. EE planned to install a grease line extension so the cylinder wouldn't need to be lowered again. As the cylinder descended, EE realized the cable was not tensioned as the cylinder came down quickly. EE moved to side as the cylinder struck their right leg.

Employee was replacing a hose on top of the silos. EE stepped onto the toe plate to be able to reach the cable winch to attach it to the hose to put onto the transfer line. While EE was doing this, EE felt a pop in EE's left knee.

Employee was walking down steps at the float. On the last step, employee was turning left and twisted/injured right ankle while stepping on the concrete floor.

Employee was replacing a motor on coarse screen feeder. The winch holding motor slipped slightly, and the motor hit the employee's arm.

EE was lifting Right-hand dog bone into place by hand when it slipped free of control. As it fell EE tried to push it against the stick to keep it from falling to the ground and smashing EE's foot. Customer added a guard to the stick. Employees finger was smashed between the dog bone and the guard. The additional guard is not a Caterpillar part.

While working on a lime machine, the employee was repairing an auger. While putting it back together, the auger slipped, and then the employee's right hand slipped into the auger.

Employee was installing a new light in a tunnel, and EE was tapping the existing light with a drill and carbide bit to get power to the new light when a piece of aluminum was extracted out of the old light base, which hit employee in cheek, and then bounced into EE's left eye under EE's safety glasses.

Employee was welding at at the Mullite plant all day. Employee went home, and around 9 p.m., EE's left eye was burning and swelling. Employee said it felt like sand in the eye. It was the result of an arc flash.

Employee removed a metal door from kiln & felt a slight twist in knee. Pain did not persist. Later in the morning, employee bent down under the cooler & felt a sharp intense pain in right knee, which has caused some swelling.

While seeding, the dozer blade caught the ground throwing the employee into the rollover protection structure, resulting in a head laceration.

Employee was lifting & bagging 100# bags when EE noticed EE's back started to hurt. EE took medication and continued working. It was still sore on Sunday, so EE went to the ER. The injury was not reported to management until Monday.

Employee was using a stick welder to put a guard back in place. While tacking the weld, EE lifted the shield several times to check work.

Employee picked up a starter for the #365 excavator to put it in the back of the service truck. EE misjudged the bed and mashed right index finger under the starter requiring several stitches in EE's finger. I was not made aware of this accident until 3/30/2020.

Employee was walking in the #6 tunnel at the East Ridge Plant, when EE had what has now been determined to be a massive stroke. EE was found lying on the ground at approx 2:40 PM, and emergency services were called.

Employee was prying gate/valve out of the cooler box with a pry bar. The twisting action caused a sharp pain in EE's mid back.

Employee was cleaning the inside of a tanker with a coworker when the employee scraped right knee. On 2/22/19 the scrape had become infected and employee went for treatment.

Employee attempted to diagnose a feed flow problem. EE removed the rotary feeder cover and stuck hand in to remove any blockage. EE did not de-energize, or lock/tag as ee was trained. The rotating machinery cut off the tip of middle finger.

Employee was bagging product, bag over-filled and blew open. Employee turned to shut machine down and felt a strain in right hip.

Employee was climbing onto an excavator. EE got to the top of the track and grabbed the handle and felt a sharp pain in neck/back.

Employee was bitten by a spider in a company truck while on break. It later swelled so EE reported it as a WC injury 6/11/18. EE's drug test was non-negative, was sent to lab, came back negative after employee missed 7 work days. Waiting drug test results was only reason employee missed work, thus making injury reportable.

Employee was assessing maintenance work being performed on the dredge. Employee stepped on a piece of unsecured expanded metal, which was covering a hole in the dredge normally covered by the pump. The expanded metal shifted under the weight and employee fell, causing lacerations to the arm, back and leg. The laceration in the leg required stitches.

Employee was attempting to run a sample in the lab at Upper Gieseke. The disk that sits on top of a heavy ceramic bowl was situated incorrectly in the bowl. Employee tried to adjust disk by tapping bowl against ground. Bowl slipped and mashed employee's index and third finger on left hand, resulting in laceration of finger.

Employee did not report accident until 3/20/2018. While cleaning kyanite particles from under grating, employee picked up grating to place it on top of a platform. Two to three days later EE noticed pain in the left side of neck.

While pressure washing a radiator in a Volvo A40F, the employee stepped down onto a piece of pipe that was lying in front of the truck and twisted ankle.

Employee was pulling and pushing a heavy wheelbarrow, when they began to have sharp pain in their left shoulder.

Employee was standing on a flat bed truck loading 50 lb bags of lime into a hopper and strained right groin.

Employee was installing hand rails between the #1 and #2 elevators at the Mullite Plant. The wind was gusting very hard and stirring up debris and dust, which blew into the employee's left eye.

Employee was removing a choked pipe from the hopper with co-worker, as the co-worker removed the last bolt, the pipe twisted and caught left pinky finger between pipe and silo, partially severing the tip, which required surgical removal.

Employee struck right elbow, causing numbness and tingling, on roll cage of forklift while walking around to lift the lever to raise the forks. Employee did not seek treatment until 6/22 when elbow became sore and swollen after bagging 50lb bags on 6/20 & 6/21. Diagnosis: Tendinitis, with treatment of anti-inflammatory medication and 2 days of rest.

Standard Threshold Shift in hearing, noted through hearing loss prevention program. Test performed 2/25/16. 4/01/16, employee examined by Otolaryngologist, treated for ear infection, released for re-test 4/08/16. Retest performed 4/14/16, hearing loss slightly improved, still STS. 4/29/16, medical records confirmed hearing loss not due to underlying health condition.

Employee was cutting an old hose off the refractory sprayer with a razor knife, the knife slipped and caused a laceration on employee's left index finger, requiring 6 stitches.

Employee stepped off an air compressor platform and twisted his left knee on landing, causing pain. He did not seek treatment for the injury until 11/30/15; attending physician placed injured worker on light-duty, pending further diagnostics.

Employee was swinging a 20lb sledge hammer almost horizontally to drive a pin out of an excavator when he felt a sharp pain in his left upper arm/shoulder: was diagnosed in the ER as a bicep tendon tear.

Employee was loosening a nut with the torque wrench, he tapped it with a 10 lb sledge hammer and the nut and wrench came loose, striking left middle finger which caused a less than 1 inch laceration, requiring 4 stitches.

Employee attached a hydraulic line in a D-5N Dozer, when he stood up after being in a cramped position, he experienced numbness and weakness in his right leg that did not resolve. He sought treatment, the diagnosis was a pinched nerve in his knee. He was placed on light-duty pending resolution through physical therapy.

Employee was prying on mill bearing to get the mill to seat, the pry bar slipped and he felt his right hip pop: Resulted in sprained hip.

Employee was deconstructing scaffolding, while lowering a section to the ground, he felt pain and burning in his abdomen. Resulted in muscle strain with work restrictions on lifting.

While putting a 100lb bag on the pallet, the employee's foot caught on the edge of the pallet causing him to fall forward . He felt a pop in his mid-lower back. Physician diagnosis: haematoma on thoracic and lumbar spine, muscle spasms and he was placed on light-duty.

Employee was lifting an area guard door to adjust the crusher when he felt and heard a pop in his lower back, causing pain which was diagnosed at the ER as: Sciatica

Employee was replacing filters in the Gieseke dust house, dust fell from overhead behind safety glasses and into both eyes causing redness and irritation which required treatment with a prescription medication.

Employee was moving incoming plate metal to storage racks, when he set the metal against the roll machine to re-position the plate clamp, the clamp had apparently not fully released and had just enough grab to tip the metal over as it released when raised by the bridge crane. Two metal plates fell over onto the employee causing pain and bruising

Employee was carrying a Metabo grinder under his left arm, he was unaware that it was in the locked-on position. When he plugged it in, it automatically started and cut him in his left chest area--he sustained a 1 3/4 - 2 inch laceration, requiring 5 stitches.

Employee opened a metal door into his left knee, causing a contusion which required 5 days off work for recovery.