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CONTRACTOR/CUSTOMER After loading their truck with stone at our site, C R Cozino Inc's employee was injured. The driver was attempting to remove some stone & punctured their left hand when the tailgate latch fell on their hand that was positioned on the tailgate pin. NOT A LUCK STONE EMPLOYEE.

While shimming the jaw, EE reached up to grab the hoist, and some loose fine material fell and got behind EE's glasses and got in EE's eye.

While working to replace a cylinder on a motor grader, the associate pulled the cylinder back to realign it & pinched EE's finger between the cylinder block & the frame of the motor grader.

Employee was using a Belt winder to wind old belt that was replaced at the quarry. During the process the employee was using their foot to "guide" the belt in place while the winding process was occurring. Employee slipped and ankle become entangled between the belt and guide roller. The employee received a fracture to right ankle.

While pre-shifting the middle deck screen media in secondary station, the associate rolled the chute forward to access the middle deck. EE proceeded to climb while grabbing the side of the screen stepping on metal plate attached to the side of the screen. While doing so EE lost EE's grip/footing falling backwards and landing on angle where the roll away chute rides on rails.

Four associates were heading into the shop. One associate was opening the rollup door and while it still was not all of the way up, EE began pulling down on the door in order to get leverage to push it up. At this point EE walked through and hit EE's head on the door. EE was wearing a hard hat at the time.

When EE was swinging the excavator bit from a telehandler to loosen the head nut dust cover, EE realized its path was misaligned. EE attempted to hold the bit back mid-swing. EE was unable to hold it back and the bit slipped off the welded plate causing EE's right ring finger to contact the plate.

Associate was welding on skid steer bucket. Another associate came over to assist to complete the job. Both were welding back to back resulting in light reflecting on the inside of the welding shield. Associate noticed eye irritation the next day when the associate awoke.

EE was assisting in unloading some equipment. When climbing down from the truck, EE stepped on the lift axle, the tire rolled causing EE to lose balance and fall 3' to the ground. This fall caused knee injury.

Associate was replacing some rubber with a safety knife. As the associate was scoring the bucking rubber the safety knife kept getting stuck. They squeezed the handle 3 more times, & on the 3rd attempt the blade popped out and was too close to their inner thigh causing the blade to cut through pants leaving a ¾ of an inch cut in their thigh.

While repairing the jaw crusher with another associate, EE was putting the nuts on the wedge bolts. The access for EE was limited. The wedge slipped out of co-worker's hand and then ricocheted toward EE, hitting EE's hand.

While swinging a sledgehammer onto a crusher head, a metal fragment broke off of the crusher & flew into the associate's neck.

While removing a spring in the tunnel feeder with a wrench, associate's hand slipped & the force caused the associate to hit mouth.

While removing hand railing & using a wrench to loosen the bolt on the railing. As the associate with the ratchet loosened the bolt the wrench started to lose contact with the railing. EE reached in to reposition the wrench as the other associate pulled/pushed on the ratchet causing EE's finger to get pinched between the railing and the wrench.

ASSOCIATE WAS REPLACING A TOOTH ON A CONCRETE MUNCHER. WHILE HOLDING THE RETAINING PIN WITH LEFT HAND & SWINGING A HAMMER WITH THE RIGHT, EE GLANCED OFF THE PIN & HIT LEFT HAND.

We believe that when EE was tightening the side rails on the screen with the impact gun that the metal had fallen into EE's eyes behind EE's safety glasses. The next day, EE woke up with eye pain and went to urgent care to get checked out and they found metal in EE's eyes which they were able to remove.

An EE was operating the Cat skid steer, as EE was backing up, the skid steer and the Dingo IE was operating made contact.

EE was clearing a jam on a wire reel. Another worker pulled on the reel resulting in a pinch.

NO ISSUES UNTIL 5/26/23-SURGERY FOR ROTATOR CUFF**LOST TIME** Injury occurred after tripping over a timber while walking backwards when moving a ladder.

When EE finished cleaning out loader bucket, EE began turning while pulling the water hose. As EE turned, EE stepped/tripped over an area of uneven ground. Ground conditions had been affected from heavy rain over the past few days. Falling to the ground, EE rolled an ankle and broke it.

EE was washing out the material in the bottom of a load out bin. EE slipped on some loose material causing EE to fall onto a shelf.

Operator was climbing the ladder on the offside of the 980 loader to fill the auto greaser. When operator got to the last step right knee gave out and operator fell back to operator's right approximately 5' 4" to the ground.

While using the sledgehammer to tighten the mantle nut on the cone crusher head, employee noticed pain in left forearm.

Fire detected by evening cleaning crew in shop. Hot work being performed on the haul truck earlier in the day could have been a factor.

Associate came up to the metal yard to pick up a couple pieces of metal for a chute rebuild. As they started sliding the large angle iron off the sheet of metal they needed, they lost track of their surroundings & pinky figure was pinched between angle in their hand and another piece of metal behind them. Employee was wearing neoprene coated fabric gloves.

Associate was welding wear plates in the cavity below the head and bowl of the gyratory crusher. During the welding process some loose material from the feed hopper fell, with a softball size rock striking associate on the right side of head.

BECAME REPORTABLE ON 2/15/2022 WHEN EE HAD TO ATTEND PHYSICAL THERAPY While climbing down from haul truck, boot lug caught & caused EE to lose EE's grip with EE's left hand & grabbed with right hand causing a strain/injury.

The area near the primary had the snow plowed off of it the day before in preparation for the work to be performed. Overnight this area had frozen. EE got out of the truck & walked to the back where EE got salt to spread on the walkway. While spreading salt EE slipped on the ice and fell hurting EE's right leg and knee.

While opening the front gate the associate inserted a bolt with washer used to keep the gate from swinging shut. Before the bolt was inserted completely, the gate sprung backwards pinching the associates finger between the gate and the washer on the bolt causing a laceration to one finger that required stitches.

BECAME REPORTABLE ON 3/15/2022 AFTER EMPLOYEE HAD TO HAVE SURGERY & LOST TIME. While stepping down scale office steps, slipped on a patch of ice & fell causing injury to right shoulder.

During the course of the day the associate was exposed indirectly to the mig welding arc of other associates

Associate picked up a steel plate & as associate was stacking the plate pinched the tip of finger.

Employee was climbing down from a D8 bulldozer, was standing on the tracks when foot slipped in the mud and employee fell off the track. Employee's wrist was lacerated by rock on the ground.

When cutting a lifting eye in the welding shop, EE knocked the center piece free with a chipping hammer, the hot metal fell on EE's pant leg, burned through the material and fell into the top of EE's boot.

EE was dismounting EE's rock breaker when EE slipped off the track and landed primarily on head and neck.

Associate was attempting to dislodge a rock from a conveyor with a 24" bar. The associate's hand got pinned between the bar & the conveyor.

Employee was removing cutting edge modules from a 988k loader bucket. While loosening the bolt on the module, the bolt started to spin. Employee reached under and pushed up on the bolt, then engaged the air gun on the nut. This caused the bolt to slip and start spinning again. The bolt head tore through employee's glove into the palm, cutting EE's right hand.

While operating a manlift from one location to another, driver hit a dip that caused driver to bounce up with left foot landing on the material in the basket resulting in a sprain to calf from the twisting. We are reporting this incident because driver was prescribed physical therapy that driver attended on 7/30/20.

DRILL TECHNCIAN WAS DEMO'ING A NEW DRILL. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ADD STEEL LENGTH TO THE DRILL, TECHNICIAN'S HAND BECAME ENTANGLED IN THE LIFTING SLING. AS THE STEEL PIPE WAS LIFTED THE SLING PINCHED THE SMALL FINGER OF THE RIGHT HAND. TECHNCICAN REQUIRED MEDICAL CARE BEYOND FIRST AID.

EE was burning the explosives boxes on the bench immediately after the shot. The wind picked up & blew something under EE's safety glasses while back was turned. EE's eye became irritated. EE flushed eye multiple times with no luck. No object or injury to the eye was found during examination, but an antibiotic cream was prescribed.

While walking to the truck for tools & supplies, EE walked through a wet & muddy area & slipped, causing EE to fall on knee.

While working to flip a jaw dye at the Granite Plant, EE hopped out of the crusher and was walking on the surrounding catwalk when EE's boot slipped and EE's leg extended forward, causing pain in knee. EE indicated the sole of the boot was in disrepair and caused the incident. EE did not alert supervisor or plant management of the injury.

EE was assisting for the third time at greasing the plant. While the grease fitting was attached to the button on the grease line, pressure built up and as EE removed the line off the button, grease under pressure was injected into EE's finger. EE was wearing only latex gloves. The two associates decided not to report the injury to management.

When moving a crane from work area, our associate began to raise the crane unaware that one of the hooks from a two-way chain had become lodged under the flange of a beam. This created tension on the chain until it dislodged and flew upward. The chain hook struck the associate in the forehead.

While cleaning out ice build up in the socket sealing ring, the associate made contact with one of the edges on it, resulting in a laceration on the back of the wrist through the glove. The laceration resulted in 7 stitches.

While driving a haul truck, associate ran onto a berm. Driver was shaken by the incident & we decided to take EE to a panel doctor. The doctor wrote EE out of work to ensure the EE was well recovered.

Employee was working from man basket, removing messenger wire for ventilation tube, during this process a piece of metal debris got into eye. Employee noticed some irritation later in shift but didn't start hurting till next day. Employee went to local clinic and got piece of debris removed from eye.

Employee was scaling to mark out location, while scaling overhead, a piece of rock measuring 1'x2'x1' came down and hit employee on side of hardhat, cut neck and hit hand on way down to basket.

Employee was dragging a wash hose, stepping backwards and stepped on a rock approximately 3" in diameter. This caused pain to the right foot and ankle.

Employee was clearing obstruction out of end of shotcrete hose. Took safety glasses off to see in the hose when the obstruction came out, striking the employee in the face with shotcrete. Resulted in chipped tooth and flushing of eyes with water.