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The employee picked up one end of a small piece of steel dredge pipe located toward the front of their pickup bed and slid it toward the rear of the truck near the tailgate so it could be removed by a forklift. After setting the pipe down near the tailgate, the employee experienced back pain and was determined to have sustained a back strain.

An employee was operating a Bobcat skid loader with a fork attachment to move a steel sawhorse when the sawhorse shifted and fell, striking another employee's foot who was nearby. The sawhorse landed above the steel toe portion of the injured employee's boot.

While installing a section of catwalk grating on a dredge, the employee pinched their left pinky finger between the end of the grating and a handrail while sliding the grating into place. The injury resulted in a cut that required three stitches.

The employee was welding a pump skid to a steel dredge pontoon when a pontoon hatch became displaced, pinching the top of the employee's foot just above the protective toe of the required work boot. The incident resulted in a metatarsal fracture in the employee's right foot.

Employees were rotating the blow bars in the HSI. This requires hitting with blow bar wedges to loosen them up to remove the blow bar. While hitting the blow bar wedges with a hammer, the wedge came loose and hit injured employee's left middle finger and nail.

The employee was exiting the loader and, while climbing down the loader steps in normal fashion, they felt a pop in their right shoulder.

They were adding a pipe to the sand slurry line and the flanges weren't lining up so EE pushed it.

EE was using a bar to rotate conveyor belt. Bar slipped, EE stumbled and felt EE's knee pop. EE moved aside, within a minute or two, EE indicated to other employees EE might pass out. EE did pass out for 15-30 seconds. Other employees caught EE before EE fell. EE was taken to Emergency Room. Diagnosed with a sprained knee.

The employee was lifting a full box of copy paper from on top of a desk in order to move it to the floor. When they went to set the box of paper down on the floor, they felt a pop in their left shoulder.

EE finished making a weld on the excavator bucket, EE lifted welding helmet to chip and clean up what had just been welded and a slag fragment got in eye.

Employee stepped up onto the switch engine steps and felt knee give out. Employee reported having a history of pain in the affected knee and thought the pain would resolve itself, so didn't report the injury until a week after the incident occurred.

Employee was using a pocket knife to cut a zip tie from underneath a wheel loader, while performing an oil change, and the knife slipped and cut EE's left index finger.

A small piece of metal left over from cutting a pipe with a bandsaw was left deposited on my sweatshirt. When I took off the shirt, a piece of metal got in my eye. An eye doctor removed the piece on 5/1/2021 and I am back to normal.

Employee was working in the shop on lining a chute with polyurethane sheet material. While fitting a piece of the polyurethane into the chute, the employee was using a utility knife to trim one of the edges of sheet when the utility knife slipped and cut the employee's right index finger and part of EE's palm.

Employee was using an impact wrench and a combination wrench to unscrew rusted bolts/nuts from a chute on the plant. While engaging the impact wrench on the bolt head, the combination wrench, which was positioned to hold the nut in place, slipped from the employees grip and struck them in the area of the left eye causing a contusion and laceration to the upper eye/eyelid.

Installing a heavy drive shaft on dredge. Employee set drive shaft down to reposition employee's body and the U-joint pivoted and pinched the tip of employee's finger. Fracture to the tip of left hand ring finger and contusion under fingernail.

Employee was starting preshift inspection of the plant and tripped over a fire hose that the employee had left on the ground the day before and sprained left ankle.

Employee was performing plant maintenance activities, which included removing a loose piece of steel that had just been cut loose from the plant. When the employee tried to remove the loose piece of steel, it dropped suddenly and pinched employee's right hand.

While stepping up onto the dredge out of the row boat, employee's knee popped and caused them pain. Employee has a slight tear in the cartilage below the knee.

The employee was tightening a bolt on a dredge pump when the wrench EE was using slipped, causing EE to hit their hand on the pump and / or was struck on the wrist by the wrench.

Employee was walking down the stairs on the plant when EE lost EE's balance and fell. The fall resulted in a broken rib and dislocated shoulder.

Employee was walking toward the shop when the employee slipped. Snow slick surface.

Employee was completing a pre-operation check of a skid loader when EE stepped off of the skid loader track into a hole and twisted EE's ankle.

Employee was using a cutting torch to cut a bolt on the bottom of a pipeline joint when the hot end of the bolt fell into employee's glove and burned hand.

Employee was attempting to use three points of contact when exiting the loader and missed the hand rail causing them to balance and fell about 5' to the ground injuring right upper thigh. It is believed that they broke their femur bone.

Walking along pipeline when right knee dislocated.

Pit supervisor was pushing dirt, when backing up the operator lost track of where operator was at and backed over a berm causing the Caterpillar D6H Dozer to roll backwards 270 degrees landing vertical on it's blade. The operator was able to exit the machine without any injuries. The dozer caught on fire, the fire department was call and the fire was extinguished.

Employee was repairing a piece of plant equipment and, while using a cutting torch to remove an overhead bolt, the wind blew a piece of hot metal into left ear causing an inner ear burn.

Shoveling under conveyors & over-exerted self.

Employee was injured while guiding a 20" diameter steel pipe elbow, which was being lowered by a crane, onto some floor mounted pipe stands on the dredge. As the pipe was lowered, it was not seated properly on the stands. The crane was signaled to stop, but the pipe shifted and pinched the employee's lower left leg between the elbow and another piece of equipment.

Employee experienced light headedness, weakness, seeing spots, and tightness in the chest while repairing a winch on the dredge. Prognosis has not been disclosed to the employer as of the time of this report.

Miner was greasing a dewatering screw when elbow locked up & miner felt a pop in the joint. Miner did not report incident to management until 6/3/16 and did not seek medical treatment until 6/7/16. Miner was referred to another doctor on 6/21/16. We currently do not know the extent or cause of the injury but the miner is still working under light restrictions.

Buffing crusher parts before reinstalling back together.

Employee was backing up a trailer during a time of snowfall, and, because of ground conditions caused by the weather, the trailer became stuck. When the employee exited his truck to assist in freeing it, he slipped and fell as he was walking, and landed on his upper back / ribcage area. The fall resulted in a strained back muscle.

Employees were lifting a pipe using a loader and chain. An employee was adjusting the chain and positioned his body under the loader bucket. The loader operator lowered the bucket to provide slack in the chain pinching the ground employee between the loader bucket and pipe, breaking three ribs.

In work boat tied off to the dredge, pulling on 3/4" ratchet wrench to tighten 7/8" diameter bolt. On 9/30/15 went to clinic because of low back pain.

Employee with an undisclosed history of back problems began complaining of back pain at the end of his shift on 7/16/15. Employee spent duration of shift loading trucks using a loader under normal conditions. There are no noteworthy factors contributing to this incident except normal loader operation in combination with employee's previously undisclosed history of back problems.

Employee suffered a back strain while removing an 8' fiberglass ladder from a wall mounted storage rack. Employee was taken to a clinic for evaluation and was given a prescription for a muscle relaxer. It was also advised that he be restricted to Light / Medium lifting duties.

A foreign object made its way into the ee's right eye when grinding on a metal drive sprocket. Safety goggles were worn by the ee but continued to fog up. The foreign object may have entered the eye when removing the goggles to clear the lens. The ee's eye was irritated & required medical attention of removing a rust spot & prescribing an antibiotic to clear up the irritation.

Moving a large tool chest and needed to slide it over, pushed against it with the right shoulder and arm and strained a muscle on the right side of the body.

A hydraulic ram was being used to push a shaft out of a pulley when the ram slipped off the shaft, as a result of this the spacer separated from the ram bounced off pulley then struck the employee under his chine, requiring three stitches.

Employee was grinding steel on the underside of the dredge ladder. The employee was wearing safety glasses and a face shield. A foreign object made its way into the employee's right eye. The injury was not reported until two days after the incident. The foreign object was found to be imbedded and then removed by an eye doctor.

EE was holding a steel tubular spring with a apair of vise grips while another EE attempted to cut the steel with a hacksaw. The hacksaw slipped and cut the EE's hand resulting in four stitches. Both EE's were drug tested per co. policy. The injured EE tested positive for illegal drugs and was suspended until a 2nd and conclusive drug test is completed in approx. a week.

EE was moving a metal component approx. 30 pounds when he lost his grip and dropped the object. The metal component bounced off of the concrete slab and hit his left shin, which caused a laceration.

Employee was pumping on jackhandle when the jack kicked out & metal stand hit him in the head.

Employee cut the base of his left thumb with a utility knife when cutting a conveyot belt.The employee pulled the knife towards his body when the knife cut loose from the belting & came in contact with his left hand and cut through his leather glove. Five stitches were required and the employee returne to work the same day.

Employee had respiratory allergic reaction to fumes in the shop caused by heating of a urethane liner attached to a steel chute being worked on. The allergic reaction caused asthma like symptoms and required medication to counter the reaction.

Employee was lifting a metal wear shoe out of a steel 55 gallon drum when he cut his hand on a sharp piece of metal on the inside of the steel drum. The laceration of the hand required eleven stitches.

Employee was stepping down on the bank next to the dredge when his knee gave out. The employee and foreman did not report the incident until 1/26/09. The employee went to the doctor on 1/26/09 where it was diagnosed as a sprain. The employee returned to work on the same day and did not miss work.

EE said he was pulling and lifting on screen retainer to slide retainer out of the way so they could replace screen.