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Miner was helping to change a gearbox on a screw conveyor that was difficult to remove. During this process a wrench they were using slipped and their hand hit a bolt on the equipment causing swelling and bruising.
Miner was walking up a stairway using the handrails and cut their left ring finger on a piece of sheet metal that was protruding out from the back of shelving that is stored beside the stairs. Miner received four stiches.
Miner was setting up the ditch area to be cleaned and slipped on slurry material on the ground while putting up caution tape to warn about slippery conditions. Miner fell on the concrete floor impacting their left knee and right wrist.
Miner was walking down the stairs from a dry powder bagging machine platform and hyperextended right knee while stepping down causing pain.
Miner was kneeling down on concrete floor performing clean-up activities and injured knee.
Miner was putting in a seal on a bucket elevator by hammering it in place with a brass punch when they missed the punch and hit their hand with the hammer.
Miner was using a scraper to remove rock from a walkway and slipped on the loose material and did the splits. Miner felt a pop in lower back area followed by discomfort.
A miner was struck in the side of their foot by a piece of wood while standing in a area where wood splitting activities were happening.
Miner was carrying a magnet when it suddenly pulled them into a beam column trapping their right thumb between the column and the magnet.
Miner twisted while stacking 50lb bags of powder and felt a pop like sensation in EE's upper right side causing discomfort.
Miner was moving a tool cart back to the shop from a work area when EE slipped on ice. EE was able to use the tool cart for support to avoid a fall, but EE's feet slipped out from under EE in opposite directions causing injury to the groin.
A temporary employee was resting an arm on a gravity roller conveyor when the employee moved it into contact with an energized incline conveyor head pulley, trapping the arm between the gap of the two conveyors causing abrasion injuries.
Miner experienced back pain after getting off a forklift.
Miner experienced back pain during shoveling activities.
Miner was in close contact with another employee who tested positive for COVID-19 and has now tested positive.
The miner was in close contact with another employee who tested positive for COVID-19 and has now tested positive themselves.
A miner was in close contact with another employee who tested positive for COVID-19 and has now tested positive.
A miner was in close contact with another employee who tested positive for COVID-19 and has now also tested positive.
A miner was in close contact with another employee who tested positive for COVID-19 and has now tested positive.
A miner was in close contact with another employee who tested positive for COVID-19 and has now tested positive themselves.
Miner had finished cleaning buildup below the tail pulley of an incline conveyor and as miner was standing up, struck head on the steel braces for the structure knocking off hard hat resulting in a head laceration.
Miner was operating a Vermeer Dingo to clean around the grizzly. The equipment EE was operating shifted unexpectedly, pinning EE's left pinky finger between the controls of the Dingo and the structure support beam, resulting in a laceration requiring stitches.
Miner was disassembling area guarding and moving the metal pieces to a staging area when one of the pieces started to fall. Miner thought was out of the way, but EE's hand became pinned between the metal and a concrete ecology block causing injury. Miner was wearing gloves.
Employee was trying to turn guard on grinder while grinder was still powered and moving. Employee's finger got caught and pulled into wheel, sliced into the top of left index finger.
Miner was changing screens on 1205 from a bent position and felt a pop in EE's lower back when EE was staging bottom screen frame for removal.
Miner was bagging grit material using a roller conveyor to transport the bag from the fill station to the seal station. The corner of the bag caught in the roller and stopped moving suddenly causing the Miner to twist and hurt EE's lower back.
Miner was removing a guard off a rotor above miner's head. When the last bolt was removed, the guard assembly fell down striking miner in the face resulting in two lacerations above the left eye.
Miner stumbled getting out of a chair in the control room. A coworker reached out to steady EE and they both fell to the floor. The miner who stumbled ended up with a broken leg.
Miner was unplugging a sump line that was charged with compressed air. The line was disconnected at one end and when the plug released, the line kicked backed and hit the miner in EE's hip/pelvis area.
Miner was bagging grit material and used left hand to guide a stuck bag up the belt resulting in hand getting pinched between the bag and feed roller. Miner did not report the incident to a supervisor until 5 weeks later.
Miner had punched out for the day and was leaving the mine site when EE struck the top of EE's head on the buildings outside awning.
Miner was welding in an area where other work activities were taking place. Miner was measuring the transition and wind blew particles under miner's safety glasses from grinding activities into miner's right eye.
Miner was stripping a CAT5 communication wire to expose the inside wires and the blade of the utility knife EE was using cut into EE's right thigh causing a deep laceration requiring stitches.
Miner was descending stairs on the outside of the Roller Mill Building when miner heard a loud popping sound and felt intense pain in right knee.
Miner was moving railcars remotely from the ground when the gravel under feet shifted causing ee to loose footing and fall, injuring back.
Miner was removing metal grating segments, which weigh in range of 25 to 50 lbs, from the process ditch when miner had a sudden sharp pain in miner's lower back.
Miner was moving/lifting tote bins of soil samples weighing approx 30 lbs each when they felt lower back pain that did not diminish with time.
Miner was using a shovel to move material at the Hammer Mill Chute two to three feet so it could be accessed with a Dingo Compact Utility Loader. Miner hurt upper back during shoveling process.
As the miner was descending a rock car they misplaced a foot while stepping from the rock car to the ground and stumbled causing miner to strain back. Miner had previously washed out a railcar and was wearing generic steel toe rubber boots. Standard PPE for moving rock cars is lace up steel toe boots with ankle support.
Miner noticed pain and locking issues with EE's ring and middle finger on both hands a few weeks ago. Symptoms were increased when tying super-sack strings and operating the grit bagging station. Miner reported incident to EE's supervisor on 04/26/16.
Miner was in chute of Hammer Mill grinding welds. Area is small/dusty as debris is dislodged from vibrations. Miner was wearing face shield and safety glasses. Miner had eye irritation after job. Flushing eyes did not relieve discomfort. Miner was sent to the doctor who removed small metallic body from right eye & two small metal shavings from eyelid margin of both eyes.
Miner moving rail car into position. Railcar travelled past drain approx. one foot. Miner attempted to back car with a manual rail car mover tool (mule), a pry bar designed for this task. While pulling down on the mule, the car moved forward causing mule handle to move upward pinching miner's thumb between bar handle and car support beam.
Miner was attempting to move a file cabinet in the Electrical Shop by himself. While moving backwards, he tripped, file cabinet came towards him and he caught it which strained/contused his left shoulder.
Miner was washing screens. He bent over to pick up a bolt on the ground and his back spasmed and tightened. On 02/10/2015 he was sent to the physician for evaluation and treatment. Most likely related to disk problem experienced at home in July of 2014. On this incident, Dr. returned him to work on light duty until 02/18/2015.
Miner is off-season caretaker at mine site. He was working in shop at work bench. There were various tools on the bench, one of them a 4" angle grinder. He was attempting to clear some room on the bench and went to move the grinder. It came in contact with some other object and energized the grinder, pulling his right thumb into the guard on the grinder and cutting his thumb.
Miner was inside and cleaning storage tank 316 with tank mixer locked out. As worker passed by mixer blade, his little finger brushed against mixer blade. Blade was sharp and cut finger requiring four sutures.
Miner was grinding a bevel into a rubber boot material. The grinder blade jumped off the belt and nicked/cut his right thumb. Grinder was equipped with guard and miner was wearing leather gloves at time of occurrence. Miner was taken to physician and received treatment, including stitches.
Miner was carrying 2 each 50# bags of product (in separate trips) into office trailer. On Friday 1/21/11, miner' s final day at the company(retired thereafter), miner complained of knee inflammation & sought physician evaluation. Knee strain/sprain diagnosed. Miner told HR director that he had ongoing arthritis in this knee & that the carrying of bags likely inflamed it.
iner was walking across plant site during heavy snpw/ice weather, slipped on ice covered pavement and fell to the ground striking right shoulder.
Employee was going up extension ladder leaned against a tank. The ladder slid when he reached about the 4th rung. The cleat of the ladder hit the employee in the right shin. He received 7 stitches and returned to work.