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Employee was helping change the shoes on the vsi crusher. Weather was clear and sunny, about 75°F.
Employee needed to load the air compressor in the back of his truck to take to another location. He had oxygen and acetylene bottle in the back of his truck and needed to move them out of the way. He picked up the acetylene bottle to lay it back down in the bed, when he did this he dropped the bottle of top of his foot.
Clear skies and 60°F with W winds blowing approximately 10-15 mph. Employee was waiting for a 1-1/8" socket to tighten bolts on a belt clamp. When he looked up to grab the socket and the wind blew some dust into his eye.
Miner was completing screen maintenance on a portable screen. Miner was tightening the fasteners of the screen retaining brackets and the wrench slipped off of the fastener. Miner struck an adjacent fastener with his right ring finger when the wrench slipped. Miner suffered a small contusion under his right ring fingernail.
Was unloading rock screen from a bucket of a loader. As they was lifting the screen the other man lost his grip at this time the screen caught the mans glove and pulled him to the ground causing him to hurt this hand.
Employee was working with a wrench on a loader, wrench slipped striking employee on his left hand. Expenses and pay was handled by employer, Report Only to Texas Mutual.
Tripped and fell on upper left arm. Employee DX was humeral fracture. Returned to work on 2/15/13. Crockett County Mining paid employee regular wages until returned to work as well as all medical bills. Incident was reported to Texas Mutual as report only. No comp claims filed.
Employee was working on a repair on the plant when the return roller slipped and mashed left middle finger. He was taken to the ER. Finger was broken but returned to full duty on 6/11/12.
Operator slipped on top of excavator while refueling and injured shoulder. Operator worked next few days then went for an appointment and local provider. Local provider placed employee on rehab. Surgery was required 2 months later.
Pit truck was dumping feed material into receiving hopper. Pin on bottom of lift cylinder broke causing dump bed to shift to one side and turning truck over. Operator was not wearing seat belt. Truck was totaled & operator had a broken arm. Marijuana was found on operator at the hospital and may have been a contributing factor.