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Employee sprained EE's left knee, stepping up and over an air slide. EE's knee was treated as a first aid until 9/9/2025 when a visit to an orthopedic doctor resulted in physical therapy being prescribed to help strengthen the knee.

Employee was shoveling and felt a strain in their shoulder that was treated as first-aid but employee was later given restrictions by a doctor on October 23rd.

Employee got cement dust in their eye causing small abrasion.

Employee was shoveling debris off a catwalk and felt pain in lower back.

Employee was aligning a beam to a column using a bull pin and small sledgehammer. Went to strike the bull pin and missed causing EE's hand to get caught between the column and sledgehammer handle. Sustained a fracture and laceration to the right index finger.

Employee was stacking steel onto forks of forklift when the steel slipped in their hands causing them to jam finger between forks and steel they were stacking.

Employee was walking to their work area and slipped and fell on wet steel floor.

Employee fainted as a result of exposure to high heat and humidity. Employee received medical treatment and was released back to work with no restrictions.

miners were putting new liner in the miner communicated EE was going to release the bar so the Liner would fall into place, Miner had EE's left hand on top of the Liner and did not remove it when Liner was released resulting in EE's middle finger and ring finger on left hand receiving cuts on the tips of the fingers

Wind blew a small speck of debris under the safety glasses of a mechanic's. The incident was reported late and the speck had to be removed with a medical instrument at a doctors office.

Employee suffered beginning stage of heat illness. Provided first aid on sight. Employee chose to go in for medical evaluation and was given an I.V.

Tire chip chute plugged and caught the conveyor on fire. Approx 10 - 15 ft of the belt burned

Employee was getting into the back of a truck using the step and felt a pop in their foot.

Miner was in process of repairing a Rivet Buster in an enclosed area/shop, while taking apart the tool an internal part was ejected from the tool and hit the miner in the right eye causing damage to the miners orbital bone around the eye socket

EE was performing maintenance work with a colleague at the primary plant. Using a hammer, the colleague intended to strike a hammer wrench held by the EE but missed, bouncing off the feeder wall and striking the EE's right ring finger.

EE squatted down to look under burner floor ramp when EE's knee popped. Diagnosed with knee sprain.

Collapsed heart and breathing stopped required CPR and AED administration.

While attempting to remove a skid steer bucket attachment, AHB's stem man was struck by the bucket attachment during the removal process. The area that was struck by the heel of the bucket attachment, was the EE's left (inner side) leg above the ankle. Debris build-up may have interfered with removal of bucket attachment.

EE was performing a maintenance job at the primary part of the plant. The shaft for a conveyor pulley shifted downward and made contact with EE's left thumb.

Employee was hooking up vibrator to rail car and a finger got pinched between the bolt on the vibrator and the railcar while they were tightening the bolt causing a laceration and a fracture to the tip of the right pointer finger.

Employee was sorting and stacking Pump hoses and fittings onto a pallet. Employee lost their balance and fell backwards onto tongue/hitch area of a cargo trailer. Employee hit their back on the tongue/hitch area of the trailer.

EE slipped on stairs and hurt back. Incident did not become reportable until 10/18/21 when EE was given restricted duty by Doctor.

Employee got dust in EE's eyes while cleaning up a pile of spilled material. The employee was prescribed medication for EE's eyes when sent for medical evaluation.

Employee was standing in pinch point on deck of semi trailer when driver pulled forward without noticing employee still on deck. Injured employee suffered a fractured fibula and laceration to right lower leg.

Crew was in process of removing counterweights from a Grove GMK6350 crane. During this process, the crane tipped over onto its side while attempting to set two counterweights onto a trailer. This resulted in the crane cab falling onto the side of the first trailer adjacent to the crane pinning the employee's legs. Employee's injury details are described in section 7.

A customer truck driver, collapsed on a catwalk at the loadout area after exiting the safety rack. The cause of the collapse is unknown but, appears to be from natural causes.

EE was tossing a battery to a higher level. When the battery didn't go high enough they attempted to catch it as it fell. In doing this they sandwiched a finger between the battery and a conduit.

Employee rolled ankle while exiting a skid steer.

EE slipped while walking to work station at the beginning of the shift. EE did not initially seek Medical attention. Medical requested 02/18/2021. Positive x-ray for fractured rib on 02/26/2021.

Employee was removing final liner from the mill. The hammer dislodged a fragment of the line, the fragment struck the employee's right thigh causing a laceration.

Employee was installing drive belts and the tip of EE's right pinky finger got pinched between the drive belt and sheave causing a laceration and a fracture to the tip of EE's right pinky finger

EE was inspecting a noise on a shaft under sand classifier. EE placed right hand on the guard as they leaned in to take a closer look and the key stock on the end of the shaft caught the tip of a glove and pulled a finger into the guard. EE received a 1/4" laceration to the side of the right pointer finger.

EE was loosening rubber skirting for a belt. EE was loosening a nut the wrench lost hold of the bolt and EE's hand slipped causing the bottom part of the wrench to make contact with the running belt. Once the wrench contacted the belt, the wrench pinched/pinned EE's right middle finger to the metal brace which holds the rubber skirting in place.

Employee performing general cleanup. Began descent of stairs and slipped. EE grabbed a bracket to regain balance and received a laceration of the middle finger on the right hand. Laceration required 4 sutures.

Lowering torque converter, it hung on hoses, went to free it, it fell onto the employee's hand causing a fracture

Employee was unplugging an air slide and got dust in EE's eye. Prescribed eye medication

Employee was working on a temperature probe and got dust in EE's eye. Was prescribed eye drops

Worker was pushing a wheelbarrow on a semi muddy surface lost footing and dropped to right knee, knee made contact with a stone approximately the size of a lemon, which caused a laceration on the skin below the knee cap.

Team Members were doing railcar repairs. The rail track was locked out with a de-railer & blue flag. The task was started around 9am. When the task was completed the LOTO were to be removed. The TM reached down to unlock the de-railer and was bitten by a copperhead snake on the left hand ring finger. TM was taken to the hospital for treatment. Work gloves worn during this task.

Employee was lancing the tower and felt a pain in back. The employee was taken to the doctor on 5/21/20 and diagnosed with a chest wall strain.

EE water blasting on tower and has alleged injury to right shoulder while positioning water blasting lance. Additional report of continued pain on 6/17/20. Taken for med. eval. and referred to specialist. Became MSHA reportable on 7/10/2020 with the Specialist positive diagnosis of rotator cuff tear on 07/10/20 and prescribed physical therapy.

EE1 put bolt-inner bearing housing. EE2 loosened outer fastener;bearing house pulled out.EE1 said stop;EE2 re-tightened fastener. Bolt in-place for alignment of shaft/flange. Vibration/movement from impact wrench may have let shaft spin on bearing. Pendulum effect occurred;paddles contacted EE1. EE exited tub w/o help; walked 300' to truck. EE1 stated legs hurt;driven to hospital.

EE was inspecting rollers on conveyor on Finish Mill 3 while it was running. There are two tracks running above and below and while inspecting the one below EE accidently placed EE's hand above and the roller caught EE's left hand and broke one finger and cut two others.

Injured thumb

Stepped on a nail.

Employee was trying to open a damper on a dust collector and hit self in the forehead with a pry bar causing a small laceration. The employee received 6 stitches.

EE was working with another employee to unplug a silo and when EE opened door to inspect if material was flowing, cement blew back in EE's eyes. EE was wearing safety glasses and PPE. Debris in eyes, resulted in cornea ulcer on EE's left eye.

EE felt pop in knee when starting to get on the ladder to exit the cab of the unit.

Clinker coming out of K1 cooler was hot and caused the tripper belt to catch fire