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Our mill 2 railcar vent line plugged which pressurized the car. The employee responded to the audible signal which indicates the compartment is full. EE heard hissing sound, walked to the vent line, kicked off the dog ears and the vent line lid shot up and struck employee in the face causing multiple complex facial bone fractures.

Employee lowering landing gear on portable welder trailer. Trailer hooked up to forklift. Putting stabilizer leg of trailer in place, aprox 15 lbs. Pulled pin with dominant left hand, held leg with right hand. Leg slipped out of hand, reached for it awkwardly, hyperextended elbow. Received first aid. Injury reportable on 2-11-19 when employee received work restrictions.

Employee opened the valve of our air lance. Force of air hyperextended left arm back resulting in left shoulder strain.

Employee was using a shovel to push a piece of ore. The top edge of the shovel slipped off of the ore and the employee lost balance and fell, jamming arm/shoulder.

Employee was standing on a Forklift Rail Stopper while putting a label on a pallet. Employee slipped off of the rail and employee's hand landed on a conveyor roller and employee hyper extended arm.

Employee stepped off a ladder in to a covered ground of debris. Employee hopped to an area with less debris and landed on a metal Morris Coupling and rolled their left ankle.

Employee was lifting the RSV in a team lift with another employee (to pallet height) when ee strained back.

Employee attempted to dump a self dumping hopper into the grizzly. The lever on the hopper was not releasing, so employee held the lever down with left hand and pushed the hopper so it would dump. When the hopper dumped, it bounced and EE's left hand on the handle was pinched on a bolt on the forklift.

Employee was performing post-op on Peterbilt truck. Employee opened hood and let hood free fall to resting position. Safety cable failed and hood struck employee on head and shoulder and hip resulting in a lower back strain.

Employee came to management complaining of localized shoulder pain for unknown reason. Employee stated the pain had been going on years and was aggravated possibly by driving forklift and using shoulder continuously.

Employee dropped a jack hammer on their ring finger on the right hand when sitting the tool down on some railing.

Employee had pull cables in hand and went to turn and twisted knee. EE didn't pivot foot when EE turned and it caused a strain on right knee.

03/28/2018 employee stands after sweeping in squatted position and feels pain in back, reports it following day, continues to work and complains it isn't improving on 4/30/2018 so I take them to doctor. At home exercises and muscle relaxants given by doctor, 7 day follow up with little improvement results in work restrictions given on 5/07/2018.

Employee was throwing bags and then kicked the bag slipping on a mat. The employee strained their groin and left leg when they slipped.

Employee bumped by a forklift load of 50lb bags of product while taping cardboard inside a trailer. Employee fell backwards and the following day was diagnosed with sprain of ligaments of thoracic and lumbar spine. Employee received lifting restrictions.

This is an Illness report, as a result of the miner's exposure to workplace dust.

While attempting to carry a section of pipe down a flight of stairs the employee rested the pipe on the landing and tried to reposition employee's grip on the pipe. The pipe rolled and crushed the employees finger under the weight of the pipe.

While pulling open kiln hood employee was struck when a chain come-a-long popped loose and struck EE in the abdomen.

Employee repetitively refed 50 pound bags for 5 days. After ee weekend off, ee reported severe back pain and saw a doctor who gave ee medication and restricted duty

Employee was walking back to the mill when a gust of wind blew a particle of dust into EE's eye. The employee ended up going to EE's own doctor off shift without informing the employer. The doctor only had to use a q-tip to get the particle out and then irrigated the eye. No prescription eye drops were administered. No work restrictions were issued.

Record heavy snow and employee slipped on ice. Ice melt had been applied.

employee was putting chains on employee's truck when employee walked around the front of the truck employee slipped on the ice and caught self before employee fell all the way to the ground. this caused employee to strain the abdomen/groin area

The employee was cleaning clay out of the top of a hopper when the machine rolled back and pushed the cleaning tool into chest causing rib fractures.

Employee claimed they got off of the forklift and strained their lower back. EE did not want medical attention but new supervisor insisted that they go to the doctor. Doctor issued a general restriction of limited standing, bending and twisting. The employee performed their normal job duties the next shift as the general restriction did not affect the normal duties.

Employee was walking and tried to jump over a pallet and tripped over it and fell to the ground and landed on right knee. Employee was seen by doctor and diagnosed with a knee contusion and released to full duty.

The employee was stacking 40-pound bags on the production line when EE felt pain in EE's back. the employee is complaining of strong lower to mid level back pain.

Employee was driving on mine road and felt strain in neck muscle.

Employee was cutting open a box of cargo straps and got too close to the left hand and cut the skin between the thumb and index finger.

Employee went to get some additional tools and when returning to work area ee stubbed the toe of steel toed boot on an anchor that was bolted to the floor.

Employee slipped in mud in a ditch embankment and fell, landing on EE's back. Doctor gave a 15 pound lift, pull, push restriction.

The employee smashed his finger while trying to pry a piece of refractory from a plugged kiln chute. The employee received a broken finger and stitches to the tip of his right ring finger.

A bee flew down and stung employee in the neck

The employee was cleaning out the bottom of #1 disintegrator with a long scrapper when a large piece of clay broke free and landed on the tool. the employees finger was smashed between the handle of the scrapper and the metal frame on the outside of the disintegrator.

the employee was rolling a tarp off of the trailer when dust fell into his eye and it became irritated

Employee was closing the hood of his 1999 Kenworth W900 series truck in dry, warm weather and pulled his groin muscle causing a hernia or muscle strain. This occurred while performing post trip vehicle inspection. Improper lifting techniques may have contributed.

While climbing a 4' step ladder, employee strained his left knee. No unusual behavior was noted, just the knee failed

The employee was packing and stacking 25 lb bags of perlite. his wrists started to hurt later in the shift. when he woke up the next day before his next shift his wrists hurt and were swollen.

Employee standing in the packaging area got a piece of dirt in his eye. He was wearing safety glasses. It became reportable when the nurse put a drop of erythromycin in his eye. He returned to work with no further issues.

employee was cleaning out a bin above a chute leading to an RSV. he did not LOTO and test out the equipment prior the task. he had his index finger and middle finger cut and scraped by a piece of moving equipment. he did not receive restrictions until 11-14-2014 when the doctor had to perform a deep tissue cleaning.

The employee was packing and stacking paper bags onto a conveyor when he felt a pain and heard a pop in his right shoulder.

The employee was packing paper bags when he started feeling what he thought was a heart attack. We got him to an area that was safe, calmed him down and spoke with him. He was taken to the hospital by ambulance.

worker pulled empty bag from full pallet, bag ripped free unexpectedly and we stumbled backwards and felt a pinch in his lower abdomen.

employee turned away from his locker and started walking and stepped on a broom and twisted

employee was in his work area when a co worker noticed that he was shaking, hot but not sweating, and not feeling well. the employee was transported to the hospital and the diagnosis was weakness, nausea, heat exhaustion with personal medical issues contributing to the problem.

employee walked behind 1-80A exhaust port, got curious about air coming out of exhaust port and stuck left hand in port far enough to contact powered fan wheel. employee suffered amputation of middle finger above 2nd knuckle, shattered bones in 1st finger requiring finger to be fused at a later date and lacerations on 3rd and 4th fingers.

a mine mechanic had a seizure while assisting in the maintenance on the Hitachi ex600 excavator. the employee had suffered a head injury in 2013 from a motorcycle accident. this is believed to have been the contributing factor that caused this incident.

employee was replacing a PD blower and when reaching for his tool he felt a pain in his upper arm

The employee was using a power drill and was drilling a piece of metal. He was holding the metal in his hand and it twisted causing a laceration that needed stitches.

Employee states being towed through the mud at mine site (after getting stuck in mud) created jerking motions which resulted in shoulder, rib, neck, and back pain. Pain could also possibly be due to repetitive motion involved in assigned duties of driving. Driver first reported to Employer on 2/17/14.