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Employee was running through the plant area and felt a pop in EE's left hamstring area. Injury is believed to be a strained or pulled hamstring.
Employee was assisting delivery drive in offloading conveyor to jack stand. Conveyor shifted unexpectedly and crushed employees left hand.
Employee was driving the haul truck back to the pit when EE anticipated a haul truck coming in their direction. EE applied the brakes and slid the haul truck into the dry drainage ditch which caused EE's head to bump the top of the cabin. Initially the driver was unharmed, days later a concussion was diagnosed, months later EE's driving was medically restricted due to the incident.
Employee was injured on 1/7/23 and was treated via first aid measures until 1/25/23 when they saw a specialist who then placed restrictions on their work. Employee was using a 3/4" ratchet to loosen a tail-pulley nut. The ratchet slipped from the nut and caused the employees arm to jolt resulting in an injury to the shoulder.
A contractor technician was removing a sprocket with a mallet from a skid steer when a metal fragment from the sprocket shot out and went into their eye.
Employee was cleaning material under the Cone when employee hit hard material in the center of the pile. The employee felt a "pop" between the shoulder blades and had pain in neck.
Employee was turning power back onto the plant following a screen change. When EE did so the starter on one of the switch boxes failed. The panel cover was knocked off which hit the employee in the forehead requiring stitches.
Employee was fueling equipment. EE was on the last truck at the time of injury. EE was pulling the fuel hose up to the gas tank. EE was walking backwards & sideways. EE tripped on a rock when EE turned to pull more hose from the fuel truck. As EE fell, EE heard a pop & then landed on the ground. EE suffered a broken leg which required surgery.
Employee was clearing the crusher from a boulder, a rock wedged EE's finger against the rotor smashing and cutting the finger.
Technician was striking a tie rod ball stud with a hammer to remove it from the socket. As technician struck the ball stud, a small metal fragment broke off of the ball stud and went under face shield embedding in employee's neck. Fragment was removed from local clinic with no complications. No list time.
Mechanic was removing tape off of a diesel fuel high pressure hose when the pressure fuel punctured his finger causing possible fuel injected into this finger.
Maintenance was being performed on a skid frame that will be installed on a new floating booster. The employee went to assist the others when the forklift got stuck while bring an I-Beam down. Then the forks released the I-Beam wasn't secure causing it strike him on his head.
Employee was walking down the stairs of the plant following some routine maintenance and missed a step. Employee caught himself on the handrail of the stairs and felt a sharp pain in his shoulder.
Employee was bending over to pick up a piece of grease line and felt a pull in his back. Grease line is less than 1 pound
Employee was operating an articulated off-road truck hauling overburden. Employee attempted to lift himself off the air seat to adjust his position when he felt his back pop.