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Employee got particle in EE's eye and rubbed it and scratched EE's eye. EE was given antibiotic eye drops to prevent infection.
Employee was removing a pump impeller from shaft with a pipe wrench. While straining to breaks threads loose employee felt a discomfort in lower abdomen. Monday morning employee reported it to mine management and went to the doctor and they think it is torn lower abdominal muscles.
Employee was cutting out concave manganese wear liners from a cone crusher using an arc gouger. Employee was not wearing proper PPE and when the tip was buried employee was splashed with hot backing material burning employee's face and neck.
Employee closed a locomotive door on EE's finger.
EE was shoveling material and hurt shoulder.
EE was disconnecting rail cars from a locomotive and struck self in the chest with the release handle, causing pain. EE did not report the incident to management until 6/29/2022.
Employee's thumb was pinched while flopping a gate, between the gate handle and structure.
Employee was adjusting forks on a forklift and felt a pinch in neck.
While washing slab off under sand screw, EE stepped off slab sinking up to thigh in soft material. In the process of digging EE out EE sprained ankle.
EE was walking back across the RR Tracks from checking car doors on the train, when they stepped down off the ballast to the road their right leg gave out.
Employee was cutting conveyor belt when knife came off of belt and stuck EE in the right calf causing a 1 inch laceration.
While guiding a drum of engine oil on to a containment pallet off of a set of forks, the drum EE was guiding pinched EE's left index finger between it and another drum that was on the pallet.
Employee was ascending the steps of 10 wheeler when slipped and tried to catch self. This caused a strain to EE's left shoulder.
In removing the table of a VSI crusher the rigging was a little off center. When the table cleared the shaft it swung into employee sitting on the side of the crusher pinching their left foot/ankle between table and anvil ring.
In removing a drive belt guard a nut that was welded to the back plate had broken loose taking a piece of the back plate with it. When employee held a backup wrench on the nut and the impact was energized the wrench slipped out of employee's hand doing a 360 deg. turn slapping employee in the hand
IE and another EE were inspecting The VSI crusher. EE was on top pulling on the handle and as the door lifted IE was helping by pushing on the bottom of the lid. When the door was partially open IE thought EE had control and quit helping and the weight was to much for EE to handle. The door slipped out of EE's hand and fell onto IE's right hand.
Employee was using a water hose to wash off a slab when water sprayed back into their face. The employee noticed a slight irritation in the right eye shortly after. The condition worsened after they arrived home. The employee reported the incident the following morning. Employee was then taken to an urgent care provider were and was prescribed antibiotic eye drops.
A mechanic was installing a track pin with a hammer when a piece of the pin broke off and embedded into the employee's arm. The employee removed the object and was taken to urgent care where they received three stitches.
Employee was using a 5' long bar to lock a cam on a rail car door when EE lost footing and fell forward catching self with EE's hands on the ground. The rock bar fell to the tracks and leveraged the end up striking EE on the chin. EE received a 2" laceration requiring 5 stitches to close.
Employee was walking quickly up two flights of stairs on Station 4 when employee felt tension in the lower left back. After making it back down the stairs to a pick-up, the tension turned into extreme pain.
After seeing a lawyer on the 21st EE's pre existing, lower back, off duty injury became an on the job un-diagnosed alleged neck injury. We took it upon ourselves to modify EE's duty until the claim could be substantiated. Took EE to the doctor on the 23rd of Nov. where a workers comp. claim was started, and on Dec. 12th EE's injury claim was denied.
Miner was using a 1/2 inch high torque drill when the bit hung up twisting the drill along with his hand, ultimately fracturing a bone in his hand.
Employee was preparing rail car for loading after a light mist. When climbing into the gondola using the ladder on the end of the car his right foot slipped off a rung causing him to fall, landing on his feet on the ground below. In the fall his right hand struck a ladder rung on the way down breaking one bone in the back of his hand leading to his ring finger.
Injured was improperly riding a rail car in transit when the train came to a stop. He fell from the top of the car to the knuckle below, fracturing the small bone from his wrist to his little finger on his right hand.