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Showing 50 of 624Employee got a pinky finger smashed between 2 screens. Nail came loose and it was glued back on.
On 02/20/2026 the injured employee was descending down the steps of a Komatsu 475 Wheeled Loader when they slipped and fell injuring their right knee. On 03/25/2026 MRI results revealed they had ruptured their right patellar tendon and was placed on work restrictions.
Was changing a hydraulic motor on telesmith while loosening bolts my finger got smashed while holding bottom nut removing bolts .
Employee was dehydrated
employee was dehydrated while working and started shaking. EE wanted to go to the ER
Tripped on pallet and EE kicked self in the calf
Employee was helping other employees carry a metal plate and they dropped it on their finger, fracturing it.
Employee was working on an electrical unit was electrocuted.
Employee was doing quality control work and tweaked EE's knee.
Employee smashed EE's finger between equipment and conveyor.
Employee was slicing conveyor belt and cut their hand with a knife. Stitches
Trying to pry a pulley off, bar slipped and caught their thumb between the two.
EE was moving a barrel that had liquid and material in it and went to move it and tweaked lower back. Now when moving it side to side it has sharp pains.
Employee was removing a rock that was lodged and the saddle came back and jammed EE's finger. The injury wasn't recordable until they found a fracture and put EE in a rigid brace on 11/19/24.
Employee was removing handrailing from deconstructed conveyor. Employee was cutting support bolts from the top of the handrail using a torch. When the second bolt was cut, the handrail had stored energy and popped free. The handrail then came in contact with employees forearm, causing a laceration.
An I-beam fell on the leg of an employee and cut them.
Crusher was plugged and we were try unplugging it and I was on the crusher floor stabbing the side of the crusher with a pry bar to knock the rock down and while doing it my right wrist popped. I now have a sharp pain in my wrist, hard to lift anything and rotate. I did not stash it and it is not swollen just hurts when I move it
Employee had breaker bar propped against jaw die trying to hold back up to take bolts off of the jaws toe protector. The breaker bar slipped off the jaw die and swung around and hit EE in the arm.
EE was cleaning by W-11 on the stand-up skid steer. EE went to back drag a pile and hit forward instead of reverse and hit the pile and pinned EE's hand under the conveyor frame to the top of the skid steer handle.
Employee was shoveling rock from the walkway and twisted EE's back
Prying a rock out and cutting EE's finger and got stitches
Injured employee was scaling built up material off the side of feed hopper with a bar when they caught the end of their left pinky finger between the bar and hopper wall resulting in a closed fracture to the tip of the finger.
EE was shoveling in between the shuttle conveyors of the bottom floor of the Mill. EE was shoveling bent over to avoid the conveyor above EE and twisted after getting a shovel full to throw into the bin. EE then felt a shock in the lower back.
Injured employee was working on clearing a centrifugal pump that was sanded off. The discharge polyline was removed to access the inside of the pump, while pulling hand out of the discharge side of the pump after feeling for blockage IE contacted the sharp edge of the pump impeller causing a laceration to left hand, middle finger that required 23 sutures.
Employee was jumping up and down on the bumper trying to release the trailer from the hitch and sprained EE's ankle
One employee threw a shovel up to another employee cutting the catchers hand.
EE was on EE's knees pushing the new screens into the bottom deck and EE's knee popped.
EE was working on c3 tail pulley guard with the contractors. EE squatted down to put rubber guarding on the frame. When EE stood halfway up, EE's knee popped and EE dropped back down.
EE was running fuel and water to drill 569. EE was pulling pump out of water trailer when EE fell backwards and hit the ground. Slipped and fell off water trailer. Hurt right shoulder.
Employee was swinging a sledgehammer and felt a pop in shoulder
Shoveling in the bin and tweaked back.
The injured employee was unclogging an infeed hopper when the chute gate IE was holding was contacted by a chunk of clay. IE's right ring finger was caught between the chute gate and the chunk of clay resulting in a laceration. The injured employee was escorted for further medical treatment that resulted in 11 sutures.
Employee stepped off trailer onto uneven ground. Just had surgery on 12/1/24
Employee operating the unit, was struck with a come-a-long on their right hand due to being in the line of fire.
Was putting railroad ties on a trailer to set part of the jaw crusher on, EE miss placed EE's foot and step off the trailer. With doing so EE hit the ground and a railroad tie landed on the center of EE's ribs.
EE was moving the electric 3 1/2 ton hoist with about 25' of chain on the overhead trolley system for picking up parts.
Employee was lifting a ladder out of a hole and strained back.
employee smashed EE's finger between 2 rocks and received 2 stitches
Employee was bent over the feeder gate for a prolonged time and when employee stood up, had pain in lower back.
Employee cut leg with a knife and received stitches.
Employee pinched finger in between 2 pieces of metal tubing
Either a hose or cooler burst (unknown at this time) spraying the turbo with compressor oil leading to a fire on the rig (extinguished in under 30 minutes). Driller leapt from the rig breaking their left heel, spraining right ankle, and second degree burns on left forearm and right hand (grabbed the handrail to leap over). Accident is investigation underway this week.
Haul truck overheated and caught on fire, employee received 1st degree burns on several body parts.
EE hit elbow on a piece of angle iron and fractured the elbow.
EE was lifting up a grinder and touched the trigger on it and it cut EE's forearm.
EE was working on some parts and the door to the area EE was working in started to shut and EE stuck hand in to catch it.
Employee was trying to remove the lock pin on the #4 crusher with a pry bar and dropped the bowl on their middle finger.
Employee drove EE's quarry loader over a low-level berm and jarred EE's back.
Employee was guiding a skid steer up to a conveyor to push it. The Injured worker advised the skid steer operator to pull back and turn to the right, but the skid steer turned to the left and struck the injured operator in the right calf with the edge of the bucket attachment.