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Employee was moving rail cars around when EE rubbed EE's right eye causing something to get in EE's eye.

Miner was cutting a piece of belting off of a roll when the knife slipped and the Miner cut EE's left hand in two places. The laceration resulted in two sutures.

Miners was installing drive belts on a crusher, when they got their little finger on left hand caught between shive and belt. This caused a fracture and a laceration requiring stitches.

Miner was in the process of using a pocketknife to cut EE's food and cut the palm of EE's left hand just below the index finger. This resulted in the Miner receiving three sutures.

Employee was working on Canica crusher in C5, and was under the belt tunnel removing covers to get to the belts and sheave when a piece of metal got under EE's safety glasses and into EE's eye.

Employee was at primary crusher for plant 17 checking for leaks on a skid steer when a rock came out of the crusher causing a small laceration above their left eye.

Miner was inside Stedman crusher preparing to weld on reel. As they stood up, they placed a foot on the reel, dislodging wedge and rotating reel upward catching their leg and pushing it up against the apron.

Miner was torching on old storage bin and heard a pop, fell to ground and injured right knee.

Employee was helping install a plate in the top apron of the primary crusher when the plate they were holding slipped and came in contact with their neck. The plate had just been cut to fit in place and still was hot, welder was going to weld into place with employee holding it for them.

Employee burnt left forearm on take-up that was hot when trying to adjust for better position to cut bearing off PC3 tail pulley.

Employee had finished loading pellet truck and flipped switch off to stop flow of material and notify trucker. Employee turned to right when they fell injuring left knee and right wrist.

Employee was putting bucket pin on a front end loader when it fell out of the pin boss smashing their left pinky finger against the boom arm.

Employee climbed on C20 counterweight guard to remove ice from bend pulley when EE slipped and fell fracturing right wrist

A contractor without a contractor ID installing arc flash labels at the mine walked down a slight incline off a small cement pad, lost EE's balance and broke EE's right leg.

Employee was working on drill, removing radiator hose when employee stepped backward into a hole for the service hatch. Employee tried to catch self with left arm and felt pain in the left shoulder.

While cleaning material on secondary screen tower, a rock rolled down and struck employee's shin.

Employee was assisting another worker with a belt splice when EE was struck in the eye by a foreign object

Employee was working on a front end loader and while pulling on a wrench employee felt a pop in left shoulder

Employee was using a wrench to rotate a drive shaft on the dredge. The wrench slipped from the employee's hand and the employee lost balance, hitting EE's shoulder on the pump.

Employee was removing glass breaker from front end loader when it came loose and they accidentally struck the injured worker in the mouth, chipping two front teeth.

Employee was looking in the primary crusher to determine whether or not a rock was still wedged inside, preventing EE from closing the crusher. EE was standing on the adjacent drive belt guard at the time. EE slipped and fell, landing on a crate of tools on the catwalk below. Contusion to the right knee / Laceration to right arm resulting in 13 stitches.

Employee was at the wash sand screw and went to step over a pipe but a block was there. EE stepped on the block and fell, catching self with left hand. EE did not report the incident to management until 3/8/24.

Employee was doing maintenance in a primary crusher hopper. EE was installing new bolts in the structure under the hopper when EE stepped in a hole and twisted right knee.

Around 3:30pm, an employee was attempting to clear off material buildup on a stairway. Due to the cold weather, material had frozen solid and could not be removed just by shoveling. The employee made the decision to grab a sledgehammer and utilize that to break loose the debris. About the third or fourth swing, the employee felt a sharp pain in their neck.

While lifting a railroad tie to place in the rear of a maintenance truck, employee felt a shooting pain in right bicep with tingling in fingers.

Employee has been diagnosed with trigger finger of right thumb and carpel tunnel of right hand resulting from operating front end loader for years. Employee is currently working w/no restrictions pending treatment determination from medical provider.

Lost footing and fell backwards striking a metal corner.

EE reported that EE was trying to remove rear tow pin from loader. EE was using another pin to dislodge the stuck pin and got EE's pinky finger cut/smashed in between the loader counterweight and the pin. This resulted in the tip of EE's left pinky finger getting cut.

Miner was at the garage using a pressure washer to clean off the top the skid steer. EE was trying to stand up on bucket, came back down and pivoted on right foot, slipped and fell, hurting right ankle.

Employee was cutting a dried silicone caulk tube out of caulk gun with a utility knife, when the knife slipped at the end and cut EE's left ring finger requiring stitches.

Employee reported ongoing tingling in left wrist along with soreness and weakness from repetitive motion over time. Diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome

EE was cleaning stone off a catwalk. While walking backwards, EE lost EE's balance and grabbed the handrail with EE's left hand for support. EE felt something pull/pop in EE's left elbow.

Employee injured left index finger while attempting to bend a piece of metal with a chipping hammer. EE missed and struck the end of finger. This resulted in EE losing the fingernail.

Miner was in the pit and responded to loader operator reporting coolant issue. Miner went to put coolant in the loaders and when miner went to crack the cap the hot pressurized coolant sprayed the miner in the neck and upper torso.

Employee fell down steps trying to get feeder shut off to stop overloading conveyor belt.

Using come-along to hang pulley on conveyor, additional chain hanging inside come-along needed to be moved. When chain was moved it tightened come-along and caught middle finger between chains.

EE was reversing an L350H front end loader down the ramp that leads to the primary crusher. As the EE was reversing, EE cut the turn too close to the berm that lines both sides of the ramp. EE's right tires went on top of the berm, causing the FEL to tip over on its left side. EE sustained a dislocated left shoulder, and there was heavy damage to the left side of the FEL.

EE was using a long drift pin, to remove bolts that were stuck. As they hit the pin with a hammer, they instantly felt something and saw that thumb was bleeding. EE didn't believe they struck themselves and couldn't see anything in the thumb. EE believes a piece of metal from either the drift pin or the hammer entered left thumb at the top, just behind the knuckle.

While assisting install a loader bucket pin, the pin slipped and thumb was caught between pin and loader bucket.

While completing maintenance activities, miner smashed EE's middle finger between the head of a sledge hammer and the cone crusher body.

While working on FS1 changing screens, back started hurting as day went on.

Employee was helping with wash plant screen replacement. Another employee rolled a second bad screen down the stairs where it hit the employee lacerating EE's skin at the knee and requiring 10 stitches.

While remotely operating auto welder in primary crusher, miner experienced arc flash burn to left eye due to reflection.

Strain in abdomen while locking up railcars.

During installation of a gear reducer sheave, employee was using a pry bar to position the taper lock and align bolt holes. The pry bar slipped and stuck employee in the face.

A liner being replaced in the primary crusher was held in position by a maintenance truck crane and the miner. The liner slipped and the miner went to hold it when EE heard a "pop" and felt a sharp pain. Management notified of accident on 9/22/20 but was not notified treatment was sought for injury until 10/27/20. Miner was placed on leave by the doctor on 10/28/20.

Miner was doing preventative maintenance on an air separator. When EE took EE's last step up onto the platform EE felt a "pop" in EE's left knee.

Employees were trying to remove a crusher breaker plate by welding a lifting eye on the plate and attaching a come-a-long to pull it out. They put tension on the lifting eye and after a few minutes the eye released from the plate and struck one of the employees on the left cheek.

While replacing an acetylene tank on a maintenance truck, the tank slipped and pinched the left hand middle finger between the tank and holding enclosure resulting in 6 stitches.

Employee was mounting front-end loader and stepped over a mudpuddle to avoid getting feet wet. Strained lower back when employee pulled self onto ladder.