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Shop employee was accidentally struck in the face with a shop hammer by another employee while trying to remove a pin from a dozer track. Employee received 3 stitches.
Employee stepped wrong and felt a pain in left knee while walking from truck to pump MCC.
Employee is reporting blood clots associated with sitting in a excavator. This claim is being contested by the site.
Carrying a boom lock for 824L wheel loader tripped on something on ground & dropped boom lock on right hand pinky finger
Maintenance employee cut the back of left hand on a piece of sharp metal while placing a cooler in the back of the service truck.
Reportable hearing loss
Employee was using a grinder and slipped and lost balance while grinding. Employee received an injury to right index finger which required 3 stitches.
Employee was walking up stairs when pain was felt in the lower back/right hip area and it was reported to the supervisor that evening. The employee took the following day off 3/6/24 and visited the clinic where they recommended work restrictions. The employee returned to work on modified duty 3/7/24. The employee returned to work with no restrictions 3/12/24.
Pulled muscle while shoveling.
On Saturday morning at around 6:15 am EE was trouble shooting the burner at the dryer. After several trips in and out of the burner room EE, tripped and stumbled. While falling EE's hardhat came off. EE fell on left knee and striking head on a metal cabinet causing a laceration on EE's scalp resulting in five staples. DR returned employee to full duty.
A customer truck pulled into the plant. While waiting on instruction to be loaded a fire started under the cab of the truck. An employee used a fire extinguisher to try and put out the incipient fire. The wind blew smoke & dry fire extinguisher powder toward the employee which the employee inhaled. A local fire department put out the fire which burned for approximately 40 minutes.
Employee stated that running the loader in the area hurt employee's back. Did not give a specific action that had occurred to cause the injury.
Maintenance employee was rebuilding a pump, using an impact gun and noticed pain in EE's right wrist/hand.
The employee was on the 5th floor of the screenhouse when the incident occurred. As the employee was looking up, sand particles fell onto the employee's glasses, forehead, eyebrow and left eye. The next day, the employee scheduled an eye exam with eye doctor. The doctor's diagnosis was a corneal abrasion and prescribed prescription eye drops.
Employee was operating a front-end loader out in the pit area. As EE was driving over a bumpy sandstone area and holding unto the window bar with EE's right hand, EE sprained EE's right shoulder. The emergency room doctor stated the employee to off work until seen by Orthopedics.
Worker tripped on a set of steps falling forward. EE's right knee struck the platform grating and cut knee. The gash required 7 staples in the right knee.
Employee cut two fingers on screw conveyor requiring stitches.
An anonymous member of the public reported a grass fire along County Road 23 that is not part of the active mining area. Sherriff and Fire Department arrived on scene at approximately 4:30pm, which is the time mine personnel were made aware. The cause of the fire is unknown. The fire department cleared the scene at 5:19pm. MSHA was called at 4:50pm.
Employee was driving a club car in the quarry when they reached for their radio releasing the steering wheel, which caused the wheel to spin hard to the left. When the employee attempted to correct the steering wheel, they also pressed the brakes. This caused the mobile equipment to ascend the berm and tip over on the passenger side.
Injured EE was asked by other EE to assist with equipment install at crusher. In attempting to remove 150lb guard for install, injured EE hand was in line of fire when other EE lowered guard thinking they were out of the way. Injuries: Fracture right ring finger, lacerations to right ring and middle fingers rq. stitches
Miner thought they might be having a heart attack. Transferred to the local emergency room.
The Dryer operator was using a mini skid to perform general cleanup of the Dryer Building. While traveling in reverse, they pinched their little finger between the mini skid and an I-beam cross member.
Employee reported left wrist/hand pain to company Safety & Health on Feb 21st, after experiencing pain/discomfort/loss in mobility over the past months. Employee was immediately given a medical appointment and was diagnosed with mild carpal tunnel and given a corticosteroid shot in the left wrist.
While driving a stake in the ground they missed and struck their left hand. Causing a contusion of left hand and fingers.
Contractor was hired by Covia Corporation to provide a crane and crane operator to set a transformer on a pad next to the Covia maintenance building. After the work was completed and the crane operator was removing the rigging from the crane hook, the operator mis-stepped and fell from the crane deck to the ground, a distance of approximately five feet.
The miner lost footing while entering DR-02. When they went to catch themselves their left elbow came in contact with a sharp edge inside of the dryer drum. This caused a laceration and they received 5 stiches.
The worker was replacing a bad bearing on SR-02A. The worker had to perform lifting and hammering during the removal of the old bearing and installing the new. The front line maintenance worker's left elbow is sore. The new bearing weighs 87.5lb.
Operator (OP1) driving in pickup truck, when they struck a trackhoe. CPR and AED were administered and OP1 resumed breathing with a pulse. EMS arrived and life flighted them to the hospital. Doctors believe OP1 experienced a heart attack, prior to striking trackhoe.
The employee has a documented reportable hearing loss. That is likely to be work-related.
Employee was setting up 24-ft extension ladder at the fuel shed, to check gauge on the diesel tank. Employee was working alone, taking ladder from bed of Maint truck to lean against tank, when they felt a pop in right shoulder and pain. Employee states that they have extreme pain when they lift arm over shoulder height. Appointment with Dr was 30 Aug 22.
A haul truck was in use in a sand quarry when a fire started in the engine compartment. The operator immediately shut the truck off, exited the cab, dismounted the truck, and distanced self safely from the machine. The fire was extinguished by local EMS. The extensive damage to the front-end of the truck is expected to result in a complete loss of the machine.
While changing a propane bottle on a warehouse forklift, an employee felt a pain in EE's back and left leg as soon as EE placed the bottle in the holder on the back of the forklift.
The operator said the injury came from the jerking motion of the loader when in operation.
A maintenance employee was sitting within 5 feet of another employee using a sledge hammer on a Dredge Cutter Head tooth. A metal chip from the tooth broke off and struck the maintenance employee on the left leg just above the kneecap. The injured employee was taken to a local hospital for treatment resulting in two days of lost-time.
On 6/22/22 at 9:00am a maintenance employee was tightening a bolt on the jaw crusher and the wind blew something into EE's eye. EE tried washing it out but was unsuccessful. The miner went to the local doctor office and they were able to remove a foreign object from EE's eye.
The miner injured EE's knee while stepping across the wet screen to perform maintenance. The miner slipped when stepping from the top of the eccentric housing to a round support member.
A wheel loader caught fire and was destroyed due to fire.
The loader operator stated their back was hurting from operating the loader. The soreness and pain was located in the lower back.
The left front tire blew out on ME-02 loader. The worker jarred EE's back when the tire blew. The incident occurred 2/10/22 did not seek medical attention until 02/21/22
An employee was exiting the main plant when a gust of wind forced the door to close quickly. The employee tried to catch the door to keep it from slamming but ended up catching the tip of the middle finger on EE's right hand between the door and frame causing an open fracture.
While working in the Air Separator (GSAS-01) at the Grinding Mill, a maintenance EE's hands slipped of a Whizzer bar EE was removing. There was a sharp piece of metal protruding which lacerated the EE's right thumb between the 2 knuckles. EE received 4 stitches to their thumb.
Employee was using a bar to try to unplug HO-18. It became plugged due to extreme cold weather and frozen chunks of sand. While trying to free the hopper of frozen sand employee strained left shoulder.
At approx. 3:15am the belt tender lit a torch on BC-09 then started walking to truck. While EE was walking to truck, EE lost footing and twisted ankle. EE called supervisor and reported the incident. EE stated that the soft spot on the bottom of the foot was hurting. The miner has a fractured bone in foot.
On 11/4/21 at 6:45am employee was leaving the trailer to drop off paperwork in the main office. While going down the stairs they missed the last step and fell to the ground. EE stated it was their first week in the new office and was use to having 3 steps not the 4 we have now. EE missed the last step thinking they were on the ground level.
Employee was operating the bulk loader station when they experienced chest pain and right arm and upper back pressure and pain. 911 was called. Employee was taken to Medical Center for evaluation and testing. It was determined that they had experienced a bad anxiety attack.
Employee was on ladder of railcar, reaching for a portable electric hoist (~20-25 lbs), grabbed the hoist and rotated EE's left arm (with the hoist in hand) to hand off to another operator, when EE felt a pop and pain in EE's upper left shoulder. Employee went to the emergency room that day and was placed on light duty, to include no lifting, pushing or pulling.
Employee was putting away parts in the shop. Employee was found on the floor unresponsive. We were able to awaken them, but employee was not coherent. EMS was called and employee was transported to Medical Center. After evaluation, it was determined that the employee had suffered a massive stroke.
The employee called EE's supervisor reporting EE was not feeling well. Possible heart attack. 911 was called and the employee was transported to the hospital. The employee was examined at the hospital and released the same day. Reported back to work the next day.
The employee was walking down a flight of steps and injured the right knee. This was a routine task the employee had done many times without an incident. It turned into a torn meniscus that required surgery. The employee worked up to scheduled surgery on 01/16/22.
Operator was preparing the fuel truck for the work shift. While using 3 points of contact descending from the ladder, operator stepped onto a rock lying on the ground and twisted right ankle. Operator was taken to Urgent Care Facility for observation.