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Employee was cutting sleeves off EE's t-shirt, and somehow managed to cut EE's left forearm with a utility knife, resulting in four stitches to EE's arm.
Employee was operating an excavator, they felt some pain in left elbow/forearm area but continued working. On Sunday, 5/25/25 EE was at home working on personal vehicle, and felt the same pain, and went to the emergency room to have it check out. Possible left forearm muscle sprain, with doctor advising "avoid activity that causes pain for 7 days".
Employee was in the process of pressure washing windows of the water truck EE was operating, EE started the pressure washer and as EE was backing up while unwinding washer hose/wand, EE attempted to turn around, as EE did, EE tripped over the tongue of the pressure washer trailer, falling to the ground.
Employee was drilling a hole in a 1/2" bolt. As EE was applying pressure to the drill, the drill bit broke, resulting in the pinkie finger of EE's right hand striking the broken drill bit, with a laceration of EE's right pinkie finger.
Employee States on 12/10/24 EE was walking across the parking lot, from the Haul Truck EE had been operating, to assist with repairs on a front-end loader, when EE slipped on ice and fell/twisted Right Knee. Employee Went to ER on 12/19/24, and reported the injury to management on 12/19/24.
Employee was cleaning up around main crushing plant with a skid steer. Went to dump the full skid steer bucket and a 7" rock fell out of the back of the bucket, striking the main frame of skid steer, and then fell into the cab, striking the employee's right knee cap.
Employee strained back while lifting / holding belting on a conveyor, as they were putting new belting on.
Employee stepped up on a 7" platform to check water level in the water tank, completed the check, and as EE stepped back, EE tripped and fell. EE tried to catch self when EE fell, resulting in a left distal fracture to EE's left wrist
Employee was cutting a conveyor belt with a utility knife, when the knife slipped and lacerated EE's left thumb, resulting in three stitches to the thumb.
Employee states on 6/15/20, while operating our haul truck, employee felt "muscle spasms", but continued doing job. On 6/22/20 employee went to the emergency room to get checked out after still experiencing muscle spasms in left ribs.
Employee was changing v-belt on a conveyor, as EE was attempting to roll new belt onto the pulley, EE's right index finger was pinched between the belt and pulley. Employee decided to have it checked out on 11/2/18 as the fingernail was showing bruising.
Employee was welding, or around welding operations, employee went home at the end of the day, and had trouble falling asleep that night due to eyes bothering EE, and went to hospital the following day(10/21) to have them looked at.
Employee States he is not sure how it happened, but felt discomfort in right eye Friday night, checked his eye, but could see anything, still felt discomfort in eye Saturday night, went to hospital and doctor discovered small piece of metal in eye, removed it, and employee is back to work at full duty
Employee States he was assisting with changing the screens on JCI screening plant, when he felt discomfort in his back.
Employee was changing a liner for a crusher, utilizing a hammer and chisel, when a piece of the chisel broke off, and embedded in the Right arm, requiring 3 stitches
A loader operator was feeding a portable screen plant, the loader operator dumped his load into the screen, and started backing up, not realizing another employee in a company pickup had pulled into the area. The loader operator did not see the company truck and backed into it. This resulted in the truck door receiving damage. No Injuries were sustained from this accident.
Employee was checking tire of welding trailer so it could be unhooked from vehicle. Left "pinkie" finger became pinched between tire of trailer & wheel chock, resulting in injury to pinkie finger, laceration to pinkie finger.
Employee was performing routine maintenence on crusher, pushing on piece of steel so that it could be bolted into place. Employee felt his back pop and experienced pain. Employee was transported to the emergency room by crusher foreman.
Employee was retrieving pry bar from storage area on the ground, when personnel above him lost control of new return roller they were changing out. The return roller fell, striking the employee on the ground. While the employee was wearing proper safety equipment at the time, the impact of the roller resulted in his death.
Employee was operating haul trk when he hit an obsticle in road, jarring the haul truck and causing the pulled muscle in lower back.
Employee was removing bucket from excavator, when pin that other employee was hammering out suddenly came out, crushing the tip of employee's middle finger, of his left hand.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING RUBBER CONVEYOR BELT MATERIAL WHEN UTILITY KNIFE EMPLOYEE WAS USING CAME FREE FROM MATERIAL HE WAS CUTTING, RESULTING IN A LACERATION OF HIS RIGHT KNEE.
Employee was operating crusher plant facilities, when he noticed that there appeared to be some spillage from one of the conveyor belts carrying material from crusher to stockpile, upon inspection saw that rubber skirting was out of place, Employee tried to push on rubber skirting with metal prybar, resulting in prybar getting caught between the conveyor and roller, kick back
CARRYING A PIECE OF STEEL ON FLAT GROUND STUMBLED & TWISTED RIGHT ANKLE CAUSING HAIR LINE FRACTURE