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Employee was descending from a haul truck and slipped, the employee caught themselves and in the process injured their shoulder.
Employee was splitting a 336 slab when the slab dropped on the employee's foot.
Had wrench resting on left shoulder for leverage. Pushed upward with arm and shoulder, felt a pop in shoulder then pain.
Employee was driving an end spill and was backing up the equipment when they fell a pop in the shoulder.
Installation of guard. When guard was put into place employee's hand got caught in a pinch point.
Employee was removing a cutting edge bolt on a loader bucket and it cut a finger. Was wearing mechanics vinyl gloves.
Employee was palletizing and used their left knee to push on the stack of rocks to straighten them causing a bruise reported on 8/9/19. Employee requested medical attention on 8/12/19.
Employee was palletizing landscaping rocks when EE felt a burning sting in the lower right side of the abdomen. The employee had hernia surgery early this year in February. EE was seen in urgent care at the Health Center that same day and had an ultrasound on 7/01/2019. Diagnosis was a strain in the lower right abdomen, no damage to the repaired hernia.
Employee positioned their upper body between the belts to knock a rock loose from tail pulley and belt using a hammer. When rock was freed stored up energy caused the belt to move in an unexpected forward motion catching the employee's hands between the belt and the pulley. Employee locked out the breakers but conveyor was not blocked from motion.
Employee was lifting roll of fencing to wrap pallets and as they sat down the roll they dropped the roll in a weird way and felt their shoulder pop.
Work was being performed on screens. Employee 2 was on an upper level shoveling off material to the ground and employee 1 walked under the area where employee 2 was shoveling material off to. Employee 1 had a small rock make contact with rib cage. No medical was requested at time.
Employee was using a pry-bar to dislodge a rock and their hand slipped and hit a piece of metal which sliced the right hand pinky finger.
Employee was coming off of scalper when foot came down onto an incline and twisted their ankle.
Employee was installing new boards to lowboy trailer. They bent over to pull out a new board, when they felt a pop in their back, no pain at the time. Employee did not request help to move the board when other employees were in the area.
Employee was operating a loader when a Haul truck backed into the loader jostling the driver in the seat and hurt lower back.
Employee was pulling a rock from the sorting line to the discharge line and got finger caught between the rock and cross brace smashing the left ring finger.
Employee was palletizing rocks when ee pulled a stone from pile and another shifted and smashed middle finger on right hand.
Employee was processing stone and went to lift a piece of stone and felt a pain in their lower back. They refused medical at time of event. Employee went to doctor on 5/8/2017 and doctor put them on light duty.
Employee was palletizing stone and as ee stood up after picking up a stone ee felt pain in lower back. Employee did not request medical attention for this until 4/17/17.
Employee was walking along and suddenly had a seizure. This was a pre-existing non disclosed issue. Doctor said there was no injury from the seizure and no secondary injury from falling. No equipment was running at this time.
Employee reported on 3/21/2017 that they pulled lower back muscle when employee twisted while moving product
Employee held on to the head of a worn plow bolt while another employee tried to take the nut off. Bolt spun in employees fingers and cut them.
Employee was palletizing and as EE removed a stone from the pile to place on the pallet, another stone slid down and caught the employees right hand ring finger, crushing it.
Employee was helping to install a V-Belt on motor sheave, and got ring finger caught between the two crushing the finger.
Using a wrench and hammer to remove a scraper from a reject conveyor
Employee smashed finger against concrete wall behind tail pulley while adjusting the belt using a ratchet. Was on modified duty for two days and then released to full duty.
Employee cutting belt with knife and cut right hand pointer finger.
Employee was putting tools away in vehicle after repair of water line when loader backed up and pressed employee against vehicle. Employee sought medical attention at approximately 1 PM and was diagnosed with muscle strain. Employee has been working modified duty since the incident.
Employee did not report the incident to his supervisor until 12/16/15 which was diagnosed by a doctor to be tendonitis. Employee incident report stated that he was dismantling the suspension on a 1 ton service truck on 12/8/15. When he awoke on 12/9/15 he was experiencing pain in his left wrist. He worked for one week without telling anyone.
At approximately 9:20 PM an employee was removing and replacing a section on 9505 and while taking a better stance he slipped and fell on his RT elbow causing a contusion.
Employee performing a pre-shift start up and while opening inspection doors to check shoes left door bound up. While positioning himself to get a second hand and better grip on the door to apply more force to try and overcome the bind, the door fell back down on his right index finger. Employee went to emergency room and received 11 stitches but is back to work on modified duty.
Lifting and throwing rock out of haul road. Employee developed lower back pain.
Employee was using a hand grinder with a cutoff wheel to remove a seized up bolt. The grinder grabbed and threw itself into his leg, causing a cut to left knee.
Employee was removing an I-beam when one end of it unexpectedly dropped, raising the other end, pinching his finger between the beam and a chute causing his right middle finger to be cut.
Stacking landscaping rocks on a pallet. As he grabbed a rock from the pile, a rock from above slid down and struck his hand bruising his third finger.
Walking down stairway, slipped and caught himself causing a strain to the SI joint in his back.
Pulling on screen gates when he felt a burning sensation in his abdominal muscles.
Employee was lifting a piece of screen cloth to the screen deck when he bumped a piece of screen cloth that was staged to be lifted causing it to shift and strike his left hand cutting his fingers. He received stitches to his middle and ring fingers.
Employee was climbing down from a loader when he stepped on a rock and sprained his knee.
Employee was stacking rocks onto a pallet when a rock slipped and pinched his left middle finger. He received 3 stitches in his finger.
Employee felt pain and numbness on left side at approximately 9:00 a.m.
Employee was installing a gear box. The gear box slid off the shaft and pinched the employees finger causing a cut on the finger.
Employee was replacing a sheave on a motor overhead. The taper lock came loose and the sheave struck the employee on the back of his hard hat causing a slight strain to the employees neck muscles.
The employee was operating a front end loader to clear rocks from a haul road. It was reported that the brakes on an end dump malfunctioned as it traveled down the haul causing the end dump to hit the front side of the loader. The loader sustained moderate damage. The loader operator has soreness in his back.
The employee was operating an end dump and was preparing to travel down a haul road to enter the pit. As he began down the haul road he reported the brakes had malfunctioned. There was a front end loader at the bottom of the haul road. The end dump hit the front side of the loader. There was moderate damage to the haul truck. The driver sustained bruised ribs.
Doing cleanup shoveling under a conveyor, injured back.
The employee was disconnecting the road widener machine from the front of the loader boom. The left coupling pin got stuck and he was using a hammer and a large bolt to knock the pin loose. As he struck the bolt, the pin freed up, and the finger he was holding the bolt with was pinched between the couplers cutting his finger. He received stitches from this incident.
The outside contractor was onsite working on the rock drill. A piece of drill steel started to fall out of the carousel. The contractor grabbed it to push it back in place as the operator engaged the grabbers. The carousel turned pinching the contractors little finger.
Employee was replacing a conveyor belt. The new belt was being pulled on by using ropes. While pulling the new conveyor on, one of the ropes broke, striking the employee in the face, causing lacerations to the right side of his face and chin.
Employee was in endspill, when another endspill operator in a 2nd endspill, backed into his endspill.