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Employee LOTOTO K1 coal mill rotary feeder. Employee unclutched hand wheel and tried to spin it to free up blockage. Employee received laceration to left hand, between the thumb and index finger. Employee was not wearing gloves. Hand wheel looked to have a rough edge on the inside from casting. Employee received 3 stitches and tetanus shot, then returned to work on light duty.

IMG employs were assembling buckets to waste elev. chain. Employee went to straighten a piece of chain and finger was caught between 2 buckets. This caused a laceration to the right index finger. The Risk Assessment and JHSA both advised about pinch points. IMG employees signed off at the safety meeting that morning of the risks related to this job. Employee was wearing gloves.

EE was cleaning files out of filing cabinet. Placing the files in garbage bag to be shredded. Once file cabinet was cleaned out, EE went to lift the garbage bag and felt a severe burning pain down the left arm to where pinky and ring finger had burning sensation. *6/15/17 EE was seen at the Ortho Institute and given 2 injections/2 prescribed meds/and referred for MRI & PT*

EE was walking on a concrete paved area, when the EE slipped on a small, thin patch of wet raw mix. His left foot came to a stop on dry concrete causing his left knee to overextend. EE reported as a precaution. EE reported discomfort recurred and worsened after a couple of months. EE went to the doctor for evaluation, and returned to work the same day on modified duty.

Cutting a water pipe with gas powered cut off saw. Kickback from the saw caused the blade to lacerate his chest.

While unthawing water lines, pressure accumulated in lines; pressure was initially released. Pressure accumulated again & while releasing safety wire from clips holding pipe fittings together, hose broke loose striking employee in the nose and under right eye.

Ee was climbing a fixed ladder to access a light fixture for repairs when he hit his head on a pulley platform. Ee complained of neck pain and applied ice to the area. Symptoms improved and RTW with no restrictions. On Jan. 22, 2015, symptoms returned, ee was seen by a medical physician who prescribed physical therapy and prescription with no restrictions.

EE was inspecting belt. EE safety glasses were sprinkled with dust. EE removed glasses and washed face. Next day ee's left eye was irritated. Medical Professional examined both eyes and reported a small abrasion on left eye. EE was prescribed an antibiotic and was released to full duty with no restrictions the same day.

Ee was using air lance. Rt eye felt irritated after task was completed. Began eye irrigation with supervisor. Small particle from his upper eyelid was removed. The EE was then taken to a medical provider. Both eyes were examined and found an abrasion on the right eye. EE was prescribed an antibiotic and was release to full duty with no restrictions the same day.

Employee strained his lower back while swinging a sledge hammer in a crouched position, when he missed his target impact point.

EE pulled his hard hat off to insert his welding hood. At that time dust fell from his hard hat & behind his safety glasses, into his eyes, causing a burning sensation eyes were flushed on-site, then taken to a medical professional where he received two prescriptions for his eye injury(ointment& eye drops).RTW the next day without restrictions.

EE rec'd laceration to finger. Treatment included washed/bandaged/splinted/sutures. EE was loading a barrel onto a flat-deck barge, and when sitting the barrel on the barge his right ring finger was caught between the barrel and the barge deck causing a laceration. EE was wearing gloves while performing task. He returned to work with no restrictions.

Ee called in to check damage of electrical circuit due to fire. Ee assessed and returned home. EE returned next am for normal shift and felt lightheadedness/chest discomfort. Ee was treated by medical provider for Smoke Inhalation and returned to work same day to regular activity with no restrictions.

Employee slipped and fell into a sump hole injuring shoulder and back. Company was notified this was a medical injury on 12/19/2012.

Process employee was attempting to de-head a drum using the Wizard Drum De-Header. As the employee was lifting the top off of the drum he realized that it had not been completely cut off. The employee then tried to tear the lid off of the drum and received a cut on his left, middle finger requiring 3 stitches.

On July 17th Employee replaced four dust collector bags and on July 20th was diagnosed and treated for dermatitis in the neck area. No lost time or modified duty.

Mechanic hung tool belt on equipment stored on shelf while placing tool in belt, equipment fell striking employee.

Employee had sampled a waste fuel storage tank. He purged material into a bucket, and as he was walking, tripped on a pipe and splashed material that was in bucket into his right eye. Employee was sent to local doctors office to have eye washed out. Doctor administered tetanus shot and prescribed ointment for eye.

Employee was opening an overhead garage door. The door stuck and employee jerked upward to free the stuck door. He felt a pop in his upper back and then pain.

Mechanic suffered a laceration to his Left thumb, on the dorsal side, while drilling a hole in plumbers strap to secure the air line seal air on R1 pump discharge bearing. The drill caught and the metal curled toward him and cut his Left thumb between the 2 joints.

EE was picking up a barrell of graphite to put into the bed of a mule. When he lifted he felt a hot pain in groin area.

Employee looking up at return roller on conveyor belt. Roller was slipping & located about 15' above employee. Roller knocked dust loose which irritated employee's left eye (safety glasses were in use). Flushed eye with solution & continued shift (feeling better). Reached home, irritation started again, went to ER to have 3 tiny pieces of metal removed (barely visible).

Employee was walking down steps at truck terminal, as he reached the bottom he twisted his left leg and felt pain in his calf. Employee was using handrail, area was clean and clear of obstructions. 4 days after initial incident, employee was not getting better and his supervisor took him to see a doctor to make sure everything was ok. Employee is recovering.

EE Was reaching for vacuum hose when his left arm was caught in hose resulting in swelling and abrasions.

Employee had face shield & prescription safety glasses on while using grinder. Dust & particles became airborne & irritated employee's eye. First aid was given & employee was taken to the doctor. Released to full duty the same day.

QC Tech was traveling on FM2 grated platform to obtain a grinding aid sample. Uneven grating caused him to fall. He landed with his weight on his right arm and right knee. Currently, his knee is just scraped, but his elbow and forearm are in alot of pain

EE was using an air lance 2 dislodge remaining mat'l with air. He jabbed at the blockage 2x & hot mat'l came out door burning ee ear. He then came 2 ctrl room 4 assistance. At no time did we believe that there was any hot mat'l remaining to drop above the tipping valve door as it was completely cleaned out during 1st step of job. Additional details available, no room 2 input.

Employee was walking east of Punch Clock on a ground-level concrete walkway that has a handrail. It was raining heavily at the time. Employee's left leg slipped. Right arm caught handrail & temporarily stopped fall. Left leg continued to move & struck bottom portion of handrail at the knee.

While employee was raising one side of a semi tire from a horizontal position to an upright position, the employee felt a sharp pain between his shoulder blades.

2 mechs. were at the head pulley shaft guard on 12 belt getting measurements to make new guards.The mech. had his hand near the top of the guard. He placed his hand on the guard causing it 2 come in contact with the bolt at the hd pulley taperlock bushing.The bolt caused the guard to jump & pinch the mech hand.The cut is at the base of his left ring finger,9 stitches were required.

During plant clean up day EE was shoveling dust and noticed that his right elbow was hurting. EE did not think much about the pain because this is a task he doesn't normally perform in his regular job duties. EE went to Occunet on January 31, 2011. EE had e-rays and received medication at that time.

Two Contractor employees were driving railroad spikes when both employees swung hammers at the same time, pinching one employees left hand between the hammers. Result was a cut on the outside of the hand between little finger and the wrist. Employee was taken to local emergency room and receive 8 stiches.

Repairing kerosene space heater with fuel tank emptied before starting reapir work. Removed guards but forgot to unplug small space heater blower fan. While reaching down to pull hose hand slipped into rotating blower fan and was cut.

Solid object prevented Truck Terminal automated cement bin dishcharge gate from closing. Employee wearing safety glasses, dust mask + other PPE, attempted to close manual gate above automated gate. Manual gate could not be closed due to solid object blocking opening. Result was a large amount of cement dust in air which got into employee's eye causing discomfort. Rec'd first aid

Cement dust in left eye. Employee states that he felt some cement dust in his left eye and went to irrigate it out. He did not notice a foreign body at all, only irritation. Employee states he was wearing his safety glasses. Dust caused abrasion to soft tissue. Prescription meds were prescribed to heal.

Employee was one of four workers sliding #11 rebar on top of channel iron installing rebar mat. Employee got right hand caught between iron and rebar causing abrasion.

Employee worked for 2 days, during peak summer, on jobs that were in high heat areas (mill building, mill building & storage crane)where the temperatures were around 110 degree F & very little air movement. He spent most of the day working on Raw Mill Air Separators in the mill building. He did feel hot, but did not see any warning signs of heat exhaustion.

A customer-hired truck driver arrived at the facility at 9:00 am. At 10:00 am, an employee found him unresponsive in his truck. Emergency Medical Services was called. Driver was deceased. Preliminary autopsy fingings are death was caused by Spontaneous cardiac arrhythmia.

Hydraulic wrench slipped and hit the right lateral side of his calf and caused pain to the right medial side of his knee. EE was examined and returned to full duty, however, in a follow up exam and MRI shown there was a torn ACL, MCL and mincus. He was put on modified duty on August 2, 2010.

EE was cleaning concrete. He turned to place a piece on a platform and while lowering the chunk, he mashed the tip of his right middle finger between the chuck and the ground. His finger tip burst and he went to the clinic for treatment. The doctor bandaged the finger and will re-evaluate his finger in 2 weeks.

EE was trying to unlodge an air lance. The air lance came loose and the EE hit his elbow against a handrail. The EE went to the doctor on 6/18/2010 for precautionary measures and was placed on modified duty and due for a re-evaluation on 6/28/10.

Employee was taking empty, crushed drums off of a roller conveyor and stacking them onto a pallet. As he lifted a drum, he felt a pop in his back followed by discomfort. He went to chiropractor who performed an adjustment and gave him an all-natural muscle relaxer to ease the discomfort.

Ee was lifting a large water bottle into a vehicle and his elbow started to hurt afterwards. The Ee tried to treat the discomfort with rest and OTC medication. After no relief, the Ee went to the doctor and was placed on modified duty for two weeks with re-evaluation on 6/28/10. (Original injury date was 3/30/10 and when he finally went to the doctor on 6/18/10)

E-TECH was troubleshooting electrical problem with belt conveyor. Working in Major Control Center, motor starter bucket. Bending down on knees for work, went to stand up and left knee popped. Knee is real stiff now & sore!

Employee was walking to break area, stepped on a piece of material which rolled his ankle causing a sprained ankle.

Swinging a sledge hammer driving pins out of the primary crusher breaker chain - momentum twisted body around causing right knee to twist. Right after incident, EE reported feeing a "pop" sensation while walking. He rated pain 7 out of 10 but did not feel symptoms were serious & agreed to home care. Symptoms worsened & he underwent microscopic surgery 12/17/2010.

Employee was in the storeroom cutting a hose and cut his left thumb.

Changing forks on fork lift at work fell with hand under it injury to left 4th digit.

Employee was trying to get warm near a Nat Gas Garbage Can Style Heater. When the employee turned away from the heater the reflective safety vest caught on fire. Employee used left hand to put out fire. When that was unsuccessful he dropped & rolled to extinguish the flame. First aid was given & employee driven to medical facility. Back to work following day.

Employee was trying to remove a tire stuck in the tire elevator on the kiln TDF system, when the tire released and struck his left forearm.