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Employee was using a pipe wrench and body weight to try and unjam a feeder. The pipe wrench slipped causing the employee to smash their left hand and splitting the tip of the ring finger open and needing to have stitches.
Employee was working on switching out bags on a baghouse and was carrying a baghouse bag cage, took a step down onto uneven surface and rolled EE's ankle. There was immediate swelling and was taken to the ER. There was no broken bones.
Employee was pulling a sulfur boat out of the leako with a pair of tongs and dropped it. Natural instinct was to try and pick it up, when EE reached to grab it EE barely touched the sulfur boat and burned right index finger and thumb.
Noise-induced hearing loss
Noise-induced hearing loss
Noise-induced hearing loss
Noise-induced hearing loss
10/12/24 the employee was cleaning out the building 3/4 debris and product on the ground using a rake hand tool. When the baghouse overflowed down on the employee getting product in their eyes and continued to work their shift. then on Sunday their eyes started to hurt so the employee went to the ER to get them check. On 10/21/2024 employee went back and was given a Prescription
Employee was fueling drills and walking between drills looking up stepped on a rock and twisted knee. Felt something pop in EE's knee, tried to work for a little while before reporting it but the pain got worse.
Employee was cleaning out the 100 crusher and the employee looked into then 100 crusher turned EE's head upward when EE felt a pop in EE's neck right side and employee felt arms go numb and tingly. Employee told supervisor and the supervisor call safety.
While cutting a piece of metal, EE rubbed left eye and might have gotten something in it off of the gloves. EE didn't notice until later in the evening when EE's eye started to get irritated. *EE did not report the injury until the start of the next shift and then was taken to the clinic to be checked out. After being brought back from the clinic, we sent EE home for the day.
Employee was walking on rocky surface and sprained left ankle. Lost time injury.
Was driving a water truck and hit a bump which jolted EE and caused a severe pain in the abdomen. Took to ER and was diagnosed with umbilical hernia and given one day off duty to rest.
Employee was training on water truck 75A. Employee states it is really hard to shift. The truck stalled and they could not get it into gear so they shifted it into gear as hard as they could with all the strength in their arm and felt something kinda pull in their arm. Employee reported the incident the next day to their manager and leadman.
Employee was bent over under a pipe shoveling product into a wheelbarrow. Went to stand up and move wheelbarrow and felt pain in lower back on spine and could not pick up wheelbarrow to move it.
Employee swung a hammer to close a feed gate at an odd angle to prevent a screw to overload. Employee missed the feed gate and smacked left index finger.
Employee was installing liners in a chute. When employee took a step, felt a pop in right ankle.
Employee was breaking down a grader tire. Lifted the tire by self and felt a pop in lower back.
One of our employees was injured when trying to dislodge product stuck in a discharge pipe at one of our furnaces onsite.
Employee was pulling a hose up to the 6th floor of 3&4 furnace, when the employee felt a pop in left knee.
It was a windy day we had two maintenance employees working on primary crusher. One employee was welding while the other was moving parts. The employee moving parts was walking by where the grinding work was being completed when a piece of metal went into EE's eye.
Walking down stairs stepped on a rock and felt a pop in EE's knee.
Guard were not properly attached. When the machine malfunctioned, and broke it caused the guard to be thrown off contacting employee's hard hat.
Maintenance mechanic opened the lid on a job box tool box and when EE was closing the lid it slipped out of EE's hand and slammed down onto the left hand and mostly on the index finder.
An operator had fought a discharge plug and spilled hot product on to the ground and the oiler walked through that pile burning the top and sides of feet.
Employee caught left thumb between the tailgate and body of a side by side, injuring the thumb.
The Individual was using a torch to heat a pipe, to be able to bend it, when a tiny piece of metal popped off and went behind the Individual's safety glasses, getting into eye.
A laborer was shoveling spilled material off of a metal floor in a building when the shovel head struck a bolt EE could not see under the material, causing EE's wrist to be jammed backwards.
EE was using a stationary crane to lift an air compressor. The crane lifted the compressor but only has manual swing capability. When EE pushed the compressor EE felt a slight pain in the back but did not report it as EE did not feel it was significant. The next day the pain was worse, EE reported it and sought treatment.
Tripped on stairs in SRP building. Injured arm
Employee was in Magox building attempting to couple two sections of hose. One section of hose slipped off the coupling and material was blown into face, behind safety glasses and into eyes. Eyes were flushed at the site and at the hospital.
Metal tread in stairway was dented. Employee stepped in dent twisting foot.
EE was platform when EE struck the top of EE's hard hat on a electric raceway. The impact caused neck pain.
Employee was descending the steps of a loader holding on to the handrail and door handrail. The door was tied in the open position. The tie broke and the door hit the employee in the shoulder.
Employee was working on a flange to install a pipe. The employee used chain falls to lift pipe but pipe got caught on pillar and stairs in area. Employee pulled on the flange to get it unstuck.
Employee was handling the ring and puck process and suddenly lost grip in left hand and felt numbness from shoulder down.
Employee was clearing a plugged discharge chute. When the plug released, the employee attempted to get out of the way of the material and in doing so slammed a hand against the area guarding.
Employee states "wind blew the J-204 belt off track. I was placing rock on belt and was trying to replace back to original position when the wind blew the belt with rock back up in my face and knocked me back a few feet." This became reportable when employee sought medical treatment 4/11/19.
Employee was pressure testing a cooler when a piece of metal came off and hit EE's elbow.
Employee was climbing access ladder to 61A loader, missed grabbing the left handle, swung backwards striking left calf on the tire fender.
Employee was walking down stairs, tripped and fell down the last three landing on posterior and dislocating left shoulder.
Employee was using a rag to plug a hole in a screw conveyor that was leaking product. The material got caught in the screw flight and pulled the employee's right index finger in to the hole. The screw flight severed the right index finger to the first joint.
Employee describes that three months ago they got this checked out and was told to get a CT scan which they did not get done. A week ago, it started getting bigger and started hurting, that is why they reported it now. There is no direct cause that they can report.
Working in a manlift in tight quarters while changing a roller bearing, employee turned and struck temple on a piece of angle iron.
Employee was walking up stairs, left foot slipped off and rolled ankle, going up steps, foot slipped off the steps and rolled ankle.
Product spilled from hose when truck driver was descending the access ladder causing driver to hurry down ladder then step awkwardly off bottom rung resulting in back pain.
Employee was cutting a rubber hose, holding the hose with EE's left hand, pushing the knife upward and cut left hand.
Employee was lifting lid of the BICO grinder, it struck items behind the lid, and bounced back unexpectedly by the employee. The employee's hand was still in the way when the lid came back down and landed on the employee left pinky finger tip.
Employee was bagging product at Magox. When employee removed the bag, the clean air burst blew product in to employee's right eye under safety glasses.
Employee was driving EE's truck with a supervisor. The employee said "something is weird with my eye." The supervisor saw the injured employees left eye start to bleed. Emergency room indicated this was not due to work and cannot be connected to the job.