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On 2/21/06 the employee went on a personal leave and had surgery around 2/25/2006. On 3/15/2007 Vulcan Materials Company received the DWC Form from the employee informing us it was a work related injury. The employee claimed he injured lower back due to the bouncing of the truck while driving (ALLEGED).

EE STATES STANDING BY TRUCK LOWERING HOSE IN HOLE AND A VEHICLE PASSED BY KICKING UP A ROCK. THE ROCK HIT HER RT. ELBOW.

EE STATES: WALKING TO GET CAPS FROM DEWATERING TRUCK AND MY ANKLE TWISTED ON LOOSE ROCK.

LIFTING A 300 LB METAL BOX TO BE INSTALLED IN CHUTE WITH BACK HOE BUCKET & CHAIN. BOX WAS NOT HANGING STRAIGHT AFTER PICKING IT UP 3 FT., ATTEMPTED TO STRAIGHTEN BOX WHEN THE BACK END CAME LOO SE, BOX SLID DOWN LEG & STRUCK TOP OF RIGHT FOOT, BREAKING 1 BONE & CHIPPING ANOTHER.

EMPLOYEE OPENED DOOR OF HIS LOADER TO GIVE A DRIVER A TICKET AND SAND FROM THE TOP OF THE DOOR WS BLOWN IN HIS FACE.

EE WAS PUTTING ADDITIONAL WEIGHT ON THE GRAVITY TAKEUP OF THE 8X20 FEE CONVEYOR WHEN HE FELT A STRAIN IN HIS BACK.

THE EE WAS MOVING A PUMP ON A BARGE AND AS HE TURNED AROUND HE SLIPPED AND TWISTED HIS KNEE. REPORTED 10/23/97

ON 8-20 EE WAS WALKING AROUND AN ENGINE TO TIGHTEN AN AIR CLEANER WHEN HE STUMBLED. WHEN EE STUMBLED HE STUCK HIS RIGHT ARM OUT FOR BALANCE AND HIS HAND CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THE HOT ENGINE, BURNING HIS HAND. ON 8-25 EE SOUGHT MEDICAL.

EE WAS HELPING CARRY A PIECE OF SCREEN CLOTH TO A TRUCK WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE WAS TREATED AT A HOSPITAL & WAS PUT ON NO-WORK STATUS. ON 8/11/97 EE WAS RELEASED BY DR T O RETURN TO WORK WITH NO RESTRICTIONS.

EMPLOYEE HAD FINISHED WELDING AT HOPPER UNDER PRIMARY FEEDER. WHILE EXITING HOPPER HE TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE.

UNIT #805, TRIALER T- 1159. WAS DUMPING LOAD OF FA-01, TRIALER BED FAILED TO COME DOWN TO DRIVEABLE POSITION. INJURED EMPLOYEE CRAWLED UNDER UNIT #805 NOT LETTING DRIVER KNOW THAT HE WAS GOI NG UNDER UNIT. INJURED EMPLOYEE STRUCK SPOOL. VALVE ON UNITE #805'S PTO PUMP. THIS CAUSED UNTI TO MOVE FORWARD AS BED CAME DOWN ROLLING OVER LEFT LEG.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A PRY BAR TO FREE MATERIAL FROM THE HAMMERMILL. WHEN THE BAR UNEXPECTEDLY BROKE THROUGH, HIS LEFT HAND STRUCK AGAINST THE MILL DOOR WHICH RESULTED IN A LACERATION TO HIS LEF T PALM REQUIRING 5 STITCHES.

EE COLLAPSED ON A RAMP LEADING TO A CRUSHER. INVESTIGATION INDICATED THAT EE MAY HAVE STEPPED ON AN OVAERSIZED ROCK, TWISTING HIS LEFT KNEE.

EE WAS INSTALLING STARTER IN LOADER WHEN HE MASHED HIS LEFT LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN FRAME AND STARTER, RESULTING IN A FRACTURE.

ALLEGES THAT ON 10-22-96 SOMETHING POPPED IN HIS R-SHOULDER WHILE SWINGING A SLEDGE HAMMER. THE INDICDENT WAS REPORTED INFORMALLY FOLLOWING OCCURRENCE. ON 12-10-96 EMPKLOYEE BEGAN TO MISS W ORK. ON 12-16-96 THE COMPANY LEARNED THAT HIS DAYS AWAY FORM WORK WERE ATTRIBUTABLE TOTHE OCTOBER INCIDENT.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE A BREAKER PLATE FROM THE WORK PLATFORM WHEN HE EXPERIENCED A SHARP PININ HIS RIGHT ARM. EE WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS REFERRED TO AN ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON FOR PO SSIBLE TORN BICEP MUSCLE.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING STEEL COVER FOR 275 C LOADER WHEN I SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HANDS AND FLEL ON HIS FOOT, FRACTURING RIGHT TOE.

EMP WAS WALKING ON 12" PIPELINE TO AVOID WATER. SLIPPED, TWISTING RIGHT ANKLE. RESTRICTIONS FOR 1 WEEK.

EE WAS REMOVING BOLTS FROM A SCREEN MOTOR. HE DID NOT REALIZE BAS WAS SPRING LOADED. WHEN LAST BOLT WAS REMOVED THE TOP OF THE PIVOT BASE ROTATED, PINCHING HIS RIGHT FOREARM BETWEEN MOUNT AND FRAME RESULTING IN A LACERATION REQUIRING STITCHES.

EMPLOYEE WAS INJURED WHEN A LOAD ON A CRANE SWUNG IN HIS DIRECTION. AS HE QUICKLY MOVED OUT OF THE WAY, HE CAUGHT HSI FOREARM ON A METAL I BEAM RESULTING IN A LACERATION.

EE WAS LIFTING A 10" PIPE WITH A HOIST. THE DOG ON THE HOIST DID NOT GO INTO THE NOTCH AND RELEASED THE LEVER WHICH SPUN AROUND AND HIT EE IN THE ARM AND WRIST. EE WAS PRESCRIBED WITH AN ARM S LING.

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING A BAROKEN COUPLER ON A STEEL DRILL. AS HE STRUCK THE BROKEN PART WITH A HAMMER TO LOOSEN IT, A PIECE OF METAL BROKE OFF & LODGED IN HIS LEG WHICH REQUIRED SURGICAL DEBRID MENT.

EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO SPLASH WATER FROM A 5 GALLON BUCKET ON LADIATER OF LADER SHOT WAS OVERHEATING AND STRAINED HIS SHOULDER.

DESCENDING EQUIPMENT.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A LONG BLADE FILET KNIFE TO CUT RUBBER SKIRT BOARD MATERIAL THE KNIFE SLIPPED & CUT THROUGH THE GLOVE & CUT OF HAND

TWO EMPLOYEES WERE CHANGING SCREENS ON A SCREENING UNIT WHILE REINSTALLING THE SCREEN RAIL THE EMPLOYEE WAS PRYING DOWN ON THE RAIL THE PRY BAR SLIPPED & THE BAR STRUCK THE EMPLOYEES FINGER AGAINST THE SCREEN UNIT

EMPLOYEE HAD A PERIODIC SCREENING CHEST X-RAY READ BY 3 "B" READERS USING THE ILO PROCEDURES. THE X-RAY WAS CHARACTERIZED AS CONSISTENT WITH PNEUMOCONIOSIS. WITH TWO SCORES OF 1/1 AND ONE OF 2 /1.

EMPLOYEE WAS HAMMERING BUCKET TOOTH RETAINING PINS OUT OF THE ADAPTORS THE PIN BEING DRIVEN HAD BEEN PARTIALY CUT OUT W/TORCH & USING ANOTHER PIN WAS BEING HAMMERED ON TO RE,MOVE IT THE HAMMER SLIPPED & HIT EMPLOYEE LEFT HAND RING FINGER

EE WAS REPAIRING THE CLASSIFER. AS HE WAS CLIMBING DOWN INSIDE HE STEPPED ON A PLASTIC NEOPRENE FLIGHT AND AS HE WAS WEARING RUBBER SAFETY BOOTS WHICH WERE WET, HE SLIPPED AND FELL HITTING HIS LEFT CHEST AGAINST THE FLIGHT. X RAY OF RIBS WERE NEGATIVE. HE WAS PLACED ON LITE DUTY WORK FOR ONE DAY.

EMPOLOYEE WAS PULLING ON A CONVEYOR TAIL PULLEY GUARD TO PROPERLY POSITION IT. THE GUARD BROKE AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ON BARGE, HEARD HOSE LEAK AND FLIPPED UP HOOD TO SEE THAT HOSE WAS DETACHED FROM TORCH AND WAS ON FIRE. AS EMPLOYEE WENT TO SHUT OFF TANKS, IT WENT NEAR HIS EYE AND HE REC EIVED A MINOR BURN.

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING AN OLD CONVEYOR BELT WHEN THE KNIFE HE WAS USING SLIPPED AND STRUCK HIS LEFT ARM RESULTING IN A LACERATION NEEDING STITCHES.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING INTO THE BACK OF A SCREEN. DECK AND SLIPPED, FALLING OVER THE HANDRAIL AND DOWN APPROX 30FEET TO THE GROUND.

WHILE WALKING NEAR LUBE TRUCK - SPECIFICALLY THE BED OF TRUCK THE EMPLOYEE SLIPPED & HIT HIS HAND ON HOSE CAUSING A FRACTURE.

EMPLOYE EINJURED HIS LEFT HAND AN DWRSIT WHEN IT WAS CAUGHT IN THE DRIVE SPROCKE TOF A BIN CONVEYOR. THE EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN INSTRUCTED TO NOT SERVICE THE BIN CONVEYOR JUST PRIOR TO THE INCIDE NT.

EMPL STANDING ON A CRANE TRYING TO LINE UP HOLES TO PUT THE BOOM. THE PRY BAR SLIPPED THROWING EMPL OFF BALANCE. EMPL THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO FALL SO JUMPED OFF CRANE LANDING ON FEET.

EMPL RELEASING CHAIN BINDER WHEN THE HANDLE EXTENSION SLIPPED STRIKING EMPL AND CAUSING LACERATION ON RIGHT SIDE OF FACE.NO LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS BUT SUTURES WERE REQUIRED TO CLOSE WOUND.

95149Y OCCURRED WHEN THE HOIST BLOCK OF THE DIGGING LADDER MOVED UNEXPECTEDLY DROPPING 3" ONTO THE EMPLOYEES RIGHT FOOT.

LOOSENING BOLT WITH HAMMER AND WRENCH HIT THUMB WITH HAMMER

EMPLOYEE WAS PRYING STONE LOOSE IN THE CRUSHER WHEN ANOTHER STONE FELL FROM ABOVE AND HIT THE END OF THE BAR. THEREFORE, THIS CAUSED OTHER END OF THE BAR TO RISE, STRIKING HIM IN THE CHIN.

USING CROW BAR TO UNPLUGG CRUSHER FEED BAR STRUCK EMP THUMB AGAINST THE CHUTE

54736YEE WHILE CUTTING THE CONVEYOR BELT, THE KNIFE SLIPPED RESULTING IN A LACERATION TO HIS LEFT HAND WHICH REQUIRED 6 STITCHES.

EMPLOYEE HAD A PERIODIC SCREENING CHEST X-0RAY BY TWO "B" READERS USING THE ILO PROCEDURES. THE X-RAY WAS CHARACTERIZED AS CONSISTENT WITH PNEUMOCONIOSIS WITH BOTH READINS OF 1/1. DAMAGE OR IM PAIRMENT CANNOT BE DETERMINED BY READING CHEST X-RAYS.

ON 04-06-92 EMPLOYEE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH BILLATERIAL CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME EMPLOYEE HAS WORKED AS A TRUCK DRIVER & LABORER SINCE 05-11-68 EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A HAUL TRUCK WHEN HE REPORTED THE SYMPTOMS

AS EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING RUBBER BELT WITH A KNIFE THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT HIS LEFT HAND NEAR WRIST,REQUIRING 8 STITCHES.UPON HIS RETURN FROM THE HOSPITAL HE RESUMED HIS REGULAR DUTIES.

THE EE WAS REMOVING A CYLINDER FROM FRONT END LOADER THE PIN WAS REMOVED FROM THE TILT CYLINDER AND THE CRAM ARM FOLLED FORWARD AS IT ROLLED FORWARD THE METAL STOP ON THE SCRAM ARM CAUGHT THE EE FOOT BETWEEN THE METAL STOP AND THE BOOM.

EMPLOYEE FELL FROM AN ELEVATED CONVEYOR WHILE PERFORMING MAINTENANCE. REPORT FROM PHYSICIAN DATED 12-16, RECEIVED 12-30, REVEAL AN OBLIQUE FRACTURE OF THE THIRD METACARPAL OF HIS RIGHT HAND. N O OTHER INJURY WAS REPORTED. THE EMPLOYEE WAS ABLE TO RETURN TO HIS SCHEDULED JOB.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS CROSSING FROM DREDGE OVER TO THE BARGE DECK WHEN HE SLIPPED & FELL BETWEEN THE DREDGE & BARGE. BEFORE HITTING THE WATER HE STRUCK HIS LEFT ELBOW ON THE SIDE OF BARGE.

EMPLOYEE WAS EXISTING DRILL TRUCK WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL N HIS RIGHT KNEE. ON 9-5-91, SUPERINTENDENT LEARNED OF INCIDENT AND SENT IN REPORT TO MAIN OFFICE.

EMPLOYEE WAS SHARPENING DRILL BITS AT THE BIT GRINDING SHED. HE DROPPED A DRILL BIT AND WHEN HE BENT OVER TO PICK IT UP HE BUMPED INTO THE GRINDER RESULTING IN A LACERATION TO HIS RIGHT ARM WH ICH NEEDED 3 STITCHES.