Guion Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Employee was stepping over a wash hose and caught the heel of EE's boot causing EE to fall onto EE's left knee.

While removing bolts from haul truck cab, employees finger was smashed between wrench handle and frame of truck causing a small laceration on left pinkie finger requiring 4 stitches. Employee put on modified work duty until stitches can be removed in 7-10 days. No bending, pushing, pulling, or repetitive movements with 5th finger until healed or sutures are removed.

Dryer operator attempting to pull water hose, slipped on algae that had grown on concrete surface, causing operator to partially fall, catching self with right hand/wrist. X-ray of hand/wrist showed a sprain that required a brace and restricted work duty for 10-12 days. Operator was placed off work until the x-ray was read 8/5-8/7

Shop employee was accidentally struck in the face with a shop hammer by another employee while trying to remove a pin from a dozer track. Employee received 3 stitches.

Reportable hearing loss

Employee stated that running the loader in the area hurt employee's back. Did not give a specific action that had occurred to cause the injury.

While going to muck a pile, the loader entered the pile and struck a large object, possibly a ledge or a boulder. This jarred the FEL and the impact caused the operator to experience significant pain in the back.

Blasters were loading a shot in a heading, a cord needed to be cut so the EE asked another blaster to cut the cord while EE held it. The EE moved slightly when the cut was about to be made and cut finger. EE was taken to a clinic and received stitches.

Employee was standing on two 4D batteries, not performing work, as employee stepped off them employee stepped down onto a water hose rolling employee's right ankle.

Employee was cutting a door on the RTO in half to create a safer access into the exhaust plenum. While cutting the door using a 4" grinder, the grinding wheel got bound up and kicked back striking the employee in the left forearm. The employee suffered a laceration on his arm which required 11 stitches to close.

While removing form stiff backs out of the thickener with the crane, a splice hung the upper platform board then released falling 2-inches to 3-inches back to the platform brace hitting the employee on his hardhat. Improper body position- failure to keep body parts clear while lifting items with crane.

The blasting crew was conducting a normal blast within the underground. The crew was set up to detonate the blast one heading over and approximately 700' from the blast site. Approximately 10 seconds after the detonation, a 10' x 4' x 4" area fell from the roof striking the EE on his left side. The employee suffered injuries to his face, shoulder, back, and ribs.

Employee was helping to install a guard on a belt conveyor when it dropped and mashed his left thumb.

While moving the power cable for the jumbo drill, the employee tripped over a rock and strained his lower back. The employee was diagnosed with a lower lumbar strain on 6/26/12 and was placed on modified duty.

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON A LADDER TIGHTENING BOLTS ON A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT WHEN THE WRENCH HE WAS USING SLIPPED OFF THE NUT, CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO LOSE HIS BALANCE AND FELL FROM THE LADDER

While changing bearing at BC-03C, employee got his right middle index finger caught in between the bearing and the frame it attaches to. Several stitches were required to close the wound.

Employee stated over time his right knee began bothering him and he felt like it was being caused by climbing stairs at the mill building. There was no specific incident that occurred which contributed to the injury. The employee was scheduled to have arthroscopic surgery to determine damage.

While on break at the mine shop lunchroom, the employee got up from the lunch table and his knee gave out on him. At the time, the employee was not doing any work related duties. The diagnosis of the injury was a subluxation of the right knee and sprained right knee.

Installing grating on a new truss. After installing one section, he stepped back across an opening from one beam to another. He lost footing and fell into the opening. He was wearing fall protection. As he started to fall, he grabbed the handrail. The fall caused him to dislocate his left arm from shoulder.

EE was using a hand grinder with a cutting wheel when he was struck in the eye with a piece of debris. The EE was taken to a doctor where no damage was found.

While loosening two sections of drill pipe, the wrench used by the driller' s helper slipped, resulting in the driller helper falling towards the back of the drilling rig. He struck his head on the drill rig and twisted his leg while conduction geologic drilling at Unimin's Guion plant.

While scaling from a basket, a rock fell from the face of the heading striking the employee on the left arm and shoulder area. The employee received a cut on his left forearm which required 3 stitches to close.

The employee was dismounting the Fletcher scaling rig when he lost his balance on the last step and fell approximately 2 feet to the ground. He fell on a large rock on the ground striking him in the lower back causing pain and bruising.

Operator was attempting to lift a preexisting tank, prior to the lift operator had miscalculated the load. The front stabilizer was not deployed and the lift was attempted from the side. The rigging attached to the tank was wrong. When the lift was made the tank twisted and the crane tipped over.

The employee was mounting the CAT 980 Loader when he slipped and fell to the ground. At the time, the employee sustained minor scrapes and bruises but has recently developed pain in his lower back that has been attributed to the fall

Employee stated he began to experience pain in lower back around 8/4/2010. He reported this pain to supervisor on 8/9/10. The employee felt the pain was caused by his work at the bag plant. No specific time or event occurred where the employee noticed the onset of the pain.

Employee was doing maintenance work on Rotex screens when he became overheated. Temperatures were in the 90's with high heat index values.

EE was attempting to wedge the last IBeam into place using a chain hoist to pull the IBeam down, as EE hit the top of the IBeam with a sledge hammer , the IBeam moved down about 1-1/2 links of slack in the chain. Another EE took up the slack and the chain broke, hitting the EE in the face.

Employee strained his back as he bent over to pick up an air chuck off the ground.

Employee was cutting a hose with a pocket knife when the knife slipped and cut him on the left forearm.

Employee was descending stairs in the dryer building, when he slipped and fell. In the process of the fall, he hurt his shoulder. Initially the injury was thought to be minor, but has since been diagnosed as a rotator cuff injury.

The employee was replacing belts on a motor when he injured his shoulder/neck area. He had his arms stretched out at shoulder height and was pulling the belts down. While he was doing this he felt pain in his right shoulder area. The initial diagnosis is muscle strain with possible disc damage in the cervical area.

Employee was removing a 20' piece of steel from a rack when the end became unbalanced. As the end fell to the ground the EE lunged to rebalance the steel and felt pain in his neck. As time passed, he had a tingling sensation and numbness in his left arm and hand.

EE stepped out of the maintenance truck when he felt very hot and dizzy. He then had a pain develop in his lower back. He reported the incident to his supervisor and the pain started getting worse. After several Dr. visits, x-rays, and an MRI it was determined he has a bulging disk. Physical therapy is the prescribed treatment at this time. He has a history of back problems.

Employee was working from a scaling basket on a hammer drill that was lodged in the face. He was having to reach in an awkward position to loosen bolts on the drill when he strained his back. The diagnosis is an L5 disc that is damaged and needs to be surgically repaired.

EE had gotten his right thumb crushed between a roller and the BC-03A conveyor frame while attempting to change the roller out for a new one. The accident resulted in an Open Fracture of the Distal Thumb.

The injured employee was helping another employee repair a dresco pipe. The employee fixing the pipe blew the pipe clear with compressed air. The injured employee was looking over his shoulder at the time and felt a piece of material go under his safety glasses and hit his eye.

MINER HIT RIGHT KNEE WHILE CLIMBING ONTO A LOADER.

EE BEGAN FEELING KNEE PAIN WHILE WORKING HIS JOBAS MAINTENANCE.

EE STARTED FEELING BACK PAIN WHILE BAGGING 100 LB SACKS OF SAND.

OPERATOR WAS BAGGING SAND & RUBBED UP AGAINST THE BAGGER SPOUT, WHICH CUT HIS RIGHT UPPER ARM.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING OUT THE BOIL BOX AND TWISTED HIS BACK WHILE THROWING OUT A VOLLEY BALL SIZED ROCK.

MAN WAS WELDING ON A LINED PIPE AT GROUND LEVEL. THE LINER IN THE PIPE CAUGHT FIRE & TRAVELED UP THROUGH TO THE SCREEN ON THE 4TH LEVEL. BURNED SCREENS & CONVEYORS.

EE WAS CLEANING A HOPPER. WHILE STANDING ON A GRIZZLEY HIS FOOT SLIPPED THROUGH. HE HURT HIS LEFT WRIST WHILE TRYING TO CATCH HIMSELF.

THIS IS AN OLD INJURY THAT STARTED HURTING AGAIN FROM ORIGINAL INJURY DATED 10-12-99. HE STARTED COMPLAINING ABOUT IT 8-15-01. HAD SURGERY ON 10-16-01. HE CLAIMED TO HAVE TWISTED HIS KNEE ON A PALLET ON 8-15.

HE TURNED ON THE WRONG VALVE WHILE LOADING ANFO.THE VALVE DID NOT HAVE A HOSE. THE OPENING BLEW ANFO ONTO HIS ARM CAUSING BURNS AND BRUISING.

DEATH DUE TO MASSIVE HEART ATTACK.

AN EMPLOYEE CUT LEFT THUMB 1 INCH DEEP USING CUTTING BLADE.

STEPPED OFF RAIL CAR AND SPRAINED ANKLE.