Grimes Rock a CalPortland CompanyMetal/Nonmetal

Mechanic was adjusting a wiper blade when their shirt or tool caught on conveyor belt pulling their arm into head pulley causing a dislocated elbow and fracture on ulna and missing finger nail.

Employee was removing screens from shaker for cleaning when one of the screens caught the harness they were wearing causing them to fall and hurt a knee.

Employee was bending over to pick up a piece of pipe when they felt a strain in their back. Employee did not pick up the pipe only hurt their back bending over.

Employee reported the injury on 12/5/2018. Employee stated that shoveling and digging with a shovel made EE's left hand become swollen.

employee was carrying a piece of 6"" pipe on the mud press. he slipped and let go of the pipe to grab the handrail, the pipe fell onto employee's hand cutting his left ring finger. His finger required stiches from the E.R.

EE had a injury on 7/19/07 and came back on 7/26/07. He worked from 7/26/07-4/17/08. EE has not been to work since 4/17/08 from the original injury that occured.The EE notified staff on 7/8/08 about a new injury the EE stated occured within 7/19/07-4/17/08.EE stated he has pain in both hands, forearms but more pain in the right hand.

The employee was working on the wet screen, when a peice of metal hit him on his head. He had some head pain. He was taken to Santa Paula Hospital ER for further evaluation. He was released a couple of hours later. He was fine and doctor gave him 3 days off from work.

Grinding a piece of metal on a windy day.

Employee was filling up the water truck, he walked around to the front of the truck and fell. He tried to catch himself but fell to the ground on his left side. He had a laceration above his left eyebrow and a contusion to his left chest area. Employee was taken to urgent care. He had a few stitches to his left eyebrow. Employee returned to work after seeing the doctor that day.

Employee stated that he started to feel sensation in his thumb and fingers. A few weeks later this tingling started turning into pain in his neck and shoulder. The pain was moderate but constant.

The employee was cutting a piece of metal on a windy day and he thought that he got a piece of metal in his right eye, but it ended up being a rock in his right eye. Employee went to an urgent care facility and they flushed his eye and removed the rock. Doctors noted no damage was done and no other conditions that would delay patient's recovery.

On 8-15-06 the stairway was broken by an employee that afternoon, who was told to fix it. Employee came on early next morning and was going over the stairway. Stairway gave way and then he fell. Stairway landed on conveyor belt and employee held onto the hand rail. Employee complained of lower back pain. Employee was taken to the hospital, and was released the same day.

EE was working on conveyor. He slipped & struck his ribs on the conveyor cross brace.

EE proceeded to the tunnel to evaluate the reason the discharge feeder was not discharging material. As he was walking over to check it out, feeder started discharging material. Apparently not realizing feeder had started, he removed the guard to pull start the belt which cut his thumb & 2 fingers requiring stitches. Miners have been warned of the safety hazard of this procedure.

WHILE REMOVING AND REPLACING A ROLLER ON A DOZER, THE ROLLER SLIPPED, FALLING AND CAUSING THE ROLLER TO CUT HIS FINGER.