Broward Plant Metal/Non-Metal

THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING SCREENS IN THE PRIMARY SHAKER. AS HE WAS INSTALLING A METAL SCREEN ON THE MIDDLE DECK, HE CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE SCREEN EDGE AND ANOTHER SCREEN ALREADY IN PLACE. STITCHES WERE REQUIRED.

THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING A DRAGLINE BUCKET TOOTH WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF THE HAMMER HEAD SHEARED OFF AND STRUCK HIS LEFT LEG.

INJ EMPL GETTING OUT OF WELDING TRUCK AND STEPPED INTO SMALL HOLE AND TWISTED ANKLE.ANKLE BECAME SWOLLEN 3 DAYS LATER AND EMPL WENT TO COMPANY CLINIC.

EMPL WAS CLIMBING LADDER ON CAT YARD LOADER WHEN SAFETY BOOT BECAME CAUGHT ON ONE OF LADDER RUNGS. METALTARSAL SLAP ON HIS BOOT BECAME CAUGHT WHEN HE PULLED HIS LEG UP LADDER.

INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING A 6FT.BAR ON OPPOSITE SIDE OF A DRAGLINE TRAVEL CHAIN SO THAT ANOTHER EMPLOYEE COULD REMOVE THE CHAIN LINK PIN IN ORDER TO REPAIR THE T RAVEL CHAIN AS THE INJURED EMPLOYEE REPOSITIONED THE BAR HE LOOKED DOWN TO BE SURE BAR WAS IN POSITION AS HE DID THAT THE OTHER EMPLOYEE STRUCK PIN & IT CAME OUT STRIKING HIS FACE

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING BUILT UP MATERIAL FROM AROUND A CONV HEAD SECTION JUST ABOVE THE PLANT FEEDER/HOPPER AS HE WAS WALKING ON THE MATERIAL HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND SLIPPED THEN FELL INTO THE EMPTY HOPPER THE EMPLOYEE SHOULD HAVE CLEANED THE AREA AFTER THE HOPPER WAS FULL OF MATERIAL TO ELIMINATE THE HAZARD OF THE OPENED AREA

INJ EMPL HELPIN1 FOREMAN REPAIR METAL WASHER ON DRAGLINE BUCKET.SMALL SECITON FO WASHER HAD TO BE CUT OFF WITH HAND TORCH.BEFOR LIGHTING THE TORCH THEY NOTICED SMALL LEAK IN OXYGEN LINE.EMPL SED FINGERS TO 6LOCK HOLE IN OXY LINE,SPARK IGNITED OXYGEN AND CAUGHT HIS SHIRT OF FIRE.

EMPL REPLACING 4EAR HAMMERS IN 2NDARY CRUSHER ANOTHER EMPL INSIDE CRUSHER HITTING HAMMERS WITH HAND HELD SLEDGE.AS HE STRUCK WEAR HAMMER SMALL PIECE OF STEEL BROKE OFF STRUCK EMPL IN RIGHT SID E OF FACE. 3

THE EMPLOYEE WA8 MOVING A DRAGLINE BUCKET TOOTH ADAPTOR,WHEN HE DROPPED THE ADAPTOR ON THE GROUND IT HIT ANOTHER ADAPTOR.INDOING THIS THE ADAPTOR BOUNCED BACK STRIKING HIS RIGHT FOOT.THE ADAPT OR HIT HIS FOOT3JUST BEHIND THE STEEL PLATE OF HIS BOOT.

EMP WAS REPAIRI3G A DAMAGED CONVEYOR FRAME. HE WAS STANDING ON A CROSS MEMBER OF THE F RAME WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL INTO THE HAND RAIL SECTION ON THE INSIDE OF THE CONVEYOR FRAME

INJ EMP WAS HEL1ING IN PLANT MAINTEANCE BEFORE THE PRODUCTION SHIFT BEGAN THE WELDER HAD CUT SUPPORT BOLTS FROM CONVEYOR ROLLER SO THAT IT COULD BE REMOVED AND THEN REPLACED AS EMP PULLED OUT THE ROLLER IT S5ID DOWN THE CONVEYOR FRAME SMASHING HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE ROLLER AND THE TAIL PULLEY FRAME SHAFT

INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING LEADMAN LINE UP AN ELECTRICAL MOTOR TO INSTALL DRIVE BELTS ONE END OF MOTOR WAS RAISED WITH A COME-ALONG TOOL LEADMAN THEN TOOK A SLEDGE HAMMER & HIT MOTOR PIN AT THIS POINT MOTOR FELL ONTO FRAME & TRAPPED RT HAND OF THE HELPER

THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING IN THE AREA WHERE A CRANE WAS TO LIFT A SECTION OF EQUIPMENT FROM THE GROUND THE EMPLOYEE WAS NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO THE CRANES POSITION AT THE TIME WHEN TH E LIFTING SLINGS FELL FROM THE CRANE HOOK IT STRUCK HIS FACE CAUSING A LACERATION ON UPPER LIP IT WAS NOTED THAT THE SAFETY CLIP ON THE CRANE HOOK WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY CAUSING THE SLINGS

EMPLOYEE WAS PLACING COMPRESSED AIRBOTTLES ONTO THE CATWALK OF THE DRAGLINE. HE SLID THE BOTTLE ON THE HAND RAIL DOWN TO THE CATWALK BUT BEFORE IT REACHED THE CATWALK, HIS HAND BECAME CAUGHT B ETWEEN THE BOTTLE AND THE HAND RAIL CAUSING THE LACERATION. (STITCHES WERE REQUIRED).

REPLACING SHAKER SCREENS DROPPED SCREEN WEDGE.WEDGE FELL TO WALKING PLATFORM BELOW.CLIMBED DOWN OFF SHAKER TO PICK IT UP,LOST FOOTING AND SLIPPED HITTING TAIL BONE ON WATER LINE GATE VALVE.

INSTALLING HARDWARE ON DRAGLINE BUCKET.PLACED BUCKET CHAIN SOCKET INTO POSITION AND INSERTED HOLDING PIN.PIN BECAME STUCK,TOOK HOLD OF PIN HEAD TO REMOVE IT,PIN SLIPPED THROUGH CHAIN SOCKET C CATCHING LEFT SMALL FINGER.

HE WAS UNCLOGGING A MATERIAL CHUTE IN THE PLANT AREA. AS HE WAS CLIMBING DOWN OFF OF THE CONVEYOR HE LOST HIS FOOTING CAUSING HIM TO FALL APPROX. THREE FEET. AT THAT POINT HE CAUGHT HIS LEFT U NDERARM ON THE SKIRT BOARD SECTION OF THE CONVEYOR.

INJ CAUGHT HAND BETWEEN A TRACK LADDER ON THE DRAGLINE AND SLEDGE HAMMER AS HE WAS HAMMERING THE TRCK SHIMS INTO PLACE STITCHES WERE REQUIRED

EMPLOYEE WAS HITTING HOOK ROLLER WRENCH WITH SLEDGE HAMMER TO SECURE THE HOOK ROLLER BOLT. AS HE WAS SWINGING THE HAMMER, THE HEAD OF THE HAMMER SLIPPED OFF OF THE WRENCH CATCHING HIS FINGER B ETWEEN THE HAMMER HANDLE AND THE WRENCH.