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Employee fell but no one observed his work being performed or his fall. Employee died.
Using a 4" electric grinder to grind a metal frame. Small speck of metal in the eye was not found by the miner until he was at home later that evening. He tried to flush with water then went to urgent care the next morning. He was wearing safety glasses and a face shield and can only speculate that this in how it happened. Doc removed object & prescribed ointment.
EE was cutting a conveyor belt for a splice with a razor knife. At the end of the cut the knife slipped off the belt and contacted his knee, it made a small cut but due to the depth of the cut we decided he should o to Urgent care. We cleaned the cut and applied gauze & took him to Urgent Care where he received three stitches. He returned to work the next day.
WE WERE DRILLING HOLES IN BELTING THAT FIT AROUND GRIZZLY FEEDER. THE CUTTER TOOL WAS ACTING UP, NOT DRILLING HOLES LIKE IT NORMALLY DOES. EE GRABBED UTILITY KNIFE TO MAKE HOLES BIGGER. HE WAS HOLDING THE BELT STILL WITH HIS LEFT HAND. AS HE WAS CUTTING HOLES, THE KNIFE SLIPPED OFF AND CUT HIS LEFT HAND. 5 STITCHES REQUIRED.
CLEANING OFF TOP OF GRIZZLY AND PUSHED HOPPER OVER WITH A LOADER RESULTING IN 4 DAYS OF LOST CO PRODUCTION SENT FOR DRUG TEST, HAD DR EXAMS BOTTOM OF LEG MUSCLE.
EE CLAIMED HANDS HURTING AND SWELLED UP. HANDS SWELLED UP DUE TO RUNNING EQUIPMENT. (EE HAS HIGH SUGAR). SOMPANY IS DISPUTING THIS WC CLAIM.
OPERATOR WAS GOING DOWN RAMP INTO PIT, RIGHT SIDE BUCKET TOOTH CAUGHT OPERATOR STEER TO RIGHT SIDE. MACHINE PULLED ENOUGH TO THE RIGHT SIDE THAT IT SLOWLY WENT ONTO SIDE. NO DAMAGE TO MACHINE AND OPERATOR WAS WEARING SEATBELT. NO INJURIES.
EE WAS ROLLING BEARING HOUSING FOR 8 X 20 SCREENDRIVE. HOUSING FELL TO ONE SIDE AND CAME DOWN ONLEFT HAND, FRACTURING SMALL FINGER.