Engineering & Operational Support Metal/Non-Metal

Removing bearing from loader frame. Track bar skipped off the bearing sidewall and into the bearing bore. Caught technician's left pinky finger between the track bar and loader frame. Partial amputation of pinky finger tip.

While driving the manlift into the pit, the manlift started coasting fast & veered off to the right. Driver overcorrected & the manlift came to an abrupt stop by hitting a snow bank next to a berm, throwing employee against the basket rail. EE then felt what EE thought may be a sprain in EE's wrist, yet continued working.

Miner was burnt while heating a bolt on a 980 cat loader. The loader was in a shop for complete rebuild.

Associate was climbing off of a tractor and stepped on something on the ground. Associate twisted his ankle due to the object on the ground.

Associate was stepping down from drill carrier cab onto the ground. He landed hard on his right heel. Experienced some discomfort at that time, but it did not bother him the rest of the day. The next day his heel was swollen and painful and he went to the doctor.

Associate was working on crane and got wedged between the engine and the frame while replacing a hydraulic line

Associate changing teeth on bucket of machine using small sledgehammer, when struck metal against metal, shard broke loose and lodged in his left arm.

While clearning roads for the new road around Bull Run for core drilling, Other EE had a tick get on him (around the belt area). He did not discover it until that evening at home. He was in a rental trac machine.

Assoc. dismounting excavator tracks to retrieve tools, using three-points of contact. Stepped to ground with left leg, felt knee pop.

Assoc. changing bucket to hammer machine - while removing pins and replacing pins - associate felt pain shoot thru left arm

Associate using sledgehammer to release a bearing on the 1311 Jaw crusher, missed smashed finger.

Strained back loading brush in pick-up truck

ASSOCIATED REMOVING TRANSMISSON FROM F450 WELDING TRUCK, LOWERING TRANS. STAND, TRANSMISSION ROLLED CATCHING RIGHT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN TRANSMISSION AND STAND.

ASSOCIATE WAS WORKING UNDER 980C LOADER WHICH WAS BEING REBUILT. HE ATTEMPTED TO EXIT FROM UNDER MACHINE, STOOD UP TOO SOON AND CUT HEAD ON EDGE OF LOADER FENDER.

ASSOCIATE CUTTING METAL W/TORCH, PIECE RICHOCHED OFF SOMETHING AND LODGED IN RIGHT EAR.

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING WEEDS AND WAS STUNG BY A YELLOW JACKET.

EMPLOYEE WAS GUIDING SUSPENDED FEEDBOX BACK INTOORIGINAL POSITION WHEN HIS HAND BECAME PINCHED BETWEEN THE PLATE STEEL AND 2 INCH ANGLE.

EE WAS UNLOADING FILE CABINET FROM A TRUCK & FELT MUSCLE PULL IN HIS BACK

EE WAS USING TORQUE MULTIPLIER TO LOOSEN BOLTS. CHECKED TO SEE IF MULTIPLIER WAS STILL UNDER TENSION. TENSION SUDDENLY RELEASED CAUSING RATCHET TO ROTATE IN REVERSE STRIKING EE'S THUMB

WHILE TIGHTENING BOLTS THAT HELD ROCK BREAKER HAMMER TOGETHER THE HANDLE OF THE TORQUE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF LETTING THE WRENCH FLY UP & HIT EE.

EE HAD HAMMER & WAS DRIVING A PIN BACKINTO THE BUCKET TOOTH WHEN THE HAMMER REFLECTED OFF AND HIT THE END OF THE BUCKET TOOTH. A PIECE OF METAL CAME OFF AND FLEW INTO HIS LEG.

EE WAS PRYING ON A METAL PLATE WITH A BAR WHEN THE BAR SLIPPED. HE LOST HIS BALANCE & FELL APPROXIMATELY 8-10' TO CONCRETE FLOOR.

EE WAS USING WIRE FEED WELDER. HE LAID FEEDER ACROSS HIS LEG, FEEDER SLIPPED & THE WIRE FROM THE FEEDER PUNCTURED OTHER LEG.

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING BLADES ON LAWNMOWER, THE BLADE CAUGHT HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

EE WAS REPAIRING BUSH-HOG. REMOVED A PIECE OF METAL FROM THE BACK OF IT AND AS HE PICKED THIS METAL UP, HE TURNED INCORRECTLY.

EE WAS GRINDING A WELD ON THE INSIDE OF CRUSHER WHEN A SMALL FRAGMENT OF STEEL WAS THROWN FROM GRINDING DISC AND EMBEDDED IN EYE. STEEL WAS KNEMOWED BY HOSITAL.

EE WAS WASHING DECK WHEN HOT WATER GOT INTO BOOT AND BURNT THE HOP OF HIS LEFT FOOT.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A BOLT WITH AN AIR WRENCH BOLT WAS RUSTY WHEN IT CAME LOOSE IT FLEW UP & HIT EMPLOYEE IN MOUTH BREAKING TOOTH OFF

54736YEE WAS DRILLING A BOLT OUT OF A PIECE OF STEEL. THE DRILL BIT LODGED CAUSING THE VISE GRIPS TO SLIP AND SPIN AROUND CAUSING CUTS TO THE THUMB AND RING FINGER OF THE LEFT HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING BRUSH FROM THE SIDE OF HILL. WHILE DRAGGING ONE OF THESE LOADS, EMPLOYEE PULLED A BACK MUSCLE.

EMPLOYEE WAS SKIPPING DOWN TO THE GROUND THE DECK OF THE LOWBOY TRUCK. HE FELT A TWINGE. EMPLOYEE AT FIRST THOUGHT THAT HE HAD ANOTHER KIDNEY STONE. DIDN'T REALIZE THAT HE HAD HURT HIS BACK. I NSURANCE GROUP IS GOING TO INVESTIGATE INJURY.

EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO PUT A PART INTO A CRAK THAT WAS TIED DOWN WITH THEN STEEL STRAPS. EMPLOYEE BRUISED HIS FINGER AGAINST ONE OF THOSE STRAPS, AND CUT LEFT LITTLE FINGER.

EMPLOYEE WAS TYRING TO STRAIGHTEN A BENT PIN.HE WAS USING A CHIESEL AND BALLPEEN HAMMER.WHEN HE HIT THE CHIESEL WITH THE HAMMER AND THE CHIESEL SPLINTERED OFF AND A PIECE LODGED IN HIS LEFT FO REARM.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A WATER TANK WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.HE CONTINUED TO WORK THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY THE BACK PAIN GOT WORSE. ON 09-17-90 CONSULTED WITH DOCTOR AND WAS SENT HIME FOR REMAINDER OF THE WEEK.

WHILE GIVING DIRECTIONS TO A CRANE OPERATOR INJURED STEPPED BACKWARDS ONTO A CINDER BLOCK.HE LOST HIS BALANCE,TWISTING HIS KNEE HE FELL TO THE GROUND.

REMOVING AIR/WATER SEPARATOR COMPRESSED AIR DISCHARGED PARTICLES OF RUST EMBEDDING THEM INTO HAND OF EMPL.

USING DISCGRINDER GRINDING ROUGH EDGE OF METAL ABOVE HEAD LEVEL ON WATER TRUCK TANK GRINDER HIT ROUGH SPOT AND KICKED BACK STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON LEFT UNDERSIDE OF FOREARM STITCHES WERE REQUIRE D.