GARWOOD PLANT Metal/Non-Metal

The employee was stepping down off the ladder and slipped grabbing the handrail to break fall. This wrenched the employee's shoulder causing an injury. Oily residue was identified on the ladder.

Technician was removing parking brake assembly from excavator final drive. Tech used a hydraulic press to release parking brake. When tech went to remove snap ring retaining brake piston, piston blew out of housing, piston contacted tech nose and injury resulted in fracture and stitches.

Employee was using an extension ladder in order to patch a hole on the sand screw chute. Ladder shifted and employee fell about 6ft on his right foot and broke heel bone on his foot.

Two employees were relocating a plastic water line in the field. One employee was on the ground directing the other employee in the loader. When the loader moved, the plastic pipe shifted striking the employee on the ground in the chest. He was taken to the local Hospital for observations.

Employee was changing bucket teeth on dragline, the weather was windy and his eye started to water, he rubbed his eyes with his sleeve and a particale went into his eye. He flushed his eye at the site and went to the clinic for observation.

Picked up cable loop to attached to pin on loader when small piece of wire punctured into employees left little (pinky) finger.

Doing Maintenance on screen replacing bearing housing, holding wrench on nut to back up while tightening bolts. When pulled wrench off nut, wrench struck employee on tooth chipping tooth.

WHILE CUTTING STEEL CABLE ON GROUND, PIECE OF CABLE CAME LOOSE AND STRUCK EE ON HIS LOWER LIP. CAUSING LACERATION TO HIS LIP.

WHILE REMOVING DRAG CABLE FROM DRUM TUGGER, CABLE CAME LOOSE STRIKING LEFT EYE WITH FORCE & THE TRAUMA CAUSED IMMEDIATE LOSS OF VISION. EYE SURGICALLY REMOVED. MEDICAL LOST TIME.

USING KNIFE TO CUT CONVEYOR BELT. KNIFE SLIPPED AND LACERATED 4TH FINGER (PINKY) KNUCKLE.

EE SLIPPED AND FELL ON PIPE AND BROKE TWO RIBS

WHILE EE WAS MOVING A PIECE OF IRON, HE SET IT DOWN ON HIS THUMB.

BRAKE BAND SLID OFF OF PICK UP, PINCHING FINGER.

EMPLOYEE WAS ON DRAGLINE WHEN HE SLIPPED AND HIT HIS RIGHT KNEE.

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND SPRAINED LUMBAR.

EE WAS UNLOADING TRUCK WHEN BOOM CRANE SWUNG AROUND HITTING EE'S LEG.

WHILE OPERATING A DUMP TRUCK, A ROCK BROKE BACK WINDOW CAUSING GLASS TO FLY INTO EYE.

WHILE EE WAS GRINDING FOREIGN METALLIC BODY FLEW INTO EYE.

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING, FOREIGN BODY FLEW INTO EYE.

EMPLOYEE WAS WASHING A RADIATOR, WHEN HE SLIPPED AND HURT HIS RIBS.

EMPLOYEE BUMPED HIS HEAD ON A BARREL.

FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN PIPE AND BOARD.

EE WAS GRINDING WHEN HE LOST GRIP OF THE GRINDER AND IT HIT HIS CHIN.

EMPLOYEES WERE MOVING MUD BALLS WHEN ONE EMPLOYEE WAS HIT IN THE FACE BY ONE MUD BALL.

EE PUT HIS FINGER CLOSE TO MOVING BELTS AND TORE SKIN OFF.

EE WAS PUTTING A SPACER IN A DRAGLINE TRACK AND HIT HIS FINGER WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER.

LIFTING CUTTING EDGE FOR LOADER BUCKET STRAINED BACK

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING HOIST CABLE ON LOWERED BOOM,WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL.

EMPLOYEE ALONG WITH ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE CARRYING A SCREEN

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING HOOD BACK ON LOADER, THE HOOD SLIPPED AND FELL ON HIS FINGER.

EMPL COMPLAINED OF SORENESS TO RIGHT ARM.

DRIVING DJB BUMPED KNEE

EMPLOYEE FELT PAIN IN ARM WHILE MOWING LAWN AT HOME. HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR AND THE DOCTOR SAID THE PAIN COULD HAVE COME FROM OPERATING A LOADER AFTER A PERIOD OF TIME.

WHILE CHANGING BEARINGS ON TAIL PULLEY, EMPLOYEE FELL AND BRUISED RIGHT FOOT.

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES TO HAVE SLIPPED AT WORK AND FELL ON SHOULDER. HE DID NOT REPORT TO MANAGEMENT OR CO-WORKERS. FOUR HOURS LATER HE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM COMPLAINING OF SEVERE PAIN . WE ARE DOUBTFUL THAT THIS ACCIDENT IS WORK-RELATED.

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING WHEN SMALL METAL FOREIGN FLEW INTO RIGHT EYE

DROPPED BAG OF SAND AND SQUEEZED FOE BETWEEN BAG AND FLOOR.

EE OPENED RADIATOR CAP AND HOT WATER STEAM BURNED HIS STOMACH CHEST.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING METAL COVER WHEN IT FELL ON HIS FOOT.

WHILE CHANGING WIRE SCREEN IN PLANT, EMPLOYEE STRUCK A WIRE INTO HIS HAND.

EMPL WAS ASSISTING INMOVING A PIECE OF IRON HE PLACED A CHAIN AROUND THE IRON AND WHEN THE IRON WAS BEING LOWERED HIS HAND WAS MASHED BETWEEN IRON AND GROUND

ELECTRICAL CONNECTION RUBBED THE INSULATION BETWEEN CONNECTION AND ELECTRICAL COVER CREATING AN ELECTRICAL SHORT CAUSING FIRE.

WHILE REMOVING CRANK SHAFT SEAL FROM LOADER A SCREW POPPED OFF AND HIT EMPLOYEE IN THE LEFT EYE

INJ STANDING DERRICK OF DRILL RIG AND CABLE CAME LOOSE ON DEAD END AND HIT INJ BEHIND HEAD JUST ABOVE NECK.