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Employee ruptured a tendon in his right shoulder while using a wrench to loosen a plug in the differential of a CAT 834 RTD.

The employee was repairing metal on a truck using a hammer and a punch. In the process of swinging the hammer, the employee missed the punch and struck his left index finger resulting in a fracture to the finger.

Employee was changing the teeth on a track hoe bucket. He missed his punch and struck the tooth with his hammer resulting in a steel sliver coming off the tooth and embedding in the skin of his right leg. The company physician removed the steel sliver and prescribed him an antibiotic for prevention of infection.

Employee suffered a laceration and a fracture to his left thumb when he struck it with a hammer while performing maintenance on an overburden drill.

Employee caught right index finger between a hammer handle and a metal tail light cover resulting in a laceration requiring 5 stitches. Employee was seen at ER and released to return to work with no restrictions.

Contractor employee was cutting cardboard template to install into a boom chord. The knife would not cut through. Contractor employee turned knife around, cutting towards him. The knife cut contractor employee's left thumb.

Employee tapped the end of a loader bucket pin with a pin hammer. He felt an object strike his finger. When he removed his gloves he saw a small cut. He treated the cut with a band-aid. A month later the wound wasn't healing properly, and An X-ray by the company physician revealed a small metal object embedded in his finger. Surgery on 05/20/05 removed a small metal object.

Employee was attempting to fill the hydraulic tank on a D11RCD. As the tank cap was too tight to remove by hand, employee attempted to remove the cap with a 12" crescent wrench via the cap prongs. While pushing on the cap prongs with the wrench, the prongs broke, causing emplyee to loose balance and fall to the ground, approximately 11'.

SPAD EE BAR SLIPPED OUT OF RAIL CAR DOOR LATCDH CAUSING EE TO FALL BACKWARDS LANDING WITH HIS FULL BODY WEIGHT ON HIS LOWER RIGHT LEG. COKING COAL BRIQUETTES THAT HAD SPILLED OUT OF THE CAR MA DE FOOTING LESS THEN DESIRATE.

EE WAS DOGGIN DOWN A PLATE TO BE WELDED ON THE BUCKET ABOVE HOIST TRUNNION. THE PLATE USED TO HOLD THE HYDRAULIC RAM WAS NOT WELDED ENOUGH FOR THE PRESSURE. EE WAS USING HIS INDEX FINGER TO CH ECK GAP IN THE PLATE. PLATE HOLDING RAM BROKE LOOSE CAUSING OTHER PLATE TO BOUNCE. FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN PLATES AND CUT.

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO STRAIGHTEN A BEN BRACKE USING A CLEVIS AS A HAMMER. EMLOYEE MISSED AND STRUCK HIS FINGER.

THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING METAL FENCH POSTS USING AMANUAL POST DRIVER WHEN THE DRIVER SLIPPED OFF THE POST AND DOWNWARD MOMENTUM OF THE DRIVER DRAGGED HIS LEFT THUMB ALONG TOP OF THE PO ST.

EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING A BUCKET TOOTH ON A CAT-992 LOADER. THE RETAINING RETAINER FOR THE TOOTH WAS BENT SO THE EMPLOYEE DECIDED TO TRY AND STRAIGHTEN IT. WHEN HE HIT IT WITH A HAMMER, THE RET AINER BOUNCED UP, STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE ABOVE THE RIGHT EYE.

THE RIGHT HAND WING SHROUD HAD FALLEN OFF OF DRAGLINE #1 BUCKET. TO REPLACE IT, THE TIP POINT ADAPTOR WEAR CAPS AND TIP ADAPTOR MUST BE REMOVED. THE TIP POINT WAS REMOVED AND THE BOTTOM FELL O FF, BUT THE TOP WEAR CAP WAS WEDGED WITH DIRT. THE EMPLOYEE HIT THE CAP, BREAKING LOOSE A STEEL FRAGMENT WHICH EMBEDDED IN HIS RIGHT SIDE. SURGERY TO REMOVE IT WAS NECESSARY.

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A PIECE OF WOOD TRIM.HE WAS HOLDING THE TRIM AND AN OPEN KNIFE IN HIS RIGHT AHND.WHILE PRESSING THE TRIM INTO PLACE WITH HIS LEFT HAND HIS LEFT HAND SLIPPED INTO HIS RI GHT HAND AND INTO THE OPEN KNIFE BLADE CAUSING A LACERATION TO HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER REQUIRING SUTURES TO CLOSE.

EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN ASSIGNED TO HELP CHANGE A BUCKET TOOTH. WHILE HAMMERING ON THE TOOTH TO LOOSEN IT, A SLIVER OF STEEL FLEW OFF AND IMBEDDED IN HIS LEFT FOREARM.

EMPLOYEE HAD BEN ASSIGNED TO PERFORM REPAIRS ON A SECTION OF ELECTRICAL CABLE.WHILE CUTTING THE UNCURED RUBBER INTO STRIPS USED TO VULCANIZE THE UTILITY KNIFE CAME UP OVER THE METAL GUIDE AND OUT THE TIP OF HER 2ND LEFT FINGER WHICH REQUIRED SIX STITCHES TO CLOSE.

EMP. WAS REMOVING A BEARING RETAINER ON A R-170 END PUMP. AS HE PROCEEDED TO HAMMER OUT HE RETAINER WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER AND PUNCH, EITHER THE HAMMER HANDLE HIT ON SOMETHIG OR HE MISSED, THE PUNCH AND STRUCK THE EDGE OF THE PUNCH WITH HIS FINGER, CAUSING A LACERATION.

EMPLOYEES WERE ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A RIDE STRUT PIN ON A REAR OF A RF-170.AS THE EMPLOYEE SWUNG THE 12 LB SLEDGE HAMMER IT GLANCED OFF THE PIN DRIVER AND STRUCK THE FELLOW MECHANIC IN THE HEA CAUSING A LARGE BUMP TO THE FOREHEAD.

WHILE REMOVING A NUT ON A STEERING CYCLINDER THE WRENCH SLIPPED HIS HAND STRUCK THE VEHICLE FRAME INJURING HIS RT HAND LITTLE FINGER

EMP WAS INSTALL3NG A BEARING ON A D-9 CAT. WHILE SETTING UP THE PRESS, HE FAILED TO SCREW THE ALL-THREAD ENTIRELY INTO THE PULLING OUT. WHEN PRESSURE WAS APPLIED THE ALL THREAD PULLED OUT OF T THE PULLING NUT2 ALLOWING THE HYDRAILIC RAM TO FALL ON HIS RIGHT HAND, BREAKING IT

EMPLOYEE WAS AT7EMPTING TO USE A PRY BAR TO MOVE A DRAGLINE HOIST SOCKET WEDGE INTO POSTION WHEN HE TWISTED AND RUPTURED A DISC IN HIS LOWER BACK.