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EE was at the East Ridge shop helping take teeth off the 990 CAT loader with fellow employee and witness. Co-worker took a sledgehammer to beat the last tooth off the bucket that needed to be replaced. While beating the metal tooth with the sledgehammer, a piece of metal flew off and hit EE in the sternum area. EE received stitches.

Employee was cutting straps on a pallet of bulk bags when either the box cutter or the plastic strap cut the tip of the employee's finger.

Employee was prying gate/valve out of the cooler box with a pry bar. The twisting action caused a sharp pain in EE's mid back.

Employee was cutting an old hose off the refractory sprayer with a razor knife, the knife slipped and caused a laceration on employee's left index finger, requiring 6 stitches.

Employee was swinging a 20lb sledge hammer almost horizontally to drive a pin out of an excavator when he felt a sharp pain in his left upper arm/shoulder: was diagnosed in the ER as a bicep tendon tear.

Employee was loosening a nut with the torque wrench, he tapped it with a 10 lb sledge hammer and the nut and wrench came loose, striking left middle finger which caused a less than 1 inch laceration, requiring 4 stitches.

Employee was prying on mill bearing to get the mill to seat, the pry bar slipped and he felt his right hip pop: Resulted in sprained hip.

Employee was moving incoming plate metal to storage racks, when he set the metal against the roll machine to re-position the plate clamp, the clamp had apparently not fully released and had just enough grab to tip the metal over as it released when raised by the bridge crane. Two metal plates fell over onto the employee causing pain and bruising

Employee was working in the #6 tunnel at East Ridge. While standing on a 4 ft. step ladder, using a piece of 10 ft. pencil rod to un-choke the #2 hopper, he felt a pop in his left shoulder. Physician diagnosis is shoulder pain; to-date, the employee has been given two weeks of light-duty.

Employee was crawling under the six-wheeler to check a rear tire when his flashlight fell striking him in the right eye. The contusion resulted in blood pooling in the eye causing temporarily impaired vision which required prescription drops and monitoring.

Employee was tightening the East Ridge dryer door with a wrench, he pulled back on the wrench and felt a pain in the left side of neck.

Employee was cutting 3/8 conveyor belt when his hand slipped causing laceration to the back of his left hand between thumb and wrist that required five (5) stitches.

EE was assembling bulldozer blade for a D10T. Used chains to form rigging for the pusharm. Chain slipped and caught ee's hand on chain hook, causing laceration to middle finger. Required 3 stitches to close.

Employee was brushing dirt off a stainless steel plate to weld a cover over a hole. His hand caught a corner of the hole and the edge of the stainless steel plate cut through his glove into his finger. He sustained a minor laceration to his right index finger.

Using 70lb sledge hammer inside 5' diameter mill, felt pull in lower abdomen. Did not seek treatment until 3/07/2008; Diagnosis: inguinal hernia. Did not recieve treatment until 3/18/2008.

While putting cutting egdes and teeth onto 988 loader using sledge hammer and drive pins to remove old teeth an airborne particulate went under safety glasses and into left eye.

While using a hammer to knock off a bearing, either a piece of the bearing or a piece of the hammer struck him in the left forearm just above the wrist.

While using a pry bar to pry a mill liner back in place - the liner moved pinching thumb on left hand.

Pinched finger while removing parking brake assembly from loader causing fracture to index finger on right hand.

WHILE REPAIRING A WATER LEAK IN THE FLOAT, TWISTED A PIPE THAT WAS CONECTED TO A HOSE, WITH A PIPE WRENCH. WHEN THE HOSE BROKE LOOSE, THE EXCESS OF AN OVERSIZED CLAMP CUT LEFT THUMB.

EE WAS USING A C-CLAMP TO PRESS A WEAR PLATE AGAINST THE BLADE OF A D9 DOZER. THE CLAMP HAD A LOT OF PRESSURE ON IT - WHEN HE REACHED UP TO RELEASE THE CLAMP IT POPPED OFF. THEN HE JERKED HIS HEAD OUT OF THE WAY, HIS HARD HAT CAME OFF & THECLAMP HIT HIM ON TOP OF THE HEAD.

KNIFE SLIPPED AFTER CUTTING SPLICE IN CONVEYOR BELT.

REMOVING SHOVAINGS FROM AROUND HUB ON LATHE.

UNSCREWING CAP ON TOP OF MILL RETURN SCREW HOUSING, CAP WAS CROSS THREADED, TAPPING BOLT WITH HAMMER ON CAP FLANGE, HAMMR SLIPPED AND STRUCK LITTLE FINGR ON RIGHT HAND.

TAKING A SAMPLE AND GOT DUST IN EYE.

MASHED MIDDLE FINGER RIGHT HAND DRIVING A SLEVE IN A BUCKET.

WAS TIGHTENING THE ALTERNATOR BELT WITH A BR AND THE BAR SLIPPED HITTING ME IN THE NOSE. HAD TO HAVE STITCHES IN NOSE.

EE AND ANOTHER EE WERE REPLACING THE BRAKE CYLINDER ON A R-50 EUCLID TRUCK. THE TRUCK WAS ON A JACK IN PLACE, BUT SOME PRESSURE WAS ON THE JACK. EE WAS HOLDING THE ADJUSTING MECH. WITH HIS FIN GER AND THE LIGHT CORD HIT THE VALVE ON THE JACKCAUSING IT TO DROP, CATCHING EE'S FINGER UNDER THE MECH. HAD TO HAVE RT INDEX FINGER REMOVED AT FIRST JOINT.

WAS CUTTING CARDBOARD BOX FROM BOTTOM WITH A KNIFE WHLE ANOTHER PERSON WAS CUTTING ON TOP OF BOX. THEY MET AT THE CORNER AT THE SAME TIME ANDCUT INDEX FINGER.

WAS PUTTING HOSE CLAMP ON LOWER RADIATOR HOSE. THE CLAMP WAS NEW AND AS HE WAS TRYING TO GET IT ON CUT HIS INDEX FINGER ON RIGHT HAND. EVIDENTLY THE CLAMP HAS A SMALL SHARP EDGE.

EE WAS CUTTING A WIRE TIE OFF OF ELECT CABLE AND THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT INDEX FINGER ON LEFT HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS IN #6 TUNNEL AND WAS USING A HAMMER TO VIBRATE THE HOPPER TO GET THE FEED TO FALL WHEN THE HAMMER SLIPPED AND HIT HIS ARM AND PUSHED IT INTO THE HOPPER.

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF EXTRACTOR BELT AND AFTER MAKING TWO CUTS ON BELT HE LOST HIS BALANCE, SLIPPED SOME AND CUT HIMSELF JUST BELOW THE LEFT THUMB.

EMPLOYEE HIT COUPLING WITH HAMMER AND A PIECE OF METAL GOT INTO EYE.

A LARGE ROCK WAS HUNG IN THE JAW CRUSHER AND EMPLOYEE TRIED TO BREAK THE ROCK BY USING A WEDGE. THE WEDGE POPPED OUT AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE A GLANCING BLOW TO THE FOREHEAD REQUIRING 11 STITCHES.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING ICE FROM UNDER ROLLERS ON CAT WHEN A PIECE OF THE ROLLER CHIPPED OFF, HITTING HIM ON INSIDE OF HIS RIGHT THIGH. METAL IS STILL IN HIS LEG.

WORKING ON SHOVEL TRYING TO LOOSEN BOLTS JERKED RATHCET HANDLE AND FELT SEVERE PAIN IN LOWER BACK HE WENT TO DR HAS PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK

EMPL WAS TRYING TO LINE UP HOLES IN STEEL BEAM WITH SPUD WRENCH WHEN WRENCH SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO HIT PIECE OF ROOFING METAL & CUT BACK OF LEFT ARM NEAR ELBOW REQUIRING THREE STITCHES.

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON CERAMIC GRATE IN FLUID BED WHILE USING SLEDGE HAMMER TO KNOCK OUT AN ADJOINING SECTIO OF GRATE WHEN A PIECE OF SECTION HE WAS STANDING ON GIVES AWAY. HE FELL TO LOWER LEVEL AND LANDED ON HIS RIGHT ANKLE AND LEG.

WHILE EMPL WAS WORKING ON AIR SEPARATOR SHAFT FELL ON LEFT FOOT WHEN CHAIN HOIST SUDENLY SLIPPED DOWNWARD. BROKE FOOT & WILL BE OUT FOR AT LEAST FIVE TO SIX WEEKS.

PICKED UP SLEGE3HAMMER AND STARTED TO BEAT DISCHARGE SHUT AND BACK STARTED HURTING

REMOVING SHIMS 0ROM BEARING SPACER & CO-WORKER RELEASED JACK CATCHING EMPLOYEE'S LEFT FINGER BETWEEN BEARING BASE AND SHIM.

EMPLOYEE REACHE8 ACROSS CONVEYOR TO CUT A PIECE RUBBER AND POCKETKNIFE FOLDED CLOSED WHILE DO SO AND RECEIVED A CUT ACROSS LEFT PALM. HE REQUIRED SEVEN STITCHES.

PUSHING A LOADED PALLET TO TRUCK WHEN IT STUCK ON A BEAM, EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO LIFT EDGE OF PALLET WITH A 3\ BAR AND STRAINED LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS BINDING DOWN STACK OF PALLETS ON TRUCK AND WHILE TIGHTENING BINDER WITH 18IN PIPE THE PIPE SLIPPED OFF AND THE BINDER STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON THE CHIN UNDER LOWER LIP CAUSING SOME TEE TH TO BE KNOCKED LOOSE & LACERATION TO LOWER LIP REQUIRING SOME STITCHES