On drill 304, drill crew was tripping out tooling and preparing to remove the drill bit. The bit had been welded to the collar and the driller was using a handheld grinder to cut through the welds. As the grinder broke thru the welds, the grinding disc failed and a fragment struck a the driller on the finger causing a laceration.
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Mostrando los 25Employee was pressure washing the inside of a centrifuge, when their foot slipped, and they cut their chin. Anti biotics were given for preventative measures. No stitches were required.
Employee was ripping with a D8 dozer and while backing up and looking behind them, the dozer caught a frost slab and bounced down causing pain in their neck. Was put on restricted duty for 3 shifts.
Lifting a check valve shell with the over head crane and was applying tension to the choker with EE's left hand when the choker shifted and pinched EE's left middle finger resulting in a laceration requiring 2 stitches.
Employee was using a grinder to remove an old pipe. The cutting wheel got bound up, bounced back and cut EE left palm causing a laceration which required 8 stitches.
Employee was holding a piece of plastic while partner cut the plastic with a circular saw. A piece of plastic bounced under safety glasses and scratched employee's eye. Employee was given a prescription eye drop. Returned to work that day.
Had an employee reaming in drill rods to the bottom of the drill hole, when he thought the drill rods were at the bottom the employee unchucked the head. Which caused the water swivel to go down and pinch his hand in between the swivel and the head.The helper then locked out and tagged out the rig.The two then drove to hospital to have his hand looked at.
Employee was greasing a shovel when a crack formed in a valve causing grease to enter the skin on his right index finger. Medical treatment was required and employee placed on restricted duty.
The victim had his hand crushed when the supervisor mistakenly thought he was signaled to raise the drill pipe. When victim notified the driller to stop the accent, the sudden deceleration caused the pipe to fall out of pipe sling coming down and crushing the victim's hand between pipe and the hog trough.
While operating the crane, the employee turned off the heater disconnect switch and when he pulled down on the switch his hand contacted part of the disconnect box resulting in a laceration on his hand. He recieved 7 stitches on his left hand.
Using an impact wrench and socket broke causing a cut on the employee's right palm. Required 4 stitches. Returned to work the following day.
The employees' partner was grinding close by and some particles got in his eyes. The following day he thought he might still have something in his right eye. Evaluated at clinic and no particle found. An antibiotic for preventative purposes was prescribed.
Removing bolts with an impact wrench and felt a pain in lower back. Has been given full duty, however he did receive epidural steroid injections several months later.
Employee was removing old conduit with a four inch hand held grinder. While attempting to adjust the guard he contacted the grinding wheel. This resulted in a laceration to the right index finger. Employee received three stitches. Employee did not miss work.
While installing a new crusher liner on the crusher mantle, employee placed his left hand between the crusher and the mantle to verify the tolerance distance. The employee was holding the overhead crane remote in his right hand and accidentally pressed the control button which shifted the crusher liner resulting in a broken left index finger with lacerations.
Employee was using an impact wrench to remove nuts from the ball mill bolts. He was bent over and when he reached to his left he felt his right knee pop. Doctor felt it was just a strain on first visit. It was later diagnosed as a torn meniscus. Employee had his knee scoped on 7/9/07 for repair. First shift missed was 7/9.
Employee using a 9" grinder, grinder touched the ground and bounced up contacting his left wrist. Guard was in place. Grinder caused a small laceration which required a few stitches. Employee returned to work the same day.
Employee was working around an HDPE pipe fusion machine and caught his lower legs in a pinch point. Employee received a swelled left knee and a contusion to the left leg. He has been taken off work until the contusion reduces.
Employee was in the process of greasing mgna-torque on shovel 818 with grease gun. He pinched his finger between the handle and tube causing a laceration to the left middle finger requiring sutures.
Employee over exerted himself while cranking and pulling down on the rod mill charger. He felt a sharp pain in his lower abdomen. He was taken to medical care where it was diagnosed as a groin strain. Employee missed his next shift making it a reportable.
While changing clip on conveyor belt, employee's right hand was lacerated. He was holding the bottom half of the clip, when the drill bit struck his hand. The bit tore the skin. Employee went to Express care and received 3 sutures and returned to work with no restrictions.
Employee was cleaning out the #3 dust collector dropoint. An area above the dropoint was plugged with fine wet material. He put the left hand up to clear the material. Forgot about moving parts and misjudged the distance clearing so tip of finger was lacerated in the rotary vein feeder. Taken to E.R. for sutures, making this reportable.
Burning off old oily rusty bolts on a screen. I was repairing and metal splashed back at me, went between cutting googles and safety glasses.
EE WAS USING A HAND GRINDER TO DEBURR GEAR SPLINES ON A BULL GEAR, PARTICLES BLEW INTO RT EYE. THIS WAS NOT A DIRECT SPRAY INTO THE EYE, THE WIND HAD SWIRLED MATERIAL BELOW FACE SHIELD & SAFETY GLASSES. THERE WAS NOT AN IMMEDIATE EFFECT, BUT ON 3/18/04 EE WAS TAKEN TO EYE SPECIALIST. PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION WAS GIVEN DUE TO FOREIGN MATERIAL FOUND IN RIGHT EYE.
WHILE GRINDING SLAG OFF ANGLE IRON THE EE'S RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER TIP WAS INJURED. THE GRINDING WHEEL GRABBED THE WORK PIECE AND SLAMMED IT DOWN AGAINST THE FRAME AND BOTTOM OF THE WHEEL. EE'S RIGHT HAND WAS HOLDING UNDER THE WORK PIECE. EE WAS TAKEN TO E.R. X-RAYS WERE POSITIVE AND THE LACERATION WAS CLOSED WITH SUTURES.