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An EE was assisting a welding with grinding operations on equipment. Shortly after the work was conducted, the employee experienced irritation in the right eye. EE was seen in a clinic and it was determined that no foreign object was present in the eye, but EE did have an abrasion. The employee was prescribed antibiotic ointment to address the irritation.

Employee was using a Grinder to cut flat stock backing strip, had both hands on the grinder when the grinder kicked back and EE's left hand slipped and cut EE's left index finger. Strip was on the ground when cutting.

Employee was setting the brake on machine, the holding clamp was in the upright position. The Cutter head moved into the open clamp causing the clamp to fall striking employee's right hand on the middle and ring finger breaking the tip of the middle one and lacerating the middle and ring finger that required stitches.

Employees had rigged up four (4) Liners with separate rigging to hoist out of the hopper. One of the liners came taut with the crane earlier than the others which rotated the liner that hit the employee's ankle.

Temp worker setting up modular trailer. Using a circular saw while kneeling on ground when ground gave a little and the saw kicked back & cut right index finger.

Employee was removing bolts on cutting edges of a loader with an impact wrench while attempting to hold the nut with his left hand resulting in a laceration to his left palm.

Loading drill pipe to advance hole, ee attached a drill sling to two different rods. He realized the problem and signaled the driller to stop. The driller immediately stopped and began to lower that rod. When the tension released, the rod fell. EE tried catching the falling drill rod. The force of the falling drill rod, fractured ee left four fingers on impact.

The employee was holding a bolt in place using a hammer, while another worker was using an impact wrench to loosen the nut on a bolt, when the employee slipped off of the bolt head letting the bolt drop down while the impact wrench was spinning the nut off the bolt. The bolt pushed down when he slipped and was spinning contacting the employees thumb cutting through his gloves.

While the dozer was pushing the windrow down the 2:1 slope, the operator backed up to catch the next windrow, a rock was buried out of sight. When the dozer climbed over it, dozer started to slide sideways & due to nature of the slope, the dozer rolled over. The operator suffered a laceration to his head & was taken to the hospital. Received staples to close the laceration.

A Maintenance mechanic was cutting the rear frame of a pickup truck using an oxy/acetylene torch. As he cut the frame, he cut into the gas lines that lead to the gas tank. The tank pushed fire out of the inlet port inflicting first degree burns on his right hand. He as not wearing welding gloves only cotton/leather mixed (regular work glove).

An employee was air arcing a piece of wear iron out of a chute, when the iron shifted and cut his right forearm.

On 4/20/05, an employee was tramming a drill in the pit, when he drove over a rock jarring his back. He did not want to seek medical treatment at that time. In June he stated he wanted to see a physcian. He was referred to a back specialist and on August 17th 2005 he had a minor back procedure performed.

The employee was grinding on a loader bucket, when he recieved flying debris in his left eye.

WHILE STANDING NEAR A TRUCK LOOKING AT A LOAD, THE LEFT SIDE OF AN EZ-LIFT SNAPPED AND HIT HER IN THE BACK.

EE WAS CLEANING THE MUD BUILDUP IN THE CHUTE, HE WAS TENDING THE AIR HOSE TO THE AIR CHIPPER. HE SAW THE FROZEN MATERIAL (11' X 2 1/2' APPX.) COMING DOWN TOWARD HIM AND TRIED TO MVOE OUT OF TH E WAY. THE MATERIAL CAME DOWN AND FEACTURED HIS ARM.

EE USING CUTTING TORCH IN RIGHT HAND, CUTTING A CRUSHER MANTLE. WHEN HE MOVED THE TORCH ACROSS THE MANTLE IT CAME IN CONTACT WITH HIS LEFT GLOVED HAND. BLOWING A HOLE IN THE GLOVE AND CAUSING A SECOND DEGREE BURN ON HIS PALM.

EMPLOYEE AND COWORKER WERE REMOVING AN APRON FEEDER GEARBOX ASSEMBLY WHEN A 1/2" EYEBOLT USED INTHE RIGGING FAILED DUE TO OVERLOAD AND BEING PULLED AT AN ANGLE. THE SUSPENDED LOAD FELL, STRIKING BASE PLATFORM, BOUNCED AND STRUCK WORKDECK. ASSEMBLY TOPPLED OVER, STRIKING EMPLOYEES CHEST AND THEN PINCHED HIM BETWEEN THE ASSEMBLY AND STEEL POST.

EE WAS TIGHTENING BOLTS ON WEAR IRON INSTALLATION WITH ONE-INCH IMPACT WRENCH, WHEN WRENCH JUMPED OFF BOLT STRIKING EE'S FOREHEAD JUST ABOVE LEFT EYE. EE RECEIVED STITCHES FOR CLOSURE AND WAS RELEASED TO FULL DUTY.

EE WAS CHECKING ALTERNATOR VOLTAGE WITH A METER ON 16 G CAT ROAD GRADER. HE ASKED CO WORKER TO FAST IDLE THE ENGINE. THE 16 G GRADER LAUNCHED FORWARD UPSETTING THE EE FROM HIS POSITION SITTING ON REAR TIRE CAUSING HIS RIGHT HAND TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE ENGINE COOLING FAN BLADE. EE RECEIVED SEVERE LACERATION TO PALM AND FRACTURED METACARPALS 1 & 2.

EE RAISED HIS WELDING HOOD AND WHILE CHIPPING SOMETHING ENTERED UNDER HIS LEFT EYE LID. THERE WAS NO PARTICLES EMBEDDED INTO THE EYE, BUT DR GAVE THE EE PRESCRPITION MEDICAITON.

EE WAS INSTALLING SEALS ON A EQUIALIZER BAR OF A CAT 10N DOZER. HE WAS USING A 100 TON AIR JACK WAS EXTENDED AND IT HAS A GROOVE IN THE RAM OF THE JACK WHICH KEEPS THE RAM ALIGNED WITH THE JAC K HOUSING. THRU NORMAL WEAR THE CORNER OF THE GROOVE HAVE BECOME RAZOR SHARP. THE EE NEEDED A TROUBLE LIGHT RELOCATED AND WAS REACHING AROUND THE BACK SIDE OF THE JACK WHEN HIS LEFT INDEX FIN

EMPLOYEE STATES: HE WAS WORKNG BEHIND CO-WORKER WHO WAS AIR-ARCING. EMPLOYEE DID NOT SEEK ATTENTION UNTIL 04-26-95. AT THIS TIME, DOCTOR PRESCRIBED DROPS FOR BOTH EYES. ALSO, THE EMPLOYEE DID NOT NOTE AN INJURY ON HIS TIME CARD OR TELL HIS SUPERVISOR.

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO FREE MATERIAL THAT BRIDGED IN THE JAW CRUSHER EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK IN THE FACE BY THE TOE PLATE OF A DEVICE USED TO FREE THE BRIDGED MATERIAL.

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS STANDING BY THE FUEL NOZZLE OF THE LUBE TRUCK WHEN THE NOZZLE HAD MALFUNCTIONED AND OVERFILLED THE TANK ON HIS 777 CAT TRUCK. SOME OF THE OVERFILL SPLASHED INT O HIS EYES.

SLAG STUCK TO SKIN WHICH TURN TO INFECTION.

EE STATES: WHILE WELDING, STRUCK ARC AND SPARK WENT UNDER HELMET AND UNDER GLASSES INTO LEFT EYE.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING THE DRILL WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS FINGER IN THE ATTERNATOR PULLEY.

EMPLOYEE WAS JACK HAMMERING AT #1 UNDER SIZE CHUTE,WHEN HE SMACKED HIS FOREARM ON THE CHUTE.

EVERY TIME WE RECHUCKED RUN DRILL HEAD UP FOR ANOTHER BITE AT A TIME RODS WOULD BLOW UP OUT OF THE HOLE RAISE UP 2 OR 3FT SO EE THIS TIME WAS ATTEMPTING TO HOLD STEEL RODS FROM RAISING UP BY P ALCING A 24IN PIPE WRENCH ON THE RODS BEFORE RELEASING HYD CHUCK THIS WAY HE COULD PUSH DOWN ON THE 24IN PIPE WRENCH & HODL THE RODS FROM COMING UP BUT INSTEAD RODS DROPPED TAKING THE 24IN PI

WHILE WELDING HOT SLAG FELL INTO INNER EAR CANAL.

WHILE REMOVING WINDSHIELD FROM A CO PICK-UP WITH AN ELECTRIC HOT KNIFE THE KNIFE SLIPPED OUT OF EMPLOYEES HAND SUDDENLY & LACERATED EMPLOYEES LEFT INDEX FINGER EMPLOYEES RECEIVED EIGHT SUTURES S IN FINGER

WHILE GRINDING THE END THREAD OFF OF A PIECE OF 3/8 INCH METAL PIPE, A CO-WORKER WALKED UP AND SLAPPED THE INJURED EMPLOYEE ON THE SHOULDER CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE'S HAND TO GO INTO THE GRINDING WHEEL, GRINDING HIS KNUCKLE DOWN TO THE BONE SEVERING TENDONS AND LIGAMENTS.

WHILE REPLACING TENSION SPRING ON DOZER TRACK EXCESSIVE LOWERING SPEED OCCURRED ON CRANE,CAUSING BACK SPRAIN/STRAIN IN LOWER BACK AREA.

I.NAME USING PORTABLE PROPANE WEED BURNER TO MELT ICE OFF CONVEYOR AT SCALPER SCREEN AND APPLIED HEAT FROM NIP SIDE OF BENDOVER PULLEY.THE TORCH WAS PULLED IN AT NIP POINT & FUEL CONTROL VALVE BUMPED R.THUMB AND JERK CAUSED STRAIN INJURY TOR.LOWER BACK.EMPL VIOLATED SUPV SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS NOT TO APPLY HEAT AT NIP SIDE OF PULLEY.

WELDING WEAR PLATE ON DOZER BLADE AND PARTNER'S ARC WELDING FLASH PENETRATED BOTH EYES. A WELDING SCREEN WAS IN PLACE BETWEEN THE TWO WELDING AREAS AND SOMEHOW THE SCREEN SHIFTED EXPOSING THE FLASH TO I NAME. FOUR MECHANICS WERE WELDING AT THE SAME TIME.

EMPLOYEE WAS H ELPING TO REMOVE ROCKS FROM THE PRIMARY JAW. HE GRABBED THE HOIST CABLE AS THE ROCKS WERE BEING LIFTED. HIS FINGER WAS ENTRAPPED IN THE SHEAVE AND HOIST CABLE.

USING CUTTING TORCH PIECE OF STEEL PLATE FELL ON LEFT TOE.SAFETY SHOES NOT USED.

POSITIONING SAFETY BLOCK UNDER DOZER BLADE ARMS WHILE ANOTHER EMPL LOWERED BLADE.LEFT THUMB WAS ON TOP OF BLOCK WHEN BLADE ARM WAS RESTED ON BLOCK OF WOOD.

HE WAS TRYING T2 REMOVE A ROCK FROM THE JAW CRUSHER WITH A CRANE. HE WAS HOLDING ONTO THE CABLE WHEN THE CABLE SNAPPED, HITTING HIS THUMB.

POSSIBLE METAL 0ELL INTO EYE WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING OR WELDING ON EQUIPMENT.

BAD BRUISE TO R3GHT LEG BELOW KNEE WHILE WELDING ON SHAKER.

EMPLOYEE WAS WO9KING ON 7 FT CONE CRUSHER BOWL TO REMOVE OLD LINER HE WAS USING A 1 IN AIR M-PACT TO REMOVE SOME BOLTS THE 3/8 IN FITTING GOING INTO THE BACK OF THE M-PACT BROKE ALLOWING THE AIR LINE TO FL2 AROUND STRIKING EMPLOYEE ABOVE LEFT EYE

EMP ALLEGED WHI5E CUTTING WEAR STRIPS OFF THE DEMAG SHOVEL BUCKET HE WAS STRUCK IN THE RT INDEX FINGER WHEN THE WEAR STRIP WAS CUT LOOSE. THE WER STRP WAS UNDER TENSION AND SPRANG BACK 3 TO 4 INCHES 3

WAS IMPACTING I3 THE CORNER THERE WAS A NUT THAT WAS HARD TO GET TRIED BUT THE IMPACT GUN GOT OFF THE NUT AND SPUN AROUND AND HIT HIS ELBOW AGAISNT THE BEAM

SLAG FROM WELDI3G WENT INSIDE LEATHER SLEEVE AND BURNED LEFT ELBOW

APPARENTLY THE 4HIP LINE TWO BLOCKED SNAPPING THE BALL AND FALLING 30 YDS STRIKING THE MAN ON , E HEAD KNOCKING HIM TO THE GTOOUND, OFF THE SWITCHGEAR

SKILLSAW BECAME3PINCHED IN BETWEEN 2 PIECES OF LUMBER AND BACKED OUT BITING I.NAME RIGHT LEG.

EMPLOYEE ALLEGE8 THAT WHILE USING ANGLE GRINDER TO GRIND ON UNDERSIDE OF A DOZER BLADE THE GRINDER SNAGGED ON A PIECE OF METAL CAUSING GRINDER TO BE JERKED OUT OF HIS HAND STRIKING HIS RT ARM ABOVE THE WRIS7 THE GUARD ON THE GRINDER HAD BEEN REMOVED EARLIER