Employee was performing a belt splice, had a hand grinder in one hand and he was moving forward on the belt. The employee went to brace himself and hit the safety switch on the grinder powering the tool which cut his hand (7 stitches).
Employee was cutting welds to remove a cover plate to access the inside of a conveyor receiving box. Employee was using a grinder with a cutting wheel when the grinder kicked back striking and knocking off his hard hat and attached face shield. The wheel then struck the employees cheek causing a laceration from the edge of his lip to his cheek approximately 2.5 inches in length.
EE had a Threshold Hearing Shift. EE was originally tested on 6/14/13 and a shift was identified. He was re-tested on 8/29/13 and it was still present.
Employee was removing a guard in order to perform required maintenance. As he pulled on the guard to remove, it sprung back pinching his left pinky finger between the guard and the mounting bolt. Employee was wearing leather gloves.
Trespasser was found in vehicle on property.
EE complaced of knee inj. after holiday weekend.
MALFUNCTION OF THROTTLE CABLE ON 16H BLADE.
EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON ROCK WHILE WALKING ALONG FIELD CONVEYOR. JOBSITE FIRST AID AT FIRST, EE LATER REQUESTED A DR. TO CHECK-OUT HIS KNEE.
EE WAS OPERATING 631E SCRAPER, REMOVING AND TRANSPORTING OVERBURDEN MATERIAL. THE SCRAPER HIT A ROUGH AREA OF EARTHEN FILL, CAUSING EE TO BUMP HIS HARD HAT AGAINST THE SCRAPER CAB CEILING.
EMPLOYEE ALLEGEDLY WAS BUMPED EXTRA HARD BY A PUSH CAT DOZER. EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING CAT 631 SCRAPER REMOVING OVERBURDEN.
EE USING HAND-HELD POWER TOOL WITH WIRE BRUSH WHEEL. HE WAS CLEANING OLD METAL PARTS. EE WEAR ING SAFETY GLASSES AND FACE-SHIELD FELT SOMETHING IN HIS EYE WHILE DRIVING HOME AFTER SHIFT.
EE HANDLING PIECE OF STEEL WEAR PLATE IN A CONVEYOR FEED CHUTE WHEN THE PLATE DROPPED FROM ITS POSITION AND CUT EE'S FINGER. CUT REQUIRED 5 SUTURES.
EE OPERATING VOLVO ROCK TRUCK HAULING SAND WITHIN THE PLANT. HE REACHED OVER TO HIS RIGHT & TURNED ON A CAB FAN, THEN OPENED THE CAB'S RIGHT SIDE WINDOW. SOMETHING FLEW INTO HIS EYE EITHER FRO M THE FAN OR THE WINDOW.
WATER TRUCK DRIVER PULLED HIS WATER TRUCK UNDER WATER LOAD SPOUT TO FILL 3000 GALLON TANK. HE FELL 8 FEET TO THE GROUND.
EE WAS CHANGING A FITTING IN A ROCK CRUSHER OIL TANK. THE OUTER LID AND INNER LID WERE RAISED UP AND RESTING AGAINST THE BACK WALL. THE INNER LID WAS BUMPED BY ANOTHER LABORER AND THE LID FELL , STRIKING EE'S HAND THAT WAS POSITIONED ON THE EDGE OF THE TANK. EE RECEIVED SIC STITCHES IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS RIGHT PALM.
SCRAPER OPERATOR WAS HAULING MATERIAL INTO FILL AREA. OPERATOR WAS WEARING HARD HAT AND SEAT BELT. HE DROVE INTO FILL AREA AND WAS BUMPED UPWARDS CAUSING IMPACT WITH TOP OF CAB. AFTER MEDICAL EXAM IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE OPERATOR HAD A CERVICAL SPRAIN. RELEASED FOR WORK A WEEK LATER.
EE WATCHING REMOVAL OF LIMBS FROM TREE. TRIMMING OF BUSHES AND TREES REQUIRED FOR INSTALLATION OF NEW PERIMETER FENCING. TREES HAD BEEN CUT AND WERE ON GROUND. FOREMAN EE WAS STANDING BY TREE TRUNK WATCHING THAT CUT LIMBS CAME FREE. AN OLD ABANDONED POWER POLE GUY WIRE WAS SNAGGED BY LIMBS PULLING THE RULES OVER CONTACTING FOREMAN EE.
EE SMASHED HIS RT. LITTLE FINGER WHILE REMOVING PULLEY GUARD. MOVING PARTS WERE LOCKED OUT AND TAGGED. EE SMASHED FINGER ON GUARD.
EE USING 3/4"" DRIVE RACHET WITH A 4 FOOT CHEATER PIPE TO ADJUST BELT TENSION NUT. APPARENTLY HIS GRIP SLIPPED ALLOWING END OF PIPE TO STRIKE HIS FOREHEAD.
CHANGING SCREENS AT PLANT. WALKED OVER TO PICK UP A PIECE OF STEEL AND STRAINED HIS BACK. STRAINAPPARENTLY WAS FELT WHEN EE BENT OVER.
EMPLOYEE STEPPED FROM ONE ELEVATION TO ANOTHER, CAUSING A JARRING TO HIS LOWER BACK. EMPLOYEE HAD A PRE-EXISTING BACK/VERTEBRATE DEGENERATION.
EE CLIMBED ON HAND RAIL & PLACED HIS HAND ON A CONVEYOR FRAME NEAR A ROTATING HEAD PULLEY. A PIECE OF RUBBER SLAPPED THE BACK OF HIS HAND