Employee was grinding overhead to re-attach a support ear that had broken off the crusher when a spark from the grinder entered his left eye. The employee was treated in ER and given prescription eye drops and pain medication. He was assigned to regular duty, no lost time from work and no permanent impairment expected.
2 Employees were attempting to re-attach a bypass chute on a screen plant with the assistance of 2 - 5' steel pry bars. When pressure was released on one bar, it caused the other to fall 48"" +/- onto one employee's foot, just missing the steel section of his boots resulting in a contusion/laceration of the right foot and broken second toe.
Pump used to fill water truck lost its prime. Employee was trying to remove the cap from the top of the pump to reprime it: pipe wrench slipped off and employee fell backwards onto the ground. Suffered a contusion to his left hip and elbow; Xrays show no broken bones. Restricted duty until Monday 09/20/10.
After unplugging the air classifier on the Crusher, employee climbed down and slipped, dropping about 1 foot. He struck his left rib cage against the rail alongside the feed conveyor. He has 3 broken ribs and was prescribed Vicodin as needed. He was wearing proper PPE with a harness and retractable lanyard.
EE WAS PERFORMING MAINTENANCE CHECK. AFTER DETERMINING, HE NEEDED ADDITIONAL TRANSMISSION FLUID, HE LAID DIPSTICK ON CATWALK AND BEGAN BACK AND DOWN STEPS OF LOADER IN FLUID WHEN HE MISSED A F STEP, FELL BACKWARDS STUMBLED AND HEAD WHIPPED BACKWARDS HITTING TIRE OF LOADER PARKED BRUIDE THE ONE LACERATION TO BACK OF HEAD REQUIRING STITURES.