Heartland MaterialsMetal/Nonmetal

Employee was opening the door to the crusher when EE opened the door too forcefully and crushed right hand between the door and the crusher frame.

Employee was removing a scraper from a belt when their left thumb became pinched between the scraper and the plate that held it in place. The weight of the scraper pinched their thumb. Left thumb is fractured. Employee has temporary limited use of their left hand.

Employee was dismounting from the top of a horizontal tank, to a ladder to climb down. The ladder's feet slipped, resulting in the employee falling to the ground. Employee was not knocked unconscious and otherwise refused medical treatment. After recurring headaches, medical treatment was sought 6 days after the incident occurred.

Employee holding an Air Hammer in right hand attempting to drive the bushing out of transmission linkage connection end that ee was holding in left hand. EE activated hammer and mashed left little finger between hammer and linkage end. Fractured left little finger.

EE & another EE was putting the trailer that contained the welder into the shop. The pickup that the trailer was hooked to died and would not start. EE got a floor jack to move the trailer on into the shop. The jack hit a crack between the shop floor and the landing the trailer dropped off the jack. Allowing the handle of the floor jack to come up and strike ee in the face.

Employee was ratcheting chain block to remove tubes from crusher. When pressure was applied to chain, chain broke and struck employee in the mouth.

Pulling self up on a feeder to oil it. Felt pain in the back.

Employee operating skid steer loader was removing conveyor parts from a van trailer. He unloaded seven pallets of conveyor parts, while unloading the eighth pallet, weighing 415 lb total, two conveyor parts (return under rollers) slid off the top and fell into the cab of the skid steer striking the employee's left hand.