Attempting to pull out the QI 441 that was stuck in the soft ground using an excavator and a cable that wasn't strong enough to handle. As I was taking the cable off the excavator, the tension of the broken cable jerked back and a metal piece sticking up caught my forearm.
Rock was lodged sideways in chute. After locking machine, employee attempted to move rock and it shifted catching employee's finger against the chute.
In the process of re-stacking a pallet, employee picked up a piece of rock and got a sharp pain in his shoulder near on collar bone on the left side. Sent home to rest. May have pulled or strained muscle at worse case. Will take one day off and return to work.
Rock broke off as employee was pushing on rock on rollers. His left side hit the guard/edge of the roller table.
We believe the employee is faking an injury as retaliation for being disciplined in order to avoid being terminated.
Rock was being split & fell on top of worker's left hand
As employee was grabbing rocks to stack on the pallet, his right hand was hit with another rock approximately 4"" long.
Employee was wrapping pallets; moved to other side of pallet to finish wrapping pallet when rock debris was thrown by another employee & hit the injured employee in the head.
Bucket of forklift was full of rock when driver lifted bucket too high and rock dislodged and hit his left leg.
Personal Injury - Hyperextension of Left Elbow. Employee was moving rock on rollers at Chopper; rock suddenly stopped causing left elbow to hyperextend. Came to office where injury was iced; taken to hospital for determination of extent of injury. Doctor placed him on 7 days of light duty.
Employee was using a hand held rock hammer to chip edges of stone when he mis-swung hammer and hit left thumb. Unable to bend thumb inward. Took employee to emergency room at nearest hospital diagnosis ""contusion"". Employee was released by hospital to return to work that day. Degree 10 injury per Barbara at MSHA Office of Injury per phone call on 12/22/06.
Got his finger smashed between rock & the tray on rock chopper.
Ee was walking back to chopper from water bucket. He walked in between chopper II & chopped rock pile. Bent down to pick up hydrolic lid on ground & the man on back of chopper turned & threw a piece of chopped rock towards pile. It hit ee in the side of hard hat & on cheek. Stitches required in cheek.