Injury to employees left eye occurred when employee began to operate a hand held grinder with a wire cleaning wheel attached. The employee was injured when a piece of wire from the wire wheel came off and struck the employee in the left eye. Employee was not wearing safety glasses or a face shield while doing the task. Employee is expected to make a full recovery.
While loading conveyor on flatbed trailer the conveyor shifted while being lowered resulting in conveyor settling on his right foot.
WHILE REPLACING BEARING IN WHEEL SPINDLE, SPINDLE SLIPPED OFF PLATFORM LANDING ON LEFT BIG TOE. SPINDLE WEIGHS APPROXIMATELY 30-35 LBS.
USING AN UNSECURED STEP LADDER TO DISASSEMBLE A CRUSHER COMPONET THE LADDER SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER THE MINER CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO THE GROUND STRIKING THE LADDER WITH HIS RIGHT SIDE OF RIB CAGE AREA. ACUTE RIGHT 9TH RIB FRACTURE.
DRIVING IN HARDENED STEEL TRAIL PIN WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER, CHIP OF STEEL CAME OFF PENETRATING LEATHER GLOVE AND CUTTING LEFT WRIST.
DRIVE OVER A SOFT SPOT, WHILE DRIVING A TRUCK CAME OUT OF HER SEAT BELT AND BODY HIT THE DOOR OF THE TRUCK.
DRIVING A STUCK BOLT OUT OF SOCKET WHILE BEING HELD IN A VISE. USING INAPPROPRIATE TOOL FOR DRIVING BOLT. AFTER 3RD STRIKE A PULLY USED FOR AS HAMMERING DEVICE THE PULLY ROLLED OVER EXPOSI NG FINGER TO IMPACT
GETTING OUT OF DUMP TRK TO CHECK THE OIL ON HIS TRUCK, SLIPED ON STEP OF TRUCK FELL BACK TOWARD FUEL TANK CAP THEN FELL TO THE GROUND
WHILE OPERATING OVERHEAD CRANE (IN THE SHOP) SECOND CHAIN USED TO SECURE LOAD CAME UNFASTENED AND LANDED ON HIS HEAD.
GRINDING WHILE HE WAS LAYING ON HIS BACK. METAL DEFLECTED OFF EYEGLASSES INTO RIGHT EYE.
PROCESS OF CHANGING AN ATTACHMENT ON A BOBCAT. THE MECHANISM WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY BECAUSE OF A BUILDUP OF DIRT AND DEBRIS. THE HANDLE USED TO RELEASE THE ATTACHMENT DID NOT ENGAGE AND THE SPRING LOADED HANDLE CAME BACK AND JAMMED THE OPERATORS THUMB AGAINST THE BUCKET CAUSING INJURY.
PULLED RIGHT LOWER STOMACH MUSCLE WHILE CHANGING TIRE FROM DUMP TRUCK RESULTING IN INGUINAL HERNIA.
EE WAS SANDBLASTING UP UNDERNEATH TRUCK TRAILER BOY, LOST CONTROL OF SANDBLAST HOSE, SANDBLASTED HIS RIGHT WRIST.
CLIMBING DOWN LADDER ON LOADER CARRYING AIR CLEANER IN HIS RIGHT HAND WHEN HIS FOOT MISSED STEP ON LADDER CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH LEFT HAND ABOVE HIS HEAD PULLED MUSCLE IN LEFT SHOULDER & BACK