GREBNER-OLESON PIT Metal/Non-Metal

Employee had muddy boots, and did not maintain 3 points of contact. Employee slipped and fell to ground while cleaning truck windows. Employee landed on back. Employee injured back.

Associate was shoveling rock off of our 30" silo belt. EE was going to go to break and started walking down the belt. As EE was walking down the belt, EE slipped and fell onto a metal chute. The associate landed on the right side rib cage, breaking four ribs. A contributing factor was that it had started to rain, which caused the belt to become slippery.

Associate was attempting to dispose of an air filter, from a 988 FE Loader, when ee went to lift it into the dumpster ee heard shoulder pop. Upon examination from a doctor it was determined that the injury was a torn rotator cuff requiring surgery to repair.

WHILE STEPPING UP INTO A TRACTOR THE EMPLOYEE'S LEFT HAND SLIPPED OFF THE HANDLE AND HE FELL BACKWARDS TO THE SHOP FLOOR. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CATCH HIMSELF HE INJURED HIS LEFT WRIST.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE CRUSHER HOPPER ATTEMPTING TO UNPLUG IT. HE WAS PUTTING A CHAIN AROUND A ROCK WHEN THE ROCK SLIPPED PINCHING HIS RIGHT LITTLE FINGER, FRACTURING THE TIP OF THE FINGER.

EE WAS OPERATING A 16G CAT MOTORGRADER AND WAS HIT HEAD-ON BY ANOTHER EE OPERATING A D400E ADT (OFF THE ROAD) DUMP TRUCK. THE IMPACT CVAUSED FIRST EE TO HAVE TINGLING IN HIS UPPER EXTREMITIES FROM JARRING MOVEMENT OF IMPACT.

THE EE WAS INSIDE A CRUSHER HOPPER TRYING TO MOVE SOME ROCKS AROUND SO THE CRUSHER WOULD RUN. WHILE MOVING THE ROCKS, HE GOT HIS LEFT HAND RING FINGER IN BETWEEN THE ROCK AND THE HOPPER WALL. HE BROKE THE TIP AND HAD A SMALL CUT ON THE FINGER.

THE EE WAS TIGHTENING A NUT WITH A RACHET AND SOCKET WITH ANOTHER EE. THE SOCKET SLIPPED OFF THE NUT AND PINCHED THE EE'S LEFT HAND RING FINGER BETWEEN THE RACHET HANDLE AND A HAND RAIL. THE TIP OF THE FINGER WAS FRACTURED AND THE FINGER NAIL WAS TORN OFF.

RUNG OF LADDER ON TRUCK WAS BENT UNDER, NOT ALLOWING OPERATOR TO PUT FULL FOOT ON RUNG OF LADDER. ALSO, OPERATOR FAILED TO REPORT THE STEP ON THE LADDER AS BEING A POSSIBLE PROBLEM.

WAS SECURING CABLE ON BACK OF DOZER WHEN HE CUT THE RIGHT INDEX FINGER ON BROKEN STRANDS OF THE CABLE

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING CHANGE EDGES ON A SCRAPER. EMPLOYEE WAS USING AN AIR WRENCH & ALLEGEDLY STGRAINED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK. THE EMPLOYEE DROVE A SCRAPER IN THE AFTERNOON & COMPLAINED OF BACK PAIN. THE EMPLOYEE HAS SEEN MD\S & CHIROPRACTORS IN THE PAST FOR HIS BACK PROBLEMS & HAS A LONG HISTORY OF BACK PROBLEMS.