Plant #65 Metal/Non-Metal

Employee exiting machine after trouble shooting; missed step on machine; landed on left leg / foot and sprained left knee

Employee was exiting a 10 wheel haul truck when the door handle broke off in his hand when he pushed down on the handle. The sharp edge on piece that was still attached to the door handle mechanism cut his hand. The cut required stitches to close the wound.

Employee was removing rock from the side door of the crusher. A loose rock rolled down and smashed his finger against the side door. He received a laceration that required three stitches and also broke the tip of his finger.

Employee was hitting the side of a bin to dislodge material. The sledge hammer deflected off the side of the bin and struck him on the right knee. A lineal fracture occured to the knee.

Employee was performing repairs on a stockpile truck. As he went to his maintenance truck to get some tools, he slipped on ice and fell on his back. The employee experienced a strained back as a result of the fall.

REPAIRS WERE BEING MADE TO THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL. THE WHEEL COVER DROPPED OFF AND ROLLED ON THE GROUND TOWARDS INJURED EE. AS THE COVER ROLLED BETWEEN HIS LEGS HE TRIED TO KEEP IT FROM HITTING HIM. IN DOING SO HIS FINGER ON RIGHT HAND GOT CAUGHT IN THE COVER AND BROKE HIS FINGER.

EMPLOYEE HAD LOOSENED A TAIL PULLEY FOR REPAIR. HE HAD HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE FRAME & ADJUSTING NUT WHEN BEARING SLID FORWARD & CAUGHT HIS RIGHTINDEX FINGER BETWEEN THE NUT & THE FRAME TAKING A GASH OUT OF HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER REQUIRING SOME SKIN GRAFTING.

EMPLOYEE NOTICED DOOR ON PASSENGER SIDE OF HIS TRUCK WAS NOT SHUT ALL THE WAY, HE THEN REACHED CROSS AND OPENED THE DOOR TO SHUT IT AND SHUT HIS LEFT THUMB IN THE DOOR SMASHING IT AND CUTTING IT. THE CUT REQUIRED EIGHT STITCHES.

EE WAS TESTING ROCK AND WENT TO THROW BUCKET OF ROCK OUT OF LAB WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL AND HIT HIS HEAD ON THE STEP CAUSING A LACERATION REQUIRING STITCHES.

EE WAS CUTTING FLASHING RUBBERR WHEN THE UTILITY KNIFE SLIPPED & CUT HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER REQUIRING FOUR STITCHES.

EE WAS SHOVELING SPILLAGE UNDER SECONDARY WHEN HIS LOWER BACK BEGAN TO HURT. WHEN HE GOT INTO HIS TRUCK, HIS GROIN AREA BEGAN TO HURT. HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A LOWER LUMBAR STRAIN AND RIGHT GRO IN PULL STRAIN AND HAS SOME RESTRICTIONS.

EMP WAS FOLDING DOWN THE SIDE DOORS ON A GARDNER DENVER AIR COMPRESSOR WHEN THE DOOR SLIPPED ANDCAUGHT HIS MIDDLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND CAUSING ALACERATION REQUIRING THREE STITCHES.

EE CAUGHT HIS FOOT STEPPING OVE A SCREEN FRAME. THIS CAUSED A TWISTING REACTION TO HIS BACK RESULTING IN A SEVERE LUMBAR STRAIN.

EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING LUG BOLT WHEN RATCHET SLIPPED OFF CAUSING HIS HAND TO RAM ITNO THE GROUND. HE SUFFERED A SPRAIN TO THE WRIST.

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES TO HAVE BEEN LIFTING ON METAL RACK WHEN HE STARTED HAVING BACK SPASMS. HE DID NOT REPORT IT BUT REFUSED MEDICAL ATTENTION. ON 12-20-93 HE SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION AND WAS AD VISED TO TAKE A FEW DAYS OFF. THAT IS WHY THIS REPORT IS BEING FILED LATE.

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING TIRE ON AIR TRACK COMPRESSOR WHILE ROTATING WITH THE TIRE LIFTED. HE HURT HIS BACK. RESULTING INA BULDGED DISC.

WHILE DRIVING BRAND NEW PIN INTO NEW RIPPER PROTECTOR ON A D-9 DOZER, A SLIVER OF THE PIN CAME OFF GRAZING THE EMPLOYEES LEFT ARM RESULTING IN A LACERATION REQUIRING 3 STITCHES.

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING HIS TRUCK AND WHILE SHIFTING KNOB, HIS HAND SLIPPED AND LANDED UNDER HIS DRIVERS SEAT. EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING ON UNEVEN ROAD AND WHEN THE SEAT RECOIL RETURNED TO NORMAL HI S FINGER WAS CUT REQUIRING 2 STITCHES.

EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO MOVE LARGE ROCK OFF OF HAUL ROAD.WHEN SHOVING ROCK RIGHT SHOULDER POPPED.MEDICAL DOCTOR INDICATED STRAIN.CHIROPRACTOR TREATED FOR DISPLACED VERTEBRAE.CHIROPRACTIC TREATME NT WAS UNKNOWN UNTIL 05-14-92.

EMPLOYEE WAS BARRING ROCK IN THE IMPACTOR. A SMALL ROCK FLEW OUT OF THE IMPACTOR STRIKING HIM IN THE SAFETY GLASSES. GLASS SHATTERED AND A PIECE IMBEDDED IN HIS CHEEK.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING REMOVE CUSHION HITCH CYLINDER ON A SCRAPER. HE PUT HIS HAND BETWEEN THE HEAD AND PISTON. HEAD CAME DOWN SMASHING MIDDLE FINGER OF LEFT RESULTING IN 12 STITCHES.

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING ON SECONDARY PLANT - HE CUAGHT HIS LITTLE FINGER UNDER THE SCREEN CUTTING IT REQUIRING 3 STICHES.

EMPLOYEE WAS RETURNING TO PIT, WHEN HE SAW A ROCK IN THE ROAD THAT HAD FALLEN OFF ANOTHER TRUCK. HE STOPPED TO ROLL THE ROCK OFF OF THE ROAD AND STRAINED HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS FUELING UP TANKWAGON WHEN HE SLIPPED & FELL OFF THE TOP TRUCK, SUFFERING NUMEROUS CONTUSIONS & ABRASIONS.

INJURED WAS STANDING ON FENDER LOOKING INTO PLANT HOPPER, AS HE ATTEMPTED TO GET DOWN HIS LEFT HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN RAT WHEEL AND FRAME WHILE TRYING TO FREE HIS LEFT HAND HIS RIGHT HAND BEC AME CAUGHT 2 BROKEN FINGERS.

EE WAS COMING DOWN THE GRADE FROM THE PIT AND PANNICKED THAT HE COULD NOT SEE THE MOTORCYEST HE DOWN SHIFTED THE EVC AND KILLED THE ENGINE THE EUC WENT THROUGH THE BERM AND INTO THE CRESK EE C UT HIS ARM AND HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS PARKING TRUCK DURING A HEAVY RAINSTORM. AS HE WAS DESCENDING THE TRUCK LADDER, HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON THE MUD, HE LOST HIS BALNCE AND RECHED OUT AND GRABBED THE TRUCK MIRROR. HIS THUMB CAUGHT A BAR ON THE MIRROR CAUSING LACERTION.