All MSHA-reportable accidents at Syar Industries, Inc operations in 2012. Fatalities appear first.
He compromised the guarding in order to knock dust off the conveyor frame. The hammer he was using was grabbed by the conveyor belt pulling it and right hand between the troughing roller and underside of the belt. Hammer got wedged between the skirtboard and roller causing belt to stall. His right hand, thumb and first two fingers were pinched between the belt and troughing roll.
Employee set lunch box down to go load a skid steer loader on an equipment transport trailer. As the employee set his lunch box on the ground he heard two (2) popping sounds and felt extreme pain in right shoulder.
Loader was parked on pressure wash pad, employee was climbing down ladder and slipped
doing a welding repair under an excavator in an awkward position
Employee felt and heard a tearing sound from the left shoulder while working the lever back and forth of a 1/4 ton chain come along. Employee was in the act of removing a rod assembly from a hydraulic cylinder. The hydraulic cylinder was laying horizontally in the shop on the cylinder work bench.
Employee was replacing screen cloth sections on the second deck of the Telesmith screen at the AB Plant when he felt pain in his right shoulder. The employee was taken to a local health care facility and returned to work on restricted duty.
EE has incurred a reportable hearing loss in his right ear. First 2012 annual audiogram test was on 10/31/12 and retest was given on above date. The retest confirmed a right ear shift. EE is sch. to see an ear specialist. EE was diag. by his personal Dr. to have an ear infection 11/30/12.