Employee tripped on step while cleaning.
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Showing all 20Removing bearing housing from crusher while lifting housing out it shifted and struck miners legs causing cuts to both legs. First aid administered on site. Miner transported to emergency room via pickup for further evaluation by doctor. Wound on left leg needed stitches.
Employee strained shoulder muscle while removing a clay ball from conveyor belt.
Moving mud balls from hopper. Arm felt like needles shooting down it. Had sharp pain in joint.
Back end of loader bounced up and came back down hard.
EE was getting clogs out of the hopper when he stepped off into a hole and twisted his ankle. Which resulted in him having a sprained ankle.
Cleaning under belt with shovel, he pulled a muscle in his shoulder.
EE HAD CAN OD STARTED FLUID RESTING ON TOP OF HEATER UNIT IN CAB OF 966D LOADER. HEATER UNIT WAS ON. THE CAN RUBBED WIRES FOR HEATER CAUSING SHORT THAT IGNITED CONTENTS OF CAN CAUSING FIRE IN THE CAB OF LOADER.
EE WAS ROCKING CONVEYOR BELT TO ADJUST INSTRUCTED ANOTHER EE TO "HIT" POWER, IT CAUGHT BOTH HANDS
EMP REMOVING LOOSE MATERIAL UNDERNEATH BIN WITH SHOVEL.
GOING UNDER MATERIAL HOPPER TO INSPECT STRUCK HEAD ON BRACE
INSECT BITE TO RIGHT ANKLE.
EMPL HAD PICKED UP BOX CONTAINING HYDRAULIC PUMP WEIGHING APPROX 150 LBS FROM FORKLIFT AT PUCKET MACHINERY IN JACKSON MS & WAS PLACING BOX IN TRUNK OF CAR WHEN HE FELT MUSCLE PULL IN RIGHT HIP .
WE HAVE OWENED RIVERSIDE GRAVEL SINCE 1987. HE IS CLAIMING HEARING LOSS FOR THE TIME HE HAS WORKED IN THE GRAVEL BUSINESS.
SLIPPED OFF 6 FOOT SHOULD NOT BE ON PIPE FOR ANY REASON. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF CONEYOR PIPE WAS UNDER GROUND.
ELECTRICIAN WAS TESTING HIGH SIDE OF MAIN BREAKER IN PLANT ELECTICAL CONTROL TRAILER TO DTERMINE REASON WATER PUMP MOTORS WOULD NOT TURN ON WHEN BREAKER EXPLODED CAUSING INDIVIDUALS HANDS AND FOREARMS TO BE BURNED 600 AMP BREAKER BOX WAS BE
INDIVIDUAL WAS 6SING A METAL BAR AGAINST A METAL SIDE PLATE OF GRAVEL CHUTE IN ORDER TO INSERT A PIECE OF BELT FLAP AGAINST WALL OF CHUTE. THE LOWER END OF PRY BAR SLIPPED OFF THE METAL PLA TE CAUSING THE 6PPER END OF BAR TO STRIKE INDIVIDUAL ACROSS LEFT SIDE OF FACE & HEAD CAUSING INJURY.
DRIVER OF TRUCK3WAS IN LOADING AREA UNDER TRAILER ADJUSTING BRAKE WHEN END LOADER HIT BACK OF TRAILER CAUSING TRAILER TIRES TO ROLL OVER DRIVER.
INDIVIDUAL WAS IN A WORK AREA THAT HE SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN IN. INDIVIDUAL WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLEAN GRAVEL FROM SIDES OF LOADER HOPPER WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL INTO HOPPER CAUSING INJURY.
AN I NAME WAS BLEACHING OUT OF TAIL PULLEY BELT WAS OFF II NAME HIS FORMAN AND OTHER WORKERS WERE RIGHT WITH HIM II NAME TOLD III MCALPHINE TO TURN BOLET ON AS BELT COME ON OTHER WORKER LET F LAT IRON HE WAS USING TO CLEANING WITH HIT BELT IRON HITS I NAME ON LEFT SIDE OF HEAD.