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Employee was installing new flashing in a new drop chute. Employee had put his arm over the chute which was freshly cut metal and cut his upper arm requiring 8 stitches. Rubber was immediately installed on top of drop chutes which will prevent any further injuries.
Employee placed hand on hot metal, burning first finger on right hand.
Employee's were relocating 55-gallon drums from the "grease rack' area to a storage trailer. They were using a dolly to move the drums. A drum must be moved from the dolly into the trailer, which sits 6" off the ground. When the employees lifted a drum, EE felt something pull in his upper left side area.
EE was lifting a 90lb. dragline bucket tooth over the top of the tailgate of the welding truck, The tooth slipped out of the left hand and fell on the right hand, Hand was between the tooth and the top of the tailgate.
Employee stated that he was removing rocks from the hopper and felt a snap in his side, he continued to work telling a couple of co-workers, but failed to tell his supervisor untill the following week, EE had been to Dr and thay are stating that he has abd. hernia.
Crusher was running & employee checked radiator as the machine was running hot. The radiator cap blew off resulting in a burn on the right side of his upper torso, chest & neck.
Picked up a 5 gallon jug of oil and immediately felt pain in his hand.