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Employee was removing a steel plate. It fell against employee's left knee and landed on the left foot.
A maintenance procedure was needed to be performed on the drill requiring the use of cribbing for safety. EE went under the drill to help with stacking the cribbing. While under the machine on their knees EE rotated their body to pick up a piece of cribbing to put on the stack and felt a very sharp pain in their back. EE notified co-worker that they just hurt their back.
The ball hitch of a trailer did not completely engage onto injured person's pick up truck. While attempting to see what the problem was, the hitch dropped into position and pinched off the tip of left middle finger.
Employee was placing wheel hub on its side to install wheel studs. Employee smashed finger between hub & block of wood.
Loader operator was manually dislodging a stone that had rolled over the bucket and wedged between the bell crank and loader arm.
Teammate was pouring tire sealer/conditioner into the tire from a 6 gallon container. When the teammate was lowering the 6 gallon container to the ground, the teammate felt pain in lower back.
EMPLOYEE AND CO WORKER WERE MOVING FLAT PLATES OFF A TRAILER. EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING THE PLATE WALKING BACKWARDS WHEN HE PULLED THE PLATE AND IT DROPPED ON HIS RIGHT FOOT. EMPLOYEE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A CONTUSION
Employee cleaning out a chute on the jaw crusher and when he went to close the door, he accidentially smashed his finger in the door.
Changing out wear liners in crusher, took out a bolt and liner fell out, smashing the ring finger between the liner and a breaker bar. Damage was to the tip of the finger, which broke the tip and took 5 stitches to sew up.
Employee reported on 6/12/2007 that he hurt his back on 6/9/2007 while working on the plant, but only mentioned that his back is sore and that it probably would work itself out. On 6/15/2007 employee told his supervisor that his back still hurt and that he wants to go see a doctor.