Employee was working under machine while servicing a loader CO UNIT# L-27 when dust fell into their right eye. Employee went to urgent care after flushing eye and still feeling like something was in it, employee was told nothing is in there and there were some scratches. Employee returned to work next day.
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Showing 50 of 58Employee was lifting scale parts off a pallet when EE's left thumb got stuck between two parts. EE went to the ER and hand specialist. EE has a break in EE's thumb.
Laborer was hooking up lift cable to lift a crusher head to a loader bucket tooth and pinched EE's right thumb between the cable and tooth. This cut EE's finger and ripped off EE's thumb nail. Hospital took X-Rays and pulled the nail and glue up the cut.
Employee was lifting buckets of aggregate when EE felt EE's knee buckle. Sought treatment and was diagnosed with a left knee MCL sprain.
Employee was changing a screen panel on the #2 screen, while picking up the screen panel, EE was cut by a sharp piece of metal on EE's right hand middle finger.
Employee was trying to turn a butterfly valve when they lost footing and fell. They felt pain in their upper back.
Employee was using water wash hose to clean under crusher when the water sprayed back at the employee, causing something to go into right eye. Employee was wearing safety glasses.
Employee was looking at an air chuck quick connect that had broken, when EE felt something possibly dirt in the right eye. Brought to urgent care after trying to flush eye on site. Doctor didn't find anything, but prescribed eye drops due to possible scratch in eye since employee still felt irritation in eye.
Employee was walking with a shovel to clear snow from a storm and slipped on ice. EE hit their head on the ground when they fell.
Employee notified yard foreman on 01/12/2024, that on 01/04/2024, EE was digging a rock out of a cone crusher, when EE hurt EE's hip or back. EE made an appointment with a doctor for 01/17/2024. The doctor prescribed EE medication, and gave EE a note on 01/18/2024 that EE was able to return to work regular duty.
Wood got stuck in the tail pulley. Employee used a piece of pipe to hit it out. Swung pipe, Clipped their finger and tore the fingernail.
Employee was exiting Hyundai HX300 Company #E-8 excavator. When EE went to come down off the track, EE felt the ball of EE's left foot become sore. EE went to the emergency room to get checked, and they said EE has a possible fracture and needs to see an orthopedic doctor.
foreign matter in left eye
The employee was moving/relocating a portable LT130 Metso jaw crusher. The employee was wearing a hard hat. A rock fell off of the top of the machine around the feeder area, which they saw the shadow of and looked up and the rock struck them in the head under hard hat.
Moving rocks out of the jaw, a rock slipped and jammed EE's right index finger.
While shoveling felt a pop in right shoulder.
While removing screen from screening plant, screen dropped on EE's hand.
I was walking through some brush to take a water sample and a branch/plant brushed my eye.
person was trying to remove large piece of wood from the # 1 conveyor where they had to reach and turned to throw it off the belt and catwalk when they injured their back.
Employee was lifting a 5 gallon bucket of paint and strained back.
Employee was moving rocks by hand, wearing gloves, and right middle finger got pinched between two rocks.
Employee was attempting to connect a 3" hose with a cam lock fitting to a pipe. EE jammed hand against the screen while pulling on the hose and broke finger.
Employees were cutting a bolt out of a screen. EE was attempting to knock the bolt out and a piece of hot slag landed on EE's face near eye. When EE tried to brush it off, brushed it into eye. EE was wearing safety glasses at the time of the injury.
Replacing screen on Horizontal screen deck had climbed inside to position a screen when EE felt a discomfort in left shoulder. That evening the pain became intolerable so EE went to a medical facility.
Employee was assisting cleaning out a jammed chute when they cut their wrist on a sharp rock. Cut was bleeding so employee was transported by company to the local emergency room where they received (2) stitches to close cut.
Employee was working reinstalling a repaired feeder. EE jammed EE's hard hat against the feeder, which caused the hard hat suspension to knock a stud that holds EE's hearing aid into EE's ear out. The employee is scheduled for surgery in January to repair this problem and will require a two week recovery period out of work.
Employee felt a pull in back while working on replacing a conveyor belt. EE was working overhead putting the belt on. EE notified supervisor at the end of the day but did not think it was a big problem. EE worked regular shifts until Friday, March 4th, when EE called in and said they needed to have it checked, that it wasn't getting better.
We were in the process of pulling the moveable die from the C125 crusher when the die moved forward and pinched employee's foot between both jaw dies.
Employee was lifting himself into the crane and hurt his left shoulder. Doctor believes that it is just inflamed/strained. Employee has been prescribed six weeks of physical therapy. He was told he can return to work on Monday, 9/21/2015.
While working with another employee to install a return roller, the roller slipped out of ee hands and hit him in the nose.
Employee noticed eye irritation but thought it was an eyelash in eye. Never reported this to anyone at the time. Called supervisor at home at 7:00 pm to tell him he thought he had metal in eye and was going to the emergency room.
Employee was standing on a catwalk lifting a screen panel to hand up to another employee when he felt his left elbow "pop."
Employee wiped his eye while wearing cotton, string knit gloves and got something in his eye. He thinks whatever it was must have been on the glove.
A tool was tossed to employee who was working on a screen. He caught the tool, but the electrical cord whipped around and knocked off his safety glasses and cut him above his left eye.
Cut finger while installing inner air filter on Liebherr 586 loader.
Bent over to pick up buckets, felt a pop in back.
Employee was putting a piece of pipe on a chain binder and the pipe slipped and hit him in the head.
Strained back while shoveling.
Removing a steel bar from rack. Felt a pain in groin.
Employee was shoveling under the crusher when "he felt something give" in his shoulder.
Employee was working shoveling material out of in-ground truck scale. He was climbing ladder out of scale and twisted knee.
Employee was servicing a piece of heavy equipment when a foreign object flew into his eye. He has an eye abrasion with swelling.
Trying to remove a piece of concrete off the conveyor belt, sprained back.
Employee was working on a conveyor when the skirt board slipped down and he caught it with his arms. He suffered a torn bicep muscle on his right arm.
Employee was banging out screens and he got dust in his eye. He was wearing safety goggles, but somehow some dust got through.
While maintaining the 5 1/2 crusher employee's hand got caught between the pully and the belts. He suffered a dislocated thumb and cut finger and fracture of the finger.
Employee was removing engine from haul truck, removing various components, when he felt a pull in left shoulder. Has appointment to see doctor on 12-4-09.
He was helping another person to remove a clamping cylinder from 7' symous crusher, when he was disconnecting cylinder, he felt his back go out.
Cleaning under jaw on portable plant, hit elbow on plant, hand became swollen after (2) hours. Had x-ray, cracked bone in elbow.
Ee was watch the plant when he heard a funny noise. He stepped up on the first deck to look in the crusher. He stepped back and turned to the left. His left knee popped and he collapsed on the deck in pain. He called other & 911 was called immediately. He was torn the tendons in his left knee earlier this year he had surgery on his right knee-non work related injury.