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Removing the belt wiper on the conveyor feeding the gravel plant screen. While removing the 2nd bolt holding the wiper, the wiper fell down and pinned employee's hand by pinching it between the wiper and frame.
Installing transmission pump, pump slipped out of employee's hand and fell, striking left hand and lacerating hand and finger
We were doing a job at Brenda Kay Sand LLC, EE and co-worker were attempting to move a piece of grated steel that had been stacked on top of another. As ee lifted end up in order to place spud wrench, the sheet moved towards ee. Doing so trapped finger between the sheets and caused a tip amputation of the left middle finger.
After adjusting of parking brakes, while climbing up stairs on a Caterpillar 980H wheel loader, operator jammed left hand into the handrail.
EE was changing our the screens on the gravel plant. The incident occurred while removing the 1/4" screen. He has continues to work, but was determined at a doctors appointment 5/7/15 that hernia would be repaired surgically in June.
Employee was lifting a pivot pin from a hydraulic hammer to separate the hammer from the 450LC track hoe for maintenance. Employee had a bone spur on his left heel. That bone spur influenced the employee to lift the pin in an awkward manner causing him to put strain on his left side lower back.
Employee took the fan belt guard off of the 450LC trackhoe. When he started to get off his wedding ring got caught on the skid grate. The weight of his body caused the wedding ring to cut his finger.
Employee was cleaning trash out of cab of haul truck when he felt something stick his finger. The next morning his finger was swollen up. Sent him to emergency room to have it checked out.
EE WAS FIXING LEAKS ON WATER HOSE. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO COUPLE HOSE TO QUICK COUPLING THE COUPLING TWISTED & CUT LOWER RIGHT THUMB