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employee was stepping up onto the step on an excavator when he felt a pop and tear in his left calf.
Employee was cleaning the spirals of a sand screw with a wire grinding wheel. A wire from the wheel broke off and struck his eye.
Employee was lathing bushings in a loader bucket. A large metal shaving was stuck to the boring bar and the employee grabbed it with his gloved hand to break it off and cut his finger. The laceration required stitches to close.
Employees were removing steel plate and rebar from a pallet that was raised on a forklift. The supervisor instructed the forklift operator to lower the pallet. Instead, the operator moved the forklift back as the supervisor was removing a piece of rebar. The rebar dislodged a piece of plate which fell onto the assisting employee's foot.
The employee was lifting bags of cement and felt pain in his back. He did not seek medical treatment at the time of the injury. On 10/14/2010 he saw a physician and was told to take a leave of absence to have back surgery.
Employee picked up a can of welding rods. A sharp edge on the can caused a cut to the employee's thumb.
EMPLOYEE WAS DISASSEMBLING A CRANE BOOM WHEN THE SUPPORT SECTION FELL OFF OF THE BOOM, ONTO THE EMPLOYEE'S FEET.
EE WAS STANDING ON A CONVEYOR, REACHING AND EXTENDING HIS BODY TO LIFT CHAIN FALL TO JIB CRANE OVER THE CRUSHER BASE. THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED IN FEBRUARY, BUT THE EE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION OR TAKE TIME OFF FROM WORK UNTIL MARCH 25TH.
WHILE FUELING LOADER, THE HANDLE ON THE NOZZEL STUCK, EMPLOYEE TURNED AROUND TO SHUT OFF PUMP, TWISTING BACK AND HIP.
EE WAS CHECKING THE WASH PLANT BEFORE START-UP, CLEANING THE FEED CONVEYOR AND ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A PIECE OF WOOD FROM THE BELT. THE EE PINCHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE SIDE OF THE HEADSTOCK & THE FEED BOX.