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While building a foot bridge, a piece of metal rolled onto finger.Index finger left hand. Smashed finger brusied under finger nail.
The weight of heavy mettle plates were not placed properly allowing them to fall backward, in mettle rack, onto the employee's left hand middle finger, smashing end of finger.
Employee was loosening the bolts on the door of the cage over the back-up alarm on a front end loader when the dooor sprang open pinching his left index finger.
Employee was handling wet metal grates.
Injured EE was working underneath a 16M grader installing a pump. The pump splines into the transmission and the pump was still connected to its hoses. The EE's hands slipped and the pump swung downward on the hoses and the pump struck EE in the mouth and bruised his lip and broke his right eye tooth.
Employee was repositioning a drill air supply bracket. The bracket dropped approx. four inches and pinched his hand.
While removing 992 cab, load shifted and pressed employee between cab and trailer resulting in shoulder injury.
Lifting /maneuvering heavy object ( machinery )
Employee alleges he struck his kneecap on a rung as he was ascending a ladder. At date of report he has been diagnosed as unable to return to work pending an MRI and any recommended treatment.
Employee's hand was caught in a pinch point when he inadvertantley placed or left it placed on a length of pine that was being pushed toward a fusion machine.
While in the process of closing a valve on Pipe #2 at the CIC, the employee felt his right knee buckle to the inside of his stance and a sharp pain in his knee.
The employee was pulling drip line from the spool on the leach pad when a coworker pulled on the end of the line to stop the lines from reeling out. The abrupt stop caused the employee to feel a sharp pain in his lower back.
The double deck on the Gold Plant shaker screen had become loose and rotated from the carbon discharge chute. Employee tried to reposition the upper deck back into place. After about fifteen (15) minutes, he felt some pain in his groin area. Employee was able to complete his shift. He was seen by a physician's assistant the next day, and was diagnosed with a hernia.
In the act of leaving bolts and tools in tool box on floor, when raising back up hit left elbow on hand railing.
EE WAS GETTING THE PREG POND LEVEL. HE WAS MOVING THE WEIGHT CONNECTED TO THE TAPE MEASURE. AS HE WAS DOING THAT, HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE. FACTORS/REASONS: POND COVER IS A SLICK LINER; EE WAS NOT USING ANTI-SKID PADS THAT ARE STUCK TO THE POND COVER. LOST BALANCE; EE WAS NOT USING ROPE TIED TO TOP OF POND.