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Employee was removing a lower roller bolt, and when they sat the bolt on the ground the sleeve fell. Catching the employee's right index finger between the bolt head and sleeve. Causing a tuft fracture, two stiches, and prescription medication.
Checking filters in Lime Silo. Pressure caused lime dust to blow in his eyes
Leak from tank containing caustic material; tank was being rinsed out for repairs. Some of the water got on the pants leg of employee burning the calves of both his legs. This incident has been rated as a LTI
Slid hand down handle of squeegee & caught a splinter in his hand.
Employee was cleaning lime from chute and debris got behind his safety glasses into his eye.
While adjusting forks on forklift he bumped his leg on the edge of fork cutting his leg.
Employee was burying side slope on the 10,000 bench when she was disconnecting the eyelet of a bobcat from the winch and she tweaked her wrist. She reported to her shifter but the injury was not reported to Safety/ HR until 3/3/2015 when her wrist began to really hurt her. Up to that point she thought she was okay. She sent her to our medical provider on 3/4/2015
Employee was climbing up a scaffold ladder and when he looked up got some dirt in his eye. Employee had his eye flushed out on site but it still hurt. Went to physician and determined a scratch on his eye. A prescription eye drop was given to him.
Laceration to left hand while cutting piece of metal
Employee was lifting trash bags from the bed of a pickup truck to a dumpster when employee felt some back discomfort. At the time, the employee reported that she did not need medical attention. On 9/15/14 the employee requested medical attention.
Clearing obstruction from chute . A rock fell on floor& he bent to pick it up. On standing he bumped his head on apron door and hit his lip on the rock chipping a tooth
While working the affected employee was struck by a piece of falling conduit that was not secured properly from a distance of approx. 12'
Employee was shaking out steel to load on forklift. Employee attempted to lift a heavy piece of steel approx 400 lbs as he reached down to lift & turn employee heard a popping sound in his lower back. *Note-Employee was diagnosed w/lower back fracture on 5/13/14 MRI
Upward motion with concrete hose. Attempting to empty out the hose before concrete set-up. Approx weight of section of hose 75-100 lbs - Employee jerked hose up from ground position causing a sudden pain in his shoulder. Employee heard popping sound from shoulder.
EE was cleaning out a service truck, while emptying the trash he cut his hand on some glass
Crews were working on form setting using hard tools (hammer) to place 2x4's between forms. Employee was driving 2x4 into place when injured employee walked behind employee swinging hammer. Employee was not aware of other swinging hammer and was hit on face by back swing.
EE was attempting to remove slack out of a hoist chain on a drill, he pinched his right middle finger, amputating the end of his finger. He was taken to the ER and they sewed his tip back on.
Removing a boom pin from a shovel. Forklift was used to straighten the boom. A come along was used to keep the tension on the pin straight. When the boom straightened out, the pin came out and struck the mechanic on the foot, causing a broken tibia
EE was rolling up a hydraulic hose, the hose jerked resulting in pulling muscles, in shoulder, chest and thoracic lumbar
EE was shoveling rocks, when he felt a pinching pain in his lower back. Originally he thought maybe a hernia, dr stated strain in lower back and prescribed physical therapy.
EE got left ring finger caught in a door that closed on her, she ended up with a couple of stitches
mechanic was removing a hyd line, leaning over a drill in an awkward position. While pulling he felt a sharp pain in left lower back, and pain went down his leg to his knee. Notified employer on 9/9/12 did not go to medical provider 9/10/12. He went home and did some stretches, ee stated he felt better on next day 9/9/12 sent for physical therapy
EE was shoveling at the tail of the Load out Bin on his knees. After 15-20 minutes he stood up and felt a pop in his right knee.
I was working on the crusher waiting to seal unit, cleaning up unit. Pulled magnet off, assumed that the magnet was not magnetized, when I walked by the magnet with a sprocket, it pulled my hand against it and smashed my left index finger.
While installing a ped pivot pin in a Euclid dump truck, pushing the pin, it slid in all at once trapping right fore finger between the pin cap and pin bus.
Lab Tech was lifting blast holes out of rack (approx 25 lbs) and hurt her left arm.
Lab employee was pulling a pan out of the mill and her hand started to hurt.
Employee claims that his wrist (right) is strained from over use/Ganglion Cyst
A relief driller was lifting drill cutting samples into a rack on a sample truck, and felt a pain in his shoulder
Employee was carrying a 5-gallon bucket of silica when she felt a pain in her low back and left hip.
Employee was attempting to remove an air filter and strained his back
A Millwright was moving a conveyor roller assembly, when his thumb was pinched between the assembly and the conveyor support.
EE struck his hand on a drill mast, causing a bruise and an infection.
Employee's foot was pinched between a deck wrench and hydraulic ram boss. The foot was bruised.
Employee moved a piece of plywood and the plywood struck the left small finger. The incident did not require medical treatment until 09/21/2010.
EE was lifting a loader bucket tooth from the floor to the proper storage spot and strained his low back.
Employee said he tweaked his back and worked the rest of the shift. Finished pulling drill rods. He then crawled under the drill rig to empty 110 feet of drill core samples. He seemed to be fine untill 6:00 pm the next day just before the beginning of his shift. Diagnosed with herniation to the right with impingment of S1 nerve.
Strained his arm when moving a shovel tooth. Incident was not reported until 1/29/09. EE was seen by the authorized provider on 1/29/2010. PT was prescribed. EE refused to comply until Feb 2, 2010 when the first PT session was performed.
The injured employee was running conduit in a manbasket at transfer #6, when his right pinkie got caught between two pieces of conduit, causing a mallet finger injury to the employee's tip of the right pinkie finger.
EE began feeling pain in her wrists and forearms when lifting drill core boxes onto storage shelves. Physical therapy was prescribed.
Employee was working with hydraulic fluid and it sprayed in his left eye. Left eye abrasion.
US Transport, Inc lime delivery driver was unhooking a lime trailer discharge hose without completely depressurizing the trailer and the remaining pressure in the hose blew lime into his eyes. He received temporary lime burns to his eyes.
EE was shoveling ore from a conveyor belt when he strained his low back. The injury was not reported to the operator by EE until 1/6/09.
IW attempted to catch a falling radiator core and his arm was pinched between two cores.
EE was lifting a 25 lb roll of dripper line when he strained his low back
While making a drill pipe connection the hammer became plugged with material. When the hammer was raised up the plug released causing the return hose (4"0) to whip violently striking the employee in the right shoulder causing a contusion to the right shoulder. Placed on light duty. All whip checks were in place.
Employee was picking up a piece of drill pipe and placing it beside another when the middle finger of his left hand was pinched between the two pieces of drill pipe causing a fracture of finger tip and a laceration of the finger tip requiring two stitches.
IW was reinstalling a guard at the crusher when the guard slipped and pinched his finger.
EE was installing a bolt on a shovel swing gear when it fell and pinched his finger
Employee was making a drill steel connection and twisted his back. Diagnosed with upper and lower back strain. Put on light duty for 5 -7 days.