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The employee was cleaning the chute to the crusher when a boulder rolled over on EE's right foot. EE's foot was bruised and swelled.
While bagging 50lb bags of rock dust the employee heard a pop in elbow. This was only reported to us on 06/06/2016 at 2:30pm by the employee.
Trying to move a part strained back muscle.
The employee was installing a v belt on a Cedar Rapids crusher. He got the tip end of his ring finger between the shiv and the v belt and the crushed rolled and caught his finger breaking it.
Employee called in from home and stated that this condition had been bothering him for years. Employee thought he had a pulled a groin. Sent him from home to doctor. He chose to go to the emergency room. Attending Physician examined and diagnosed a hernia. Physician recommended that he see his personal doctor.
HE WAS CHANGING SCREENS AND FELT SOMETHING HURTING IN HIS BACK AND SHOULDER.
He was changing a pulley, grabbed frame and pried bearing loose; hand slipped and got mashed between frames, mashing right thumb.