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During the process of replacing a guard on a conveyor, due to the weight and awkwardness of the guard, it slipped through the employee's hands causing lacerations to 2 fingers and a bone break to one finger.
Employee was on the work boat with 2 other employees working on repairing the left swing dredge cable. During the course of the repair, the boat turned and the cable struck the employee in the face and knocked him to the deck of the work boat.
A Contracted electrician was installing a junction box to the wall and in his attempt to remove a cardboard box from underneath the existing junction box he was installing, he hit his right middle finger against the box cover causing a laceration requiring 10 stitches. He was wearing gloves at the time of the incident.
While pulling on water hose underneath the wash plant and the hose got caught on support beam; as the employee attempted to pull on the hose to free it he felt a sharp pain and burning sensation to the left elbow.
Driver drove to the dump off pile, got out of his truck wearing PPE but no gloves, walked to the rear of the truck, opened the tailgate of the trailer with his hands & tried to get 200 lbs. of sand out of the trailer bed. When driver was attempting to ensure sand was not lodged between the tailgate & the bed, the tailgate latches closed on his right thumb crushing it.
After cleaning out a rail car, employee went to close the latch. In attempting to secure the latch he pushed on it with his hand, the latch came loose and pinned his left ring finger. He received several lacerations which required 12 stitches.
Employee was instructed to perform housekeeping task at the east plant. While picking up pieces of expanded metal, caught the end of his middle finger of his left hand on a sharp edge of the metal, resulting in a laceration. The employee was not wearing his gloves at the time of the injury. The leather gloves were in his back pocket.
The employee was getting out a prybar out of the service truck and hit his rt thunb on the side of the door causing a tiny fracture. He went to get an x-ray and was determined positive and drainage of blood under nail plus immobilization of the thumb.
An employee was stripping a barge of the haul cables and the haul cable was caught on the outside of the timberhead causing tension. The employee went to release and the cable struck the employee in the nose/mouth causing a laceration and hair-line fracture to his nose. The employee was sent to the emergency room and conducted X-rays and an MRI.
EE informed foreman he felt a twitch in his leg but it did not hurt when it happened. When asked if he wanted to see a dr. the EE said he would wait,stating? it could just be a pulled muscle?. On 6/12/2008 the EE went to see a surgeon and was diagnosed with a hernia. On 6/24/2008 the injury was determined to be work related. To date the EE has not missed any time from work.
At approximately 10:30 AM this morning, the employee was attempting to assist another employee roll a drop chute that was being painted for installation in the new Newton County Plant. A contractor was also assisting in this effort. The chute they were attempting to roll was setting on two 4 x 4 wood posts.
Employee closed van door on right index finger.
Employee burned himself installing Skirt Rubber. First Aid was administered on site and the injury only appeared to be a red spot on the inner arm. The burn became infected and the employee was sent to the doctor on 09/24/2007. He was prescribed antibiotics and returned to work that day with no restrictions.
While loading 50# bags of ANFO onto a shot, felt a sharp pain in lower back
The Employee was in the process of removing a conveyor belt tail pulley guard. All of the guard fasteners had been removed and most of the bolts had been removed but two bolts were in a bind and would not move, he attempted to move the guard and the bolts finally broke loose the guard fell and struck the employee. He recieved a tetnus shot and 1 day modified duty.
3/14/07 the employee was in the process of shimming the jaw in order to close the setting. While in the process of shimming the jaw the employee struck his left knee on the two inch shim. Employee did not notice any pain until the next morning. Employee told his supervisor the next day, and went the following Monday to a company physician on 3/19/07.
The employee was rotating a motor sheave, when it came off of the shaft. The sheave fell, landing on his right ring finger, breaking the tip of the finger.
THREE EMPLOYEES WERE REMOVING DUSTPIPE FROM THE PLANT. THE DUSTPIPE WAS SLID ALONG A HANDRAIL AND THEN DROPPED ONTO A WALKWAY. WHEN THE DUSTPIPE WAS DROPPED TO THE WALKWAY THE EMPLOYEE'S HAND WAS CAUGHT IN BETWEEN THE END OF THE DUSTPIPE AND A METAL AIR LINE.
Employee was climbing out from between the swing jaw and the pittman, When he reached the ground he felt the pain in his right side. Employee was working in that space for about thirty minutes with a one inch air impact wrench, which was used to tighten up the swing jaw die bolt.
The employee was offloading screens, and his finger was caught under the screens. The finger is not broken. The employee received no stitches, but a tetanus shot and antibiotic.
The employee was climbing the ladder of a piece of mobile equipment and strained his back. He did not seek medical treatment until 09/06/06.
The employee was pulling slack out of wire, in order to use a boom truck to move the wire and strained his back. The employee did not seek immediate medical treatment. He went to the doctor on July 10th.
Employee was loading a 50-ton battery.
When turning off the high pressure water hose the employee lost his grip on the hose and it struck him in the face chipping his upper front tooth.
Employee was changing out the bucket wear parts on his loader. He was attempting to knock off the bottom wear plate on the corner adapter of the bucket, striking it from corner edge, when a small piece of metal came off the wear plate striking him in the right shin and left knee.
Employees were carrying screens for a screen deck change. Another employee dropped a screen striking the injured employee in the lower torso.
The employee was handing a 2 foot section of poly pipe to another employee. The other employee dropped the pipe, and it struck him on the hand resulting in a contusion. He did not go to the doctor until 10/27/05 where he was placed on modified duty.
Employee was changing Canica Impeller, strained shoulder while placing hammer in machine. The employee did not report the injury to management and seek medical treatment until 11/15/2005.
Employee injured his back working in the tunnel, said he felt a pop and it started hurting. The employee did not report and seek medical treatment until 9/30/05.
EE was changing a worn return roller. When he put the roller in the last bracket it slipped out, causing the roller to fall and smash his middle finger.
Employee was moving new hammers for a Canica crusher in a box. Employee dropped hammer, striking left hand. Employee suffered contusion to left middle finger.
Employee was unscrewing a hydraulic crusher when a cylinder slipped, pinching his right thumb (stitches required). The injury did not become official until 4-9-05.
The employee was helping to pull a cable around a crusher and felt a pull in his back. The employee has a minor back strain and is on modified duty with a lifting restriction.
The employee was removing the pin for the bucket on a backhoe and was moving the pin to the back of a truck and felt a pain in his lower back. The employee did not report the injury until the end of the shift. The employee is on modified duty with a lifting restriction.
Employee began experiencing back pain while installing wear liners in chutes. Initially, employee did not report or seek medical treatment until Saturday the 25th. The employee has a low back muscle sprain and is on modified duty and has multiple perscriptions.
Employee was attempting to pick up a "pipe smoker" and felt a pull in his back. Employee has a mild back strain, and is on modified duty.
Employee was holding a piece of U-channel steel with another employee and twisted wrong spraining his back.
Employee was assisting with installation of grizzly bars in lower feeder when chain slipped, causing bars to pinch thumb between side of feeder and bars resulting in stitches to his left thumb and a broken knuckle. Employee is performing his normal duties, but did recieve a prescription.
The gentleman was steading a ring on a barmack crusher and strained his back. The injury was not reported to us until June 7th at approximately 7:00 AM following the employee's scheduled vacation.
WHILE REMOVING THE ROCK BOX, THE CORNER OF THE CATWALK STRUCK THE EMPLOYEES LEG RESULTING IN AN INCH AND A HALF LACERATION REQUIRING 8 STITCHES.
EE WAS REMOVING ROCK FROM STATIONERY BELT WHEN ROCK CAME DOWN THE BELT, STRIKING EE'S HAND. EE SUFFERED A FRACTURE INJURY TO RIGHT HAND.
EE TURNED AROUND STRIKING SCREEN MEDIA RESULTING IN A LACERATION ACROSS HIS LIP.
EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE SUFFERED BACK STRAIN WHILE LIFTING A PIECE OF BELT TO REPAIR WATER FLUME. EMPLOYEE WENT TO DOCTOR ON 8/8/03.
EE WAS PULLING THE FUEL HOSE TO PUT FUEL IN A SMALL TANK. WHILE PULLING THE HOSE OUT FROM THE TANK IT TWISTED FROM HIS HANDS & STRUCK HIM IN THE FACE, SHATTERING A TOOTH AND CAUSING A SMALL AB RASION ON THE FACE.
HE WALKED UP ONE HILL & DOWN ANOTHER HILL TO GET A 3/8 PIECE OF PLATE. HE THEN CARRIED THE PLATE UP & DOWN HILLS ON UNEVEN, ROCK GROUND.
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE A SMALL PIECE OF CONVEYOR. THE EE ATTEMPTED TO DO THIS TASK USINGIMPROPER LIFTING TECHNIQUES. THIS CAUSED HIM TO STRAIN HIS LOWER BACK.
EE WAS CLEANING OFF SOME STEEL PRIOR TO CUTTING WHEN HE GOT SOME DEBRIS IN HIS LEFT EYE. HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES AT THE TIME.
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO INSTALL A NEW LOADER SHANK. UPON DOING SO, THE EE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.
EE PICKED UP A SMALL BOX ATTEMPTING TO PLACE IT IN THE BACK OF HIS SERVICE TRUCK. WHILE DOING SOHE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
WHILE INSTALLING RADIATOR IN MACHINE, MECHANIC'S RIGHT HAND AND WRIST WAS CRUSHED BETWEEN BOTTOM OF RADIATOR AND MOUNTING AREA OF MACHINE.