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EE was cleaning line 107 while waiting for ore. EE picked up a bag and when EE stood up EE hit EE's head on the stand for the cooler.
Employee improperly lifted a 3 pack box of 15 pound jugs (total 45 lbs) to place them on the case sealer and injured forearm.
Teammate was pushing/pulling a conveyor to repair and hurt elbow.
Temp worker was flipping stacks of boxes and his finger got caught in the strapping, fracturing it when in landed in the pile. He reported it later in the shift not knowing it was hurt until his glove came off.
EE was placing pipe on clamp. Pipe slipped and pinched his left thumb. EE finished work that day (Friday) without reporting. He was fine all weekend, and RTW Monday and worked again all day with no problem. Tuesday 5/8 he called in and was taken to doctor with fractured left thumb.
While working on the gas valve in the dryer the ee's were unthreading the pipe he was holding on to the pipe so when it finally came unthreaded it wouldn't fall to the ground. The pipe has a manual shut off valve and a safety valve while turning the pipe the two came together and pinched his finger in it causing a laceration to the right index finger.
Employee was dumping ore from a hopper. The hopper was the larger one. It is considered too heavy for one person to dump she went ahead and tried it on her own, then asked a coworker to help. She did not report the accident until Monday morning when she came to work. She did not complain to anyone about pain until Monday morning.
Employee states she was running a machine and the first day her hands and fingers were sore. She continued to run the machine and her fingers started tingling. She complains of soreness now that radiates up to her right elbow. She has to grab a poly bag while approx 45 lbs of ore drops in bag then feed it into chute to be sewn. She reported this injury on 2/2/09.
Maintence personnel were working on a belt driven machine and did not loosen the motor mounts; when they tried to roll the drive belts on the sheaves an employee's fingers got caught between the belt and the sheaves causing his right ring finger to break.
While diagnosing a noise coming from the air conditioning system of a running company-owned pick-up, EEeached around the air conditioner's belt to touch a part near the vehicle?s air conditioner. The tip of his (R) ring finger glove was caught by the belt and twisted Curtis?s finger.
The employee was placarding a pallet of product on Line 305. The placard slipped from her fingers and fell upon the line's exit conveyor. As the employee reached for the placard, gravity moved the pallet forward, pinching the middle finger of her left hand between the conveyor and the pallet.
Employee was retrieving a propane tank from the propane tank rack behind Warehouse #1. As the employee began to pull the tank toward him, he experienced a "pop" in his lower back. He did not continue to pull the propane tank out of the rack. He re-mounted his forklift, drove to the warehouse office, and reported the injury to his supervisor.
EMPLOYEE REPORTED PAIN IN WRISTS TO HR MANAGER. HE HAD BEEN STACKING BOXES WEIGHING APPROX. 42# ON 20-30 PALLETS. DID NOT REPORT INCIDENT UNTIL FOLLOWING DAY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SHIFT.