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Employee was pulling in a line out of the river and felt a sharp pain in their elbow.
Rope broke hold dredge to barge and struck employee in the side.
Employee was handling pipe at the plant site. They felt a strain in lower back.
Dredge operator, checking the fuel level on the dredge deck, dropped the fuel cap in the containment when installing the fuel cap. Droplets of diesel fuel splashed into their right eye.
EE reports on 10/8/18 EE was carrying 5 gal. buckets of sand all week and EE's back began to feel sore but EE continued to perform job all week. EE did not report to Supervisor until 10/12/18, Health Bridge notified, self care measures were provided. EE came to work 10/15/18 complaining back still hurt & was sent to clinic. EE was placed on restricted duty.
Employee states ee was loading a broken gearbox into loader bucket so it could be loaded into the back of a pickup to be transported to shop for repairs when ee felt a burning pain in right bicep. Employee went to the doctor on 9/18/18 and was placed on restricted duty making this a reportable injury.
Employee was pulling power cord on the starboard side of the dredge to get it into the generator room when they felt a cramp in their buttocks region. Became reportable on 12/22/16 when employee went to the doctor and was placed on restricted duty.
Employee was working on 824J loader, while removing pin from tilt cylinder, strained left bicep.
Employee was moving a water pump and strained EE's back
The employee did not report incident to us until 3/15/16. EE was picking a tail pulley guard up and strained EE's back.
Employee was looking up changing a butterfly assembly and something went into eye. Became reportable on 7/29/15 when employee went to the doctor and was diagnosed with an eye infection and prescribed eye drops. No foreign body was present.
Stepping into galley door on Sibley(boat). Hit right knee on the door frame.
Employee was lifting and turning an 18" elbow to position to hard rod (welding).
Employee was pulling cables off from the shackles on a crane when his pinky finger to the right hand got smashed in between the pin and the shackles. He noted that he was wearing gloves when the incident happened this morning. Did not become reportable until 10/13/14 when he went to the doctor and his finger was splinted.
EE and another ee were replacing a wiper on brick flat belt so they had to remove a door off of the drop shoot and they went to put it back and it slipped and hit ee on the right side of his face, right temple area.
Employee does not recall any specific thing that caused his back pain but on or around the noted date he noticed his back was hurting and told another co worker.
Operator grabbed door jam of dredge pilot house with right hand and reached with left hand to close door when the wind blew door shut smashing right thumb in door.
TRIED TO STRAIGHTEN DIGGER CHAIN, CHAIN FLIPPED OVER CAUGHT EE'S RIGHT PINKY FINGER AND SLICE IT OPEN REQUIRING 6 STITCHES
Employee was working on a shaker pan at the shop when he raised up and hit his head on a piece of angle iron.
Two workers were moving a galvanized pipe across the shop floor. One worker was bent over in an awkward position when he went to push the pipe. He pushed on the pipe and felt a slight pull in his abdomen. EE suffered a pulled muscle in his abdomen and was seen by a doctor and is on light duty.
The employee was working as a Deck Hand, pulling a cable, hooking up a barge when he felt a pull in his abdomen. The injury was diagnosed as a Symptomatic Umbilical Hernia, reducable. He was referred to a surgeon and is scheduled to have outpatient surgery on Friday, November 13, 2009.
Miner was injured when his finger was smashed between the parts of a pump he was working on. He sustained a broken finger and 10 stitches were used to close an 8 cm laceration.
On July 30, 2009, employee was changing a return roller on a conveyor when the roller in his left hand fell away, pulling his left arm and shoulder. The injury was reported on August 3, 2009 but employee did not seek medical treatment until August 19th at which time he was placed on restricted duty, making this a reportable injury.
Employee was replacing a guard on the conveyor after repairs were made. The guard slipped and smashed the thumb on the left hand. Sutures were required to close a cut, however, there are no fractures.
Employee was trying to open the gate to the plant. It was frozen to the ground, and as he pushed hard on the gate, he pulled his lower back.
Employee was clearing brick sand chute and accidently ran his thumb over a sharp piece of steel. Thumb was cut and required two stitches
Customer truck driver was cleaning off tailgate on his truck. The tailgate closed mashing his finger which cut his right pointer finger requiring stitches.