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Employee was removing a block plate on a stick cylinder after a hose had ruptured. As they loosened the plate, hydraulic fluid exited from behind the plate, striking the employee in the face.
Employee was assisting a small truck mechanic and trying to connect two A/C hoses. Surgery to repair the bicep was on June 19, 2025
Tire Tech was moving wheel parts around. Linked the flange ring and the bead seat band together in the hands of the manipulator. Turned around to lay the remote control down. The bead seat band slipped off of the flange ring and landed on Tire Tech's foot.
Employee was placing a brake drum on the rear diff. The employee lifted the drum from the inside of the drum and pinched two fingers when placing it into place.
Employee was tasked to remove a driveline from a Cat D-11 dozer. The input shift slid out suddenly pinching the right hand between the input shaft and the connection point.
Employee reached into an overhead area to retrieve a drink and made contact with a metal item resulting in a laceration requiring 6 sutures. EE returned to work on EE's next scheduled shift on May 21, 2024.
Kneeling under PC3000 to put engine oil filter on and twisted to EE's left resulting a "pop of the knee. Incident occurred on 4/27/2024 but EE remained on duty at full capacity until being placed off on May 12 and missing EE's first shift on May 13, 2024.
Employee was walking up the stairs on EE's truck when EE felt a pop in EE's right foot. EE was diagnosed with a non displaced fracture of the 5th metatarsal bone.
Injured employee was removing a hoist cylinder from a CAT 785 Truck, The bottom of the cylinder moved unexpectedly, striking them in the chest.
Employee was working on a bent engine door when the door struck the thumb resulting in a laceration. 3 sutures were needed to close wound.
Employee was sitting on a dozer track welding on an engine door. EE simply reached up to the grabrail to pull self up when EE felt pain in the shoulder. EE continued to work since the incident. First day of missed work was Monday, Nov 27, 2023.
EE was shutting the door of a dozer that the EE was operating. The EE pulled the door closed, smashing left middle finger. EE received (4) sutures, and returned to work the following day.
Employee was swatting at a bee that had entered the cab of a drill. As EE did, EE's right hand made contact with a brass fitting that is part of the fire suppression system.
EE stopped at break check at Workman's Creek after dumping. Walked around and noticed tailgate wwasn't latched. Went to pick up on latch & tailgate fell in, pinching finger between latch & pin. Went to a medical clinic, got 15 stitches in right middle finger.
On Jan 26, 2023 employee was lifting one end of a drill leading cylinder to place a strap underneath. When EE did this, EE felt a pop in the left shoulder. Employee continued to work until date of surgery, April 11, 2023.
Employee was holding a part for the feeder weighing approx. 40 pounds, with arms extended out when EE felt pain in the left shoulder. Employee had surgery on 12/30/2022 and began missing work.
EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING AN ELECTRICAL INSPECTION ON A SERVICE TRUCK. EE HAD TO REMOVE THE MIG BOX FROM THE SERVICE TRUCK IN ORDER TO CHECK THE GROUND. EE WAS ON EE'S KNEES PUTTING THE MIG BOX BACK INTO PLACE WHEN EE FELT PAIN IN EE'S RIGHT ELBOW & BICEP. EMPLOYEE'S PHYSICIAN HAS NOW PERSCRIBED PHYSICAL THERAPY. THIS IS THE REASON WE ARE NOW REPORTING THE ACCIDENT.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING UNLOAD SUPPLIES FROM THE BACK OF A PICKUP TRUCK. THERE WAS A PALLET WITH ONLY ONE ROW OF WATER ON IT THAT HAD TURNED SO THE FORKS OF THE FORKLIFT WOULD NOT LINE UP FOR IT. EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO SLIDE THE PALLET AROUND WITH RIGHT ARM AND FELT A PAIN IN RIGHT BICEP.
Employee reported an unwitnessed incident on 8/17/2021. When removing the right front wheel chock, the employee felt a pain in right shoulder. EE completed shift and went to the Emergency Room on 8/29/2021 and was placed off work. The company investigated due to the time elapsed from the incident to diagnosis and received medical information 9/8/2021.
Employee was searching for a leak. Was attempting to lower the crankcase guard when it fell, striking the top of the hand. The employee continued to work and worked each scheduled day until a doctor visit on Sept 8, 2020. At this visit the doctor placed the employee off. First shift missed was Sept 9, 2020
While changing fittings from a failed hyd. pump to another pump, the pump began to fall from the bumper of a service truck. The employee tried to catch the falling pump.
Employee was removing a failed PTO from a service truck. After removing the last hose, the pump shifted, pinching the small finger of the left hand between the PTO and a crossmember.
Employee was applying the seat belt of the equipment EE was operating. As EE pulled the seatbelt it locked up and caused the employee to strike self in the mouth with the metal portion of the belt, chipping a tooth.
Employee is a surface drill operator. Employee decided to move a spare drill bit by self and has a strain in the low back.
Employee was using the boom of a service truck to place a piece of sheet metal. As employee positioned the metal to be placed back into a storage rack. Employee reached over with one hand to move the metal and felt a "pop at the left bicep. The employee continued to work at full duty till Oct 3, 2018 when employee was placed of work for scheduled surgery
EE was removing a drive line out of truck 045 at the time of the accident. When EE was removing the drive line out of the yoke, the drive line slipped out of EE's hands and caught the left side of EE's arm. This caused a laceration to the left side arm, resulting in (10) stitches to EE's left arm.
While removing a bolt on the "lip saver" of a 993 K model loader, a bolt with a rough edge cut the glove the employee was wearing causing a laceration to the outside edge of the right palm.
HWM crew was tasked to change a gearbox. The gearbox slipped from a fork of the forklift striking an employee.
Two employees were loading a D9 valve chest into a service truck. As the chest was repositioned on the truck, one of the employee's had a finger pinched between the valve chest and the service truck bed. The employee suffered a laceration requiring 3 sutures.
Employee was tasked to fuel the PC 3000 before the start of shift. The PC 3000 had trammed from the working pad at the end of the shift on the previous day. The tramming had created windrows of material. The employee tripped and fell over the material while dragging a hose.
Employee was greasing a loader when a grease fitting had come loose. With grease hose in hand, ee was coming from under the loader to get tools to replace the fitting. The employee accidentally discharged the grease. The grease struck the employee and embedded under the shin.
Employee was using a tag line to steady a load when the load started to shift . He then released the tag line and grabbed the load with his hands and caught his elbow between the crane and load breaking his right radius bone next to his elbow.
He was jacking front of truck up when jack kicked sideways and came to the ground with the spring hanger hitting his left shoulder.