Employee was removing a bolt from the bottom of a loader bucket wear plate. As they were reaching under the bucket to get the bolt, the sharp edge of the bolt cut the palm of left hand. Eight (8) sutures were required to repair the wound. The employee returned back to work on the same shift and finished the shift. Employee was returned back to work full duty.
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Showing all 24The miner was changing a tire on a Cat 789 rock truck when EE's finger was caught between the locking ring and bead ring. The tip of EE's right ring finger was smashed causing the tissue and skin to be removed from it.
Employee was trying to break up some lodged anfo in the bed of a bulk anfo truck while employee was using a shovel employee had a sharp pain travel through shoulder and neck area. Employee started missing work on 8/12/20.
Employee and another employee were closing a garage door and the cable broke causing one of the rollers to come out hitting the employee in the head requiring 2 staples.
Installing a hydraulic hose on main frame of 16 grader when lower back popped and EE felt a stabbing pain
While installing an engine ee began to fill a tightness and numbness in upper left arm and shoulder.
While oiling equipment a piece of rock from a blast hit the employee in lower back. Employee started missing work 12/11/2018.
Knocking a pin out of ebar and ebar fell pinning finger against the belly pan of the machine lacerating finger
Employee was opening the inspection door on the sampler system in the load out building and it struck employee's left index finger and cut it. Resulted in 5 sutures and employee returned back to work next scheduled shift.
Caught employee's left arm in the steering wheel of a sweeper truck causing a hair line fracture.
Employee was inserting an auger into the box of a highwall beam and got left index finger caught between the auger and box.
Employee was getting off excavator and came into contact with a sharp piece of metal requiring 6 stitches.
Employee stated they were climbing upon the rock truck and felt pain. No one was notified until 10/4/2016.
Employee was putting air dry in rock truck and hose came off letting the air dry hit EE in the eyes. Employee started missing work on 1/18/2016.
Lining up track shoe to put track back together on a drill - the track pad slipped and mashed left index finger causing a laceration.
Employee was trying to get rock off push arm of dozer and felt pain in lower back.
Employee was lifting water line and felt pain in lower back.
Employee got off loader and while climbing back up he pulled on ladder and felt pain in his right shoulder.
Victim was climbing up ladder on 785B truck when he hit his knee on button of step. Made a small incision across knee cap about 1/2 to 3/4 long. Because it was in bend of knee, would not close. Taken to hospital for stitches.
Installing 785C engine/torque engine got hung up and when it sprang loose the engine swung back jamming employees right wrist between scavenger pump and drive line bruised bones and pulling tendons.
Putting hose from bulk tank back up into the door of the lube truck, pushing it up with his left arm up to the right. Felt shoulder pop. Victim stated he had both rotator cups repaired in the past because of previous work related injuries for other companies.
Releasing air pressure from tanker, the pressure blew a rock up and hit right leg.
Employee was changing fuel filters on 980C End loader when diesel fuel splashed into his eye.
Employee was helping remove a hydraulic cylinder from a storage rack and as he reached to remove a block of wood from in front of the cylinder, the cylinder shifted & slid on the forks of the forklift and struck him behind the left knee causing laceration & bruising.