Search the record

employee working with contractor installing beams for overhead crane in new shop.contractor moved beam without communication, pinched hand. Saw physician numerous times, put on restricted duty 7/13/05 for torn ligament discovered thru MRI.

WHILE PLACING 4 X 8' 3/8" STEEL PLATE ON ASSIGNED JOB, FINGER GOT PINCHED. EMPLOYEE USED HIS LEFT HAND TO LIFT STEEL OFF OF HIS FINGER. EE FELT A MUSCLE PULL IN HIS LOWER BACK.

Employee was installing roof bolt through metal webbing, attempted to use roof bolt to pull slack in webbing prior to inserting in drill hole. He felt pain in right arm.

EMPLOYEE LIFTING 50 LB BAG ANFO, FELT PAIN IN LEFT ARM, ELBOW AND WRIST.

EE AND MECHANIC WERE ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE THE DRIE BELT GUARD, SO THEY COULD PULL THE GEAR REDUCER OFF FROM THE HEAD SHAFT. NEITHER EE WAS AWARE THAT THE HEAD SHAFT WAS BROKE AND THE GEAR REDU CER WAS IN DANGER OF FALLING. EE WAS HOLDING THE DRIVE BELT GUARD, HIS FINGERS WERE BETWEEN THE GUARD AND DRIVE PULLEY. THE GEAR REDUCER (200 LBS) FELL, AMPUTATING MIDDLE FINGER.

EE WAS REPLACING A 7 1/2 HP ELECTRIC MOTOR ON A ROTEX SCREEN. EE ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE THAT MOTOR THROUGH A SMALL OPENING AND GOT HIS FINGER PINCHED BETWEEN THE MOTOR AND"I" BEAM.

A PALLETIZER WAS JAMMED WITH PALLETS. HE WAS TRYING TO UNJAM PALLETS, AND SUCCESSFULLY REMOVED TWO. THE THIRD ONE WAS MORE TOUGH BUT AFTER SOME FRUSTRATION, IT CAME LOOSE. HE WENT TO PLACE IT DOWN & IT SLIPPED AND STRUCK HIM IN HIS RIGHT CALF.

EE WAS ACCESSING A WORK DECK THRU A MAN DOOR. THE DOOR WAS BUMPED BY ANOTHER EE CAUSING VICTIM'S RIGHT HAND TO BE PINCHED IN DOOR & DOOR FRAME.

EE WAS SHOVELING LOOSE SALT FROM THE FLOOR IN THE MILL ON TO 27 ROTEX. DISTANCE BETWEEN THE FLOOR & ROTEX IF APPROX 40". PER CALL 6/19/02 HERNIA NOT REPAIRED

EE INSTALLING CYLINDER ON DRILL RIG. FAILED TO BLOCK HEAD. PART OF DRILL HEAD FELL AND CUT FINGER.

EE ASCENDING STEPS FROM SHAFT POCKET AREA. TOOLS AND EQUIP0MENT REQUIRED MULTIPLE TRIPS. EE ATTEMPTED TO THROW OBJECT UP STAIRWAY. OBJECT HIT BEAM, FELL BACK INTO POCKET AREA, HITTING EE.

EE WAS REMOVING GUARD ON LEFT SIDE OF ENGINE COMPARTMENT ON DRILL RIG. FELT BURNING SENSATION IN LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WORKING ON ONE CRUSHER. ANOTHER ADJACENT CRUSHER WAS STARTED UP. CHUTE TO ANOTHER CRUSHER WAS CHOKED CAUSING SALT SPILLAGE. EMPLOYEE ALLEGES SALT STRUCK HIM ON HARD HAT AND SHOULDER. DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 8/8/01.

EE WAS STANDING ALONG SIDE OF A REEL OF GUIDE ROPE FOR THE PRODUCTION SKIP. MECHANICS WERE TRYING TO LOOSEN THE END OF THE CALE WHEN AN ADJACENTWRAP SPRAN OVER THE SIDE OF THE REEL AND STRUCK EE ON THE SIDE OF THE HEAD.

CHANGE OUT OF BALANCE ROPE IN SERVICE SHAFT: EE LIFTED ROPE & PUT IT ON HIS SHOULDER TO PULL IT FROM THE SUMP. IN DOING SO HE FELT HIS KNEE POP.HE FELT THAT HE WAS OKAY & WANTED TO CONTINUE TO WORK. ON THE 9TH OF JANUARY HIS KNEE HAD STIFFENED UP & GAVE HIM SOME PAIN. AT THIS POINT WE SOUGHT MEDICAL AID.

EE WAS CLEANING UP A SALT PILE IN THE UINDERGROUND MILL. A PIECE4 OF COMPACTED SALT BROKE LOOSE FROM PILE AND ROLLED DOWN STRIKING EE.

IN PREPARING TO ADVANCE A STAMLER A CABLE SLING WAS TAKEN FROM THE BACK OF A PICK-UP TRUCK BY THE EE. A LOOSE WIRE IN THE SLING STUCK THE EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER. IT SLICED HIS FINGER W HEN HE DROPPED IT FROM THE BACK OF THE TRUCK.

EMPLOYEE WAS REPOSITIONING AN 8' LADDER WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LOWER ABDOMEN. ON 6/15/00, HE WAS STILL EXPERIENCING DISCOMFORT AND WASTAKEN TO LUTHERAN MEDICAL CENTER.

EE TOLD SUPERVISOR THAT HE HAD EXPERIENCED TENDONITIS IN HIS RIGHT ARM BEFORE EMPLOYMENT WITH CARGILL. HE STATED THAT HIS ARM WAS GETTING THE SAME WAY BECAUSE OF HANDLING HALITE BAGS.

EMPLOYEE USED IMPROPER LIFTING TECHNIQUE WHILE LIFTING STRETCHER HURTING LEFT KNEE. EMPLOYEE ALLOWED TO RETURN TO WORK ON REGULAR DUTY. KNEE CONTINUED TO CAUSE DISCOMFORT AND ON 5/5/00 HAD MINOR OUT-PATIENT SURGERY. ALLOWED TO RETURN TO WORK ON RESTRICTED DUTY.