Employee was sliding screen off top deck of screen plant when his glove became hooked on the hooked wire end. The weight of the falling screen pulled him into the metal handrail, he hit his right side shoulder/collar bone area.
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Employee was changing oil in the cone. As he removed plug the drain valve also unscrewed and hot oil splashed onto two fingers of the left hand burning him.
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EE WAS CLIMBING ONTO A CONVEYOR TO MAKE A REPAIR WHEN HE STRUCK HIS KNEE ON THE IRON FRAME, LACERATING HIS KNEE. IT TOOK STITCHES TO CLOSE THE WOUND. NO LOST TIME.
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LIFTING THE EE STEPS MOVING CRUSHER TO NEW LOCATION.
EE WAS LOADING SOME 8X8 BOARDS ONTO A TRANSPORT TRUCK PREPARING TO MOVE CRUSHER TO A NEW PIT. HE DROPPED THE BOARD ON HIS FINGER, HE NEEDED 8 STITCHES TO CLOSE THE WOUND.
EE WAS REMOVING THE SCREENS ON THE CRUSHER AND PULLED THE SCREEN OVER HIS ARM CAUSING A LACERATION.
ROCK WAS STUCK IN THE GRIZZLY. EMPLOYEE PUSHED ON THE ROCK TO FREE IT. WHEN IT CAME LOOSE HE SMASHED HIS FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING AN IRON FEED PLATE FOR THE BARMAC, UP ON A CAT WALK, WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
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