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As the employee was picking stones out of the crusher he felt a pain in his back. This was not considered a recordable incident until later and that is why there was a delay in reporting this incident.
Installing hose under loader above the belly pan, felt strain in left shoulder. This injury was not reported to me until November 5, 2009. I could not report this to MSHA until it was reported to me.
The emp injured works in the quality department and developed tendonitis in his right thumb and wrist due to carrying sample buckets of stone and using wire brush to clean screens for gradations.
The employee was providing assistance in fabricating a work stand in the Shop. As he was carrying a section of steel grating and attempting to lift it onto the stand, the piece of steel slipped from the employee's grip and caught his finger against the edge of the work stand.
EE had upper body thru access door to primary screen sand bin to assist co-work in dislodging massive chunk of sand, ice & snow was frozen to sides of bin overtop of moving conveyor belt. During their attempts, belt caught chunk & suddenly moved it towards ee. Frozen material struck ee and wedged him against access door frame.
After loading his truck from the overhead bins, the employee noticed stones leaking out from the back of his bin dump truck. He began removing the material that was preventing the tailgate from completely closing with his fingers. As he cleared the material, the tailgate suddenly shut and pinched his fingers against the dump bed.
While maneuvering to grease along the bottom of a front-end loader, the employee bumped the back of his head and then reacted by suddenly leaning forward, striking the front of his head against a corner on the loader.
AS THE EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING A SCREEN PATCH ON THE TOP DECK FINISH SCREEN AT THE SECONDARY PLANT, THE EE LOOKED UPWARD TO TIGHTEN BOLTS WHEN STONE CHIPS FELL & STRUCK HIS LEFT EYE.
As the employee pulled open the tailgate on his bin truck to dislodge a rock that was wedged, the tailgate suddenly closed shut and crushed his finger against the truck bed.
As the employee picked up a piece of scrap steel plate from the ground at the Upper Plant, a 4-foot section of 2-inch angle iron slid off the plate and fell on top of his right foot.
The ee felt pain in his lower back while shoveling stone off of a conveyor belt that had stopped due to an accumulation of too much material.
WHILE TAPPING ON THE ENGINE TIMING COVER ON A FRONT END LOADER, A PIECE OF PAINT CHIPPED OFF & STRUCK THE EE'S RIGHT EYE.
THE EE LOADED HIS BIN DUMP TRUCK WITHOUT KNOWING THAT THE TAILGATE WAS UNLATCHED. AFTER NOTICING THAT THE LOAD OF STONE WAS PREVENTING THE TAILGATE FROM COMPLETELY CLOSING HE REMOVED SOME BUIL DUP. WHEN THE STONES FELL OUT, THE TAILGATE SUDDENLY CLOSED AND CRUSHED 3 OF HIS LEFT FINGERS BETWEEN THE TAILGATE AND DUMP BED.
THE EMPLOYEE DEVELOPED BACK PAIN AFTER FITTING A SCREEN INTO THE BOTTOM DECK OF A POWER SCREEN.
WHILE THE EEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO UPRIGHT AN APPROXIMATELY 200 POUND STEEL SHAFT FROM GROUND LEVEL TO A VERTICAL POSITION, THE SHAFT SLIPPED FROM HIS HANDS AND CRUSHED THE TIPS OF HIS FINGERS AG AINST THE FLOOR.
WHILE THE EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON THE TAILGATE OF HIS DUMP TRUCK TO RELEASE EXCESS SAND, A LUMP OF FROZEN MATERIAL FELL OUT AND LANDED ON HIS LEFT FOOT.
EMPLOYEE DEVELOPED DELAYED BACK PAIN AFTER SHOVELING STONE OFF #2 SCREEN.
AS THE EMPLOYEE WAS SLIDING A STEEL PLATE FROM THE TOP OF TWO BEAMS ON A 100 TON PRESS WITH ONE HAND, THE PLATE FELL BETWEEN THE BEAMS PINCHING HIS FINGER IN BETWEEN THE HANDLE ON THE PLATE AND ONE OF THE BEAMS.
EMPLOYEE FELT PAIN IN HIS STOMACH WHILE HE WAS LIFTING 80 LB BAGS OF LIME OFF OF A TELESCOPING CONVEYER AND PLACING THE BAGS ONTO PALLETS.
EE STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE TRYING TO SLIDE A PIECE OF PLYWOOD BETWEEN A CONVEYOR BELT UNDER TENSION AND THE CONVEYOR TROUGH IDLERS IN ORDER TO LACE THE BELT TOGETHER.