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EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING THE SWING PUMP FROM THE MACHINE. THE PUMP WAS STUCK BUT THEN BROKE FREE UNEXPECTEDLY. WHEN IT BROKE FREE, IT BENT EMPLOYEE'S ARM IN AN AWKWARD POSITION
OPERATOR STEPPED OUT OF THE CAB ONTO THE CATWALK TO WIPE EE'S WINDOWS. WHEN EE LEANED OVER, EE'S HARD HAT FELL OFF. EE LEANED OVER MORE TO PICK UP EE'S HARD HAT AND WHEN EE ROSE BACK UP, EE HIT EE'S HEAD ON A ROOF PROTECTOR.
Employee was changing a flat tire on the service truck. EE lifted the tire without assistance and then was diagnosed with a ventral hernia.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING THE CAB OF EMPLOYEE'S TRUCK. EMPLOYEE CAUGHT A FINGER ON SOMETHING UNDERNEATH THE SEAT, CAUSING A LACERATION.
Employee was loading ANFO into the hole for the shot. When EE pulled the hose out, it slipped out of EE's hand, striking EE in the shoulder.
Employee was manually closing a door on a chute. The door did not close completely and kicked back. The handle of the door pinched the employee's finger and fractured it.
Employee was assisting another employee who was removing and replacing a belt idler. The belt was not operating and was locked out at the time of repairs. While the two employees were lifting the idler, it slipped and the idler frame fell on the employee's finger.
Employee was lifting up a cribbing block and felt pain in his back.
Employee was replacing the battery in a Euclid rock truck. Employee suffered back strain lifting the battery in and out of the truck.
Employee was loading replacement screens into a skidsteer bucket. He got his finger in between the screens and smashed it, fracturing his finger.
Employee was removing a chute liner plate. When he removed the plate, the door of the chute came down and hit his arm
Employee is a mechanic, he was trying to line up two holes in a scaler boom to insert a roller, he got his pinkie finger caught in a pinch point causing a laceration.
Operator got out of his machine and picked up a broken shank and tip. He hoisted the broken piece onto the catwalk of the machine. Employee stated he felt pain in his groin at this time.
One employee handed a piece of steel plate to another employee. The 2nd employee did not have a good grip on it and it fell to the ground with his finger underneath of it.
Employee was helping move an air compressor and got his finger caught in a pinch point, causing a laceration that required stitches.
The employee (a blaster trainee) was assisting the licensed PA blaster in setting off a shot. After the shot went off (approximately 8-10 seconds) the employee went into the line of the shot and was struck in the shin by a piece of flying debris, requiring him to get 6 stitches in his leg.
Employee was helping to assemble framework for a new conveyor. He was attempting to align a bolt into it's corresponding hole, he got his finger caught between the threads of the bolt and the framework.
Employee reported that he hurt his back climbing into his machine at the beginning of the shift. the chiropractor said the ee has a sprain.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE HURT HIS BACK HELPING TO LIFT SCREEN PANELS THAT WERE BEING INSTALLED IN THE SCREEN DECK. EMPLOYEE DID NOT REPORT PROBLEM TO MANAGEMENT UNTIL 5/3/04.
EE WAS STEAM CLEANING HIS MACHINE. EE CLAIMS HE DID NOT REALIZE HE WAS INJURED UNTIL HE CLIMBED BACK INTO HIS MACHINE. HE SPECUALTES THAT HE CUT HIMSELF ON EITHER THE HANDLE OR HOSE OF THE STE AM JENNY. EE SUFFERED A LACERATION TO HIS RIGHT HAND, REQUIRING STITCHES.
EE WAS REPAIRING MACHINE, RE-INSTALLING CHAIN. FINGER GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE CHAIN AND THE SPROCKET. EE LACERATED HIS FINGER REQUIRING SUTURES.