Operator was picking up a water bag when EE felt a sharp pain in EE's right shoulder.
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Showing all 28Miner was changing a saw blade and a gust of wind blew the blade guard door shut striking the miners left middle finger resulting in a small laceration to the left middle finger.
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A PIECE OF SCRAP FROM THE BANKER BY THEMSELVES AND MASHED RIGHT RING FINGERTIP CAUSING A TISSUE AMPUTATION OF THE FINGERTIP.
EE WAS SIZING A BLOCK TO BE MOVED WHEN A SMALL UNSEEN SHELL TURNED LOOSE WHERE EE HAD DRILLED EE'S HOLES TO BREAK THE STONE. THE EE CAUCHT THE SHELL WITH EE'S RIGHT HAND TO KEEP IT FROM FALLING AND HIT EE'S WRIST ON THE SHARP EDGE CAUSING A SMALL LACERATION. EE WAS RELEASED BACK TO WORK FULL DUTY SAME DAY
EE WAS STANDING ABOUT 4 FEET FROM A MAINTENANCE EE THAT WAS REMOVING A PULLEY LOCKING COLLAR FROM A SHAFT AND A SMALL PIECE OF METAL WENT UNDER EE'S SAFETY GLASSES AND INTO RIGHT EYE
EE WAS REMOVING A JACK STAND FROM UNDERNEATH A FORKLIFT THAT HE HAD BEEN WORKING ON WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. EE WAS SENT FOR MEDICAL ATTENTION, AND WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTIONS, AND REFERED TO AN ORTHO FOR FURTHER EVALUATION.
A quarry employee bent down to pick up a 4" piece of air compressor hose to place on a pick up bed, and strained a muscle in his back.
The employee was pulling a wire saw cable by hand and felt a sharp pain in his lower back. Employee went to local emergency room on 05/03/2013. Diagnosis low back strain.
The employee was walking up a conveyor, he slipped causing his left ankle to receive his full weight causing pain. The result was a chipped bone in his left ankle.
The employee was removing a piece of waste granite from a saw cart using a steel lifting cable. The employee put pressure on the waste piece with a pry bar to allow the lifting cable to go around the waste piece. As he applied pressure a piece of the waste slab broke off and fell striking the employee on the left shoulder causing an abrasion and laceration.
The employee started to lift a metal screen up a 5 foot space when he heard his right elbow pop. He could no longer use his right arm. The result was a contusion of the right elbow.
The maintenance employee was testing a wire saw that had been repaired. While watching the saw move vertically, bolts broke, which held the saw to the frame allowing the saw to fall. The wheel guard struck the employee on the hard hat and shoulder. The employee fell to the floor. The employee was taken for medical attention where a contusion of the head and shoulder was diagnosed.
Employee bent over to pull a steel cable under a granite block, when he stood up he felt pain in his lower back. The result was a Lumbosacral Sprain.
The employee had built a warming fire in a small stove in a building for warming on the Quarry. While operating a drill, the employee noticed a box of rags next to the stove were on fire. The employee used a dry chemical extinguisher to put the fire out, but was overcome by the dry chemical fumes.
The employee was adjusting a water supply line on a block of granite being sawn. The water spray blew a foreign body into his left eye.
The employee was preparing to remove some slabs from a trolley. While reaching for a crane sling, a piece of slab fell off the trolley, striking the employee on his right arm, left hand and right foot.
After placing a piece of granite on a saw cart trolley, the employee reached over to get a pry-bar. When the employee braced himself with his right hand, while leaning, the piece of granite rolled over onto his right hand, resulting in a fracture to the little finger and ring finger of the right hand.
The employee was installing toggle plate seats in the Primary Crusher. A metal shim fell on his left hand, resulting in a contusion to the index and middle fingers of the left hand.
THE EE WAS REMOVING A STEEL LIFTING CABLE FROM A GRANITE BLOCK, THE CABLE TWISTED IN THE EE S HANDS CAUSING A CONTUSION TO THE OUTSIDE EDGE OF THE LEFT HAND.
PUTTING 50LB BAGS ON A PALLET, CAUGHT TOE ON PALLET CAUSING BACK TO TWIST, RESULTING IN PAIN LOWER BACK
THE EMPLOYEE WAS CLOSING THE ENTRANCE DOOR TO A BUILDING AFTER STEPPING INSIDE. HE PLACED HIS LEFT HAND ON THE DOOR CASING AND CLOSED THE DOOR RESULTING IN AMPUTATION OF 3/8" OF THE TIP OF HIS MIDDLE LEFT-HAND FINGER.
THE EE WAS HOLDING A PIECE OF STEEL TUBING WHILEANOTHER EE CUT IT FREE FROM A LONGER PIECE. WHEN THE PIECE WAS CUT FREE THE EMPLOYEE DROPPED IT ON HIS RIGHT FOOT.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING A PIECE OF CATWALK MATERIAL OVER ANOTHER PIECE WHEN THE BOTTOM PIECE SHIFTED AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN THEM.
THE EE WAS MOVING A SCREEN BY HAND MASHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE SCREEN AND A RAIL 12 STITCHES TO HIS FINGER.
THE EE WAS PULLING A LARGE SLIDING DOOR TO CLOSE IT WHEN HE STRAINED HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING THE GUIDE OFF THE STEEL, HE DID NOT NOTICE THAT THE STEEL HAD COME LOOSE FROM THE COUPLING, THE STEEL FELL CATCHING HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE BIT AND THE JAWS THAT HOLD IT .
THE EE WAS LIFTING A LIFT TRUCK FORK AND FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
1 EE WAS PUSHING SLABS APART WITH PRY BAR AS THEPERSON WAS INJURED WAS PUTTING BELT AROUND THE SLAB SO THE CRANE COULD LIFT IT. THE SLAB BR0KE AS HE WAS BENDING OVER TO PLACE THE BELT UNDER & FELL TOWARD HIM STRIKING HIM BEHIND THE RIGHT EAR IN A GLANCING BLOW PUSHING HIM OUT OF THE WAY