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Clear, dry, noise from the forklift and semi trucks. Transverse fracture on middle finger right hand.
The employee was fixing a coolant leak of a D-10 dozer at Johnson SL-8 location, when the water pump being used to pump coolant from the top of the radiator fell, contacting the top of the employee's head.
Employee was removing an air line from the East blow bottle when they fell from ladder approximately 6 feet. Employee was taken to the hospital for x-rays which confirmed they fractured their right heel.
Employee was lowering a pinion shaft to the floor when EE lost EE's grip. When EE re-positioned quickly, EE felt a pain in EE's shoulder and arm.
Employee was performing heavy equipment maintenance, installing a roller on a bulldozer; the roller slipped and smashed his small finger on his left hand.
Employee was assisting another employee cutting metal; while handling a piece that was already cut, it shifted and when he pulled his hand away quickly he swiped his middle finger against the cut edge of the metal, causing a laceration to the underside of his right middle finger.
employee was stacking 100# bags when he felt a pain in his right shoulder. he informed the lead man and they stopped packing, once stopped packing, they informed the plant foreman. they brought employee to get a drug screen and see the doctor. the doctor gave him 2 prescriptions. his report from the doctor states that he can return to work with out restrictions.
Employee was hand stacking product bags when he jammed the fingers on his right hand while in the downward motions of placing a bag onto the pallet. Incident was reported at the end of the shift; employee did not seek medical treatment for the injury until September 5, 2012.
An employee was in the process of adjusting the roll of shrink-wrap when one end of the bar holding the shrink-wrap slipped off the stand, this caused the roll weighing approximately 100 pounds to drop the opposite end of the bar raised crushed the employees right little finger between the bar and the stand.
Employee was changing vacuum cleaner bag when bag broke, spilling dirt and debris up into her face, causing irritation to her left eye. Employee sought medical treatment the following day when first aid methods were unsuccessful in removing irritant from eye.
Employee was stacking bags when two bags came at the employee at the same time the employee attempted to stack both bags when he felt a sharp pain in his right shoulder.
Employee experienced torso discomfort the day after material handling on this shift. Condition deteriorated until he sought doctor's treatment for a possible inguinal hernia on 6/28/11, he is working restricted duty and has been referred to a medical specialist for a surgery consultation.
Employee was poked in the finger by a wire from an Hydraulic line. The wire broke off inside the employees finger. The employee's finger became infected because of the wire. The infection spread through the rest of the employee's body.
Employee was attempting to open a door on a railroad box car. The employee was pulling down on the handle and felt a sharp pain in his hip. The pain radiated down to his leg.
Employee was hand stacking 88# product bags. He reached up around the upper edge of the bag inside the rubber curtain guard of the conveyor and his hand was caught between the conveyor belt and the first guide roller. Employee was wearing gloves. He sustained a soft tissue injury of his right hand, released back to work modified duty for 7-10 days by the treating physician.
Employee was inspecting truck to load. Employee lowered inspection stairs to top of trailer. Inspection stairs got hung up on trailer hatch. Employee tried to use pneumatic system to raise stairs. Stairs remained lodged. Employee attempted to dislodge by lifting on cage. When lifted, cage became dislodged and upper railing struck employee in chin causing laceration.
Injured his left shoulder while replacing the fan clutch on a haul truck. Employee was supporting the majority of the weight of the fan clutch in his left hand and was guiding the part with his right hand when he felt a sharp pain in his right shoulder.
Employee was working around the product bagging area when he felt like he had gotten something in his eye. He finished his shift, but his eye was still irritating him on Monday August 2 so he sought doctor's treatment. No foreign object was found by the doctor. Employee was given an opthamalic prescription and released back to full duty.
Employee was in the process of stacking 100# sacks of bentonite. Two bags came down the belt back to back, the employee stacked the first bag and attempted to grab the second when he felt a sharp pain and pressure in his back.
Employee was stacking bags on a pallet, when he felt a muscle cramp in his calf, he then felt and heard a pop in his calf muscle of his left leg. The employee immediately reported the injury to his supervisor.
Employee was assisting maintenance personnel in gathering tools for a project. He was pulling a welding cable to the walkway next to the work area when he felt a pain in his lower back. Employee reported the incident to his supervisor but declined medical treatment until 4/23/10.
dust particale to left eye
Employee was hand stacking 100# product bags on pallets with another employee, when he felt pain in his lower back, which inhibited his ability to stand up completely straight.
Employee was trying to move a belt manually and caught his finger between the belt and sheave.
Employee picked up a roll of shrink wrap. The shrink wrap started to fall out of his hands, the employee tried to catch the roll of shrink wrap and felt a sharp pain in his lower back.
The bag started to fall to the ground, the employee attempted to catch the 100 pound bag of bentonite before it hit the ground. The employee felt a sharp pain in his right shoulder as the weight of the bag pulled on his arms.
While the employee was checking wiring for sensors, he stepped off a step awkwardly and struck the lower part of his left leg on a metal ledge.
Employee was transporting 2 sheets of grating with a forklift. There was a piece of loose grating between the 2 sheets that was bouncing around. The employee stopped the forklift. He went to the front of the lift to attempt to remove the loose piece of grating. The 2 sheets shifted and smashed the employees finger, tearing the fingernail.
Employee was Placing 100# sacks of Bentonite clay on pallets. As he grabbed a full bag and was turning to place the bag on a pallet, he felt severe pain in his lower back.
The first Employee put a pallet onto the packing station using a forklift. The second employee was cleaning the rails on the packer. The second employee was between the pallet and the rail. As the first employee was bringing the pallet, he did not raise it high enough, bumping into the empty pallet and pushing into the second employees feet and pinning his feet against the rail.
Employee had connected diengaged car puller to C-6 rail car, then proceeded to push cars with track mobile, car puller became engaged causing cable to stop spolling. Cable became tight then causing cable to become disconnected from clamps, hitting employee on elbow.
Employee was hand stacking 50# bags of product when he felt a pain in his right elbow and bicep. He reported the incident but continued to work through the following week. He sought doctor's treatment on January 21, 2009 - first aid only but employee is duty restricted for ~2 weeks as a result of the examination.
Employee was in the process of removing debrie from a clean out system on a bag house. After the employee locked out the system , he proceeds to move the gear on the rotary valve using a pipe wrench while trying to free the object with his other hand. As the object loosens his hand falls forward into the flights cutting his ring and middle finger on his left hand.
EE was assisting other ee in offloading 50# sacks of Anfo from a delivery truck. One employee in the line dropped a bag and this employee picked it up. He felt a pain in his lower back but finished the job. About 15 minutes later the pain increased and he was taken to town to seek medical attention. off work until recheck on 10/27
Employee was in the process of assisting another employee change out a starter on a Cat 988H loader, and during this process, the employee who was actually extracting the starter out of the machine, as he was attempting to lower the starter, it slipped out of his hand and struck his partner's finger, causing a laceration to his finger.
Employee was adding oil to gland water pump while kneeling down. When he pulled himself upright with the use of the handrail, he felt a pain in his lower back. He finished his graveyard shift and sought doctor's treatment later that day, which resulted in time off.
Employee was climbing equipment ladder on front end loader when he felt a pain in his abdomen.
Employee was performing maintenance on a classifier at the crushing circuit. He was turning the flywheel to reposition for the next shoe replacement when he pinched his finger between the belt and the pulley.
Employee was pulling a filled product bag off the conveyor to stack and had to try and stop in mid-air to keep from hitting another employee who was in the way. He felt a pain in his back, but finished his shift and reported and worked the next scheduled shift before deciding to seek medical treatment the afternoon of Feb 21st.
Employee lifted a pallet and radiator using a forklift. When he noticed the radiator was not square on pallet, he stops forklift and straightens radiator by lifting one corner. As he lifts, he felt a "pop" in his right bicep.
Employee was attempting to slide one of the bulkhead doors inside a rail boxcar with the aid of two other employees - when the top of the door stuck, the bottom part swung out, and when they let loose of the door, the bottom of it pinched the employee's foot to the deck of the railcar. Employee was wearing steel toed safety boots at the time of the incident.
Employee was checking crushing circuit screen area to determine source of water leak. As he was ascending ladder to access screen area, he was suddenly struck on the top of his right shoulder by a <3" rock that had fallen from the #8 conveyor belt above him.
Employee was manipulating filled product bags on the semi-automatic palletizer machine when he felt his upper back pop. Employee completed his shift and decided to seek medical attention the following day on 8/28/07.
EE was changing a tire on the #23 crew bus. When finished, he felt some discomfort in his groin area. He reported incident but initially declined medical treatment. He sought medical treatment for same on Fri, Sept 7, 2007 & was released to RTW full-duty no restrictions, by physician to have surgically repaired.
Employee was working at the semi-automatic palletizer, handling 100# product bags, when he felt a pop in his left shoulder. Employee sought medical treatment the following day, was advised by the treating physician to remain off work the remainder of the week, and he returned to work full-duty effective Monday, July 23, 2007.
Employee was trying to change a belt on an electric motor pulley by himself and his hands got stuck between the belt and pulley. Second degree burn and contused left hand and wrist.
Employee strained left while operating packing machine, employee was reaching out with left leg to slow bags of bentonite from hitting conveyor belt, keeping bags from breaking open.
EE was improperly using a 100 lb set weight on the bagging machine cradle while in operation. When the weight set fell down onto the bag converyor, the EE bent over to retrieve it and felt a pop in his lower back. Incident was not reported until EE sought medical treatment on 11/21/06.
Employee states he was pushing bags on the semi-automatic palletizer when he felt a pain in his right shoulder. He sought medical treatment on November 9, 2006 and reported the incident to his supervisor on November 10, 2006
EE was loading a barrel onto the oil dock with the assistance of a second employee. As they pushed and spun the barrel into place, he felt a pop in his ankle. EE did not seek medical treat- ment until 8/17/06. arter condition worsened.