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Lowering a Stacker Conveyor while putting pin in to hold in place EE tried to hold up conveyor with EE's knee and slipped and pined EE's ankle under the frame then rolled EE's ankle. that resulting fracturing EE's ankle.
Miner was assisting in the removal of a boulder from a jaw crusher. While working, another smaller rock near the work was dislodged and fell, smashing the miner's finger between this rock and the boulder they were working to remove. The impact caused a laceration on the right middle finger, requiring stitches.
Miner was replacing V-belts (drive belts) for a Rolls crusher drive system. While performing this operation the miner's finger became stuck in between the drive sheave and the belt while rotating the sheave to put the belt in place. This lacerated the miner's right index finger. Miner's laceration was stitched at a local ER.
Worker was helping to load a welding skid on a trailer. When the skid was lifted the load started to swing. The worker reached out Right hand to stabilize the load. The little finger of the hand was pinched between the skid and a truck scale already loaded on the trailer. This smashed the finger between the two objects and broke the skin on the little finger. Required stitches.
Setting a conveyor belt in place. The worker was placing blocking under the conveyor support when the load shifted downward, smashing the worker's Left thumb between the block and the conveyor leg. This cut the tip of the thumb and required stitches to close the wound.
Worker was changing a v belt when EE's RT little finger was pinched between the belt and the sheave. The worker did not immediately report the incident thinking there was no injury. A later visit to a DR. revealed the finger is fractured. Worker reported injury July 9th.
ee bent over to pick up a 50 pound bag of shot powder & felt lower back pain. The pain continued to gradually get worse over the next few days.
Rolled hand into V-Belt Pulley, Fractured Knuckle.
Rock was to hot on the burner went back to take the pan off the burner and some of the rock started popping or exploding causing fragments of rock and very small fragments of metal from the pan to become airborne, one of the fragments of rusted metal went into right eye.