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Employee was in the process of cleaning the laydown yard. Part of the clean up involved removing some steel plate to take to the scrap pile. As the employee was setting the piece of plate into the bucket of a skid steer, EE felt a sudden pain in the left bicep.
On Sept 15, 2021 EE preforming electrician duties was pulling cable through conduit, tweaked EE's right shoulder while wiring a speed switch. EE refused medical attention, incident documented. On Oct 20, 2021, EE requesting a medical evaluation of the shoulder. Medical evaluation dictated restrictions, returned to work immediately.
Unknown rock or debris falling down chute into work area. Striking Employee in Genitals area causing a contusion.
Miner/Employee was assisting in replacing new sand screw wear shoes when EE was repositioning the shoe to the shaft it slipped from his grasp and resulting in a caught between the sand screw tank wall and screw auger flight crushing/minor fracture injury to his left index finger.
The employee was cleaning up the surrounding work area when he went to pick up a piece of steel pipe he strained his back.
Employee was lifting large batteries and strained left groin.
Employee was working on a 988G loader bucket cutting edge using impact wrench to remove bolts. Bolts spun and employee tried to hold the bolt by hand to lock it in place and bolt spun cutting his left middle finger through his glove.
WATER TRUCK DRIVER WAS FILLING TRUCK WITH WATER, REMOVED ROPE THAT HOLDS VALVE OPEN & ROD CONNECTED TO VALVE CAME DOWN AND HIT THE DRIVER ON THE HEAD. HEAD CONTUSION.
EE WAS REPLACING ELECTRICAL PANEL WHEN THE PANEL SLIPPED OUT OF ITS SAFETY CHAIN HARNESS & FELL ON EE'S LEFT HAND RESULTING IN A LACERATION.
EE WAS AT BUNKER TO START JOB AND STEPPED OUT OF TRUCK TO FILL TRUCK AND GRABBED I BEAM TO STEP OUT AND INSIDE OF I BEAM A PIECE OF METAL SPIN CUT LEFT PALM OF EE. EE SUFFERED LACERATION TO LE FT PALM.
EMPLOYEE AND CREW WORKING ON CONVEYER MOTOR BELTS AFTER CHECKING BELTS ALIGNMENT, CREW WENT TO CHECK TENSION. EMPLOYEE HAD HOLD OF BELTS AND ROTATED RIGHT RING FINGER AND LITTLE FINGER INTO BELT PULLEY.
EE WAS LIFTING SCREEN TO WORK ON REPAIR WHEN HECCUT HIS LEFT FOREARM