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Changing out screens, and smashed finger with the screen
Two miners were lifting a rock together to stack on a pallet, and one let go to set the rock down and the other miner did not, and the rock smashed the miner's finger.
EE was pushing a rock slab, the rock tilted, smashing EE's finger between the rock and chopper teeth.
The miner was pushing a rock into the chopper to be chopped and lost control of the rock causing it to fall and land on EE's foot. EE's coworkers helped EE get it off and took EE to the hospital.
WORKER WAS MOVING A CHUNK OF ROCK ON THE CHOPPER TABLE WHEN THE ROCK ROLLED TO ONE SIDE AND CAUGHT THE WORKERS FINGERS IN BETWEEN ANOTHER ROCK. RESULTING IN (3) CUT FINGERS.
WORKER WAS STACKING CHOPPED ROCK ON A PALLET WHEN RIGHT HAND PINKY FINGER GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO ROCKS. RESULTING IN A SMASHED AND CUT FINGER.
WORKER WAS STACKING ROCK ONTO THE CHOPPER DECK WHEN EE DROPPED A ROCK ON THE RING FINGER OF LEFT HAND. EE WAS TAKEN TO MERCY HOSPITAL ER IN FORT SMITH, AR. AND RECEIVED (5)FIVE STITCHES TO THE TIP OF FINGER AND RETURNED TO WORK.!
WORKER DROPPED A CHOPPED PIECE OF ROCK ON RIGHT FOOT. THE ROCK MADE CONTACT WITH THE FOOT JUST ABOVE THE STEEL TOE PROTECTED AREA RESULTING IN A CLOSED FRACTURE OF MEDIAL PHALANX OF THE RIGHT LESSER TOE.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A PALLET AND TWISTED LEFT KNEE.
A rock was accidentally dropped on subjects' pinky finger by another worker. A smashed finger resulted.
WAS CLEANING AROUND CHOPPER WHEN A SLIVER OF METAL PUNCTURED FINGER AND LODGED INSIDE.
WORKER WAS CLEANING UP CHOPPER TABLE WHEN THUMB WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE DUMPSTER AND CHOPPER TABLE RESULTING IN LACERATION ON THUMB.
WORKER WAS CHANGING OUT A DRIVE BELT ON A VENEER SAW WHEN EE STRAINED BACK.
WORKER WAS LIFTING A 5-GALLON BUCKET OF HYDRAULIC FLUID INTO TRUCK WHEN IT SNAGGED THE TAILGATE OF TRUCK AS IT WAS BEING LIFTED. RESULTING IN A RIGHT SHOULDER STRAIN. WORKER WAS TREATED AND RELEASED BY DOCTOR AT COOPER CLINIC IN FORT SMITH, AR.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING AND BECAME OVERHEATED AND BEGAN VOMITING. EE TOLD SUPERVISOR AT HAND AND WAS TOLD TO GO TO VEHICLE AND COOL OFF. EE SAID THE SEVERE VOMITING CAUSED INJURY TO RIGHT EYE AND SOUGHT MEDICAL CARE. HOWEVER, THE EMPLOYER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THIS POSSIBLE INJURY UNTIL 6/23/2016.
WORKER WAS CLEANING UP WORK AREA WHEN EE's RIGHT KNEE CAME IN CONTACT WITH A SHARP ROCK STACKED ON A PALLET. THIS RESULTED IN A LACERATION THAT REQUIRED SEVERAL SUTURES.
SUBJECT WORKER AND TWO OTHER WORKERS WERE MOVING A SKID OF ROCK WHEN THE LOAD SHIFTED. A PIECE OF FALLING ROCK STRUCK THE SUBJECT WORKER ON THE FOURTH FINGER OF THE RIGHT HAND RESULTING IN A LACERATION.
Worker was stacking a piece of chopped rock onto a pallet when his finger was caught between another piece of rock as he was setting the rock down. This resulted in a smashed and broken pinky finger on the left hand.
WORKER WAS STACKING ROCK CHOPPED ON A PALLET WHEN THE RING FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO SHARP ROCKS. THIS RESULTED IN A CUT FINGER THAT REQUIRED STITCHES.
Worker was attempting to connect a bucket to a skid steer loader when he failed to secure the bucket properly. The bucket dislodged and fell on the workers left ankle. This resulted in a fracture of the of the workers left ankle.
A rock was being moved by another worker on the chopper table when the subject's middle finger of his left hand was caught between two rocks and his finger was broken as a result. His ring finger suffered only a minor contusion.
Worker was removing rock from the chopper and stacking it on a pallet when the pinkie finger on his right hand got caught between two rocks. This resulted in a mashed finger tip on his right hand pinkie finger.
Worker was picking up a chopped rock with a sharp edge to put on a pallet. It slipped out of his hand and landed on the end of his ring finger on the left hand severing the tip of finger off.
Worker was removing chopped rock from conveyor when the middle finger of his right hand got jammed between two rocks he was removing from the conveyor in order to stack on pallet. Injury resulted in a broken finger just below the first joint.
Employee had been working at this location and his back began hurting.
Worker was stacking rock onto a pallet at the chopper shop. When he started to place another rock onto the pallet the load of rock shifted. This caused the middle finger of his left hand to be caught in between two moving rocks and this resulted in a fractured finger.
Worker was stacking rock when severe pain developed in his left arm. The supervisor was near by and both thought it was a possible heart attack. Emergency 911 was called and he was taken to Johnson County Med. Ctr. in Clarksville, Ar. The Emergency Room diagnosis was a pinched Sciatic Nerve.
Worker was removing a wheel from a skid steer when the tire slipped off the lugs and caught the workers two middle fingers of his left hand in between the rim and the axle hub. This resulted in compression injuries to both fingers. He was taken to the Haskell County Community Hospital for treatment by an EE was later transferred to St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Ok.
Worker was removing stacked rock from a pallet when the load shifted and a sharp rock fell on the index finger of his left hand. It resulted in a broken and cut finger at the knuckle.
ON 08/10/12 SUBJECT WORKER WAS STACKING ROCK ONTO A PALLET WHEN THE ROCK SHIFTED AND SLID UP AGAINST HIS RIGHT HAND. THIS RESULTED IN TWO POSSIBLE BROKEN FINGERS ON HIS RIGHT HAND. THEY WERE HIS LITTLE FINGER AND RING FINGER. AFTER HIS EXAMINE THE NEXT DAY. THE E.R. STAFF TOLD HIM THAT HE HAD TWO BROKEN FINGERS. HE WAS TREATED AND RELEASED ON 08/11/12.
Replacing starting motor on D6T Bulldozer and removing the failed component. He placed the starter on the equalizer frame of the tractor to better position himself to take the starter off of the machine. The starter fell and struck his left hand ringer finger causing a fracture.