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While attempting to close tailgate on haul truck, employee placed hand in pinch point. When tailgate closed, hand was caught in pinch point injuring third right finger.
Employee captured HF acid in a bottle, placing it in their pocket and the bottle ruptured as EE walked back to plant burning EE's skin with chemicals.
Maintenance employee bent over picking up hand tool and felt a pain in EE's lower back. EE reported it to management immediately.
Employee was loading and lifting screens. Several hours after lifting the screens and placing them in a separate storage area. The employee felt pain in lower left back.
The employee was picking up boxes when EE felt a pinch in EE's back. The pain got worst as the day went on. On 06/18/2022 EE reported it to management. On Monday 06/20/2022 EE went to the doctor and was wrote out of work for a pulled muscle.
2 miners were attempting to load a roll of plastic shrink wrap onto a stand. As miner #1 was removing the steel bar that holds the roll, miner #2 placed hand in the area of a pinch point to assist miner #1. Miner #1 lost the grip on the steel bar dropping it which cause an abrupt upward motion pinching the right index finger of miner #2.
A maintenance worker reported getting dust in both eyes at some point during the prior workday. EE was taken to Urgent Care as soon as reported. Employee's eyes were flushed with water. Prescription eye drops were given and used. On the next working day, the employee stated "EE was fine now." No lost time occurred.
While cleaning up debris after a maintenance task, old steel was being picked up and placed on a fork lift. As the employee picked up a piece of discarded metal there was on unseen "burr" attached to the backside. It cut through a leather glove and lacerated the little finger on the employee's right hand
Employee was stacking 50 lb. bags and felt pain in EE's right shoulder. EE later reported it to EE's supervisor.
While unclogging a chemical supply line material inadvertently contacted miners left eye. Causing a chemical burn to the eye
EE was transferring inventory to shelf and strained lower back
The ladder way access to the railcar/tanker truck loadout had a pinch point near the handle.
Upon initially performing maintenance at RE machines at dryer in plant, employee apparently got a dust particle in the eye. Eye was treated with solution at local clinic. Employee returned to work immediately afterwards.
Employee was loosening a tight nut on the shaker feeder at the jaw crusher, when the nut suddenly came loose. The employee's right forearm struck against a nearby piece of of angle iron and the employee sustained a small cut and bruising.
Employee sustained laceration to ring finger of right hand, when a part he was manually handling with another employee slipped from his grip and caught his finger between the part and the timber pallet on the floor. Employee received 5 stitches. Returned to work with no restrictions same day, no lost time.
Employee was under machine laying on his back looking up to loosen the drive belt during repair of excavator/rockbreaker. He knocked some loose sand away from the drive belt and sand fell in his left eye. Physician removed a small piece of embedded metal from the employee's left eye and prescribed a preventative antibiotic.
Employee felt a pull in his right knee when he stepped down from the last rung of a fixed ladder to uneven ground. The employee strained the same knee again on 6/8/09 when he stepped into a depression in the floor that was covered by sand. The employee did not report either incident until 6/8/09. The employee was given a brace for his knee by the physician.
EE was replacing an air slide. Due to length of airslide ee had cut the equipment into two 8 foot sections in order for easier handling and for discarding roof. The air slide struck the ee's foot when it was removed from the roof.
PULLING/LIFTING IN ORDER TO CHANGE BELT ON ELEVATOR. PULLED OR STRAINED MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK. WENT TO DOCTOR 10/27/03 AND GIVEN PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION & RESTRICTED DUTY.
EMPLOYEE WAS HANDLING 4" BY 6" TIMBERS (WOOD BEAMS) AND MASHED FINGER. REPORTABLE DUE TO MODIFIED WORK DUTY.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING SMALL TREE DOWN TO CLEAR AREA. WHILE UNDER SUPERVISION THE EE FELL. THE TREE, HOWEVER WHEN IT CAME TO REST IT STRUCK THE EE'S LEFT ANKLE. EE DID NOT SEE DR THINKING IT W AS ONLY BRUISED UNTIL 6-7-02. REPORTABLE DUE TO BREAK.
EE WAS PULLING PIPE DOWN IN FLOTATION BLDG FOR EQUIPMENT CHANGEOVER. THE PIPE POPPED OUT DUE TO TENSION AND THE FLANGE STRUCK THE EE IN THE RIGHT SIDE RIBS.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING LIGHT FIXTURE IN BAGGING/LOADING BATHROON. USED BOLT TO SECURE AN END OF 8' LIGHT FIXTURE WHILE PREPARING TO SECURE THE OTHER END. THE BOLT WORKED OFF THIS ALLOWING THE FIXTURE TO FALL WHICH STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE.
EE WAS CLOSING DOOR TO RAILCAR PRIOR TO LOADING.THE DOOR JAMMED WHILE CLOSING CAUSING HIM TO PULL HIS GROIN MUSCLE ALONG HIS RIGHT LEG. REPORTABLE DUE TO RESTRICTED DUTY.