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unloading plate steel from loader bucket. plate got stuck. hooked chain on it. pulled on chain, plate slid out of the bucket. struck EE on top of right knee with front/outside corner.
Employee stated was moving a 55 gallon barrel of oil by hand when EE felt something pop in right shoulder. Employee stated did not want medical attention, just wanted to document the incident.
Employee/Miner was centering the new belt that had just been installed when he pulled a muscle in his lower back. He is scheduled to return to work on Tuesday, May 26th, 2015 after his follow-up doctor visit.
Employee was removing rocks that had gotten jammed in the crusher; as he was removing the rocks, one of them shifted and smashed his left pinky finger between the rock and the crusher plate.
Miner was adjusting the tail pulley and dust fell in his face, when he removed his safety glasses and was wiping the dust off his face some dust got into his eyes.
At about 745 a.m. employeee, a contractor for explosive energies, went to open a side door of his work truck. When the door lock opened the latch hit him in the mouth and cut his lip. He was taken to a clinic for treatment. This person got six stitches in his lip.
EE WAS PROPING UP AN IRON PLATE TO MEASURE WHEN THE PLATE FELL ON HIS LEFT FOREARM CAUSING A HAIRLINE FRACTURE. NOTE: THE MACHINARY WAS COMPLETELY LOCKED OUT AND SHUTDOWN WHEN INJURY OCCURRED.
EE WAS ASSISTING OTHER EE WHEN HE WAS HIT ON FOREHEAD WITH A METAL PIPE WHILE TRYING TO TURN PULLEY ON CRUSHER EQUIPMENT.