The employee was assigned to clean the magnet off one of the belts. Employee was using the JLG manlift to complete the task. Once the magnet was cleaned off, they lowered boom to ground and exited the basket. They were carrying bucket of tramp steel as they stepped out, they twisted their left ankle. Resulting in un-displaced fracture of left leg fibula.
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Showing all 19EMPLOYEE STANDING ON CATWALK OF PORTABLE SCREEN FELT DISCOMFORT IN EE'S LEFT KNEE ALTHOUGH THERE WAS NO KNOWN CONTRIBUTING HAZARD. NOTE: UNABLE TO FILE 7000-1 AT TIME OF INCIDENT DUE TO UNIT BEING IN IDLE STATUS AND NEEDED DISTRICT MSHA OFFICE TO PLACE IT BACK INTO ACTIVE STATUS WHICH WAS DONE ON 03/15/2021.
employee was removing the head nut from a cylinder as the nut came loose, it dropped on the workbench pinching the employees distal phalanx of the left middle finger between the bench and the head nut resulting in a minor fracture of the finger tip.
Twisted quickly while carrying 50 lb. bagged ANFO resulting in sprained spine.
Employee was taking a cutting edge off a pallet, and the cutting edge slipped. The employee did not move left hand out of the way fast enough, and it was pinched between the cutting edge and the floor. The employee waited until the next day to seek treatment. It was determined that the tip of middle finger was fractured.
Employee was putting a cutting edge on a loader bucket. Cutting edge slipped off floor jack, and pinched employee's fingers between cutting edge and the floor. Employee has a broken middle finger on left hand.
Employee was washing out the tail pulley of the secondary discharge belt when a 6" rock fell off the secondary screen and hit his left thigh. Employee waited till 5 PM to tell his supervisor what had happened. Employee was sent to a medical faculty for evaluation. He was told that he had a contusion on his left thigh.
Employee was cleaning debris from catwalk when he felt a pop in back. Then mentioned he may have caused this injury previously on June 21st at 9:00 AM employee was moving parts and supplies into the new shop addition when he was walking backwards and tripped over a pallet, falling on his back. He did not report at the time. Employee returned to work with restrictions.
Employee was removing the components of a flop gate at the discharge of a secondary screen. Supporting pin moved causing the flop gate to drop 6 to 8 inches. Employee attempted to catch the piece pinching it between the gate and side of a chute.
Miner was cleaning up a pile of build-up at a catwalk next to primary jaw crusher using a shovel. Employee felt twinge in his back that continued to worsen as shift progressed. Employee reported at next scheduled shift with severe pain. Employee suffered strained back, was given medication and therapy with lifting restrictions. Employee continued to work with restrictions.
Employee is a quarry QA/QC technician. Employee was shoveling and picking up buckets of stone when he began suffering chest pains. Employee thought it was heart attack and left site to report to ER. Was diagnosed instead with a strain of the intracostal muscles of the right ribs. Employee missed next scheduled shift due to injury and later placed on modified duty.
EE was opening garage door first thing in the morning. When metal dust particles came off of folding ledges that area part of garage door although the particle did not go into his eye the irratation made him rub eye until it went in eye and needed to be removed.
EE had Helper Tighting the setting of the crusher. a small size stone intzaferred with the hypaolic ram used for turning the top of the crusher. He reacher through the safety cover to remove the stone between strokes. The cylomone came out while his fenders were there, crushing then between the ram and rep of top.
While installing R.F. mounted tire on wheel, the tire rim shifted and caught employee's finger between wheel and assembled tire.
THERE WAS A WEDGED BOLT ON THE JAW CRUSHER. THE EMPLOYEE REACHED IN TO CHECK IF THE BOLT WAS BROKE AND HIS FINGER GOT PINCHED BETWEEN THE BOLT AND DUST COVER.
EE WAS ASSISTING TWO OTHER EMPLOYEES CHANGING SCREENS. SCREEN BECAUSE OF WEIGHT MUST BE SLID IN PLACE. WHILE SLIDING SCREEN HE GOT RIGHT THUMB CAUGHT - PINCHED IN SCREEN.
EE STACKING EXPANDED METAL. METAL SHIFTED CAUSING LACERATIONS TO LEFT THUMB.
WHILE USING A HIGH PRESSURE WATER HOSE WATER WASSHUT OFF CAUSING FLUCTUATING PRESSURE OF WATER THRU HOSE-EE STRUCK NECK AGAINST BERM UNDER CRUSHER HORSE PLAY WAS INVOLVED IN ANOTHER EE TURNING WATER OFF & ON
EE CLAIMS THAT WHILE USING PROPANE TORCH TO THAWOUT ICE & SNOW AT CRUSHER AREA 20PD TANK THAT WAS ABOVE HIM FOR TORCH FELL APPROX 8' STRIKING HIM ON HARD HAT KNOCKING HIS HARD HAT OFF OF HIS HEAD