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Employee was kicking rocks off the undercarriage of a conveyor belt when EE felt pain on the back of EE's lower left leg.
Employee was helping Maintenance Dept. perform electrical grounding checks. EE was descending a permanently affixed ladder. EE pinched left index and middle fingers in the ladder. EE had to get a total of 10 stitches in the left index and middle fingers and fractured the very end of the middle finger.
The employee was pulling a hose when they felt a pain in the left shoulder.
An employee was opening the inspection door to a rock crusher when the door slipped out of his hand and hit his left forearm. This resulted in a contusion of the left forearm. He will be limited to only using his right arm for what appears to be a few days.
Employee was adjusting the outrigger on his mechanic's truck. Held on to outrigger unit by placing his finger in the lowest adjustment setting hole. His hand slipped and the outrigger foot fell trapping his finger between the outrigger and the outrigger housing.
Employee was attaching grease lines on haul truck, Dirt fell from the grease line and struck his eye. Employee was wearing safety glasses.
Employee states the he was pulling on hose to clean up Steadman crusher and injured his left shoulder. This was reported to the supervisor around 9:00am on 9/25/12, company was notified that employee had MRI which indicted a torn rotator cuff.
Employee states he was trying to lift a motor from a shelf and that he hurt his lower back in doing so. Employee originally continued working but has since experienced continued pain. Employee is presently scheduled to have back surgery in May and is not working due to an enlarged disc.
EE was helping change a rock crusher hammer with another EE. During the process, the EE got his finger caught under the hammer causing it to be pinched and therefore cut causing 6 stiches to be received.
While lifting pipe with hands, the pipe slipped and a burr on the pipe cut his finger.
Employee was lifting a brush pile and felt a pain in his back.
EE WAS BENDING DOWN TO TURN OFF WATER VALVE. THE WET SCREEN WAS ABOVE HIM & HE HIT HIS HEAD ON PIPE. EE HAD TO GET A FEW STITCHES.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON CRANE ENGINE WHEN HIS RIGHT HAND GOT CAUGHT IN THE FAN BLADE CUTTING THE TOP OF HIS RIGHT HAND.
EE CLAIMS HE HURT HIS BACK WHILE WORKING. EE STATED THAT ON THE NIGHT OF 4/16/02 HIS BACK STARTED GETTING SORE. THEN HE STATED ON 4/17/02 HIS BACK WAS HURTING SO BAD THAT HE SAID HE NEEDED TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL. HE WENT TO DOCTOR 4/18/02. HE TOLD THE DOCTOR THAT HE HURT HIS BACK KICKING A PIPE.
WHILE WASHING UNDERNEATH DRY SCREEN, A ROCK COME OFF OF THE CONVEYOR BELT AND STRUCK EE ON RIGHT ARM ABOVE WRIST CAUSING A LACERATION.