Employee ruptured a tendon in his right shoulder while using a wrench to loosen a plug in the differential of a CAT 834 RTD.
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Showing all 9The employee was repairing metal on a truck using a hammer and a punch. In the process of swinging the hammer, the employee missed the punch and struck his left index finger resulting in a fracture to the finger.
Employee was changing the teeth on a track hoe bucket. He missed his punch and struck the tooth with his hammer resulting in a steel sliver coming off the tooth and embedding in the skin of his right leg. The company physician removed the steel sliver and prescribed him an antibiotic for prevention of infection.
Employee suffered a laceration and a fracture to his left thumb when he struck it with a hammer while performing maintenance on an overburden drill.
Employee caught right index finger between a hammer handle and a metal tail light cover resulting in a laceration requiring 5 stitches. Employee was seen at ER and released to return to work with no restrictions.
Contractor employee was cutting cardboard template to install into a boom chord. The knife would not cut through. Contractor employee turned knife around, cutting towards him. The knife cut contractor employee's left thumb.
Employee tapped the end of a loader bucket pin with a pin hammer. He felt an object strike his finger. When he removed his gloves he saw a small cut. He treated the cut with a band-aid. A month later the wound wasn't healing properly, and An X-ray by the company physician revealed a small metal object embedded in his finger. Surgery on 05/20/05 removed a small metal object.
Employee was attempting to fill the hydraulic tank on a D11RCD. As the tank cap was too tight to remove by hand, employee attempted to remove the cap with a 12" crescent wrench via the cap prongs. While pushing on the cap prongs with the wrench, the prongs broke, causing emplyee to loose balance and fall to the ground, approximately 11'.
SPAD EE BAR SLIPPED OUT OF RAIL CAR DOOR LATCDH CAUSING EE TO FALL BACKWARDS LANDING WITH HIS FULL BODY WEIGHT ON HIS LOWER RIGHT LEG. COKING COAL BRIQUETTES THAT HAD SPILLED OUT OF THE CAR MA DE FOOTING LESS THEN DESIRATE.