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Employee was struck near the left eye (under his safety glasses) with a high pressure plug from the main manifold block after removing the retaining staple from the plug. Employee received 6 stitches under his left eye.
Employee was using a 30# sledge hammer to dislodge the rock teeth from a loader bucket. A piece of metal chipped off the tooth and struck the employee in the arm. The metal was removed and the wound closed with 2 stitches.
Employee was cutting clips from a Kennedy stopping. The flag had tension and when he cut the clip, the flag came loose and struck him on his lip, causing lip laceration, contusion and chipped teeth.
Employee was position under the dozer, removing outer equalizer pin with drift punch and a maul. On the backswing the maul hit the coil diverting the hammer backswing into upper lip.
While employee was bent over to disassemble T valve on waterline hose, the valve was stuck so employee pry it apart with hand tools. When employee stood up he felt sharp pain in his lower back. Reliance Medical Group released him to restricted duty and no underground work
Employee was removing a loader bucket tooth. In the process of using a sledge hammer to strike the tooth. Metal debris hit the employee in right leg thigh.
While removing the sheathing from some wire the tool cut threw the glove leaving a inch long cut to the palm.
While hammering wedges with a 12 pound hammer the employee felt a sharp pain in his right shoulder.
Employee smashed finger tip when chain hoist slid on truss leg. This caused slack in the chain pinching finger between chain and driscol pipe. employee received 3 sutures and released to full duty.
EE became fatigued using his right hand to cut strips in lagging on pulley. Switched to his left hand and shortly after slipped and poked himself in the left thigh just above the knee. He sustained a 3/8" cut that was managed with first aid. After his shift he went to the dr for a Tetanus shot and was convinced that he need stitches to prevent infection. Reportable injury.
Employee swung a 2# sledge hammer to remove the bolt and the hammer ricocheted off the cylinder striking employee on the right knee cap, resulted to contusion and released to light duty.
Employee was removing a railroad spike with a spike puller bar. His pointer finger was smashed between the bar and steel rail, as he pushed down on the bar.
Employee was prying up a tail gate on a pick-up truck with a screw driver. The screw driver slipped out of his hand and hit employee in the mouth chipping a lower tooth. Employee continue to work and did not report the event until the end of shift the following day (4-6-11).
The wrong tool for the task, a long handled sledge hammer (10lb) was used to set railroad spikes for the spike driving crew following. The primary hazard was not identified during the SLAM Process. The employee also got complacent and lost focus of hand placement. The result, the employee lost the index finger nail and recieved 3 sutures.
Employee was removing a steering cylinder from a Letourneau loader. Both pins were removed and had a come-a-long installed to assist in lowering the component down. The lifting strap was installed somewhere in the middle of the str cylinder barrel. When the steering was rocked loose from position the cylinder swung and crushed the left hand of the employee.
While knocking steering bushing out of cylinder, employee struck hammer against punch. A piece of metal broke off punch and lodged into employee's arm. Employee was transported to emergency room and received suture and released full duty.
While troubleshooting a hydraulic, employee was trying to loosen a fitting by pushing down on the wrench. When the fitting broke loose, he hit his chin on a piece of belting that was covering the power pack which chipped his tooth. Employee was released full duty.
Metal shavings embeded into welder's left eye while replacing an equalizer pin on a dragline bucket.
Employee fractured thumb with a 10# sledge hammer when pounding in railroad clips.
employee's left hand was lacerated against a metal plate guard after his hand slipped free of the wrench used to break some fittings loose on hydraulic control valve. Employee was transported to Reliance and received sutures.
while moving water trap into position to hook up. employee pinched left thumb between prybar and water trap. causing to fracture thumb.
A hook on a come-along that an employee was using broke from its hooked postion and hit the employee on the lip and nose.
Employee was using 90lb rock hammer to break up rock in the headgate. The hammer slipped out of the employee's hands striking another employee causing injury to the second employee'e hand.
Using a pry bar to bend chock block holder back in to place when he felt pain in the groin area.
Employee was in the process of checking the gap between a dozer push arm and a trioun with a pry bar. The weight of the push arm pulled the pry bar, which then jerked the employee's arm.
Maintenance D employee was struck on the right hand above the knuckle by a hand crank pump pulley handle as he was raising the pump.
While employee was hitting the bolt with a hammer the bolt came loose striking him in the mouth. He didn't think he needed to seek medical attention until 7-31-07 & was referred to Periodontics. Periodontist removed his front loose tooth on 8-14-07. Required a partial denture implant.
Emp was holding a straight edge to cut a template out of cardboard, while using a utility knife to cut the template, employee's hand was placed along the edge and while cutting along the straight edge the little finger of his left hand was cut. Emp received 6 stitches to close wound.
Employee sustained injury to left thumb (open wound & fracture) by pinching thumb between the mast and adjusting tool at completion of drill repair.
While lining up ties, employee hit the top of his foot with a six foot long bar.
Employee reported pain in his wrist and up into his forearm. Employee has been swinging a sledge hammer extensively for several shift while working on shield repair. He was examined at Mesa Occupational & Sports Clinic and as been placed on restricted duty.
Employee was breaking loose a high pressure hose with a pipe wrench and hammer. When the fitting of the hose broke loose, the fitting struck employee's hand resulting in a laceration. Employee received four sutures at Mesa Clinic.
Ee was using a pry bar to put rims together on the Kress truck tires. EE pinched his left thumb between the rim and the pry bar causing a laceration of 1/2" resulting in 3 stitches.
The employee, a tire repair person, was assisting another employee replace a tire when a pry bar he was using to hold a lug nut slipped and pinched his left middle finger. Injury required 5 stitches.
Emp states that he was removing a 1/4" plastic tie wrap from a high PSI hydraulic hose using a 3" razor knife when he cut his left thumb. Emp received 7 stitches.
EE was in process of using a come-along to move a piece of metal plate associated with the #1 crusher screen. As he reached under the screen to unhook the come-along the metal plate slid and pinched two of his left fingers, which resulted in 3 stitches on his left index finger. The extra slack in the chain stopped the metal from falling fully onto this fingers.
The EE was working on a pulling fixture for removing a pin when he felt a pain in his left eye. The EE was chipping a weld with a chipping hammer. Subsequently, a metal particle became lodged in his left eye. He was wearing required PPE.
2/8/04 EE REPORTED HIS INJURY. WAS USING A RATCHET WRENCH & EXPERIENCE A POPPING SENSATION IN HIS SHOULDER. PAIN PERSISTED & SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION & A STRAINED TYPE INJURY WAS DIAGNOSED & RELEASED FULL DUTY. WITH THE LONG TERM CONDITION BECAME REPORTABLE WHEN SURGERY WAS PROGRESS ON 3/16/05
A PIECE OF METAL CAME OFF THE WRENCH AND STRUCK EE ON THE LOWER LIP, WHILE POUNDING WITH A HAMMER ON THE WRENCH BIT.
WHILE TIGHTENING A BOLT NEAR THE HYDRAULIC LINE ON TRD5321 DOZER, EE HIT THE COOLANT HOSE CAUSING THE ANTI-FREEZE FROM THE HOSE TO DRIP INTO HIS LEFT EYE. HE SUSTAINED CORNEAL ABRASION IN HIS EYE. HE RECEIVED FURTHER MEDICAL CARE AND RETURNED TO FULL DUTY ON NOVEMBER 5, 2002.
WHILE EE WAS MAKING A TEST LIFT ON THE JACK LEG DRILL, THE HAMMER SUNG AND PINCHED EE'S FINGER CAUSING AN AVULSION ON HIS SECOND RIGHT KNUCKLE.
WAS HOLDING BOLT CUTTERS AGAINST HIS CHEST TO GET LEVERAGE TO CUT A MESSENGER CABLE. CUTTERS FLIPPED BACK & HIT HIM IN THE CHEST.
EMPLOYEE RECEIVED A LACERATION TO HIS RIGHT HAND WHILE TIGHTENING LUG NUTS ON THE SHIELD HAULER WITH A WRENCH AND CHEATER BAR. THE CHEATER BAR FLEXED BACK AND PINCHED EMPLOYEE'S HAND BETWEEN THE FRAME OF THE SCOOP AND THE BAR, WHILE BEING BY TWO OTHER EMPLOYEES.
EMPLOYEE WAS KNOCKING OUT THE PUNCHOUT HOLE ON THE BREAKER PANEL, WHEN A CLOUD OF DUST CAME OUT AND GOT SOME MATERIAL IN HIS EYE.
EE WAS HANGIUNG A NEW ROLL OF LEAKY FEEDER CABLE FROM THE RIB MESH USING A BAR THRU CABLE ROLL. THE ROLL SLIPPED CAUSING THE ROLL AND BAR TO STRIKE HIM IN THE LEFT HAND AND WRIST.
EE WAS REMOVING RIGHT SPINDLE RETAINER PLATE, PLATE SPUN, STRIKING ON LEFT INDEX FINGER. PRY BAR STRUCK FINGER CAUSING THE LACERATION RESULTING INTHREE STITCHES.
THE EMPLOYEE, AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, WAS USING AN ELECTRICIANS BLADE WITH HOOK TO STRIP WIRE. WHILE HOLDING THE KNIFE IN HIS HAND, HE PLACED THE WIRE ACROSS HIS RIGHT THIGH. WHILE STRIPP ING THE WIRE, THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND THE EMPLOYEE LACERATED HIS RIGHT THIGH. EE WAS REMINDED BY SUPERVISORS DURING THE WEEK OF THE ACCIDENT TO USE PROPER BODY POSITION & TO FOLLOW STANDARD OPE
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE THE OUTER PLASTIC COVERING FROM A 4 CONDUCTOR #8 WIRE EE WAS USING A WINCH KNIFE WITH A GUT HOOK THE KNIFE SLIPPED OUT OF THE INSTRION AND THE GUT HOOK PORTION OF T HE BLADE LACERATION THE EE LEFT HAND BETWEEN INDEX FINGER A THUMB.
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A 1/2" STEEL PIPE PLUG FROM A OIL STORAGEW TANK, THE TNE INCH ADJUSTABLE WRENCH HE WAS USING SLIPPED, ALLOWING THE LITTLE FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND TO STRIKE A TANK S UPPORT TEARING THE FINGERNAIL LOOSE.
EE SUSTAINED LACERATIONS TO HIS RIGHT PALM WHICH REQUIRED 7 SUTURES STITCHES. EE WAS ASSISTING IN A ROPE CHANGE AT THE 8750 DRAGLINE. THE EE WAS LIFTING UP THE WIRE ROPE ON THE DRUM WITH A DEF ECTIVE PRYBAR WHEN THE END OF THE BAR WAS FORCEDINTO HIS PALM CUTTING THROUGH HIS RUBBER GLOVES WHICH WERE DEEMED AS INADEQUATE PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT.