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Employee called plant supervisor complaining of pain in right shoulder due to the use of common tools, ex: hammer, pry bars, etc, while performing maintenance on the screens located in the quarry at the crushing area.
Employee was working with a "PRY BAR" while replacing Screen Cloth at the Secondary Plant. The Pry Bar slipped and employee's L/Pinky finger in the nail area got caught.
The bucket on the skid steer loader was stuck in the up position. EE was trying to get the bucket to release and rest on the ground. EE was hitting the machine with a hammer. EE got the bucket to release but was standing a little too close to the machine bucket. When it released, the teeth on the bucket scraped EE's left leg in the shin area.
EE was using a "pry bar" to loosen screen cloth EE was changing, when EE began to feel pain in lower back.
EE was holding onto an area where a "Nut" was attached with a wrench while another employee was using another tool a "Power Wrench" to loosen the nut. The vibration from the "Power Wrench" caused ee to loose grip, the wrench ee was holding onto "slipped" and the result was a "Fractured finger".
Employee was using a utility knife and did not position self correctly when using knife. Employee did not use proper procedure when cutting with keeping EE's wrist and arms tight to reduce being struck by.
Employee was helping to set a crusher bowl in place, one of the cables which they were using to support the crusher bowl broke and hit him in the back of the head and neck area.
EE and co worker were replacing a "Jaw Crusher Maganese Bolt". EE was using a "Sledge Hammer" and bar to loosen the bolt, he missed hitting the bar and the hammer motion took him, and the hammer into a steel plate which is part of the jaw. He was still holding on to the hammer handle and his fingers got caught between the plate and handle.
Employee was cleaning the shop area with a broom when he began to feel pain in the muscles of his upper back.
Knocking pins out of a bucket which was attached to a front end loader. A piece of metal broke off and cut his left arm
Employee was using a hammer to remove "build-up" from #7 screen. A chip from a rock flew upwards and hit him in the left eye. Employee was wearing his safety glasses.
Employee was using a utility knife to cut a piece of conveyor belting. He was in a kneeling position and he was cutting toward his knee. The knife slipped out of position and he cut his thigh.
Employee was using a toll called a breaker bar to loose a filter he was removing from piece of equip. He pulled on bar very hard, and strained or began to feel pain in groin area.
Employee was trying to remove a nut from C-9 conveyor using a spanner wrench. He realized he was tightening the nut rather than loosening it, so he stopped applying pressure on the handle. When he stopped, the handle flung back and hit him on the right thumb knucle and broke it.
Ee was holding a "striker wrench" while another employee was hitting the wrench with a hammer. Ee moved his hand and the other employee missed the target and hit ee's third finger left/hand.