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EE was performing maintenance on cone crusher replacing sheave. Sheave shifted off motor shaft. EE's left thumb got caught between impact driver handle & steel frame. Sought med. treatment same day, received stitches & removed from work. Reporting within 10 days.
Employee was performing maintenance on conveyor belt. While removing a bearing with a mallet, a piece of metal broke off, became embedded into the EE's right pec. On 5/13/25 we were notified the employee had a piece of metal removed and was able to continue working. Reporting within 10 days.
Employee inside Screen deck removing frozen agg. material from belt with pry bar. Chunk came free & struck the employee in the jaw, chipping a tooth. We were informed on 12/3/24 that the employee had dental work done. Reporting within 10 days.
Employee was repairing blown hydraulic hose on a loader when the wrench slipped off the hose, which caused the employee to strike their right index finger against the hose clamp, causing a laceration. Employee did not seek medical treatment until 12/16/2023. Employee was ref. to a hand specialist and was given a finger splint on 01/11/2024.
Employee was cutting rubber belt with utility knife and the knife slipped, cutting EE's left thumb. EE sought medical treatment and received stitches.
Rock stuck in conveyor belt. Employee locked out tagged out machine. Employee then used pry bar to remove rock and pry bar slipped - cutting left thumb. Employee sought treatment and received stitches and antibiotics.
Employee was using a torque wrench in a tight area during tire repair and the socket came off the nut and finger was pinched by wrench. Stitches were needed on finger.
Employee was trying to pry free a clamping bar on a screen deck using a pry bar. The pry bar slipped causing the employee's right index finger to get caught between the pry bar and the structure of the screen box. The employee sought medical treatment and received stitches.
EE was tightening bolt on screen deck clamp board & felt pain in right shoulder. EE did not seek medical treatment until April 26, 2018. EE was diagnosed with a labral tear on May 4, 2018 & reported back to work with no restrictions. EE will be having surgery in the near future, in the interim EE continues to work normal job.
Manually pounding a metal t-post into the ground using a metal post pounder,lifted the pounder too high missing the post and hitting the post with fingers in between the post and the pounder causing the injury cutting from the tip to the fist knuckle on Index & Middle fingers on Left Hand.
Employee was cutting a piece of rubber & the utility knife slipped & cut abdomen. Employee sought medical treatment & received stitches.
EE was tightening several bolts that hold on track pads of a drill and strained back. EE did not seek treatment for several months and did not report the injury to mine management until recently. We have received the medical records and EE had a steroid injection. Therefore, we are reporting this claim now as we were unaware that EE sought treatment until recently.
Employee was using a sledge hammer to remove a pin from a hydraulic breaker arm. On a back swing, employee felt pull in right shoulder. EE sought medical treatment and has now been referred to physical therapy.
Employee was cutting a rubber belt & the knife slipped & cut his thigh. He sought treatment received stitches.
Employee was torching a tooth off a loader bucket. As he used a small sledge hammer to knock the tooth off the loader bucket, a small piece of metal chipped off of the tooth & struck him in his knee. The small metal chip embedded itself into his right knee.
Employee was loosening belt on roller for conveyor & had pain in right elbow & shoulder. He did not report incident until 1/3/14. He sought treatment on 1-26-14 & did consider care. He saw MD again on 2-19-14 & was given removable brace & referred to physical therapy. We did not receive these records until 3-6-14 - therefore we did not knew that was reportable until now.
Employee was crimping on electrical lug & the crimping slipped & pinched his right pinky finger, cutting it & fracturing it
EE was doing maint. on dragline crane which consisted of lifting and pounding on shaft. Next morning EE had low back pain. EE went to chiropractor.
Employee was trying to make hole larger in piece of rubber-using ulility knife. Knife cut left finger. He received received stitches from MO.
Employee smashed left finger between ratchet & frame while taking a nut off a bolt.
EE was cutting plastic with a utility knife, the plastic slipped and the knife cut his right index finger. EE received stitches and was taken off work for a few days. EE was wearing his gloves.
Employee was using pipe wrench to loosen pipe and felt pull in lower back.
Hitting bearing off with hammer and 3 pieces of steel broke off and flew into arm and arm pit.
Fixing flashing under roller/feedbelt using a prybar. The prybar slipped and struck him in the mouth. Initially he did not seek treatment for this but recently has had dental work for chipped tooth.
PRYING CHUTE W/PRYBAR TO ATTACH IT & THE CHUTE FELL OFF OF THE BAR & CAUGHT HAND CUTTING 5TH FINGER
EE WAS CROUCHED DOWN IN TIGHT AREA TIGHTENING SCREEN BOLT WHEN HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWERBACK.