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Shop employee was attempting to remove a trailer tire from the front axel of a tanker truck with a sledge hammer. The sledge hammer bounced back and pinched the employees hand against the fender of the truck causing a 1/2" laceration that required 2 stiches.
While removing parts from a cone crusher, a pry bar was being used to spin a part, the bar slipped causing the employee to slip landing on their left knee causing injury.
Employee was cleaning out a chute with a bar and slipped and hit arm on a piece of angle iron resulting in a cut on left forearm that needed stitches.
While unjamming jaw crusher employee was using a digging bar to try and knock the rocks down out of the chute. EE made a swing at a rock with the bar and missed, the momentum caused the employee hand to come in contact with the chute. EE's hand got crushed between the bar and the chute.
Another company came to tighten a bolt on the quick coupler of a CX350. They tried with a swivel head ratchet on the nut end & an air impact on the head of the bolt. It didn't work. Then switched places & our EE was holding the ratchet with a hand on the head of the bolt & tried to loosen it, the pivot pin in the ratchet broke & smashed EE's left thumb.
EE was attempting to remove a pin out of a snow plow assembly on a triaxle with a 5 lb hammer and punch. EE struck the punch twice and the pin did not move. On the third attempt, EE swung the hammer with more force and missed the punch and the hammer struck the top of EE's left thumb. Left thumb is swollen, but fortunately no broken bones.
While attempting to unsecured a de-engerized electrical cord that was held by zip-ties, employee cut towards himself with the knife feature of the Leatherman that he was using. After the zip-tie was cut, the momentum of the knife took the blade accidentally into employees's left forearm. The laceration required 7 stitches.
They where changing the impact bars in our secondary crusher and a piece of metal flew off of the shoe that holds the bar in flying into the EE's leg on his right hip. Fine material will get packed in around the shoes and the EE was hitting the shoe with a 4 pound hammer to knock the fines out when a sliver flew off the side and was imbedded into his leg.
EE was in the process of removing a motor base bolt. The 24" crescent wrench slipped off the nut and struck EE's right hand. EE went to receive medical attention due to the amount of pain he was in. Luckily there was not broken bones or stitches required. The Doctor put EE on restricted duty; no lifting items greater than 5 pounds.
Employee was replacing a broken U-bolt on the rear suspension of a Triaxel. As he was hammering on the broken U-bolt after using a torch, a "bb" size piece of slag struck his left wrist and became embedded in his arm.
Installing rubber disc around spray bars on screen deck. Had to trim disc. Holding disc in place with right hand on the top scribbing line with knife in left hand resulting in a laceration to pointer finger on right hand. The laceration resulted in six stitches.
cutting conveyor belt with utility knife. Knife slipped and went into right leg 6 inches above right knee.
Employee missed his target with sledge hammer and his finger was pinched between sledge hammer and slider bed frame.
employee was standing cleaning out a chute with a bar. as he brought the bar down with some force to remove material he pinched his finger between the bar and the edge of the chute cutting the the end of his left little finger about three quarters of an inch.
A CHUTE WAS PLUGGED UP GOING INTO A 4 1/4 CRUSHER. I WAS POKING AT THE ROCKS WITH A BAR 4' LONG. WHEN THE LAST LITTLE BIT OF STONE CAME OUT 2 ROCKS HIT EACH OTHER AND ONE OF THEM FLEW OVER & H IT ME ON THE LEFT SIDE OF MY FACE. IT WAS A 10" ROCK. IT BROKE MY SAFETY GLASSES AND CUT ME JUST BELOW MY EYE.
TIGHTENING A BOLT ON THE BOTTOM SCREEN DECK & PULLED A BACK MUSCLE.
LIFTING A PIECE OF METAL WITH COME ALONG. HOOK SLIPPED OFF OF METAL. HOOK STRUCK RIGHT RING FINGER, CAUSING A CUT TO RIGHT RING FINGER.