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While chipping slag after a weld job, a railroad employee got debris in their eye, which had to be extracted at a local medical facility. Safety glasses were worn at the time of the incident. After the debris was extracted, EE was prescribed antibiotic eye drops as a preventive measure.

Employee states was trying to line up a bar for the rail change. A co-worker was swinging a sledgehammer and missed the bar, hitting this employee in the nose. This was a tight area working next to grapple head, which was providing down pressure on rail.

The employee was using a steel wedge to remove the 5th row key on a concave. While using a sledge hammer to pound on the wedge a piece of metal shrapnel came off the edge of the key and lodged into the employee's right thigh. The shrapnel had to be removed by a physician and stitches were required to close the wound.

The employee was working with a hand tool when it slipped

Employee cut left thumb and needed 2 stitches, EE was cutting a zip-tie to remove wire harness using a utility knife.

Employee was setting a steel column and pulling up on a sleever bar when suddenly EE had pain in lower back. The employee did not report the incident till 1/14/19.

Employee states that while using a pry bar to lift idlers from the conveyor belt brackets, EE's finger was pinched between the bar and the conveyor frame. The initial force caused a fracture to the tip of EE's finger.

Employee was cutting steel bands from rod bundles when one of the bands sprung loose and contacted EE's lower leg. The result was a puncture wound that required sutures.

Employee was using a crescent wrench to loosen a nut when the wrench slipped off the nut causing ee to strike finger against a hand rail support.

Technician was loosening bolts to remove a hydraulic cylinder on a loader. In doing so, he pulled his ratchet very hard with his right shoulder resulting in pain and a tear.

Employee was jumping on a pry bar to break loose a coupling controlling a unloading gate on a rail car. When the coupling came loose, the bar fell and he landed on his left leg jarring his knee.

While replacing a compressor on a chiller, a beam being used for hoisting slid off of its crossmembers. The beam slide into the leg of one of the workers causing a laceration to the lower leg.

Employee was removing a guard on some equipment with a 15 inch crescent wrench. The wrench slipped off of the nut and his right middle and ring fingers were pinched.

Employee was loosening bolts on a reducer with a slug wrench and 16 pound hammer. Employee was holding slug wrench when coworker hammered with hammer and hit the employee's right pinky finger. Finger was lacerated and bruised. This information was originally entered on 9/6/11 - forgot to hit submit.

Tightening bolt on variable implement pump on Northshore Mining - Babbits #228 992G loader. Bolt in difficult access location so a short wrench was used. EE was pulling on wrench with all he had and felt a a muscle tore in his navel area. Went to emergency room and was diagnosed with a umbilical hernia (belly button). Employee may/will need surgery.

Employees were removing a ripper tooth from the D-11 Dozer, the tooth was worn through. In an attempt to remove the tooth with a sledge hammer, a chip flew off the tooth and contacted another employee in the shin creating a cut which required 2 stitches to close.

The Loader pulled into the shop and the mechanic went to support the bucket with a Jack to inspect the lower side of the bucket. The mechanic put the jack in place with the handle up and told operator to cut the engine and then went to fold the handle down and loader bucket drifted down and pinched the EE's left hand on the jack handle and broke the EE's left index finger.

The EE was pounding on a shovel bucket wear part with a sldge hammer when a piece of metal flew off the wear part and cut the EE's neck and embedded in the EE's neck. The EE was taken to the clinic and the metal was removed and he received 4 sutures in his neck.

Employee was using a sledge hammer to loosen a loader tooth from a shank. Wwhen the tooth was struck, a chip flew off the tooth and imbedded into the leg above the right knee. The employee was taken to the clinic to have the chip removed and received 2 sutures to close the wound.