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At approximately 10:50 PM, two employees were cleaning beneath the screw conveyor when one employee came into contact with the other employee's tool, resulting in an injury to the affected employee's right eye.
While cutting belt at tail pulley the blade slipped out and hit employees left arm. Left arm was positioned in a bad area when this happened. The cut was on EE's forearm 3 inches past base of thumb. Cut got fatty tissue and some mussel.
Employee smashed and lacerated right hand ring finger attempting to unplug feed chute.
Electrician was removing spillage buildup on a decommissioned (de-energized) cable tray which had collapsed. While working to pry and break spillage buildup, the material released causing EE to hit the side of their hand on metal box adjacent to cable tray smashing the right small finger (pinky) between the box and the tool handle.
Employee smashed EE's left index finger with a hammer
Employee was cutting the old rubber endcaps off of the spray bars at the Wash Plant. While cutting one of them, the retractable-blade utility knife they were using slipped off the rubber and contacted their left inner thigh. This caused a laceration about 1 inch long and 1 inch deep. 3 Sutures required.
Injured employee used a bar hook with a T handle to snare the cable of an air hoist to pull it towards themself to retrieve the ball. The employee's left index finger was caught in a pinch point between the bar hook T handle and the rosette of a vertical scaffold leg. This resulted in a pinch laceration requiring stitches
Employee was working on a cone liner change at our secondary plant. They were hitting the bowl liner with a sledgehammer to dislodge the liner when a sliver of metal broke off the liner and struck them in the right calf area. Wound bled and scabbed over. No movement difficulties or pain reported by employee.
EE was in the process of driving T post when right thumb struck the top of the post while holding the post driver handle. The EE was wearing cut level 4 gloves at the time of the incident.
On 12/16/21 An Operations employee initially reported to supervisor that employee's wrist began hurting while employee was using a metal bar to dislodge materials on the preheater tower. At the time employee did not seek any treatment and only wanted to report it. Employee later requested to be seen by a physician who placed the employee on restricted work which began on 1/17/22
As EE pulled on the wrench, it slipped and the wrench struck the tip of EE's finger smashing it between the wrench and the bumper of the truck. EE was taken to the clinic where it was determined that EE suffered from a laceration to the tip of the finger which required 3 stitches and a fracture to the bone as well
Mechanic was cutting ripped conveyor belt from a stacker conveyor belt. As EE did this the knife contacted EE's skin above EE's left bicep and EE got 12 stitches.
EE was changing a screen on the top west tertiary screen. EE was using a pry bar and put left foot for pressure on the pry bar to loosen the screen, while the right foot was used for balance and support behind EE. EE felt a pop in the left ankle and it began to swell up.
Employee was using a pry bar to spread two flanges apart. Pry bar slipped causing EE to smash the tip of EE's middle finger on right hand on motor mount. This caused a cut requiring 9 stitches.
While tightening a union on a pipe, the wrench came loose causing the EE to fall backwards causing a small fracture to their Fibula on their right leg.
EE had a tool in a portable vise on the back of a utility truck. Upon pressing with both hands on the lever to release the pressure of the vise it suddenly broke loose and EE put force on the inside of EE's right ring finger causing a fracture.
Employee was poking a hole in the K1 tower using a bar and a 12.5 lb. sledgehammer. The employee who was injured was holding the bar, while EE's partner swung the hammer. The hammer missed the bar and struck the employee in the left ring finger. The injury resulted in the removal of the tip of the left ring finger.
EE works the evening shift and the injury occurred around 4am. The employee was shoveling material out from under a conveyor belt when ee hit a hard spot in the material and felt pain in elbow. The employee was taken to minor emergency. EE was released back to work with non-prescription medication and restrictions of motion to the right arm.
Injured employee was tightening bolts with the wrench overhead. The bolt shaft broke as pressure was applied striking the employee in the mouth
Amilcar was working in open pipe under kiln. Cement got stuck in pipe. He used sledgehammer to hit pipe to loosen cement. When cement loosened it came out with pressure and hot water behind it. The hot water saturated his jeans. Blisters formed on both legs in spots from thighs to ankles.
Employee was manually cleaning a belt scraper by bouncing the handle of the scraper on the roller. A spring held tension on the scraper and when the employee raised the handle past the half way point it swung around and hit him on the left side of his nose.
Subcontractor was swinging a sledge hammer against mill shell. He slipped, lost his balance, hit his face on the mill shell and busted his lip.
Employee was working on repairing a conveyer belt underneath a hopper at face level and while cutting the belt towards himself the cutting knife came toward his face and cut his lower lip and chin. Laceration needed stitches. Coworker was working with him on the other side of the hopper.
Employee was trying to open gate on 54 feeder with a pry bar. The bar slipped when feeder gate broke loose causing his left ring finger to be caught between bar and feeder pan. This resulted in a crushing injury and fracture of left ring finger.
Driving a split bearing with a punch and hammer and a piece came off and hit him in the stomach.
The employee was using a pry bar to raise a water line while another employee was uncoupling it. When the line came apart the weight was more than the employee was aware of and the pressure caused the bar to come up causing a back strain.
Employee suffered a broken thumb when he tried to loosen material with a pry bar from the primary crusher that had become plugged.
The employee was using a utility knife to cut a rubber conveyor belt, while doing so the knife case broke and the blade got out of its case cutting the external side of the right hand (1" cut). EE got stitches at the hospital and returned to modified duty the same day.
Employee was cutting a piece of a conveyor belt on section 2. He was holding the loose piece with his right hand, while putting pressure to cut with his left hand, the utility knife slipped cutting thru his right glove and right thumb. He got stitches to his right thumb. Utility knife use has been changed for scissors to eliminate the hazard in this activity.
EE was using a pry bar to remove ware plate from a screen, when he felt pain in his lower back.
Employee was using heavy hammer to loosen hardened material that had built up around cover/lid on top of railcar. When lid was struck with hammer, the lid rebounded and struck employee's left little finger causing dislocation.
While driving in bar gates with a sledge hammer miner's finger was caught between the hammer handle and a steel beam.
EE was cutting a belt with a utility knife when the momentum carried the knife into his forearm.
When cutting a metal strap from a pallet the strap snapped and lacerated the employee's right hand.