Employee was assisting another employee to remove a nut and bolt from a conveyor roller frame. The injured employee was using a wrench to hold the bolt as the other employee was turning the nut. The injured employees wrench slipped resulting in the ring finger of EE's left hand being struck against some angle iron or conveyor frame.
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Showing all 14The employee was using a utility knife to cut a piece of conveyor. The knife slipped and lacerated the employee's right leg.
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Employee states he was cleaning built up material out of a catch hopper on a conveyor line with a shovel when a rock hit his hand.
Employee states he was tightening a bolt on the shaker screen and the bolt broke causing the wrench to strike him in the nose.
Employee was removing a lid off of 120lb can of grease with a screw driver. As he was removing the lid the screwdriver slipped lacerating his middle finger on his right hand.
Employee was striking a U joint with a hammer on a Terex Scraper when a piece of metal came off of the U joint entering his right index finger.
Employee states he was driving a hinge pin into an ejector pan with a sledge hammmer.
Employee states he was driving a groung rod with a hand held tool designed for this task, when he hit himself in the head.
Employee was replacing flooring at the primary plant. The employee was using a pry bar to move a steel plate when he felt pain in his back.
Employee hit his left ring finger with a hammer trying to knock a pin out of a roller.
CLEANING ROCK OUT OF TAILPULLEY, PRY BAR SLIPPED AND HIS HAND HIT THE FINS IN THE PULLEY, CUTTING HIS LEFT POINTING FINGER.
WHILE USING A PRYBAR TO ALIGN A ENGINE GOING INTO A BACKHOE, THE PRYBAR SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HIS LEFT LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN THE PRYBAR AND THE ENGINE.CONTUSION AND LACERATION TO THE LEFT LITTLE FINGEER AND BROKE THE END OF FINGER.
USING A 6'PRY BAR TO FIX PROBLEM IN FEEDER, BAR SLIPPED & CAUGHT HIS LT. THIRD FINGER BETWEEN BAR & FRAME.