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Shop employee was accidentally struck in the face with a shop hammer by another employee while trying to remove a pin from a dozer track. Employee received 3 stitches.
While driving a stake in the ground they missed and struck their left hand. Causing a contusion of left hand and fingers.
A maintenance employee was sitting within 5 feet of another employee using a sledge hammer on a Dredge Cutter Head tooth. A metal chip from the tooth broke off and struck the maintenance employee on the left leg just above the kneecap. The injured employee was taken to a local hospital for treatment resulting in two days of lost-time.
Employee was using a bar to try to unplug HO-18. It became plugged due to extreme cold weather and frozen chunks of sand. While trying to free the hopper of frozen sand employee strained left shoulder.
Employee was tasked with cleaning frozen material from quarry hoppers. While using an ice scraper to free the material employee felt pain in shoulder and neck.
The worker was striking the head of a bolt with a hammer to unplug a 1 ¼ X 4" pipe nipple. When the material inside the pipe nipple broke loose the impact of the bolt pinched the thumb of the left hand against the pipe nipple. The worker was transported to the local emergency room and received 5 stitches to the thumb.
Employee was joining drawheads on railcar with sledgehammer, when they struck the drawhead, the force twisted left wrist. Employee has seen several specialists throughout months, MRI, X-ray to determine source of pain/issue. 3/18/20: doctor finally placed a hard cast on left wrist and gave cortisone shot.
FLW was removing an idler pulley from a piece of tracked equipment. While striking the pulley with a 3# hammer a shard of metal came off of the hammer and struck the worker in upper thigh.
While using a utility knife employee cut arm which resulted in stitches.
Employee was removing a guard on the tail pulley of a belt conveyor. The last bolt on the guard became wedged so the employee tried to free the bolt using a maul and another bolt as a punch. When EE swung the maul to free the bolt, EE missed and struck finger resulting in a fracture.
While removing a 2" diameter pipe using a 18" pipe wrench, a 2" connector broke. The pipe which was under pressure broke loose and struck EE on EE's left eye brow causing a laceration. The employee was examined, treated, and eight sutures placed above EE's left eye.
Employee was pounding a wooden stake into a hay bale and struck hand with a hammer. The employee received a cut on right index finger which required six stitches.
Employee was using a 24" crescent wrench to loosen a bolt securing the gearbox that was needing to be changed. The wrench slipped off the nut causing EE to lose balance and fall on to EE's rear end. Employee chose not to receive medical attention at this time.
Blasters were loading a shot in a heading, a cord needed to be cut so the EE asked another blaster to cut the cord while EE held it. The EE moved slightly when the cut was about to be made and cut finger. EE was taken to a clinic and received stitches.
EE was attempting to loosen a nut with a wrench. Nut was diffucut to break loose EE felt pain in the back. EE was taken to ER X-rays were taken. ER reported Muscle strain of the upper and mid back with possibility of rib factures.
Employee was using a pipe wrench and small sledge hammer to remove an inspection plug on the mill drum to measure media level when the hammer glancing blow off the wrench and over rotated employee's arm
The employee was trying to get a valve closed using a dead blow hammer, when EE felt pain in EE's right shoulder.
Employees were changing teeth on an excavator bucket. One employee was using a hammer to adjust the position of the teeth, a piece of metal hit the other employee in the head causing a small cut that received staples.
Employee was using a 3 LB. hammer to drive a pin into the wear plate on the bucket of the 988G. The hammer hit the side of the top of the pin and broke a metal piece free. The metal chip flew into the left forearm of the employee. 2 stitches were required for the cut.
While removing a damaged bearing with a shop hammer, a fragment of the housing struck the employee in the right forearm, causing a laceration.
The employee was assisting in repacking a slurry pump. After using wrenches to loosen/tighten bolts associated with the process, he began feeling pain in his back and legs.
Employee was loosing bolts on ME-51's cutting edge when he felt discomfort in his lower back. Employee was put on modified duty.
Employee was prying on a rod mill liner with a pry bar and holding it up. The liner shifted, releasing the pressure on the bar. The liner shifted, fell and caught the bar. The bar flew up and hit employee in left cheek.
While working on a pump in the maintenance shop, the EE had his hand placed on top of the pump, lining up the chuck in the shaft. Another employee had a pry bar lifting on the opening of the shaft, when the bar slipped, striking the injured employee's hand, breaking the metacarpal bone in his right hand.
Employee was tightening a nut with a wrench on a screen the wrench slipped off the nut causing the employee to project forward and hit his head on the frame of the screen causing a small cut on his forehead. He was taken to the clinic and received stitches.
Employee was installing a new mechanical splice in a belt conveyor, when the chain in the lever hoist ("come-a-long")suddenly froze. This sudden unexpected stop caused the employee to sprain his right elbow.
Employee was tightening a chain and was unable to turn the ratchet with his hands and instead of trying a different ratchet he attempted to use his foot to gain power as he did this he felt a strain in his back. Employee did not report incident until the next day and he then received chiropractic treatment.
Employee strained his back with trying to loosen a bolt from a pump platform. Employee went for chiropractic treatment on 8/5/2013.
The employee was attempting to remove a 3/4" bolt with a socket wrench and the bolt broke causing his hand to strike against a piece of angle iron that was adjacent to the bolt. This caused a laceration that required four stitches. X rays were negative and the employee returned to work with no job restrictions or modifications.
Employee electrician was splitting telephone wire with a utility knife, he was splitting wire by pulling the utility knife towards him, in doing so the knife slipped and cut employee in the abdomen requiring (4) stitches.
EMPLOYEES WERE ATTEMPTING TO CLEAN OUT A SAND SAMPLER 2" PIPE OF WET SAND, ONE EMPLOYEE WAS UP ONE LEVEL AND OTHER EMPLOYEE WAS AT BOTTOM OF THE PIPE TO BE CLEANED OUT. AS UPPER EMPLOYEE WAS RODDING OUT WET MATERIAL BAR SLIPPED FROM HIS HANDS AND IN DOING SO LOWER PERSON WAS HIT WITH BAR ON HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER.
EE was opening a bottle of Tempo with an inappropriate tool and no hand PPE and cut his right index finger.
Employee was using a box cutter to open a cardboard box with his right hand when the knife slipped and punctured his left arm.
Back sprain caused by repetitive use of an 8 pound sledge hammer.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO RE-RAIL A RAIL ROAD CAR. RE-RAILING EQUIPMENT WAS BEING PUT INTO PLACE AND RAIL ROAD SPIKES WERE DRIVEN INTO RAILROAD TIES. AS EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A SPIKE THE SPIKE CAME OUT OF TIE AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN LEFT INDEX FINGER
In the process of removing bucket tips on a 385. Retainers were removed and tips were stuck to adapters. While using 10 lb sledge hammer to loosen a sliver of metal split off and struck employee in left leg above knee.
A wet plant Utility was assisting EE with replacing v-belts on VS-01. The utility was using a long bar to hold the motor up to release tension on the belts to allow replacement. EE was using his bare fingers to "walk" the new belts onto the pulley. At some point the bar slipped and pinched EE's left index finger between the belt and the pulley causing a laceration.
EE was opening a rail car door with a metal bar and his hand slipped causing his middle knuckle on his right hand to strike the car. At the time of the incident he felt no pain. On 10-3-11 he was taken to the hospital and the X-ray was negative and was considered first aid. He had a medical procedure on 10-25-11 that made this reportable. No lost time, No modified duty.
The employee was opening a pump housing when the torque wrench he was using slipped off the nut. The wrench mashed the tip of his right hand ring finger against the pump housing and a few stitches were required.
Employee was cutting a rubber, when he cut his left index finger with a utility knife.
Two employees were working together taking concrete forms down and cleaning and stacking them. One employee was using a hammer to remove the concrete from the form and the injured employee thought he was done, grabbed the form and was hit on the pinky finger. The employee did not see his hand there until it was too late. It broke his pinky finger.
Employee was cutting seals off of doors on top of railcars when the knife slipped and cut his left arm. He had 6 stitches.
EE was using a razor type utility knife to cut a piece of flexible rubber tubing. He used a technique that let the knife slip back and puncture his left forearm upon completion of the hose cut. 3 stitches were required to close the wound.
Operator struck thumb of left hand with hammer in right hand resulting in cut on thumb. Cut was repaired with two stitches and operator returned to work and finished his shift.
EE was attempting to wedge the last IBeam into place using a chain hoist to pull the IBeam down, as EE hit the top of the IBeam with a sledge hammer , the IBeam moved down about 1-1/2 links of slack in the chain. Another EE took up the slack and the chain broke, hitting the EE in the face.
EE was attempting to reinstall a bucket tooth pin on an excavator. He was using a shop hammer to reinstall the pin and inadvertantly struck the tip of his left index finger, causing crushing injuries to the finger tip.
EE strained right shoulder when using a cheater pipe on a ratchet to tighten VS-01 gearbox
EE was removing drive belts from #6 roller mill fan motor sheave. A pipe wrench was being used to turn the motor sheave to remove the old drive belts. As he was turning the sheave with the pipe wrench, his finger was mashed between the pipe wrench and the bottom section of the guard for the fan drive.
Employee was shoveling clay material from under a blending hopper. As he was dumping the clay from the shovel he hit his elbow on a support beam. On 3/5/09 he was taken to doctor for fluid retention on his elbow. The doctor removed the fluid from the elbow.
While using a sledge hammer to dislodge material during railcar unloading, the employee felt a pain in his lower abdomen/groin. Employee reported the injury on 10/14/08 at approximately 7:00am. The employee was taken to the doctor & was diagnosed with a hernia.