Employee was clearing out a blockage on the fines chute underneath the jaw of the primary plant. The employee was using a metal bar to loosen the stuck material. When the last rock came free instead of falling down the chute it came out of the access hatch hitting the miner in the face and hand.
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Showing all 10EE was attempting to remove a bearing on screen deck 4 of the rock plant using a Port-a-Power and H-Puller. When pressure was applied the threads were stripped and the H-Brace struck EE in EE's left side rib cage.
Employee was removing pin from side plate on loader bucket. While driving the pin out with a hammer, the hammer glanced the pin and struck a hard-face dot causing the dot to fragment. A metal piece of the dot penetrated the employees leather glove and into his right thumb. Employee was sent to medical office to remove the foreign object.
Employee was cutting a belt with a razor when the knife slipped and cut his right lower leg.
Employee was removing a dowpin from a nut guard to the crusher, when the wrench slipped, causing the top of his right index finger to cut on the sharp edge of the nut guard
Employee was loosening a bolt off a loader when the wrench broke, came back and hit him in the right eye.
Employee was hammering a wedge into a pin to close the door on the jaw crusher.
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING ANVILS FROM A CRUSHER UNIT. A PULLING TOOL COULD NOT BE FOUND, SO EMPLOYEE WAS USING A CHIPPING HAMMER TO EXTRACT THE ANVILS. THE HAMMER SLIPPED, PIERCING HIS LIP AND CHIPPING A TOOTH.
WORKER WAS LOOSENING A NUT ON A CONE CRUSHER UNIT. A WRENCH WAS ATTACHED TO THE NUT, AND THE WORKER WAS HITTING THE WRENCH WITH A 4" SHAFT. WORKER MISSED HIS TARGET AND SLAMMED HIS FINGER AGAI NST THE WRENCH.
EE ATTEMPTED TO CLEAR A BRIDGE OF MATERIAL IN THE PRIMARY JAW CRUSHER WHILE RUNNING WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION WITH A PRY BAR. THE BAR GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN A PIECE OF METAL & THE MOVING SIDE OF THE J AW WHICH CAUSED THE PRY BAR TO STRIKE EE