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EE struck a ceramic impact panel with a hammer in an effort to dislodge it when a piece of the ceramic went under EE's glasses and entered EE's left eye.
Employee was attempting to cut a rubber curtain with a razor knife when employee slipped and cut right forearm.
Employee was removing a tooth from an excavator bucket and was using a hammer to break it loose. A piece of metal struck EE on the chin causing a laceration injury.
Employee was using a utility knife to cut a zip-tie from a cable. When the zip-tie was cut the momentum of the knife caused it to strike EE's opposite arm causing a laceration to EE's forearm.
Employee was using a knife to pry open a dust collection cartridge when it slipped and cut left thumb.
The employee used the back edge of pocket knife blade to remove the cap from a bottle of chalk for a chalk line. When the cap released, the front of the blade cut right thumb. The laceration required 3 stitches.
The injured employee was working as part of a team installing an I-beam on a construction project. While attempting to move the beam in place with a pry bar, the beam shifted downward and out striking the employees left thumb. It resulted in a fracture and laceration.
The employee was attempting to remove a hose with a wrench when ee strained left hand.
Employee cutting wire mesh with shears when shears slipped and employee cut his finger on exposed wire mesh.
While lifting primary crusher toggle for repair, lifting device broke and employee fell approx. 3-4 feet on top of falling hydraulic toggle.
Employee was tightening the main shaft nut when the tightening device bounced off of the knocker wrench and his right hand ring and little finger were pinched against the main shaft nut, requiring stitches to both, and a break on the tip of the little finger.
Employee injured his left index finger when a knocker wrench recoiled off of a nut while the employee was hitting the knocker wrench with a sledge hammer.
While changing screen cloth injured employee's left hand was struck by a hammer being used by another employee.
Employee held a bolt head while trying to loosen the bolt with an impact wrench. Torque on the wrench cut through the glove and his left hand, requiring stitches to the wound.
While clearing a jam, the employee pinched his left little finger between the pipe he was using and the bottom of the chute.
Employee was prying with a crowbar when he slipped and struck his left hand on the conveyor frame.
Supervisor was cutting a plastic tie-down which was securing an electrical shutoff line to a pit pump hose when the knife cut through the tie-down and punctured the left forearm of the employee. 3 sutures were required to close the wound.
While the employee was tightening the locking nut on a crusher, a sliver of metal splintered off of the pin hammer that was being struck with a sledge hammer by the employee. The sliver lodged in the employee's left upper arm.
Employee was striking a pin on an excavator adaptor with a hammer when he re-injured his wrist. The injured wrist has been reported as an original injury dated 5/15/02. The employee has received 2 weeks of restricted duty as of 3/28/05, the date of the first evaluation for injury.
Employee was striking a wedge pin that holds concrete forms in place when the combination of the hammer striking the pin and the pressure release of the pin caused the pin to ricochet off the concrete form frame and strike the employee in the mouth. The injury required 3 stitches and dental work.
WHILE USING A PRY BAR TO REPOSITION EX1100 SHOVEL TRACKS FOR LOADING, THE TRACK SHIFTED AND PULLED THE PRY BAR FROM THE EMPLOYEE'S HAND AND STRUCK HIS LEG ABOVE THE RIGHT KNEE. THE SUDDEN MOVE MENT CAUSED A MUSCLE STRAIN TO HIS LOWER BACK.
EE WAS STRIKING A KNOCKER WRENCH WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER AND MISSED THE WRENCH. THE HAMMER CONTINUED DOWN TO STRIKE THE EE ON HIS RIGHT FOOT IN THE SHOELACE AREA.
WHILE LOOSENING BOLTS EE STRAINED HIS GROIN AREAHIS DISCOMFORT WAS REPORTED IMMEDIATELY BUT HE DID NOT REQUIRE MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 7/16/01. HE WAS LIMITED TO LIFTING 10LB FOR 1 WEEK.
EE SWUNG A SLEDGE HAMMER AT A KNOCKER WRENCH WHILE TIGHTENING JAW BOLTS. THE HAMMER MISSED THE WRENCH HANDLE & HE PINCHED HIS HAND BETWEEN THE THUMB & FINGER. 4 SITCHES WERE REQUIRED.
WHILE USING A PRY BAR TO LINE UP A PIECE OF SCREEN CLOTH, THE EE PULLED ON THE BAR AND THE BAR SLIPPED STRIKING EE ON THE FOREHEAD WITH THE ENDOF THE BAR. 5 STITCHES WERE REQUIRED TO CLOSE TH E LACERATION
THE EMPLOYEE WAS LOOSENING A WEDGE BOLT NUT WITH A KNOCKER WRENCH AND SLEDGE HAMMER. AFTER STRIKING THE WRENCH WITH THE HAMMER, THE WRENCH BOUNCED OFF THE NUT AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE ON HIS SA FETY GLASSES AND CUT HIS RIGHT CHEEK, REQUIRING STITCHES.