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EE was cutting a zip tie with a utility knife and cut EE's hand resulting in receiving stitches. Returned to work same day.
EE was working on the Dewatering Wheel when their wrench slipped and struck them in the chin. EE sustained a small laceration and was taken to the ER to be evaluated where they received 3 stitches.
A miner was cutting a piece of skirt board rubber when the belt knife slipped causing them to cut through their jeans into their thigh. The cut was not bleeding but clinic placed two stiches on the cut to prevent it from opening up.
A miner was working underneath the Jaw Crusher swinging a Sledge Hammer to knock out a piece of metal on May 27th when EE strained EE's lower back. The miner had previously reported EE's back was bothering EE on 5/11/2022 while working at the mine. At that time no restrictions were put in place and it was not reportable. The miner had previous unrelated back injuries.
While trimming a piece of skirt board rubber, the knife slipped on the surface, piercing left pinky finger, causing a laceration.
While installing a new feeder, there was a rigging failure on a come along which resulted in the cables failing and dropping the feeder on EE's toes. EE was wearing steel toed boots, which prevented serious injury, resulting in EE's big toes being broken. EE is on limited light duty as EE is temporarily in a walking boot.
EE was getting a guard off some bolts, and the pry bar slipped and smashed EE's right ring finger. Tip of finger had a small fracture and the finger nail had to have a hole poked into it to let blood drain out from under finger nail.
Employees were getting ready to splice a belt and injured employee was going to move the tail pulley up to give the belt a little slack. As employee was adjusting the tail pulley, the wrench slipped off and came back and struck employee in the mouth/teeth. Employee received a chipped tooth and had to seek dental treatment.
Employee was changing the brake pads on the NW 95 dragline hoist brakes. A pry bar fell over in to the drum and came around and hit employee's arm. Employee received a severe fracture to his right arm and abrasions to his left hand. Had surgery and is off work.
Employee was using a sledge hammer and pry bar to remove a pin from the tooth of the Hitachi shovel when the sledge hammer slipped off the pry bar and hit employee's left index finger. Employee received a crush injury to his finger and later contacted cellulitis. Employee is restricted. No lost time.
Employee was cutting a belt from a catch-all with utility knife. Employee was pulling down on the knife when the knife ripped through the belt and continued on in motion and struck his right leg. He received a laceration/puncture to his right leg and received staples/stitches.
Employee was using a punch and hammer to punch holes in side of the wipers on the conveyor belt. Employee missed the punch and hit his left thumb with the hammer. Employee went home but the next morning he could not move his thumb and was sent to the company clinic. He received a contusion to his left thumb.
Employee was using a chipping hammer to knock slag off the weld. A piece of hot slag flew up and went under employee's safety glasses and hit his left eyeball. Employee received a foreign body in the Cornea. Employee was restricted at first but later had to be off work.
Employee was taking the bucket teeth off of the dragline bucket. He was using a hammer to dislodge the bucket tooth when a piece of steel from the tooth chipped off and went into employee's right thigh. The piece of steel was embedded in his leg and he has to have surgery to have the piece of steel removed.
Employee was welding clamp and a piece of channel iron. Employee was clamping parts into place and the steel rolled and pinched employee's left ring finger between 2 pieces of steel causing a fracture to his left ring finger.
Employee was working on gates at the front entrance. He was using a hammer to drive a pin out of a hinge on the front gate. A piece of metal flew up and hit employee on the chin. The piece of metal went through his chin and chipped a lower tooth. Dermabond was used to close the laceration in his chin.
Employee was under the fuel tank using a wrench to tighten a bolt on the vertical swing shaft on the dragline. Employee felt pain but did not report it until two days later. He thought he would be o.k. but had to go to the doctor. He recieved a right shoulder rotator cuff-Tendonitis. Employee is restricted.
EE WAS ON HIS KNEES AND WAS HITTING THE PINCH BAR WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER AND ALSO PRYING WITH THE PINCH BAR TO ATTEMPT TO REMOVE ICE AND STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK. EE WAS RESTRICTED BUT NO WORK WA S AVAILABLE UNDER THE RESTRICTIONS. EE WAS OFF WORK.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING 2 PRY BARS TO RE-POSITION A SCREEN & SUDDENLY HAD A SHARP PAIN IN HIS SHOULDER BLADE. EMPLOYEE RECEIVED AN ACUTE THORACIC SPRAIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A BREAKER BAR TO HELP CO-WORKER TIGHTEN UP THE DRIVE SHORT ON THE LOADER. THE BREAKER BAR SLIPPED OFF & SMASHED HIS INDEX & MIDDLE FINGER & BROKE HIS INDEX FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A HOSE WITH A UTILITY KNIFE AND CUT HIS HAND. STITCHES WERE REQUIRED.
EE WAS RE-LINING SHOOT TO LOG WASHER WHEN HE TOOK A HAMMER & TRIED TO DRIVE UP A PIECE OF STEEL ON THE BOTTOM OF THE SHOOT & CAUGHT HIS LEFT THIRD FINGER BETWEEN EDGE OF STEEL & HAMMER. HIS FI NGER WAS SMASHED & FRACTURED - THE TIP OF THE BONE.
EE WAS CLEANING THE ICE OFF A CONVEYOR WITH A SPUD BAR. THE SPUD BAR SLIPPED AND SMASHED EE RIGHT PINKY FINGER. EE RECEIVED A LACERATION & A FRACTURE & NAIL AVULSION.
EE WAS USING A HAMMER TO NAIL A BOARD & HIT HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER. EE RECEIVED A CONTUSION (SUB-INGUINAL HEMATOMA) & HAD TO HAVE THE PRESSURE RELEASED.