While the employee was tightened as screw, the tool that he was using to works, came out of his hand, causing his little finger of the right hand to get hurt.
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Showing all 19Employee was adjusting excavator screws with an industrial cricket when he hit his face on the left side. He feels intense pain on the left side of his face.
EE alledges that while removing an engine part from a loader he made an effort to loosen the screws when he felt a pain in his lower back.
EE was "enangotado" adjusting motor screws with an industrial cricket at the primary crusher plant, when he stood up, he felt pain in the lower back and his left leg.
EE was said that he was holding a nail with a wrench then he started hammering the wrench it slipped and hit between his left thumb and index finger. It caused a laceration and his hand to swell up.
Employee alleges that while working with a wrench, it fell and pinched his right hand causing an injury between his pinkie finger and his right finger. Five(5) stitches were taken
The employee was in the secondary plant repairing a pump. He hurt his hand with a piece of metal that flew when he was hammering. The metal penetrated the skin on his left hand. He felt a strong pain in his left hand.
The EE was doing some maintenance work on the conveyor belt #8. He was using a knife to cut the belt, when it slipped and gave him a deep wound on his right leg.
The EE was unscrewing bolts in order to change the converyor belt. When he loosened the bolt, the wrench hit him in the nose and right eyebrow, cut his skin.
The employee was cleaning the conveyor with a pressure hose when it slipped. The pressure of the water impacted his right eye, removing the retina.
The employee was cutting a piece of belt with a knife, the knife slipped cutting his left hand thumb.
The EE was adjusting some screws on the disks brakes of an article truck (#350). The screw driver broke, cutting his right hand thumb. They gave him 5 stitches.
While the employee was repairing a piece of machinery with a hammer, he hit a piece of metal, which caused an injury to his fourth finger from the right of his left hand.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS ADJUSTING THE SCREWS OF THE PRIMARY CRUSHERS BLADES, A PART OF THE WRENCH DISASSEMBLED AND IMPACTED THE MIDDLE FINGER OF HIS LEFT HAND
The employee was cleaning the conveyor belt #4 with an iron bar and he lost the grip of the bar and it hit him on the index finger of his right hand.
THE EE WAS INSTALLING A MOTOR MOUNT IN A TRACK DRILL WITH A JACK. THE JACK SLIPPED AND THE MOTOR FELL, CUTTING HIS LT. HAND MIDDLE FINGER AND HIS RT. HAND THUMB. (WE DON'T HAVE FACILITIES FOR THIS KIND OF JOB).
THE EE WAS REMOVING A PIN FROM AN HYDRAULIC CYLINDER IN A TRUCK WITH A HAMMER AND IT FELL ON HIS LEFT THUMB.
THE EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THAT THEY WERE INSTALLING A CONVEYOR BELT, AND WHEN THEY WERE TIGHTENING WITH A WRENCH, IT FELL ON HIS SECURITY GLASSES AND SCRATCHED HIS LEFT EYE BROW.
THE EE WAS PRYING A BOULDER ROCK THAT WAS STUCK INSIDE THE HOPPER. WHEN HE WAS DOING THIS HE SLIPPED AND THE BOULDER FELL ON HIS LEFT HAND. HIS CO-WORKER HEROICALLY MOVED THE BOULDER ENOUGH TO REMOVE THE HAND.