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While cleaning chute to sand bin, employee positioned himself wrong and felt his back pop.
Employee was removing a conveyor splice joiner pin with vice grips and a hammer. The hammer glanced off the vice grips and struck the top half of his left index finger causing a contusion of the left hand.
Cleaning tracks on D-10 dozer with a bar. The bar slipped and hit the dozer frame and then hit the mechanics right hand resulting in a closed fracture of the navicular bone of wrist.
E/E was removing bolts from under a cement cooler, as employee pulled on a 3/4 ratchet he felt a pull in his (R) Shoulder
Tightening a bolt when the wrench slipped off striking the face.
EE was dispatched to unplug a feed chute. After clearing the obstruction, he turned to manually run the machinery and he felt a pop in his left knee.
WHEN CLEANING FEED CHUTE OF MATERIAL BUILD-UP, A CHUNK FELL AND HIT WRIST. EMPLOYEE DID NOT REQUEST MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 1/2/04.
THE EE WAS HITTING A HOPPER IN ORDER TO EMPTY IT OUT. WHEN HE HIT THE HOPPER THE LAST TIME THE HAMMER GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE PACKER HOPPER AND A LIMIT SWITCH SUPPORT ROD. AS A RESULT HE TWISTE D HIS ARM.
EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING A HAMMER WRENCH BEING STRUCK BY ANOTHER EMLOYEE. WHEN THE OTHER EMPLOYEE WAS SWINGING THE HAMMER HE HIT A BOLT, WHICH THE HAMMER BOUNCED OFF OF AND INTO THE HAND OF THE EMPLOYEE.