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To maintain safe access, employee was cleaning undercarriage on excavator with a short-handled scraper. As employee was cleaning, they struck steel and jarred their shoulder. Employee was seen at a clinic, returned to work full duty, after a period of improvement, on 2/2, clinic referred employee for physical therapy. continues to work full duty, but PT makes it an MTI
Using a wrench to loosen bolts on a waterline. Wrench slipped off bolt pinching their left ring finger between the wrench and pipe flange. Resulting in a fracture of their finger.
Employee was attempting to clear a blockage in a chute with a pry bar and missed the chute striking their right ring finger on the side of the chute wall. Initially first aid only, doctor visit on 12/23 found fracture in finger on x-ray making it reportable.
Employee's finger was pinched between hoist chain and cute while maneuvering a 16"x48" piece of steel into chute. The contact resulted in the employee receiving a fracture and laceration with 12 stitches to the right index finger.
Using a pry bar to free up a stuck stone. Employee's hand slipped contacting a steel guard. Contact resulted in a cut requiring 2 sutures.
While tightening a bolt on the crusher wear plates, the employees gloved hand slipped off the ratchet EE was using. EE fell back onto the other plates, fracturing EE's left femur.
While using a hammer to hit a punch, the employee missed striking left thumb. This resulted in 9 stitches and a fractured bone at the end of the thumb.
Employee was striking a slap wrench with a sledge hammer. The wrench came loose and struck the employee on the bridge of nose.
Employee was using a pipe wrench to install a hydraulic line on a rock breaker. The wrench slipped striking the employee in a front tooth.
Injured employee was attempting to strike a belt clamp with a hand held hammer. IE inadvertently struck right pinky finger. The injury required two sutures to close a wound on the tip of the finger.
A mechanic suffered a unilateral inguinal hernia to EE's right lower abdominal area while installing a park brake assembly on the mechanic's truck. The injured was in a squatted position and was using a ratchet wrench to tighten the bolts on the brake assembly. While tightening the bolts EE felt a pull in EE's right side.
Employee was attempting to clear clay grates with a steel bar. When a section of material broke loose, the employee's finger was pinched between the steel bar and steel clay grate. This required 6 sutures to close the wound.
Employee hit right elbow causing contusion on metal frame while using hammer to dislodge built up material from screen.
Three employees were performing maintenance on screen bearing. All 3 were wearing safety gloves. While 1st employee was using a pry bar to pry the bearing up, 2nd employee put in a spacer piece, then 3rd put one in. The opposing side slipped and the bearing, housing and Mag bar fell pinching 3rd employee's left thumb, resulting in a laceration. EE received 6 stitches.
Employee was trying to knock loose stuck rock from a catwalk with a hammer when loose rock came back and hit EE in mouth damaging EE's left front tooth.
Employee noticed the rip rap chute was plugged. Plant was stopped. While clearing the material with a pry bar a piece of RR became dislodged striking the pry bar and forcing the bar downward, pinching the tip of employee's left pinky finger which required sutures from the laceration.
While removing bottom deck screen panel support on screen #2 with the material handler, the support became wedged. EE was helping with the task using a pry bar to help free the support. When the support became free, the pry bar EE was using moved quickly. When the pry bar moved EE's left hand was pinched between the pry bar and cross over tube in the screen.
Employee was driving a bearing out of a loader frame with shop bar. When bearing came out it ee hit wrist on the bore causing laceration
EE removing transmission on pickup when tool slipped causing EE to hit hand on transmission or framework of truck cutting top right pinky finger. At TOI, EE refused medical treatment, just bandaged cut. EE contacted supervisor at 9:42PM and went to hospital resulting in 3 stitches, shots and a splint.
The S-2 screen had stopped while crushing. The injured employee was removing the screen doors using a 16 inch spud bar. As the employee unhinged a door, the door sprung outward and struck the employee in left forearm.
Torque wrench was being used in a tight space making it difficult to remove from bolt.
An adjustment needed done on the gate for the #8 limestone. This is usually performed with a 3/4" ratchet and hammer. EE was using a sledge hammer which resulted in a mid-low back/front hip strain with right leg radiculopathy.
Employee was attempting to dislodge a section of liner that was jammed in the cone crusher. When ee struck the Manganese liner with a hammer, it fragmented; and a piece hit right index finger causing a laceration.
A plant Mechanic was attempting to remove a rear center pin block on a Euclid 324TD Haul Truck. EE was using hand tools such as a hammer, chisel and wrenches. As ee worked ee noticed a pain in lower back that radiated through pelvic area.
While removing hydraulic pump from machine, the lifting chain/strap caught and subsequently released causing a sudden upward shift of the chain.
While removing sheave with a hammer a piece of metal chipped from hammer & struck right forearm. Metal imbedded arm causing one inch laceration.
Two employees were tightening bolts on a hydraulic rock breaker. An employee was handling a wrench, the wrench slipped off of a bolt, the wrench struck the second employee in the mouth resulting in an upper lip laceration.
EE WAS PUSHING BROOM TO CLEAN JAW CRUSHER, FELT SHARP PAIN BETWEEN SHOULDERS. INCIDENT BECAME REPORTABLE WHEN EE WAS PRESCRIBED P.T. ON 9/30/11.
Enlarging the opening failed then ee used a pry bar. While poking the obstruction the bar glanced off the obstruction contacting the moving conveyor belt kicking the bar and his hand that was holding the end of the bar up against a horizontal support between the skirt boards. This resulted in the end of the bar piercing the palm of his right hand.
Employee hit finger with a hammer.
Employee strained Left Arm while using sledge hammer
Injured employee was using a come-a-long attached to a sheave on a 4 foot cone crusher. While he was pulling the come-a-long handle back and forth, the chain slipped and he lost his balance and fell back approximately 57" to the ground.
While installing strut bearing on truck, a piece of brass entered his eye behind his safety glasses. He was using a brass hammer.
EE WAS TIGHTENING THREADED DOOR LATCHES ON EAST ACCESS DOOR OF WEST HAZEMAG CRUSHER USING AN 1 1/2" COMBINATION WRENCH. IN ORDER TO TIGHTEN TOP LATCH EE USED A HAMMER TO STRIKE THE WRENCH. WRENCH SLIPPED OFF THE HEX NUT ON LATCH PINCHING THE EE'S FINGER BETWEEN THE WRENCH AND LOWER LATCH.
Employee was freeing a lodged flat rock from a head box with a sledge hammer, when a small piece of rock deflected off the top of his safety glasses and hit him on the forehead above his safety glasses, causing a one inch cut above his right eye.
EE utilizing utility knife, was trimming rubber skirting material to align with receiving hopper; location of accident was C-12 Stone Plant.
On conveyor #2 unplugging head box, using a 5' pry bar to wedge between rocks. Pry bar popped out of rocks & smashed little finger between pry bar & steel plate skirt board. Wound required sutures to close, reason for reporting.
While tramming a 1 ton hoist operated by a hand crank pulley system, the load on hoist shifted while being turned over, causing the crank to back lash into employees left wrist.
Two employees were attempting to drive a pin from the bucket of a Samsung SE280 trackhoe. The employee swinging the twenty pound sledgehammer missed the pin and lost his hold on the hammer. The hammer flew approx. 8 feet, striking another employee in the leg. This resulted in a fracture.
Employee was splicing #1 conveyor. He was attempting to cut belt when his arm hit a nail sticking up when he was sliding the Flexco cutter back and forth on the track. The wound required sutures (stitches).
REPAIRING CRUSHER. EE WAS HOLDING A TOOL (WRENCH) WHILE A COWORKER WAS STRIKING IT WITH A HAMMER. THE TOOL SLIPPED AND THE HAMMER STRUCK EE'S THUMB.
The employee was helping in the replacement of a adjusting wedge on a pioneer jaw crusher. The employee was attempting to pry the wedge into position when it came unhooked from the come-a-long. The wedge fell striking the employee in the head. The employee suffered a cut over his eye and one on his finger.
EE WAS LOOSENING A NUT UP ON THE CRUSHER WITH A BREAKER BAR. THE BREAKER BAR SLIPPED MAKING HIM HIT HIS RIGHT ELBOW ON A PIECE OF STEEL PLATE ON THE CRUSHER LID. X-RAY REVIELED A BONE FRACTURE.
Employee was preparing to repair a belt splice. The conveyor belt was in a bind so to relieve the tension on the belt, he and a co-worker used utility knives to cut the "Dirthog" belt scraper. The utility knife slipped and cut employee's hand between his left index finger and thumb.
The Employee was replacing bushings in the arms of a pit loader for the bucket. As he was driving in the bushing a particle entered into the right eye.
The employee was using a hammer to tighten lock down wedges on a cone crusher, when he missed the wedge and smashed his finger between the hammer handle and the wedge.
EE STRUCK RIGHT HAND WITH SLEDGE HAMMER WHILE PERFORMING MAINTENANCE ON A SPRAY BAR
EE WAS CUTTING RUBBER WITH UTILITY KNIFE. KNIFE SLIPPED, CUTTING EE'S LEFT FOREARM. SUTURES REQUIRED.
PUTTING ROLL HEAD ASSEMBLY IN MILL WAS TIGHTENING CLAMP BOLT WITH IMPACT WHEN BOLT SPUN & SMASHED LEFT INDEX FINGER. THE WOUND REQUIRED STITCHES TO CLOSE.
EE WAS TRACKING 9 CONVEYOR BY BEATING ROLLERS WITH A HAMMER. HE MISSED THE ROLLER & SMASHED HIS FINGER, WHICH REQUIRED STITCHES.