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Employee indicates that while tightening wheel on truck, the wrench slipped, causing him to fall.
Employee was using a hammer & chisel to spread apart an equipment part when the chisel flew from part and hit employee, knocking off safety glasses; resulting in injury to left eye.
He says he thinks it happened while he was tightening up a lug nut on a WS Tamdem wheel when he pulled a muscle in his right knee.
Employee was installing input shaft in rotary head, using hammer to install bearing on pinion shaft. A piece of metal chipped from bearing and went into the left eye. He was taken by ambulance to medical center, then to hospital for surgery. He has been instructed to remain out of work for a least 14 days to recover, unsure of prognosis from that point.
Doing service work on Dozer. Oil filter on extremely tight. Was using 1/2" ratchet. Would not budge. Hit ratchet with 4 lb. hammer. On the 5th swing, he missed the handle and hit his thumb.
While opening the door on a rail car, used slate bar to open door. Stuck slate bar in door release to turn open and release, skipped a tooth causing employee to slip down to knees and bar hitting track rail with right thumb between rail and bar mashing right thumb.
Employee was removing lip saver from bucket of 340 excavator with sledge hammer. A small piece of metal struck his lower right leg. The piece of metal was removed and four stitches were required. The employee returned to regular job at full capacity the same day.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING MAKE STRESS CONES ON A HIGH VOLTAGE CABLE. HE WAS TRIMMING THE EDGE WITH A RAZOR KNIFE AND THE KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER. THE EMPLOYEE RECEIVED 5 SUTURES AND RETURNED TO REGULAR JOB AT FULL CAPACITY.
SPRAINED BACK WHILE USING SLEDGE HAMMER TO DRIVE PIN IN A ROLLER FRAME. EMPLOYEE DID NOT SEEK TREATMENT UNTIL 02/09/05.
TRUCK DRIVER SPRAINED ANKLE WHILE TIGHTENING A WHEEL ON TRUCK WITH 3/4"RACKET & SOCKET.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF RUBBER TUBING WITH RAZOR BLADE KNIFE (UTILITY KNIFE) AND CUT THE END OF HIS LITTLE FINGER ON THE LEFT HAND. THE LACERATION RQUIRED FOUR STITCHES
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WHILE TIGHTENING WHEEL ON COAL TRUCK, THE WHEEL WRENCH SLIPPED OFF. HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL.
EE STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO SEPARATE A WHEEL FROM A TIRE WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER, THE SLEDGE HAMMER SLIPPED AND EE HIT HIS HAND/FINGER ON THE WHEEL.
Employee stated that he was tightening wheel lugs on truck-wrench slipped, causing him to fall on hand.
Emplyee stated that while fixing a tire he hit his right index finger with a hammer.
Ee was installing a tire on a wheel rim & caught his finger between tire & wheel rim. This incident resulted in a minor injury to the ee's left middle finger. Ee may have temporary loss of fingernail.
THE CONVEYOR CHAIN ON THE HIGHWALL MINER HAD BROKEN. THE INJURED & A CO-WORKER WERE ATTEMPTING TO REPAIR THE CHAIN & WHEN THE CO-WORKER HIT A CHAIN LINK WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER, A PIECE OF THE CHAIN FLEW OFF BECOMING EMBEDDED IN THE INJURED'S LEFT CHEST JUST BELOW THE COLLAR BONE. INJURED WENT TO A MEDICAL FACILITY TO HAVE METAL REMOVED & RECEIVED 2 STITCHES.
EE WAS WELDING ON PIECE OF EQUIPMENT WHEN A GRINDER BEING USED BY ANOTHER WELDER STRUCK THE INJURED EE ON LEFT KNEE CAUSING A LACERATION WHICH REQUIRED STITCHES. EE DID NOT MISS ANY DAYS WORKED.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A MOUNT FOR A CITIZEN BAND TWO WAY RADIO. HE WAS USING A POCKET KNIFE FOR A SCREW DRIVER. THE BLADE ON THE KNIFE CLOSED AND CAUSED A LACERATION TO THE RIGHT INDEX FINGE R. THREE SUTURES WERE REQUIRED, NO WORK DAYS WERE LOST.
EE WAS TRYING TO GET A LADDER OUT OF THE BACK OF THE SERVICE TRUCK, HE COULD NOT GET IT OFF THE RACK BECAUSE THE WELDING MACHINE WAS SLID OVER TOO CLOSE, HE WAS USING A PIECE OF PIPE TO PRY IT OVER. LOW BACK STRESS.