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EE received two fractures in left arm at the shop after the 100 ton haul truck plate popped out and struck him while he was using an air arc to cut floor plate loose.
EE right thumb was crushed while trying to position a stack of plates on the vertical tilt band saw. When closing it the thumb was crushed between the hydraulic vise and the plate.
He was changing a cable on an automatic recoil device on a crane tagline. When the dogclutch of the recoil device was released, we believe the cable caught employee's right leg and threw him into the air. He received contusions and abrasions to his right ankle, knee and shoulder.
Working on crusher, he was struck by falling slag.
During the removal/repair work of the primary crusher, the concave was being hammered on using the rock breaker. The employee remained on the crusher floor to view the operation from about 12 feet away. He was struck by a piece of sharp packing material in his right inner thigh. He received three stiches and returned to work.
Employee was removing a piece of tramp metal from the Nordberg 7' standard crusher. He was inside the crusher using a burning bar to remove metal. When metal gave way, a piece flew out and struck employee on the right hand and under his chin.
EE strained his back while welding a crack in an I-beam. He stated that he was in an awkward position to get to the beam.
Employee was using a chainsaw to clear/fell trees. Tree kicked chainsaw back between legs resulting in a laceration of leg requiring sutures. Employee returned to duty without restrictions.
Employee and co-worker were replacing the element of an Omega coupling. While aligning bolt holes (by spinning the motor), the injured employee's left middle finger slipped into a bolt hole. The finger was caught between the Omega flange and the bolt hole in the crusher coupling. This resulted in a finger cut and fracture.
The employee was taken to the hospital on 5/10/07 and was taken off work. The employee was struck on the head and chest by a tree limb while it was being cut down by another employee.
EE was chipping slag on a hitachi EX1000 shovel when debris entered behind his shield and went behind his safety glasses according to the employee.
EE was working on concrete forms. He was driving concrete forming stakes with a jack hammer. When pulling the jack hammer off the stake he tripped & pinched his finger between the jack hammer handle & a concrete stake. He was sent to the hospital for evaluating. He had a cut to the finger requiring stitches & bandaging.
Employee was assisting in changing out the blow bars in a Sandvik HSI crusher. He was repositioning the rotor in order to bring the next worn bar into position for removal. The rotor "free-wheeled" and in the process his right forearm became caught between the blow bar and the crusher side wall. He suffered a compound fracture to his forearm.
The injured employee was getting ready to get Fusion machine set in ditch. When lowering the tongue of machine it shifted over and caught the injured employee's hand.
The injured employee was on a jaw crusher when he utilized the hyd. rock breaker to break an oversized rock. A rock about the size of a baseball came off boulder and struck employee on the left side of his head.
Employee was removing material from a crusher using a jackhammer. Later in the day he felt soreness in his upper back muscles and shoulder blade.
Employee was chipping a weld and a piece of hot slag entered his left eye. He was wearing clear safety glasses and a welding hood
Injured employee recived flash burn to right eye. Doing welding activites
Employee strained his lower back while attempting to lift an air impact wrench. He was in the process of loosening cap bolts on a crusher.
Employee was cutting a drill bit out of the gyratory crusher and slag fell in his ear.
EE's left hand was pulled into the block of the electric chain hoist while hoisting a loaded wheel barrow at the M17 conveyor drive house, receiving seven stitches.
Employee was using a torch to cut two holes in plate metal. The plate was on saw horses. When he straightened up, he felt a pain in his back. He was seen on 9/11 by a physician and was put on restricted duty at that time.
The employee was sharpening bits at the shop with a grinder and felt something in his eye.
Employee was chipping slag & a piece of metal got under his safety glasses and into his right eye.
Employee was using an impact wrench to loosen a nut on a cutting edge of a backhoe loader bucket. The bolt dropped down out of its square slot and turned. He pushed the bolt back up into the slot and used an impact wrench again to loosen the bolt. The bolt turned and caught his glove and cut his left index finger.
While checking the pond pump, the polypipe broke and hit the employee's leg.
Employee was taking right rear brake off of a Cat 980G loader when the assembly came loose allowing the axle to pivit pinning employee's right ring finger between the axle and the air impact wrench.
EE left index finger was lacerated while trying to remove a plow bolt on the cutting edge of the WA-900 loader with a impact wrench. The spinning bolt cut into his finger. Durabond was applied.
Injured employee was removing the lock ring on 4 1/4 crusher with a hydraulic ram another employee was cleaning off the dist. plate with a water hose. When the water splashed distracting the injured employee, The employee caught his left index finger between the wedge of the ram and tube of the ram.
Employee was repairing feeder-breaker. In the process it required a flyght bar(500 lbs.) to be lifted in order to get to another one. A power pack and hydraulic jack was being used overhead in the bottom pan of the feeder-breaker. The jack slipped and flew out striking employee on the safety glasses. The top of the lens cut into the eyebrow requiring sutures.
Employee was using an excavator to clean out the quarry sump hole. While digging, the machine became unstable and rocked back and forth jarring the employee's lower back.
Cutting edge on dozer blade came off. Employee got off dozer to pick up cutting edge and laid it on dozer arm. It slipped off and hit him on left foot resulting in a fracture to foot.
Employee was welding on a guard that was lying on the ground. He knelt down on a piece of hot metal and burned his left knee.
EE received burns to his upper extremities due to mechanical failure that occurred on processing equipment.
A piece of hot slag entered EE half unlaced safety boot and burned the upper part of his ankle. EE did not go to the doctor until 5/26/2006.
Employee was using a cutting torch to repair leak in a discharge chute under hammer mill. A piece of hot rusty metal rolled inside his right ear when the air pressure from the torch hit it and knocked it loose.
Cutting a loader bucket with a torch and a splatter ball fell behind safety glasses and caused a right eye burn.
Injured was cutting old plate off the top of primary crusher jaw dies when wet material behind plate cut area popped and shot debris out. One piece found its way under his new-style cutting glasses (not goggles) and created a superficial cornea injury to his left eye.
The employee went to see the company doctor on 1/28/2006 and was placed on restricted duty. The employee was grinding on the crusher bowl threads when a foreign object became embedded in his L-eye.
EE and a coworker were air arching on the main frame liner inside of the cone crusher. They had their backs to each other when the UV rays we think reflected off the inside of EE's welding hood and burned his eyes.
While employee was washing a weld, sparks sprayed onto his shirt from the torch and caught his shirt on fire. Employee stated he did not need medical treatment that he would be o.k. On 11/10/05 employee decided he would like to go to the doctor and get the burn checked on.
The employee went to see the company doctor on 11/9/2005 and was placed on restricted duty. While cutting a chute liner with a welding torch, the flame burned through the glove and burned the employee on the right hand.
Employee was cutting out a damaged profile on the screen deck with a torch. The employee lost his balance and fell onto the piece he cut off.
A piece of hot slag entered the EE right ear canal after using a torch on a grizzly feeder. EE had surgery on December 16 which made this claim reportable.
Employee was using a porta-power jack to push the crusher motor base back to tighten v-belt drive. The jack's head kicked out and fell towards the ground, the handle end of the jack flipped up and struck employee in the mouth.
Stitches were required to close a laceration to the upper right leg caused by a metal fragment from the track pin.
Employee was using a 20-ton jack to lift the bottom of the Symmons Cone Crusher in order to replace some worn rubber pads. The jack shifted, or failed, and shot out from under the crusher and stuck employee.
The employee went to see the company doctor on 9/6/2005 and was placed on restricted duty. While cutting wear plates with a welding torch, the employee burned his L-thumb due to a hole in the welding gloves.
EE operating defective equipment (steering), operating track mounted machine on solid stone, and lifting heavy solid outrigger pad, all contributed to lower back strain
Employee was drilling through the wire trough on a C-Container when the drill bit caught and caused the employee's hand to strike the top of the trough. Employee suffered lacerations to his right 5th digit and required 5 stitches.