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Employee was operating a drill press. While operating the drill the glove on his right hand was caught in the rotating drill bit. He sustained a cut on his right hand. He did go to the emergency room and received 6 stitches.
Employee was installing bed liners on a 785 haul truck. He was using a portable 9" grinder. In doing so he had gotten metal in his eye. He wasn't sure if he had metal in his eye or not. So on 11-22-07 I took him to the emergency room where the metal was removed. Employee did go to an eye doctor on 11/23/07 and again on 11/26/07. His eye is o.k. and he did not miss any work.
Employee was welding on bed liners of a haul truck. In doing so, hot slag burned his left elbow and it got infected. He went to the doctor on Tuesday the 30th and the doctor decided not to let him return to work until the infection was gone.
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LIFT A TORQUE CONVERTER THAT WAS PARTIALLY BOLTED INTO A 992 LOADER. THE PICKING EYES BROKE CAUSING THE CRANE BLOCK TO JUMP SEVERAL FEET IN THE AIR AND ONE OF THE CABLES TO COME PARTIALLY OFF THE SHIV. HE DID NOT NOTICE THE FAULTY SITUATION & CON'T HIS JOB ABOUT 3' UNDER THE 200# BLOCK. THE BLOCK DROPPED ONTO HIS HARD HAT PINNING HIM AGAINST THE LOADER.
Employee was removing a nut from a 992 loader bucket wear plate using an air impact wrench and socket. The socket came off of the wrench striking the employee's left index finger tip causing approximately a quarter inch laceration.
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO INSERT 8" PLASTIC PIPE INTO THE PIPE FUSER. AS THE PIPE SLID FORWARD, EE GOT RIGHT LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN THE PIPE AND THE FUSER. FINGER WAS LACERATED REQUIRING STITCHES AT THE EMERGENCY ROOM
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A WIRE FEED WELDER WHEN THE STRINGER SLIPPED OUT OF HIS RT.HAND. HE ATTEMPTED TO GRAB IT W/HIS LEFT HAND & THE WIRE PIERCED HIS GLOVE & HAND. THE WIRE STABBED HIS INDEX FINGER TENDON CAUSING AN INFECTION. DR. NEEDED TO CUT & DRAIN THE INFECTION.
MINE MECHANIC WAS USING A HAND HELD PNEUMATIC DIE GRINDER TO CUT A PIECE OF METAL ON A HAUL TRUCK ENGINE. THE 3 INCH GRINDING WHEEL BROKE AND A PIECE OF IT STRUCK HIM ON THE LOWER LIP. THREE STITCHES WERE PLACED IN HIS LIP TO CLOSE THE LACERATION.
EMPLOYEE PINCHED THUMB IN DOOR OF BLAST HOLE DRILL CAUSING LACERATION REQUIRING SUTURES TO CLOSE WOUND. EMPLOYEE RETURNED TO NEXT SCHEDULED SHIFT ON RESTRICTED DUTY.
EE WAS DRILLING 1/2" DIAMETER HOLE THROUGH A PIECE OF PLASTIC RACEWAY. HIS RT. HAND WAS STABILIZING THE PLASTIC AND THE DRILL BIT PUNCHED THROUGH THE MATERIAL AND LACERATED THE PALM OF HIS RT. HAND. HE IS LEFT HANDED. 2 STITCHES REQUIRED
EE WAS DRILLING A DRIFT ROUND HE LEANED HIS JACKLEG AGAINST THE RIB THE JACKLEG FELL OVER STRIKING EE'S ON RIGHT FOOT BREAKING 4 BONES IN HIS FOOT
EE WAS ROCK BOLTING WHEN HE SLIPPED AND SMASHED HIS RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THE JACK LEG AND THE ROCK.
MINER WAS COLLARING A HOLE IN THE RAISE. A ROCK CAME DOWN HITTING EMPLOYEE'S HARD HAT AND BOUNCED HITTING HIM IN THE FACE.
EE WAS DRIVING A ROCK BOLT WHEN A ROCK LOOSENED HITTING EE ON THE HEAD EE RECIEVED STITCHES.
EE WAS LONG HOLE DRILLING WHEN COLLARING A HOLE EE LOOKED UP A SMALL ROCK HIT HIM IN THE RIGHT EYE. A PATCH WAS PUT ON EE S RIGHT EYE HE WAS ALSO GIVEN A PRESERIPTION.
EE WAS ROCK BOLTING AS HE WAS DRIVING A BOLT A ROCK CAME LOOSE HITTING HIM ON THE CHIN. EE RECD 4 STITCHES ON HIS CHIN
EE WAS DRILLING WITH A JACKLEG IN A RAISE WHEN A ROCK FELL & HIT HIM ON THE HEAD KNOCKING HIS HARDHAT OFF, ANOTHER ROCK HIT HIM ON BACK OF THE HEAD AND RIGHT SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS BEGINNING TO WELD ON THE UNDERSIDE OF A 6" PIPE. HE CLOSED HIS WELDING HOOD AND A PIECE OF METAL FRAGMENT FELL INTO HIS EYE BEHIND HIS GLASSES.
EE WAS RELINING A MILL AND SOMEHOW GOT METAL IN HIS RIGHT EYE. HE IS UNAWARE OF HOW METAL GOT INTO HIS EYE. HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES. HE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL THREE DAYS LA TER. THE DR REMOVED A SMALL PIECE OF METAL FROMHHIS EYE, AND HE RETURNED TO WORK ON HIS FOLLOWING SHIFT.
EE WAS USING A 90# PNEUMATIC JACK HAMMER ATTEMPTING TO BREAK ROCK AT THE BOTTOM OF 3' DEEP X5'WX5'L HOLE IN THE CONCRETE FLOOR OF THE MILL. THE HANDLE PRESSED HIS LEFT THUMB AGAINST A PIECE OF REINFORCING ROD THAT WAS PROTRUDING FROM THE ADJACENT CONCRETE
EE WAS GRINDING WITH 9" HAND GRINDER. GRINDER CAUGHT AND JUMPED CAUSING GRINDING WHEEL TO STRIKE RIGHT KNEE. RESULTING LACERATION REQUIRED 3 SUTURES TO CLOSE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING DRILL BIT ON BLASTHOLE DRILL AND AS HE ROTATED DRILL STEEL THE HANDLE OF THE BREAKOUT WRENCH STRUCK HIM ON TEH FOOT BREAKING HIS 2 SMALLEST TOES.
EE BEGAN EXPERIENCING MUSCLE SPASMS IN HIS LOWR BACK WHILE OPERATING A D10 DOZER FOR A SERIES OF SHIFTS. UNDER DRS & COMP REVEIW. NO ACCIDENT OCCURRED
OPERATOR IS EXPERIENCING PAIN IN MIDDLE FINGER RIGHT HAND. DIAGNOSED AS INDUSTRIAL (OCCUPATIONAL) DISEASE. MOST PROBABLY FROM OPERATING CONTROLOF HYDRAULIC SHOVE. CURRENTLY UNDER DRS & WORK COMP REVIEW
EE WAS ROCK BOLTING WITH A JACK LEG. HE HAD JUSTTURNED OVER THE DRILL TO HIS PARTNER. THE OTHER EE HT THE THROTTLE ON THE DRILL & THE BOLT DRIVER POPPED OUT OF THE CHUCK. THE BOLT DRIVER STRUC K THE EE ON THE FOOT. HE CONT TO WORK UNTIL 3/2697 WHEN HE SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION
EMP WAS ROCK BOLTING WITH A JACK LEG. AS HE WAS COLLARING A BOLT HOLE, A ROCK BROKE LOOSE AND FELL, GRAZING HIS FOREARM. SIX STITCHES REQUIRED TO SUTURE CUT.
EE WAS WORKING TO REMOVE A CONVEYOR BELT PULLEY AND AS THE PULLEY WAS HOISTED FROM THE BELT THE HOIST STRAP CAUGHT ON THE FRAMEWORK. EE REACHED TO FREE THE STRAP AND AS HE PULLED IT FREE THE L OAD SHIFTED AND HIS HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE STRAP AND FRAME. XRAYS SHOWED A BROKEN BONE IN HIS RIGHT HAND NEEDING A CAST AND LIGHT DUTY 10-12 WEEKS.
DRILLER WAS LOOSENING CLAMP DEVICE TO ALLOW CASING TO DROP SLOWLY INTO WATERWELL. AS CLAMP WAS LOOSENED, CASING DROPPED QUICKLY, ALLOWING CLAMP AND CASING TO ROTATE. DRILLER CAUGHT HIS RIGHT R ING FINGER ON CLAMP. FINGER WAS AMPUTATED AT HOSPITAL AT THE FIRST KNUCKLE.
EE WAS HOLDING A BOLT HEAD INTO ITS HOLE WHILE ANOTHER EE TURNED THE NUT WITH A AIR WRENCH. THE BOLT HEAD SPUN AN A BURR ON IT CUT THROUGHT THE EE GLOVE AND LACERATED THEPALM OF HIS HAND MEDIC AL TREATMENT REQUIRED 9 SUTURES TO CLOSE THE WOUND.
WHILE CUTTING A PIVOT PIN FROM A LOADER BUCKET A PIECE OF MOLTEN SLAG BLEW INTO EMPLOYEE'S EAR BURNING THE INSIDE OF HIS LEFT EAR. EMPLOYEE DID NOT REPORT INJURY UNTIL 11-11-96 AT WHICH TIME T HE BURN HAD BECOME INFECTED REQUIRING MEDICAL TREATMENT.
WHILE GRINDING, A PIECE OF METAL BLEW INTO THE RIGHT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO HOOK A PIECE OF HEAVY IRON ONTO A HYDRAULIC CRANE HOOK WHILE BOOM WAS MOVING. HIS THUMB WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE HOOK AND THE IRON. BROKE THUMB.
AN EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO MIIX A 50 GAL DRUM OF CORROSIVE CHEMICAL WITH AN IR LANCE. ((NOT AN APPROVED METHOD). CHEMICAL SPLASHED INTOHIS FACE. IMMEDIATELY WASH EYE WAS CONDUCTED AND TR EATMENT AT EMERGENCY ROOM OF LOCAL HOSPITAL. MINOR BURNS TO BOTH EYES. FOLLOW-UP EXAM BY OPTHOMOLOGIST.
EMPLOYEE WAS LOOKING IN HOLE AND GOT CAUGHT ON ROTATING DRILL STEEL.
ON 9-14-95 THE MAINTENCE EMPLOYEE WAS AIR ARCHING IN SIDE OF A CRUSHER BOWL WHICH HAD BEEN REMOVED AND PLACED ON THE FLOOR. HOT SLAG BLEW INTO IS TIED/LACED BOOTS WHEN HIS COVERALLS KREPT UP. SLAG BURNED TWO SMALL SPOTS ON HIS UPPER ANKLE C
EMPLOYEE WAS STEAM CLEANING A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT AND WAS SPLASHED IN THE FACE WITH MATERIAL FROM THE EQUIPMENT. THIS RESULTED IN A PIECE OF METAL BEING EMBEDDED IN HIS RIGHT EYE. WAS REMOVED B Y A DR. WITH NO COMPLICATIONS. SAFETY GLASSES WERE BEING USED.
DRILLER RELEASED CHUCK AND THE CORE BARRELED ROPPED THROUGH THE CHUCK. INJURED EMPLOYEES FINGER WAS OVER THE ROD BELOW THE CORE BARREL. CORE BARREL STRUCK FINGER CAUSING CUT.
WHILE DRILLING ROCK BOLT HOLES TO INSTALL 9' MATS FOR A GROUND SUPPORT. EMPLOYEE FINISHED ONE HOLE AND STARTED ANOTHER. RATTLING OF DRILL APPARENTLY CAUSED GROUND TO LOOSEN AND A LARGE ROCK FE LL FROM BACK.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS RIPPING A HARD SPOT IN THE PIT FLOOR WITH A CAT DOZER. HE HAD BACKED ON THE BERM TO POSITION THE RIPPER ON THE HARD SPOT. AS HE CAME OFF THE BERM, THE DOZER DROPPED, CAUSING S OME PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EE WAS PERFORMING CLEANUP, USING THE BACKHOE, WHILE HAMLING DIRT DOWN ROAD. HE WNET OVER ROUGH AREA CAUSING HIM TO BE JARRED UP AND DOWN SEVERAL TIMES IN EQUIPMENT SEAT, THIS BOUNCING CAUSED H IS SPINAL COLUMN TO BE SPRAINED.
WHILE ADJUSTING CONE CRUSHER,I.NAME GOT RIGHT THUMB BETWEEN RAM AND CYLINDER. OTHER EMPL CONTROLLING HYDRAULICS AND EMPL WAS TRYING TO ALIGN RAM INTO PLACE. THE INJURY RESULTED IN 7 STITCHES T O THUMB.
INJURED WAS WORKING ON A CONE CRUSHER REBUILD.THE CRANE WAS LOWERING THE BOWL OVER THE BOWL LINER.ANOTHER EMPLOYEE SIGNALLED THE CRANE TO SWING LEFT.HE HAS THE BOWL STARTED TO SWING,INJURED RE ACHED UP AND GRABBED THE BOWL AS IT WAS SWINGING.HIS INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGER WAS SMASHED BETWEEN THE BOWL AND LINER.
INJ MOVING PIECE OF 3/4" PLATE STEEL WITH A HOIST MOUNTED ON A TRUCK.WHEN THE LOAD WAS 2' OFF GROUND,STARTED TO SWING THE LOAD,IT GOT CAUGHT THEN BROKE LOOSE.THE LOAD THEN SWUNG TOWARDS THE TR UCK.INJ LEFT RING FINGER GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN EDGE OF PLATE AND TRUCK CAUSING FINGER TO GET FRACTURED.
INJURED PERSON GOT HIS LEFT HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN A CHAIN & A SPREADER BAR TO WHICH A ROLL OF BELTING WAS HOOKED TO SLID TO ONE SIDE & FELL TOWARDS HIM INJURES ARE AN AMPUTATION TO THE MIDDLE RI NG & LITTLE FINGER AT THE FIRST JOINT ON HIS LEFT HAND
THE MAINT MECHANIC WAS ATTEMPTING TO HOLD THE BOLT ON BACKSIDE OF CUTTING EDGE ON BUCKET OF 992 CAT LOADER. THE JOB WAS TO CHANGE OUT THE CUTTING EDGE. THE BOLT HAD BEEN HONED TO A SHARP EDGE AND TEH BOLT SPUN BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND FINGERS OF THE MECH-LACERATIONS BETWEEN THE FINGERS.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING OFF A BATTERY STRRAHND ON EQUIPMENT #M123 WITH CUTTIANG TORCH & IN DOING SO STARTED A SMALL FIRE HE GRABBED A GLASS OF WATER & PUT FIRE OUT ON RETURNING THE GLASS HE UNCRO SSE H IS ARMS & IN DOING SO HE PASSED THE CUTTING TORCH OVER H S RT HAND CAUSING 2ND DEGREE BURN BETWEEN HIS THUMB & INDEX FINGER
I.NAME WAS STANDING APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET FROM THE TAIL PULLEY BASE OF OUR STACKER AS IT WAS BEING MOVED. A CHAIN WAS WRAPPED AROUND THE TAIL PULLEY FRAMEWORK AND UNDER TENSION USING A BACKHOE . THE CHAIN SHIFTED AS TENSION WAS APPLIED DISLOEDGING A METAL FRAGMENT INTO THE SIDE OF I.NAME'S FACE. THE LACERATION WAS 3/8 INCHES LONG BY 1/4 DEEP.
CREW MAKING A STEEL CONNECTION AND ADDING PIPE.I.NAME IN TOWER WITH TOP HEAD DRIVE ABOVE.DRILLER SHIFTING TO OTHER CABLE DRUM WHEN TOP HEAD DRIVE SLIPPED AND FELL ON INJ.DRILLER SET THE CABLE BRAKE WHEN HE NOTICED CABLE UNSPOOLING MINIMIZING AMOUNT OF FALL BY TOP HEAD ON INJ HELPER.
I NAME WAS CHECKING THE HEARING TEMPERATURES ON THE JAW CRUSHER WITH HIS BARE HAND WHEN HE STUCK HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE PITMAN & THE BEARING CAP SMASHING THE TIP OF HIS RT BABY FINGER I NAME W ENT TO THE HOSPITAL & HAD A SPLINT & 6 STITCHES PUT ON
EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING A PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE (LUBRICATION) ON A FAN ASSEMBLY OF THE #2 CONVEYOR BAGHOUSE FILTER. EMPLOYEE TURNED OFF THE FAN IN ORDER TO INSTALL EXTENDED LINES FOR REMOTE GREASING OF THE FAN SHAFT BEARINGS. EMPLOYEE CLIMBED ON FAN HOUSING FRAME AND USED EXHAUST PART AS A HANDHOLD. FAN HAD NOT STOPPED ITS ROTATION. EMPLOYEE'S HAND SLIPPED INTO PADDLE BLADE.