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While doing a slump test the employee was packing down mud with a tamping device & caught his finger between the cone and the tamper. It caused a small open wound on one finger, and partial removal of a fingernail. The tamper was hand-held and the employee misjudged the distance between his finger and the item he held in his other hand.

Employee was in the process of building a guard, and was welding at the time, when another employee with a lit cutting torch pulled on the torch to get more slack in the hose. In the process he ran the lit torch across the arm of the employee that was welding. This caused a second degree burn on the employee's upper left forearm about two inches in diameter.

Employee was grinding a weld that was left when we removed the simplicity screen. The grinder slipped out of his hand and cut his left knee.

While EE was grinding steel, a piece came up and under his full face shield and glasses and lodged in his right eye.

Grading a road the operator hit a buried pipe and this caused the operator to suddenly move forward striking his mouth against the steering wheel.

LOADER OPERATOR WENT TO GARAGE WITH LOOSE CUTTING EDGE, MECHANIC WAS IN THE BACK OF THE GARAGE. OPERATOR PICKED UP AN IMPACT WRENCH TO TIGHTEN BOLTS & PUT HIS HAND UNDER EDGE TO HOLD BOLT WITH SHARP EDGE. BOLT SPUN & CUT HIS FINGER WITH NO GLOVES ON.

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING CUTTING EDGE ON LOADER. ONE OF THE BOLTS BEGAN TURNING, HE TRIED TO HOLE BOLT UP WITH HAND AND TURN IT WITH THE IMPACT WRINCH. BOLT TURNED AND CUT LEFT HAND

WELDING OVER HEAD, PULLED SHEILD UP HITTING WELDING SLAG, WENT OVER PRESCRIPTION GLASSES. HOT SLAG IN LEFT EYE.

Employee was cutting a bolt with cat off wheel on portable grinder when a piece of metal bounced up into his left eye. He was wearing face shield and safety glasses

Miner was flame cutting steel on plant from a catwalk when slag dropped onto leg and into cuff of boot, burning ankle area.

EE RECEIVED WELDER ARC BURN TO THE EYES WHILE HELPING AN EE WELD CHUTES. EE WAS USING P.P.E. BUT MAY HAVE SUSTAINED THE BURN WHILE WORKING IN THE AREA.

CUTTING AND GRINDING STEEL THROUGOUT THE DAY, WHEN THE EE GOT HOME AFTER HIS SHIFT HAD SOMETHING IN EYE BOTHERING HIM AND CALLED SUPERVISOR.

DRILLING NEAR EDGE WHEN BANK FAILED, PARTIALLY TURNING DRILL ON SIDE.

Employee was laying on his back and side welding the frame and a piece of slag got under the helmet and into left eye burning eye.

NO DIRECT CAUSE OR INJURY. NECK STARTED GETTING STIFF AND AT SHIFTENED TIME HAD PAINS, IN LEFT SIDE OF HEAD, NEAR EAR. WAS TAKEN TO CLINIC AND DIAGNOSED WITH BRACHIAL NURITIS OR RADICULITS NOS PULLED MUSCLE OR PINCHED NERVE.

WHILE GRINDING OFF OLD CLIPS, GRINDER SLIPPED & CUT FINGER.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING UP BUILD UP FROM UNDER JAW FEEDER. AS EMPLOYEE EXITED AREA ON HANDS & KNEES, A ROCK FELL FROM JAW FEEDER ABOVE CUTTING LEFT RING FINGER. (PINCHED BETWEEN ROCK & GROUND.)

EE WAS REMOVING A CUTTING EDGE FROM A SKID-STEER WITH AN IMPACT GUN. WHEN NUT LOOSENED HE WAS HOLDING BOLT IN WITH HIS FINGER. THE BOLT DROPPED & SPUN CUTTING HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER (9 SUTURES)

OPERATING DOZER - REPETITIVE MOTION. EE NEEDS THERAPY 3 TIMES PER WEEK FOR 2 WEEKS & RECHECK.

EE AND ONE OTHER EE WERE FUSING POLY PIPE AT THE TIME THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. THE PIPE WAS IN A BIND AND WAS LYING IN THE MACHINE. THEY WERE GOING TO GET ANOTHER "BITE" ON THE PIPE WITH THE EXC AVATOR WHEN THE PIPE CAME OUT OF THE FUSION MACHINE AND STRUCK EE ACROSS THE LEGS.

KNEELING ON KNEES ALL DAY WELDING. AT THE END OF SHIFT FELT PAIN IN LEFT KNEE WENT TO THE DOCTOR. DIAGNOSIS IS A RUPTURED LEFT BURSA.

EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING ON A VERTICAL SURFACE. THE GRINDING OPERATION WAS COMPLETE AND WHILE LOWERING GRINDER TO FINISH POSITION GRINDING WHEEL MADE CONTACT TO EMPLOYEE'S LEFT INDEX FINGER.

SMALL PIECE OF SLAG WENT INTO THE BOOT OF EE CAUSING BURN. THE BURN BECAME INFECTED. WENT TO DR ON THE 22ND.

HOISTING CRUSHER PARTS WITH HYDRAULIC BOOM & CHAIN, EE WAS HOLDING ON TO CHAIN WHEN PICKING EYE BROKE OFF OF PART STRIKING EE'S HAND & WRIST.

EE WAS USING WELDER, PUTTING IN A NEW MOTOR BASE ON CORRODED METAL WHEN A PIECE OF RUST BOUNCED INT0 HIS EYE.

WHILE LIFTING A SECTION OF PIT CONVEYER WITH CRANE SECTION CAME LOOSE FROM CRANE AND HIT EE TOO QUIKLY IN HEAD. HE WAS WEARING HIS HARD HAT.

SMALL PIECE OF RUST WENT AROUND SAFETY GLASSES AND GOT CAUGHT INTO EE S EYE. IRRIGATED AT PLANT SIDE THEN WHEN TO SEE A PHYSICIAN. PHYSICIAN GAVE EE A PATCH AND PRESCRIPTION OINTMENT.

LIFTING MOTOR WITH CRANE - FLAT BAR BROKE THAT WAS SUPPORTING THE MOTOR AND HIT EE ON LEFT ELBOW CAUSING CUT. 3 STITCHES TO ELBOW, RETURNED TO WORK. ADVISED TO KEEP WOUND CLEAN. LIFTING MOTOR ON IT'S PIVOT POINT TO CHANGE VEE BELTS. LIFTINGPOINT WAS INAPPROPRIATE EVEN THOUGH IT APPEARED TO BE SUITABLE POINT TO RAISE MOTOR.

EE WAS ADJUSTING THE CLUTCH ON THE JAW. THE MOTOR WAS RUNNING AND KICKED BACK A SCREWDRIVER INTO HIS LEFT HAND PUNCTURING IT.

2 EMPLOYEES WERE CHANGING BUCKET ON CAT BACKHOE 426B. A THIRD EMPLOYEE APPROACHED WORK SCENE AND IN OPERATION. THE SECOND EMPLOYEE WAS SEARCHING FOR PLUGS IN THE CAB AND ACCIDENTLY, ENGAGED THE BOOM SWING LEVER. THE 3RD EMPLOYEE MOVED BACKWARD AS THE BOOM CAUSE FORWARD PUSHED HIM ALSO STRIPPED OVER A CUTTING EDGE LYING ON THE GROUND EMPLOYEE FELL ON HIS HIP.

EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN RIGHT ELBOW.

DRILLING THROUGH RUBBER IMPACT PLATE WITH 1/2" DRILL, THE DRILL CAUGHT AND INJURED HIS RIGHT RING FINGER.