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Pad Operator 2 was operating the backhoe pulling pipe off of the leach pad and started to notice tightness in his right upper part of back. Operator sought treatment at chiropractor.
Operator was changing loader edges and was removing the edge bolts. One of the edge bolts fell through the grove and EE held it back up with his left hand and when he used the air wrench the bolt caught his glove and hand and lacerated his thumb pad the operator required stitches.
Operator was tramming a track drill on a snow covered bench when he hit a loader tire rut approximately 8" deep. When the drill came out of the rut the front tracks went up into the air and slammed to the ground jarring the operator while he sat in his seat.
Employee was using an air impact wrench to loosen a bolt on a cutting edge. Bolt came loose sooner than expected. Torque of impact wrench made wrench rotate up striking the person on the lip. Laceration to lip required stitches.
Operator was moving drill parallel to a cutbank when the material on the crest gaveway. Drill tipped over on it's side and fell into trench. Operator was ejected out of the drill through the window and came to rest when he hit the drill mast. Operator received two broken ribs.
Employee was grinding on a piece of channel iron, with safety glasses and a welders hood on. Piece of metal flew into his left eye. Metal was removed by flushing and a prescription antibiotic was applied to prevent infection.
EE WAS IN THE WELDING BAY WHEN HIS EYE BAGAN TO HURT. EYE BEGAN WATERING AND WAS SENSITIVE TO LIGHT. OPTOMETRIST REMOVE SLIVER OF METAL EMBEDDED IN EYE.
EE WAS REPOSTIONING A LARGE HEATER BY PUSHING ON FAN GUARD. FAN GUARD BROKE ALLOWING FINGER TOSLIP THRU GUARD. FAN BLADE AMPUTATED DISTAL END OF RIGHT LITTLE FINGER