Search the record

The employee was using a grinder when it kicked back into EE's hand, causing a laceration. EE received 6 sutures.

IE was holding a bolt w/pliers while another person used a grinder w/cutting wheel. The grinder kicked back and cut IE between thumb & finger requiring 6 stitches to close wound.

IE was using an electric grinder that became entangled w/IE's welding coat sleeve. Before the grinder stopped it cut IE's wrist which needed a few stitches to close.

IE was lancing out front end loader center pin. Hot slag fell into their boot and burned their ankle and bottom of foot causing 2nd & 3rd degree burns.

Injured had been using a hot water pressure washer and decided to change out the wand for a tip with a wider spray pattern. While changing the wand, injured accidentally pulled the trigger and shot high pressure water thru boot and into the top of foot.

IE was removing jam nuts from the cable boat for electric shovel. The truck crane holding the wire rope was moved without IE knowing. The wire rope struck the IE's left pinky finger. IE had a laceration which required 5 stitches to close.

IE was air arcing a frame crack on an end dump. IE was wearing leather welding gloves, leather welding jacket, and leather welding apron. A hot piece of slag bounced off something and landed on IE's pants just about the boots. It burned through the jeans and fell into IE's boot, giving IE a 2nd degree burn on the ankle.

IE was repairing cracks in shovel bucket with another welder. They began welding at 8am and took turns until 3. They were both wearing 3M auto-darkening air-hoods. Later that night EE was diagnosed with arc flash from the intermittent welding

Employee was in the shoe of a dragline holding wedges for back up when they turned the nut with the impact the wedges fell out. In turn the nut spun and cotter pin came too cutting employee's right index finger. Injury needed seven stitches for repair.

Wet/muddy grinding wheel exploded resulting in loss of control of grinder

IE was performing a lift of a drag clevis with an overhead crane. The load began to shift which caused the table that it was resting on to suddenly shift. This table struck the IE in the right knee. The IE began to miss work on 04/14/2016.

On 8/11 IE was running a D-10 on the plant coal pile when the dozer lurched. This lurch caused the IE to have neck and back pain. The IE was evaluated by a physician the same day and was released to return to work. The IE has continued to work over the past month, but at his appointment on 09/11 he was not released to return to work due to pain in his neck and back.

employee was assigned to help reinstall a bucket cylinder onto a Hitachi shovel. They used the mine employees crane that had a bad swing gear to set the pin and begin pushing it in. The crane popped off the pin and hit his hand. The employee was airlifted to St Vincent's in Indianapolis and a couple days later lost his pointer and middle fingers

Employee was using a defective welding hood and received flash burns to both eyes.

Employee was welding and metal slag burnt through his pants leg resulting in a 2nd degree burn to his calf.