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Employee was holding a bolt with a pair of locking pliers. Another employee was using a reciprocating saw to cut the bolt. When the bolt was but through, the saw sung up and cut the employee's finger.
Superintendent locked out and tagged out the crusher run belt to remove a blockage of material which had stopped the belt. The belt was cut on and off more than once during the process and the v-belts were replaced on the motor. The superintendent failed to disengage the starter switch during the last LOTO and their thumb was smashed in the v-belt.
Employee was welding and grinding at the plant and got a small piece of metal lodged in his eye. The doctor had to removed the piece and applied ointment to eye. Employee missed one day of work.
miner was doing his pre-shift on a Kobelco SK210 long reach excavator when he closed the engine compartment then slipped and fell. He injured his left knee on the metal track while falling off the back of excavator around 6.5 feet below. went to the hospital where they said it was a sprained knee. Did not return to work on 3/24/2014 making it reportable.
Miner was running a 1 inch impact wrench to take bolts out of a cutting edge on the front bucket of a 990H. One bolt got lodged in the socket and he tried taking it out with his hand while slowly turning the socket to jar it loose. A sharp edge then cut into the glove cutting his hand right below his thumb on his left hand.
While grinding a piece of old metal out of a 4-1/4 crusher with a hand held grinder, a small piece of metal shaving became lodged in the right eye. Safety glasses were being worn. The ER ground the metal down the day after the injury. The doctor buffed the eye and stated that the eye would be fine. There were no lost work days because of this injury.
Employee was chipping a recent weld when some hot slag was chipped onto his left elbow. The employee waited two weeks to seek medical attention when the elbow became red and swollen. He did not indicate injury was definitely he related until 10/09/06 ( the return to work date).
Employee was cutting holes in a steel plate under the D8 Dozer, when a gust of wind blew a piece of molten slag into his ear, burning his ear.
The employee was dipping the sediment pond using the track hoe. Some of the mud fell out of the bucket, hit the handrail on the track hoe, ricocheted through the open window and hit the employee in the corner of his left eye. The employee was wearing safety glasses.
EMPLOYEE GOT A SMALL PIECE OF METAL IN EYE. DIDN'T KNOW IT UNTIL TWO DAYS LATER. HE THOUGHT IT WAS A FLASH BURN FROM WELDING ON GRISSLEY BARS INJAW.