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Employee was hydroblasting a scrubber and material fell from the wall hitting employee in the back of the head. This resulted in the employee receiving 8 staples in the head. Employee was wearing a hardhat and material knocked hardhat off.
While blowing lime dust from the lime cooler access door with air lance, EE got lime in eyes.
Employee was removing/installing a motor base for 3B screen. When employee bent over to grind a weld employee felt back pop with an onset of pain.
left hand pinky finger entangle with hammer drill bit, finger bruise and swelling. employee went to Dr. and return to work with restriction of wearing finger splint for a week, back to full duty at on 10-20-2020
Employee was sweating due to humid environment and while using a grinder EE attempted to wipe sweat out of EE's eye and the grinder wheel cut EE's hand. Employee was taken to Shelby Baptist Medical center and received 8 stitches. EE returned to work the following day.
Employee was clearing rocks from the south haul road at the 480 Bench entrance road with a motor-grader. LHoist employee was traveling on same haul road and when turning right onto the 480 Bench road struck the motor-grader.
EE was cleaning the windows on a haul truck with equipment wash solution. As he was shutting the pump off the pre-clamped hose separated from the wand and hose end struck him in the face knocking his safety glasses off his face, hitting him in the eye.
EE holding one side of a suspended roll for conveyor belt, that was being held by an overhead crane with a bar running through the middle. Another EE was prying nails out and the bar in the middle failed and the EE's hands were caught between the hook and the bar.
while using a rivet buster to break refractory brick, the brick broke loose, allowing the rivet buster to swing freely. This motion caused the rivet buster to smash employee finger against a scaffold pole
Employee was attempting to clear a bridged pre-heater ram using a high pressure water jet. When employee started clearing the bridged material, dust and steam blew out of the access port
Employee washing out preheaters and he took off his PPE while moving between preheaters. When the job was set up and ready to start it was the employee's turn to wash and he did not his PPE on. As a result when he injected water into the preheater which had hot debris inside, hot steam and dust blew out of the preheater causing burns to the employee's exposed hand.
EE was grinding metal with an electrical grinder, when a piece of metal lodged in his right eye. He was using PPE. We were informed on 9/19/11 that the metal was removed with a tool by the MD.
A piece of metal fell on EE's upper left arm. He was scratched and bruised on his left wrist.
During the clean out of a mixing machine, access door to machine was open to allow mortar to flow out. Paddle was positioned to prevent the flow of mortar. While one person instructed the oper ator to jog the machine the injured reached into door to remove rock. Injury resulted in fracture and laceration ultimately leading to an amputation of the finger above the large knuckle.
Employee was inside the framework of #2 surge conveyor preparing to cut an roller bracket off with a oxygen/acetylene torch. When employee lit the torch, he heard a gurgling sound. Employee attempted to the gas and air off. before he could get it off, the oxygen hose blew into causing 1st degree burn to the employee.
Employee driving a 773B rock truck. While the truck was being loaded with stone, the trackhoe bucket and stone jarred the truck, causing employee to experience neck and shoulder pain.
Back dragging with dozer from the B2 stock pile when he backed off in a dip from a previous drag. This caused a jar, causing his neck to start hurting.
Employee was looking at driver's side mirror with her head leaning to the left. Large boulder loaded onto rock truck. Boulder shifted causing employee to hit her head inside the cab.
Unplugging Raymond Mill transport line and lime blew into right eye.
Employee was walking with a lit torch and it brushed his leg and burned him.
EE was welding when he turned to get a part when another EE began grinding. The grinding debris went under EE's safety glasses & struck his left eye. He suffered a corneal abrasion and was treated with an eyewash & antibacterial cream from the physican. No futher problems have been noted.
Trying to unstop tip of pressure wand. When injured thought it was unstopped pressure was added and the wand twisted around and smashed fingers on a hydraulic line.
Cleaning K-1 ram with lance, injured felt pain in lower back.
PSC Employee was hydroblasting roof structures using a CRS 15K Shotgun. He states that he released the trigger, and relaxed his grip on the gun expecting it to depressure. The gun pressure did not decrease, causing him to lose his grip. The gun got away from the EE and whipped around, directing the stream in an upward angle from left to right across his legs.
Injured pulled the wrong lever and caught his thumb in between the wrench and the drill. Reportable because of sutures only.
USING DRILL PRESS IN SHOP TO DRILL HOLES IN A PIECE OF PLATE. WHEN THE BIT TWISTED THE PLATE, INJURED GRABBED THE C-CLAMP CAUSING HIS HAND TO BE BINDED SUSTAINING A LACERATION TO HIS THUMB. RE PORTABLE BECAUSE OF SUTURES.
HOLDING RAG OVER THE TIP OF A PAINT GUN AND CLEANING OUT LINES. THE RAG BLEW OFF WHILE CLEANING AND SHOT PAINT THINNER IN HIS FINGER.