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An employee was using a handheld die grinder to widen the center of a spool, when it kicked out of the hole and caught the employee's gloved left ring finger. The left ring finger was amputated down to the highest knuckle.
While attempting to clear a blockage in an ANFO hose, a small amount of ANFO and compressed air hit the employee in the left wrist causing a burn/abrasion. After the employee's second follow-up appointment on 12/15, EE was given days off, making the injury reportable.
Employee was assisting with flipping blow bars in a Stedman Grand Slam 6460 impact crusher. Employee got hand pinched between the rotor/blow bar and the sidewall of the crusher.
On 3/15/19 an employee was cutting liners from a grizzly feeder with a torch. A piece of slag fell on the employee's pants and into their open top boot burning the top of their foot. The employee self treated over the weekend and went to the doctor the following Monday. The employee was diagnosed with 2nd degree burns and treated with antibiotic cream.
D8R Bulldozer was dressing floor of overburden pile. D8R was north and 30 offset to the west of 374F, loading material. 773D dumptruck lined up and responded on signal from excavator by backing up towards loading position. D8R backed into path of dumptruck. 773D struck ROPS of D8R. Collision caused D8R operator to strike self in the mouth with fist, fracturing teeth.
The lifting chain came unhooked from the crane striking employee standing nearby.
EE operating dozer on base stone pile, complained of soreness in his lower back area. He was given X-rays and MRI which showed new injury to old condition on 11/9/07. He was medically treated on 11/29/07 when doctor administered cortisone shots. The area that the EE had surgery on years ago was reaggravated by operating dozer.