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While loading under a shovel, the shovel bucket opened prematurely dropping material abruptly on the tail of the truck bed. The operator experienced back pain due to the impact. Treatment was limited to first aid and the employee continued to work without restrictions until 12-22-17, when the employee received light-duty restrictions from physician.

A plant operator was installing a bullwheel on a crusher unit. The spreader bar that the bullwheel was mounted on swung back towards the employee. The employee's fifth (pinky) finger was pinched between the spreader bar and a bracket causing a fracture and a laceration that required sutures to close. He returned to work that same shift.

A mechanic was removing a hydraulic hose from a hydraulic pump on a haul truck. He was using a socket and air gun. When he started the task, the socket came loose and struck him in the mouth. He sustained a crack to his right front tooth.

A D-10 track dozer started pushing chunks off of the east side of the cut between the two shovels. The dozer operator started working back and forth to try to get back up their push. The dozer at that time started sliding forward on the material that had built up, and fell off of the bench.

Employee was air arcing a heel band off of a 4100 shovel bucket. He was a making a cut with the air arc when the band fell from the bucket landing on his right wrist and hand.

While using a hydraulic cylinder to straighten bent flanges on a dragline mast, the cylinder dislocated, sprung from position and struck 2 employees approx. 8 feet away from the cylinder in their protective safety headgear. Employee 1 recieved a minor contusion to the forehead and Employee 2 recieved contusions, cuts and fracture from impact of the cylinder to his safety glasses

EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING OVERHEAD INSIDE THE DRAGLINE TUB EVEN THOUGH HE WAS WEARING A FACE SHIELD HE THOUGHT THAT HE HAD GOTTEN SOMETHING IN HIS EYE. HE USED FIRST AID PROCEDURE TO REMOVE IT. LATER THAT DAY HIS EYE STARTED TO BOTHER HIM & HE WAS TAKEN TO AN OPTOMETRIST WHERE A RUST RING WAS REMOVED.

As Employee was grinding welds off a roller frame, a metal fragment was dislodged and thrown back at his face, where it entered his eye.

Employee was welding on a haul truck bed. She was positioning a piece of stock when she noticed something in her right eye. Examination found a small cut to the cornea.

Employee was working on heater system on a Rubber Tire Dozer. His left middle finger came into contact with the fan blade of this system while the fan was running. He received 14 sutures to repair the laceration.

EE WAS FABRICATING A TAP BLOCK. EE WAS DRILLING A 9/16" HOLE IN THE BLOCK USING A DRILL PRESS. AS EE WAS PULLING DRILL SHAVINGS AWAY FROM THE BIT, SHAVINGS SLICED THROUGH RIGHT GLOVE AND CUT RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

Employee drilling overhead into iron. A chard of metal got past his safety glasses.

GRINDING ON I-BEAM IN 150 DRAGLINE ROOF BEAMS AND METAL WENT INTO RIGHT EYE.

CUTTING IN A TIGHT PLACE WITH AN AIR ARC. BLEW DUST UNDER WELDING HELMET AND SAFETY GLASSES INTO LEFT EYE.

THE LOSE TO THE POWER WASH GOT CAUGHT ON THE CATWALK. HE PULLED THE HOSE & THE WAND WENT OVER HIS LT. FOOT. THE POWER WASH NOZZLE WAS STILL ON &THE WATER WENT OVER HIS STEEL TOE TO THE LACE AR EA. IT TORE HIS BOOT & CREATED A SMALL PUNCTURE TO HIS LT. FOOT. IT REQUIRED 2 SUTURES TO CLOSE AFTER CLEANING.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING THE NIPPER CYLINDER ATTACHMENT BUCKET ON A D-10 DOZER WITH AIR IMPACT TORQUE MULTIPLIER WRENCH. THE IMPACT WRENCH ENGAGED DUE TO A LOOSE PLANETARY GEARING HOUSING AND PIN CHED THE EMPLOYEES LEFT THUMB BETWEEN THE BRACKET AND THE WRENCH SOCKET. THE EMPLOYEE RECEIVED 6 SUTURES AT THE E.R. ROOM & CAME BACK TO WORK WITHOUT ANY RESTRICTIONS.

THE EE WAS GRINDING ON THE PIN ENDS OF THE HOISTCHAIN WHEN A SPECK OF METAL ENTERED THE EE'S EYE. THE EE GOT HOME & NOTICED HIS EYE WAS BOTHERING HIM & PRECEDED TO WASH IT OUT. HE WASHED A MET AL SPECK OUT AND THEN WENT TO THE HOSPITAL AS ITWAS STILL BOTHERING HIM. NOTHING ELSE WAS FOUND IN HIS EYE BUT THEY ADMINISTERED PRESCRIPTION EYE DROPS.

EMPLOYEE WAS DOZING ALONG THE HIGHWALL AND DROPPED INTO A HOLE THAT WAS 2-3 FEET DEEP. THE INJURY RESULTED FROM HIS HOSE PUSHING AGAINST THE DOZER CONTROL HANDLE WHICH PINNED HIS FINGER AGAINS T THE TOGGLE SWITCH FROM THE IMPACT OF THE DOZERSETTING IN THE HOLE. HE RECEIVED A SMALL PUNCTURE LACERATION WHICH REQUIRED 5 SUTURES TO CLOSE THE WOUND.

THE GD70 DRILL IS EQUIPPED WITH A SUB SAVER. IT WAS BEING REPAIRED BY A WELDER. AS HE WAS PREPARING TO MAKE THE FIRST WELD, THE PINUND OF THE STEEL BROKE AT THE THIRD THREAD VALLEY. A 1500 LB LIFT SECTION FELL AGAINST HIM BRUISING RIGHT ARM

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING SCORIA DOWN ON THE ROADS WITH A SCRAPER AND HIT A ROUGH SPOT IN THE ROAD. SHE WAS SEEN AT THE HOSPITAL AND DIAGNOSED WITH A BACK STRAIN. SHE CONTINUED TO WORK HER FULL DUT IES, BUT HER BACK CONTINUED TO CAUSE HER PAIN. ON 8-1-01 SHE WENT BACK TO SPECIALIST AND WAS TOLD TO STAY OFF EQUIPMENT IF HER BACK WAS TO HEAL. SHE BECAME A LOST-TIME AS OF 8-02-01.

FAILED LUG PLATE WAS ON THE GROUND, WHILE LIFTING PLATE, ON END WITH FORKLIFT, EE WAS POSITIONING BLOCKS UNDER THE LUG. THE LUG SLIPPED OFF THE FORK AND PINCHED OR SMASHED EE'S THUMB BETWEEN T HE LUG PLATE AND THE BLOCK OF WOOD.

THE JUG TO THE # SWINGER HAD TO BE RE-ALIGNED AND REPAIRED. THE JACK WAS PLACED BETWEEN THE WALL AND THE SWINGER. WHILE EE WAS NEAR, THE JACK SLIPPED OFF THE WALK, STRIKING HIM IN THE LEFT LEG AND LEFT HAND.