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The injured employee was standing on a small metal step platform next to the jaw crusher. When EE stepped back to one side of the platform, it flipped over causing the employee to fall forward and land partially on the ground and partially on the legs of the platform. The platform is 18 inches high and was placed on the ground.
The employee was changing rock screens on a screen deck and was pulling on the welding side strap of a screen when they felt pain in their hand.
The crew was positioning and leveling a screen deck prior to start-up. Employee was grasping a jack stand and positioning the stand under the screen deck, their hand was too high up on the stand when the screen deck was being lowered and pinched the palm side of the left index finger between the stand and the screen deck.
The employee was using a sledge hammer hitting the inside of a cone. He missed the mark he was aiming for and the employee's right index finger was crushed between the handle of the sledge hammer and the rim of the cone creating accumulation of blood under the finger nail. The blood was drained by the treating physician, no other medical treatment is required.
Miner was standing on the frame rail of a feed hopper approx. 3' off the ground. His feet slipped on the rail and he reached out to grab a cross member to prevent a fall. This resulted in a jarring motion and strain in his left shoulder.
Manually loading screen into skid steer bucket. Wet and muddy conditions. Slipped in mud and caught right hand thumb in screen resulting in laceration and possible broken bone in tip of thumb.
Employee moving stacker and shoveling dirt into ruts made by tires. Leaning on shovel with left hand, pressed the button to move the stacker with his right hand and the frame of the stacker pinched his finger on the shovel handle. Shovel handle was at just the right angle that it wedged into place when the stacker frame contacted it. Required six sutures on left index finger.
Two employees were dismantling a conveyor belt stand to move portable crusher. The attachment points on the metal foot of the stand were rusted into place. When the foot came loose from the stand it fell on one employee's foot resulting in a fractured bone.
Employee struck the little finger of his left hand with a 2 lb. sledge hammer while trying to adjust position of the cone in the cone crusher. The blow resulted in a laceration that required 3 sutures. He was wearing leather gloves.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING BOLTS IN CONVEYOR STRUT DURING SETUP. OTHER EMPLOYEES HAD HEATED THE STRUT WITH A TORCH TO STRAIGHTEN A BEND. EMPLOYEE REMOVED GLOVE TO HANDLE BOLT AND NUT. THE STRUT S HIFTED POSITION AND HE GRABBED IT TO STABILIZE. HE RECEIVED BURNS ON THE PALM OF HIS LEFT HAND.
2 PART EPOXY MATERIAL USED IN CHANGING LINES OF CONE CRUSHER. EE WAS NOT INVOLVED IN MIXING OR APPLYING MATERIAL BUT WAS APPARENTLY EXPOSED TO VAPORS THAT RESULTED IN CHEMICAL ALLERGY. SKIN RA SH APPEARED ON FACE, ARM, AND LEG.
MINER WAS WORKING ON A DEWATERING PUMP & CUT HIS LEFT, THIRD FINGER ON THE EDGE OF THE TIN SHAFT GUARD. REQUIRED 4 STITCHES.