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Employee was cleaning under a conveyor with a ride behind skid steer. Employee pinched fingers between controls and conveyor. Employee suffered lacerations and broken finger.
Employee driving a Volvo 180 loader hit 3 bumps in travel way and strained his back. Employee brought to ER and diagnosed with strain back and put on light duty.
Employee bypassed guard on belt conveyor to clear sand built up around the tail pulley. Employee failed to de-energize equipment and perform Lockout/Tagout procedures. The shovel made contact with the belt, it pulled the shovel into the tail pulley. When the shovel was pulled into the tail pulley it began to spin striking the employees left arm with the shovel handle.
The haul truck operator was operating the haul truck when he hit a bump in the road causing the fire extinguisher to momentarily discharge. The operator finished the rest of his shift for the day without complaint to his condition. The employee reported to work for his next scheduled shift and worked 6 hours before complaining of shortness of breath.
The operator was climbing the ladder into a haul truck when he bumped his knee on one of the steps. He decided to work through the injury, but his knee started swelling up. He reported the incident to his supervisor on 3/1, and went to the clinic on 3/3, where he had his knee drained.
Injured man pinched his hand between the manlift basket railing and a metal beam. Operator was looking at wheels of manlift to fit into small opening. Injured man was watching operator rather than observing his environment. Had hand placed outside basket.