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Employee suffered soft tissue injuries to the foot as a result of foot becoming rolled over by passenger vehicle.
While operating a stand-on skid steer in reverse, the employee made contact with a piece of metal causing bruising to their right thigh.
JCB Telehandler tires traveled over slight drop off causing vehicle to roll onto side. Employee suffered laceration to the head requiring sutures.
EE had changed attachment on skid steer and noticed loose pin. EE attempted to fix the pin by reaching out of the machine. EE accidentally hit the controls and in turn pinched EE's right hand between the lift arm and the frame of the machine causing multiple fractures to the ring finger and thumb of the right hand as well as soft tissue injury.
While sitting in a haul truck and being loaded with large material an EE experienced mid to lower back pain from the shake of the truck.
While driving a manlift between plants the operator hit a rut and the manlift tire dipped, jarring the operator in the basket. The operator hit EE's hand on the handrail creating a non-displaced fracture of a bone in EE's hand.
EE was moving two railcars in the shipping area and was not able to stop the railcars in time which resulted in making contact with a dump truck that was stationed on the tracks.
EE was tramming boom lift to area and hit a dip in the road and it bounced the EE around the basket and the EE lost balance and injured shins which required stitches thus constituting MSHA reportability.
No SGI (Specialty Granules LLC) employee or equipment was involved in the accident. A driver from a trucking co. was out of the truck and was struck by a truck driven by an employee of another co. All horns and backup alarms worked properly on all equipment involved. Accident occurred during daylight hours in an open load out area.
EE was operating a walk-behind skid steer and was pulling backwards to be able to use the bucket to scoop up another load of material off the floor when EE's left shoulder made contact with a steel I-beam causing arm to jolt forward into the equipment controls injuring the wrist.
Employee was installing a lifting lug and struck the rear portion of his left shoulder on a stationary object while trying to get up. The employee broke his left scapula as a result of this incident.
EE was operating a one year old CAT 980H front end loader when the bolt holding the scissor mechanism of his seat sheared, releasing the seat suddenly with force upward, forward and then sideways.
An employee was dumping at a stockpile when he backed over a berm. The truck slid backwards and turned over, landing on the passenger side at the base of the stockpile. The employee was taken for medical examination, where he was released to work. On 9/6/11, he had a follow up appointment where he was excused from work.
Employee stated he strained his back while operating a Caterpillar loader. The bucket struck a rock pile which resulted in a jolt.
Employee was operating a walk behind skid steer loader and backed machine into an I beam used as a support column. His hand was caught in a pinch point and cut as a result of being pinched between machine and column.
Employee was attempting to move a pallet of bagged pigment around another pallet with an electric pallet jack. He pulled the pallet jack with a full load on it into a confined area while walking backwards. In the process, he pulled the pallet jack onto his right foot. He was taken for an x-ray, and diagnosed with a contusion. He was given restricted duty.
EE WAS USING WALK BEHIND BOBCAT LOADER AND SLIPPED ON THE ICE. THE BOBCAT RAN OVER HIS RIGHT FOOT, RESULTING IN A FRACTURE. THIS IS A LOST TIME INJURY.
EMPLOYEE AND HIS PARTNER WERE TRASPORTING ROLL SHAFT FROM MIANTENANCE SHOP TO MAINTENANACE QUONSET BUILDING. THE ROLL SHAFT WEIGHS APPROX 2000 LBS. WHILE A 3RD EMPLOYEE WAS LOWERING THE SHAFT ONTO A WOODEN PALLET USING A FORKLIFT, THE SHAFT ROLLED OFF PALLET GAINING MOMENTUM. EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO CONTROL THE SHAFT WHEN IT STRUCK HIM AND PINNED HIM TO THE GROUND.
WHILE REMOVING A GEAR BOX AT THE HEAD PULLEY END OF AN INCLINDED BELT CONVEYOR THE INJURED, TIED BY HIS LANYARD TO THE HEAD PULLEY SHAFT, WAS KNEELING ON THE BELT. HE WAS PULLED DOWNWARD BY BE LT MOVEMENT & CONSEQUENTLY UPWARD BY THE LANYARD ACTING AS A WINCH. HIS RIGHT ARM WAS CAUGHT IN A STEEL STRUCTURE & WAS TORN AT THE SHOULDER.
EE STATED HE WAS DUMPING SCRAP METAL INTO STEEL DUMPSTER USING A SKID STEER WITH BUCKET. WHILE RAISING THE BUCKET, THE LOAD SHIFTED, CAUSING THE SKID STEER TO LEAN FORWARD. EE REACHED HIS HAND FORWARD FOR BALANCE AND HIS FINGERS BECAME PINCHED BETWEEN THE LOADER AND THE EDGE OF THE DUMPSTER.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS TRYING TO UNPLUG FINISHEDPRODUCT ELEVATOR. HE FOUND A CERAMIC TILE AT THE BOTTOM AND ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE IT WITH A 3 FT SECTION OF LUMBER. AS THE TILE WAS DISLODGED, TH E ELEVATOR SPUN BACKWARDS FORCING THE LUMBER OUT OF THE ELEVATOR CASE. THE ACTION PUSHED HIS ARM BACKWARDS WHERE IT STRUCK A STEEL ANGLE SUPPORT. RESULTED IN FOUR INCH LACERATION AND FRACTU