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EE ran into a JLG man lift. EE was wearing a seatbelt.
EE states they have back pain from driving a haul truck. EE was placed off work due to not being able to drive to and from work.
Years of driving a haul truck is taking a toll on EE's lower back.
Was putting a conveyor chain in and it got stuck. When EE got it unstuck it pulled EE's left hand into the conveyor cutting the tip of EE's index finger.
EE was operating the loader and hit a pothole causing back to hurt. EE declined medical attention at first but asked to go to the doctor on 9/19/17.
Employee crashed vehicle on ice after shift on way home.
Over the last 4 years ee noticed back was hurting when operating mobile equipment. Over time the pain became unmanageable and the employee was placed on light duty.
EE was struck by a fan while trouble shooting the starting system of the skytrac forklift.
EE was dragging vac-truck hose, when the hose caught on something, and strained elbow. Physician prescribed restricted duty until MRI determines damage.
Employee was assisting the emptying of dust collector hopper & unchoking tipping valve when he reached inside of the tipping valve to remove a piece of material. The screw conveyor below the tipping valve removed middle fingertip. Employee returned to work after 1 day away from work.
EE experienced discomfort in lower back while operating loader, but did not feel that medical evaluation was necessary, until approx. 4 months later when he asked to see a physican due to recurrence of discomfort. Doctor prescribed modified duty.
Employee was vactoring out a plugged chute in the clinker shed and the hose came out of the clay and attached to the right knee. The employee moved away from the hose and fell striking the knee on conduit lines.
Employee was tracking and training a conveyor belt by tapping the return roller hangers with a hammer. The hammer head was grabbed by the roller and pulled the employee's hand to the roller. The right thumb was pinched between the roller nad the belt. The right thumb was lacerated requiring suture repair.
EE was backing water truck & misdirected the truck into a berm at a sharp angle. Truck was full of water & with R-rear wheels up on berm rolled over to left & settled upside down on access road a few feet below. EE was using seatbelt. EE was evaluated by ER on 5/1 & by Occ Med MD on 5/2 and given full release; On 5/12, eval by Occ Med MD resulted in TTD.
V EXPRESS TRK DRIVER WITH FULL LOAD OF BULK CEMENT RAN OFF THE PAVED ROADWAY BEFORE REACHING THE ENTRANCE GATE. TRUCK TIPPED OVER ON L SIDE. DRIVER WAS EXAMINED & TREATED FOR HEAD LACERATION. DRIVER WAS DISCHARGED FROM EMPLOYMENT FOR DRIVING INFRACTION.
The employee sustained a strain when a large rock was dropped from a payloader into the bed of his dump truck. This took place on 6/20/03 but the injury did not become reportable until 5/24/05 when the employee missed work due to the doctor taking him off work.
Two employees were working on a reducer. It would not move so as one employee went to jog the belt, the other for some reason had his hand on the belt. The belt started and cut the end of his fingers.
Employee attempted to retrieve a large rock from the end of a 6-inch vacuum hose and caught his left arm in the hose. The power was shut off within 30-seconds by a helper nearby. Injury was limited to upper arm soft tissue injury/hematoma.
Employee was operating a loader with a quick-connect bucket attachment. Unknown to the operator, the locking pins for the bucket were released. The employee was dumping material while in forward motion when the bucket dropped off and the right front wheel rode up on the bucket and dropped off. Employee reports using seatbelt, but received multiple injuries.
CARTAGE VEHICLE HAD LEFT PLANT AND ROLLED OVER ONTO ITS LEFT SIDE JUST BEYOND THE FIRST SHALLOW CURVE IN THE ACCESS ROAD ABOUT 0.7 MILE OUTSIDE THE PLANT ENTRANCE GATE. AT 3:00 AM IT WAS DARK BUT CLEAR AND DRY. NO KNOWN OBSTACLES WERE PRESENT ON THE ROADWAY. THE DRIVER'S SPEED IS UNKNOWN.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS USING A BAR TO CLEAN OFF BUILD-UP ON A COAL BELT. THE BELT PULLED THE BAR AROUND RESULTING IN HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER BEING MASHED.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A FLAT BED TRUCK. WHILE SWITCHING GEARS HE STRUCK HIS LEFT KNEE ON THE DASH BOARD.
WHILE RE-BRICKING THE INSIDE OF THE KILN, A FORKLIFT TRANSPORTING A PALLET OF BRICK HIT A ROUGH SPOT & BRICK FELL OFF & HIT A NEARBY EMPLOYEE.