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IE was cleaning a silo spill. IE was pushing a pile of sand through the scale. At the end of the scale, the scale meets concrete and there is a small rise. The bucket clipped the concrete causing the IE's impact on the windshield. IE had a hard hat on; the brim caused the gash.
The crew was using a sky track with a man basket in an area where a conventional manlift could not be used due to ground conditions. While positioning the boom, a pinch point existed between the man basket and sky track backplate rack. The employee was unaware, and as the boom was raised, the basket shifted, catching and injuring fingers, requiring five sutures.
Employee was assisting in moving a 10" HDPE pipe. The pipe had bent while being moved with a telehandler. When the pipe straightened out when the telehandler shifted forward for positioning purposes, the pipe unwound and struck the employee in the knee
Miner was operating EE's personal vehicle, traveling from the mine entrance to our contractor shop when the vehicle EE was operating made contact with a concrete barrier used to post a stop sign for the inbound traffic. Miner suffered muscle strains due to the impact of EE's vehicle and the barrier.