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Right thumb pinched in looped cable hooked to house crane as it was lifting cable.
Lifting piece of used cutting out of service truck with crane, accidentally boomed up with crane causing edge to swing, striking employee on forehead, above left eye. Went on days off, started having concussion symptoms.
Welder gouging steel on blade, spark caught his coveralls on fire, burned through coveralls and jeans on left leg, middle of leg between knee and foot.
Employee was removing a bearing race from a yoke. Yoke was clamped in a vice & employee was knocking out race with a hammer and chisel. His hammer glanced off the chisel, striking the tip of his middle finger on left hand, smashing the finger. Employee was wearing gloves & safety glasses.
Worker changing bearing on the press roller. While removing the seal, the inside was very sharp and cut his right thumb when the seal came loose.
Employee is complaining about back pain. Cause of back pain unknown at this time.
EE shut off the electric heater breaker, was in route to take the heater out of the primary crusher when he slipped on the snow on the conveyor belting that is on the ground in front of the panel box. He twisted his left leg when he fell.(aggravating an existing problem with his left wrist,needed surgery (3/17/09) by 220090980024)
This was a condition that accelerated over time, the seat on the scraper was not absorbing all of the shock loading due to a bladder problem on the seat and the cushion hitch was too tight. The operator has been diagnosed with a herniated disk in his neck and will need surgery.
Mechanic was supporting dragline fan guard while bolts were being removed. Did not realize the fan shaft was broken, so the weight of the pulley forced the fan guard down against his forearm. Expanded metal in the fan guard punctured his right forearm and broke off.