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Employee was walking between two buildings on site when employee slipped and fell, breaking the fall with employee's left hand/elbow. This resulted in a fracture of the left humerus (upper left arm).
Suspended excited assembly from feeder swung backward during maintenance striking employee in the right forearm.
Employee was walking between the service truck and assigned task area when employee twisted employee's knee. This was aggravated a few hours later while the employee was getting into the rear seat of the service truck.
The injured EE and coworkers were replacing the motor on a vertical pump. The pump was locked out and a backflow preventer was between the pump and the plant. Using a wrench to adjust the impeller, it began to spin jerking the wrench from coworker's hand & striking the injured EE's wrist. The backflow preventer leaked back and back stop failed allowing it to rotate backwards.
The employee was installing a lower tool bushing in the primary crusher Rammer E68 hammer. EE was using a (hand held) hammer to drive in the lower tool bushing retainer pin. One of the times EE struck the pin sliver broke off the end of the 1 ¼" diameter lower tool bushing pin, and embedded in the employee's arm.
EE was removing zip ties from hydraulic hose with a pocket knife and cut their hand. EE was taken to the emergency room where they were treated with one suture and tetanus shot.
Crew was turning the 7ft short head crusher bowl in order to remove it for repairs. Injured EE was pushing on a pry-bar to rotate the crusher bowl. The bar slipped out of the cylinder hole in the bowl and the employee heard a "pop" and immediately felt pain in the left elbow. The employee was taken to the emergency room for evaluation.
Employee was descending the access ladder of a front-end yard loader during a pre-shift inspection when ee fell, fracturing left ankle.
Injured EE unbuckled the discharge line on a pit pump. As ee released the QD coupling water struck ee in the face causing ee to jump backwards and trip and slide down the embankment to the sump. EE struck several rocks as ee traveled down the slope and this caused injury to face and shoulder. EE walked up the ramp to where a coworker was on the forklift moving material.
Employee was moving a rock from a haul road and strained back. Evaluated as first aid only on 2/2/17, and re-evaluated as restricted work duty on 2/7/17.
Employee was using a pipe wrench to remove a drain plug. When plug became loose, employee's left pinky finger was pinched between the wrench and a drain valve to the left of the plug.
Employee was lifting a bucket containing an aggregate product sample for QC testing onto pick-up truck bed. While lifting, EE incurred a thoracic strain, resulting in restricted work duty.
The rod that holds an access door open failed and the door was not otherwise secured. The door fell and struck a technician in the head. In turn EE's head hit struck the machine and it cut EE's forehead and knocked out a tooth.
Employee was diagnosed with a bilateral sensorineural hearing loss.
Employee was diagnosed with a bilateral sensorineural hearing loss.
Employee injured EE's right hand while operating the CR-6 swing diverter gate at the Finishing Plant. Contact with adjacent handrail resulted in a contusion on the back of the right hand.
EE STEPPED DOWN OFF LADDER OF MOBILE EQUIPMENT TWISTING RIGHT KNEE, INITIALLY DIAGNOSED BY DOCTOR AS A SPRAIN WITH NO RESTRICTIONS. AFTER TOTAL HEALING WAS NOT REACHED WITHIN FOLLOWING WEEKS, EE WAS TAKEN IN FOR FOLLOW UP EXAM WHEN VERY SLIGHT MENISCUS LIGAMENT TEAR WAS FOUND.
Employee was washing out around the scale when EE felt discomfort on right leg above the ankle near the top of where EE's pull on boots came too. The area looked red and a little festered so EE was sent to the doctor. The doctor diagnosed it as an abscess and prescribed an antibiotic. the employee returned to work at full duty.
Hydraulic cylinder swung out, struck employee on left hand. It broke the knuckle of ring finger on left hand.
After installing new forks, EE used forklift to facilitate loading of damaged forks into service truck. As EE slid and shimmed the second fork into the truck, a fork on the forklift shifted, allowing the heel of the damaged fork to drop in between the forks on the forklift. As it dropped, a bur on the damaged fork caught sleeve of EE pulling arm into the crush point between forks.
Pulling in large cables for electrical work. Felt a pop in EE's wrist. Pulled a tendon in wrist.
While installing a 2400R35 on Cat 775. EE was prying back the Rim flange with a 90 degree tire bar. The flange was rusted to the hub and EE was having a difficult time prying the flange loose. EE pushed with all of EE's might and strained EE's left shoulder.
Employee was picking up a hydraulic pump motor off of a waist high table to place in the back of a pickup truck. Once the pump was up the EE twisted at the waist and strained his back
Changing rollers on C-1 tail pulley. EE laid the roller flat and then pulled it out, felt a sharp pain in middle of his back. EE continued to hold roller to keep it from falling and then set the roller down. Pain was in the middle of his back, between shoulder blades. EE was sent to the clinic where he was x-rayed and diagnosed with a muscle strain and placed on light duty.
EE was lifting a wheel flange with another teammate and felt a sharp pain in his back while lifting the flange, then he finished the job and then filed the work injury.
EE MASHES RIGHT THUMB BETWEEN FRONT SPRING AND AXLE OF STOCKPILE TRUCK DURING MAINTENANCE CAUSING BROKEN BONE
Employee was standing on the ground, pulling on a ratchet. The ratchet broke and caused the employee to fall backward, twisting his ankle.
Notified 04/03/2015 by Audiologist that employee was diagnosed with Sensorinueral Hearing loss attributing to STS.
While exiting dump truck drivers hand slip and he lost balance. He Fell 3' to 4' to ground landing on back of his head. He received a Subdural Hematoma/Concussion. Taken to ER in Maryland and transferred to DE. No stay was released 11 days later to full duty
Employee was replacing the bucket teeth on an excavator. While using a hammer to attempt to remove a tooth, a piece of it dislodged punctured his left thigh, leaving a small metal splinter. The employee was prescribed antibiotics after an assessment at an Urgent Care facility. No time was lost from work.
Rock being transported to dump area was lodged in truck tailgate. When employee was attempting to remove the tailgate he injured his fingers.
EE WAS CUTTING BOLT OUT OF A TRUSS FOR DEMO, AFTER THE LAST BOLT WAS CUT AND STARTED TO REMOVE THE TRUSS IT HUNG UP, ONCE IT BECAME FREE THE SHEETING BENT BACK AND CAUGHT EE IN THE MOUTH. HE WAS TREATED AND HAD STITCHES IN HIS UPPER LIP.
We told a contractor that we would no longer need their services on 01/29/2015. We saw this contractor 2 times after this date and there was no mention of an injury. We asked him to return our companies equipment on 02/02/2015 and he then told us that he hurt his back and stomach. I do not have anymore detail on the injury because this is all the detail that the contractor gave us.
EE slipped on ice in office parking lot landing on hip and shoulder. Doctor ordered restricted duty did not occur until 02/02/2015.
EE was standing outside of the mobile maintenance shop when wind caused dust/debris to enter his left eye. The eye was flushed on site, and examined after at an urgent care center. The dust/debris resulted in a corneal abrasion. The EE was wearing all of his required PPE at the time, including safety glasses.
EE was operating the primary crusher and using the rock hammer. He leaned over to look out the window at the rock as he used the hammer. He said his back was sore as a result.
**THIS IS A DUPLICATE REPORT OF THE CONTRACTOR'S 7000-1** Removed power to main switch of 4160 volt in MCC substation and locked out removing power to building. Removed buss bars cover to show other electrician what the scope of work was. While showing him, the injured contractor employee's hand touched the buss bar and arced through a wrench he was holding causing a flash.
EE was removing a drive pulley guard when it shifted and pinched his finger between the guard and the support leg causing a laceration. EE received several sutures.
Stepped out of the truck, put foot in a hole, lost balance and hurt lower back.
EE's front tooth is broken when the hanging bin control push button box he reaches for slips from his hand and swings back striking the tooth.
EE falls out of their personal vehicle fracturing left wrist.
Employee was cutting a card board drilling tube with a utility knife. The utility knife slipped and he cut his left leg right above the top of his boot. He was taken to the doctor and received tetanus shot and five sutures.
EE was mounting tire back on unit. EE used a push bar to set flange and lock ring. While putting the lock ring in place the push bar slipped and the tire flexed which struck the index finger on the left hand and the middle finger on the right hand.
It had been raining all day. At the time of the accident the rain was very heavy and oxygen bottle was slippery. The injury that resulted was a lacerated/smashed finger tip on right hand ring finger when attempting to load new oxygen bottle in mechanic's truck.
EE was assisting a customer close the truck tailgate when a rock fell from bed striking EE's shin causing laceration requiring 3 stitches.
Employee smashed finger on bucket of John Deere 270 Skid Steer.
While using a porta-power and torch to a seized pin while changing out the lift cylinder of a Euclid R-40 haul truck, the pin shot out while under pressure and struck the safety glasses lense of the employee, causing the frame to make a laceration just under his left eyebrow.
Employee was fitting together pieces of a receiving trough and pulled muscle in chest area. Note: employee did not seek medical treatment until 01/27/2012 and did not advise our company until 01/30/2012.