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While assisting with lowering a bucket elevator cover, employee's finger was pinched between the cover and the access ladder, resulting in a laceration requiring stitches.
Employee was performing metal grinding operation in maintenance workshop. Employee was wearing safety glasses, full face shield, gloves and hearing protection. Employee had irritation in employee's eye upon completion of shift. Went to ER the next day, small fragment removed.
Employee was walking back from checking something outside and while returning, ee slipped on ice and fell to the ground causing lumbar strain with disc inflammation.
Our employee was attempting to step off trailer onto truck chassis when knee bucked, causing ee to fall to the ground. This resulted in a fracture of the shaft of the right fibula.
Employee was grinding on angle with handheld grinder on Fri 2/6/15. He finished his shift and went home. The next evening (Sat 2/7/15), his eye began to hurt and went to the ER at 2am on Sun 2/8/15. He had piece of metal in right eye. DR removed metal and polished cornea. He said DR suspected the metal could have been in his eye lashes before getting into his eye on Saturday
Employee climbed a ladder to adjust a valve. Employee was able to maintain three points of contact, but the ladder tipped while reaching for the valve. Employee fell to the concrete floor and broke his wrist. He also hit his lip during the fall, which required stitches.
A Contractor's employee was working from a ladder to remove an overhead duct. When the duct shifted, a hanger broke causing the duct to bump the employee who fell off the ladder. While on the ground, the Contractor's employee could not move his foot in time and the duct fell on his ankle resulting in the injury.
Truck driver working for a hauling contractor was rolling up the tarp on his trailer when the handle kicked back striking him in the ribs.
Miner was attempting to open a tube of silicone and cut his left index finger. The miner applied pressure to the wound, washed it and bandaged it. The injury did not require stitches.
Miner was doing maintenance to replace brushes on a skid steer sweeper attachment. Having removed the attachment from the skid steer, the miner attempted to lift the brush mechanism. The mechanism slipped out of his hands and contacted his left knee resulting a bruised knee.