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FACE DREDGE WAS3REPORTING TO WORK WENT TO STEP ON TO BOW OF BOAT SLIPPED ON ICE WHICH HAD FORMED DUE TO SUDDEN CHANGE IN WEATHER, HITTING SHIN BONE OF LEFT LEG ON EDGE OF BOAT.
CHAIN JACK SETT3NG PRESSURE AGAINST PAD-EYETHAT DID NOT HAVE ENOUTH WEED ON PAD EYE MORE WELD WAS GOING TO BE PUT ON IT WITH CHAIN JACK PRESSURE AGAINST IT.I NAME RECEIVED DEEP CUTS UNDER LEFT T EYE & LOWER L3P ON LEFT SIDE.
EMPLOYEE WAS HE5PING TO REPLACE TAIL PULLEY SHAFT IN A BUCKET ELEVATOR WHILE CLEANING NEW SHAFT WITH A PIECE OF EMERY CLOTH HE FELT SOMETHING GET IN HIS EYE POSSIBLEY PARTICLE OF RUST OR EMERY CLOTH 3
EMPLOYEE WAS PR9PARING TO SHARPEN A SCRAPING TOOL. HE TURNED ON THE BENCH GRINDER , AT WHICH TIME HE FELT SOMETHING ENTER HIS LEFT EYE.
WORKING ON BE-25 TAKING BELT APART. HAD 5 BUCKETS OFF. TWO BUCKETS LEFT. GETTING READY TO ROLL HEAD PULLEY OVER TO GET THE OTHER TWO. THE BELT BROKE AND THE END HIT HIS LEFT LEG.
WHILE HELPING P5ACE 10 IN CHANNEL INTO SUPPORTS FOOT SLIPPED AND MOVED SAFETY COVER OFF HOLE IN FLOOR AND FOOT WENT IN HOLE
DISMOUNTING FRO4 HIS EQUIPMENT SLIPPED AND PULLED MUSCLE IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER AREA WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE POOR IT HAD RAINED
EMPLOYEE WAS DE7ENDING STEPS MADE OF STEEL GRATING. HUNG HIS HEEL IN THE GRATING AND FELL TWISTING HIS RIGHT ANKLE. INJURY WAS DIAGNOSED AS INJURY RIGHT ANKLE, FRACTURE DISTAL FIBULA AND MED IAL MALEOLUS. 2E DID NOT LOSE ANY TIME FROM WORK.
EMPLOYEE WAS PU5LING ON THE SUCTION HOSE TO DRILL RIG WHEN HE STRAINED HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER. IT WAS LATER DETERMINED EMPLOYEE SEVERED A TENDON IN THIS HAND AND HAD SURGERY ON A OUT PATIENT B ASIS. HE LOST 2NE DAY FROM WORK.
EMPLOYEE WAS RE7URNING TO THE SHOP AFTER COMPLETEING A JOB IN THE MICRON BUILDING, WHEN HE EXITED THE BUILDING HE SLIPPED ON STEPS COATED WITH ICE AND FELL, STRICKING LEFT ELBOW ON EDGE OF STE P. RESULTING S4ALL CUT REQUIRED SEVERAL STICHES AND ANTIBIOTICS WERE PRESCRIBED. EMPLOYEE RETURNED TO WORK AND COMPLETED SHIFT, BUT REPORTED OFF THE NEXT DAY DUE TO LOSS OF SLEEP.
EE WAS ATTEMPTI3G TO OPEN THE TOP HATCH OF A GRAIN TYPE COVERED HOPPER. WHEN THE LID WAS PARTLY OPENED IT CAUGHT & WHEN THE EE PULLED ON IT HE FELT PAIN IN BACK. EE WORKED NEXT SCHEDULED SHI FT AFTER ACCIDE3T THEN REPORTED OFF 3 DAYS BEFORE REQUESTING MEDICAL ATTENTION.
SCRAP METAL WAS3LEFT IN AREA EMPLOYEE TRIPPED OVER IT AND FELL INJURED LEFT ARM
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN SHOP ON PIPE FLANGES EMPLOYEE STOOPED TO MOVE ONE FLANGE INTO POSITION PLACING ON TABLE FOR WELDING IN DOING SO FELT PAIN IN BACK
INJ LIFTING BAG8 OF PEBBLES WIGHING 100 LBS.
INJURED WAS HEL1ING LIFT A SHELL HALF BACK ON #9 SAND PUMP, HE PULLED SOMETHING IN HIS UPPER PART OF HIS BACK ON THE LEFT SIDE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING FILTER ON TEREX
I NAME AND I NAME WERE PREPARING TO PULL A DRAG CABLE TO NO 9 DRAGLINE USING THE NO3 MOTORGRADER WHEN THEY CUT THE WIRE HOLDING THE CABLE ON THE SPOOL IT SPRANG (UNWOUND QUICKLY) AROUND THE SPOOL HITTING I NAME IN THE MOUTH BREAKING TWO TEETH
EE WAS USING A MAGNETIC DRILL TO DRILL HOLES IN FLANGE. DUE TO MAGNATISM CHIPS WILL CLING & BUILD UP ON THE BIT. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO BRUSH THESE CHIPS AWAY THE EES GLOVE CAUGHT IN BIT FRACTU RING INDEX FINGER OF LEFT HAND.
HAND GOT CAUGHT3BY CONVEYOR BELT WHILE CHECKING ROLLER.
INJ PUTTING ELE5ATOR BUCKETS ON #6 ELEVATOR FOR 5 HRS-PROB AGGRAVATED OLD BACK INJURY. HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK FOR SEVERAL DAYS LATER.
EMP WAS PREPARI3G TO LOWER A CONTAINER FROM AN ELEVATED WALKWAY TO THE GROUND 60' BELOW WITH A ROPE. CONTAINER FELL FROM EDGE OF WALKWAY PREMATURELY AND FELL APPROX 2' BEFORE REACHING END OF SLACK. SUDDEN F2RCE ON ROPE BEING HELD BY THE EMPLOYEE RESULTED IN STRAINED MUSCLE IN HIP
EE WAS REPAIRING STEEL CABLE ON A SMALL HOIST WHEN WIRE FROM CBALE PUNCTURED RT THUMB. HE WAS WEARING GLOVES AT THE TIME OF ACCIDENT & THOUGHT IT WAS TOO MINOR TO REPORT. 3 DAYS LATER SLIGHT INFECTION DEVELOPED & MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS REQUESTED. ANTI-BIOTIC WAS PRESCRIBED.
EMPLOYEE WAS LOWERING A BURNING TORCH/HOSE ASSEMBLY INTO A PUMP PIT APPROX 15 FT BELOW GRADE ELEVATION HE FELL OVER THE 6 IN PIT CURBING HEAD FIRST ONTO THE PIT FLOOR IN FALLING HE IMPACTED O N A 6 IN PIPE LINE AND LANDED ON HIS BACK
WHILE WORKING AS SECOND SHIFT BAGGER A MIS SPOUTED BAG FELL ONTO CHAIN CONVEYOR AS EMP TRIED TO RETRIEVE BAG HIS 3RD AND 4TH FINGERS GOT CAUGHTIN THE CHAIN AND PINCHED AGAINST CHAIN AND SIDE RAIL
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING FILTER CLOTH ON VACUUM FILTER. HE WAS WORKING IN A BENT POSITION ON HIS KNEES WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
JAGGED EDGE OF LINER BLOCK CUT WRIST WHILE REMOVING LINERS FROM #4 MILL
MOVING OVERHEAD CRANE EMPL LOST FOOTING ON CONCRETE FLOOR AND FELL BACKWARDS.
INJURED WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF 3/4IN CONDUIT HIS HAND SLIPPED CUTTING HIS FIRST FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND ON THE CONDUIT LACERATION TO FIRST FINGER OF RIGHT HAND REQUIRING 4 STITCHES
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING PIECE OF STEEL ON TRUCK, STEEL SLIPPED CUTTING EMPLOYEE ON LEFT FOREARM.
EMPLOYEE STEPPED OFF RAIL ROAD CAR LADDER ONTO GROUND, SPRAINING LEFT ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING AXEL BLOCKS OUT OF 3 CHASER MILL. THE BLOCK FELL BACK PINNING HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE BLOCK AND TUB FRACTURING HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER.
EMP WAS MOVING A PLATE IN #5 CHASER MILL AND BUMPED HIS FINGER ON THE BOUNTY SHAFT CUTTING HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER REQUIRING SUTUTRES
STEPPED ON FUEL HOSE LOST BALANCE AND FELL AGAINST FUEL TRUCK CAUSING DOOR TO CLOSE ON LITTLE FINGER.
I.NAME WAS SITTING ON TAILINGS RETURN CHUTE TAKING TOPS & COVERS OFF & HAD TO PULL HIMSELF UP NUMEROUS TIMES PUTTING ALOT OF PRESSURE & STRIN ON RT LEG & HIP DUE TO ANGLE OF ROOF & TAIL.INGS CHUTE
EMPL WALKING DOWN STEPS WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING HIT HIM IN THE RIGHT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CURVING STEEL IN THE ROLLS AT THE SHEET METAL SHOP. HE STOPPED THE ROLLS TO REACH OVER AND HOLD OTHER END OF STEEL. HE ROTATED THE DIRECTIONAL SWITCH THE WRONG WAY, REVERSING TH E ROLLS WHICH PINCHED THE END OF RIGHT INDEX FINGER REMOVING FINGER NAIL AND REQUIRING SUTURES IN END OF FINGER .
A FIXED PIECE OF EQUIPMENT BAND SAW WAS MOVED TO TRANSFER MATERIAL THROUGH THE AREA BY OVERHEAD HOIST. AFTER THE MATERIALS WAS TRANSFERRED THE SAW WAS NOT MOVED BACK INTO IT NORMAL RESTIN. THE CONDUIT NORMALLY UNDER THE SAW WAS LEFT ESCAUSED THE EMPLOYEE TRIPPED OVER THE CONDUIT AND FELL ON A PIECE OF STEEL LYING AGAINST WALL.
SAND ROCK FELL FROM WALL OF TUNNEL STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON HEAD, ARM AND LEG.
EMPLOYEE WAS ENROUTE TO ASSIGNED JOB DUTY WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN SHOVELING UNDER BELT WHEN HE EXPERIENCED SHARP PAIN IN BACK & NUMBNESS IN HIP AREA PLEASE NOTE THAT EMPLOYEE HAS HAD CHRONIC BAC K PROBLEMS IN PAST INCLUDING BACK SURGERY
EMPLOYEE WAS CENTERING A SHAFT IN LATHE CHUCK PREPARING TO MACHINE BOTH ENDS OF SHAFT IN PROCESS OF ROTATING THE CHUCK SHAFT SLIPPED OUT OF THE CHUCK JAWS STRIKING HIS RIGHT FOREARM FRACTURIN G A BONE
EE WAS USING STEEL BAR TO CLOSE A SLIDE GATE ON A R/R COVERED HOPPER. THE BAR SLIPPED CAUSING EE TO LOSE HIS BALANCE & FALL. HE PUT HIS RIGHT ARM OUT TO CATCH HIMSELF. IN SO DOING HE CAUSED S FULL WEIGHT TO BE PLACED ON THE RT ARM DISLOCATING THE SHOULDER.
EXPERIENCED PAIN IN WRIST WHILE OPENING STEEL COVER DOOR AT SCREEN TOWER.
WHILE CLEANING OUT THE DRAG CABLE TROUGH,EMPLOYEE STEPPED BACKWARD CATCHING HIS FOOT ON THE WEELDED QUSSET FOR THE FAIRLEAD SHEAVE AND FELL BACKWARD OFF THE MACHINE TO THE GROUND.HE LANDED ON HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.EMPLOYEE WAS TREATED BY DR.EMKO WHO DIAGNOSED SLIGHTY DISLOCATED SHOULDER.NO TIME WAS LOST.
WHILE TIGHTENING BOLTS ON #4 PUMP, WRENCH SLIPPED CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO FALL BACKWARDS ONTO FLOOR.
EMPLOYEE WAS SENT TO CLEAN UP WASTE MATERIAL AND ICE OFF THE BASEMENT FLOOR OF CRUSHER. HE WAS WALKING ACROSS THE ICE, WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON HIS LEFT ARM AND WRIST.
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING ROCK JAM FROM FEEDER WHEN LOOSE ROCK BOUNCED OFF CONVEYOR ONTO HIS LEFT FOOT BEHIND PROTECTIVE STEEL TOE.
EMPLOYEE WENT OUT TO CHECK GAS PRESSURE ON #2 DRYER. WHEN HE STARTED BACK TO CONTROL ROOM HE LOST HIS FOOTING ON PAVEMENT WHICH HAD BECOME SLIPPERY DUE TO SNOW FALLING AT THE TIME. HE FELL AND THE BACK OFHIS HEAD STRUCK THE PAVEMENT, CAUSING CONTUSION OF HEAD AND PULLED BNECK MUSCLES.
THE MAN WAS REMOVING PEBBLES FROM THE FLOOR UNDER THE #6 MILL TO THE OUTSIDE OF MILL BLDG THE CAGE ON THE BOBCAT LOADER WAS REMOVED SO HE COULD GET CLOSER TO THE MILL SOMEHOW HIS HEAD GOTR C CAUGHT BETWEEN THE HOIST LIFT ARM ON THE LOADER AND THE BOTTOM OF THE MILL THEREFORE CUTTING HIS EAR
WHILE REPAIRING CHUTE ON MILL SCAFFOLDING PLANK BROKE CAUSING FALL OF APPROX 10 FEET
I NAME AND I NAME WERE WORKING ON THE DRYER SCREEN WITH WIRE BUFFING WHEEL A WIRE CAME OFF THE WHEEL AND WENT THROUGH HIS SHIRT AND INTO HIS ABODOMEN I NAME HAS A PIECE OF WIRE IN OUTER TIS TISSUE OF HIS ABODOMEN