MILL OPERATOR TRIED TO REMOVE A LODGED ROCK FROM A RUBBER IMPACT TROUGHING ROLLER, WHICH PREVENTED THE ROLLER FROM TURNING. THIS RESULTED IN A BRUISED HAND.
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Showing all 37WHEN HE WAS GETTING OUT OF MANLIFT, HE STEPPED OUT OF MANLIFT INTO A TRENCH AND TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE. HE WENT TO WOOD COUNTY HOSPITAL AND GOT AN X-RAY.
EE WAS FUELING UP LOADER AT THE END OF HIS SHIFT, HE HAD ONE HAND ON THE LOADER AND ONE HAND ON THE FUEL HOSE. EE WAS GETTING OFF THE LOADER WHEN HE SLIPPED OFF THE LADDER OF LOADER & FELL BAC KWARDS HITTING HIS BACK ON THE GUARD RAIL.
LOADER OPERATOR WAS WALKING TOWARD THE PRIMARY CRUSHER. HE STEPPED ON UNEVEN FROZEN GROUND AND HIS RIGHT ANKLE TWISTED/ROLLED, CAUSING A SPRAIN/FRACTURE TYPE INJURY. EE STATED THAT HE HAS HAD SOME HISTORY OF PROBLEMS WITH THIS ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE STATES: MOVING A BOOM USING MY LEGS FOR LEVERAGE AND WHILE PUSHING THE BOOM WITH MY UPPER BODY, FELT PAIN IN BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A SECTION OF CATWALK. HE CRAWLED UNDER THE CATWALK AND CUT THE SUPPORT BOLTS, ALLOWING THE SECTION TO FALL ON HIM.
EE WAS ENTERING THE D8 BULLDOZER AND CLOSED HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER IN THE CAB DOOR. THE FINGER WAS CUT AND REQUIRED 7 STITCHES TO REPAIR.
SLIPPED OFF 8' LADDER, FALLING APPROXIMATELY 5', LANDING ON RIGHT HAND.
EE HAD CLIMBED ON A CONVEYOR TO DISLODGE SOME BERM STONE FROM A HOPPER. APPROX. 4' HIGH. WHEN FINISHED JUMPED FROM CONVEYOR. MIDDLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND CAUGHT ON UNKNOWN OBJECT. FINGER FRACTU RE AND SOFT TISSUE INJURY RESULTED (FINGERTIP & NAIL).
EE WAS HELPING THROW TWO USED WASH PLANT SCREENS INTO A DUMPSTER. THE SCREENS WERE FOLDED IN HALF. WHEN THE EE PICKED UP THE SCREENS THEY SUDDENLY UNFOLDED, CUTTING THE INJURED EE'S LEFT THUMB .
TWO MEN WERE CHANGING TOGGLE BLOCKS ON PRIMARY JAW. THEY WERE TAKING THE NUTS OFF OF THE TENSION ROD, THE ROD SNAPPED PROJECTING THE SPRING WASHER INUT AND THE BUSTENED OFF. ONE MAN EE, WAS ST RUCK ON FOREHEAD. HE WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL AND RECEIVED 8 STITCHES.
EE AND COWORKER WERE TRANSPORTING AND RELEASING A NON-RUNNING EUCLID HAUL TRUCK ON SITE. EE RELEASED HIS SIDE A LITTLE BEFORE COWORKER COMPLETED RELEASING THE RATCHET BINDER AND CHAIN ON HIS S IDE TO ALLOW THE AXLE AND WHEEL ASSEMBLY TO LOWER TO THE BLOCKING BENEATH THE RIGHT FRON TIRE. WHEN IT WAS FULLY RELEASED, THE TRUCK MOVED FORWARD AND TO THE RT. WHEN IT MOVED IT CAUGHT EE'S
EMPLOYEE SPRAINED LOWER BACK WHILE LOADING SHOT.
RUST INSIDE HELMET OR BLOWN UP INTO HELMET.
TWO EMPLOYEES WERE REPLACING THE WING PULLEY ON THE BERM STACKER. BOTH ENDS WERE SUPPORTED WITH A CHAIN HOIST. EE RAISED HIS END AND THE HOIST CAME UNHOOKED SMASHING HIS HAND BETWEEN THE PULLE Y SHAFT AND THE CONVEYOR FRAME.
WHILE LIFTING WASHER, CHAIN LEG BROKE, RESULTING IN WASHER FALLING ABOUT TWO FEET. WHILE LIFTING WASH WITH LOADER, EE WAS TURNING WASHER TO GET IT IN THE GARAGE, WHEN CHAIN FAILED AND WASHER F ELL TO GROUND. A 2" X 2" ANGLE IRON BROKE LOOSE AND STRUCK EE ALONGSIDE OF FACE & HEAD.
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING PIECE OF ASPHALT FROM DE-ENERGIZED CONVEYER, WITH ONE HAND. IN TURN HE SUFFERED A BICEP TENDON STRAIN.
OPERATOR WAS LIFTING A DRILL HAMMER TO PUT IN TOOL BOX WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING AN OVERHEAD HOIST TO MOVE A STEEL PLATE. HE HOOKED HOIST DIRECTLY TO PLATE, THE HOOK SLIPPED AND THE PLATE STRUCK HIS ELBOW CUTTING IT.
EE WAS STANDING ON A WALKWAY. AS HE TURNED TOWARD HIS WORK HIS LEFT KNEEE TWISTED CAUSING DISCOMFORT (1/30/01). NO MEDICAL TREATMENT UNTIL 2/10 WHEN X-RAY TAKEN. SAW DOCTOR ON 2/17 & HAD FLUID REMOVED & PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY.
WHILE LIFTING A SHEET OF STEEL, HERNIA TO LEFT SIDE. DID NOT MISS ANY WORK UNTIL 10/23/01. RETURNED TO WORK 11/5/01. NINE MISSED DAYS TOTAL DUE TO SURGERY.
EE WAS FUELING UP AND WALKING AROUND THE FUEL PUMP WHEN HE SLIPPED ON THE ICE. HE ENDED UP DOING THE SPLITS AND PULLING HIS GROIN.
EE WAS WALKING ON FRESHLY PLOWED ROAD AFTER SNOWFALL, SLIPPED ON ICY PATCH, LANDED ON BACK. CAUSING SORE BACK & STIFF NECK. DRS' INSTRUCTIONS WEIGHT RESTRICTIONS, 20 PDS, & NO PUSHING OR PULLI NG BENDING OR STOOPING
EE ALLEGES TENDERNESS TO HIS BACK FROM BEING JOSTLED IN THE HAUL TRUCK WHILE SHOT ROCK WAS BEINGLOADED WE ARE CURRENTLY EVAULATING THE CLAIM TO DETERMINE IF THE ALLEGED INJURY IS WORK RELATED
A SKID-LOADER OPERATOR & LABORER WERE CHANGING ATTACHMENTS ON THE BOBCAT. THE OPERATOR HAD THE BUCKET TIPPED UP ON ITS FRONT PARTIALLY AS A THE SECOND LOCK PIN WAS DISENGAGED, THE BACK OF THE BUCKET DROPPED DOWN STRIKING THE LABORER'S FOOT. EE WAS WEARING STEEL TOED SAFETY SHOES.
SOMETIME BETWEEN 5PM ON 10-20-00 AND 7 AM ON 10-21-00 AN ELECTRICAL FIRE OCCURED IN THE PRIMARY PLANT MCC BUILDING. NO COMPANY PERSONNEL WERE ON SITE. AT THE TIM EOF THE FIRE.
EE WAS CHANGING AN ANVIL ON ISC CRUSHER & STUCK IT WITH A HAMMER A CHIP BUSTED OFF THE HAMMER STRIKING EE IN THE CHEEK REQUIRED 4 STITCHES
SHOWING DIVISION MANAGER THE PARTS ON THE HAZEMAG THAT NEEDED REPAIR. PINKIE FINGER WAS CRUSHED ROTOR AND IMPACT PLATE.
WHILE SERVICING BRAKES ON A QUARRY SERVICE TRUCK, THE MECHANIC PINCHED HIS LITTLE FINGER (RIGHT HAND) BETWEEN THE BRAKE ROTOR AND THE WHEEL HE WAS REMOVING. THE MECHANIC WORKS FOR SE JOHNSON C O, PARENT COMPANY OF STONECO INC AND WAS WORKINGON THE QUARRY SERVICE TRUCK.
I WAS WALKING ALONG THE SHOT BENCH AND STEPPED ON A ROCK AND TWISTED MY ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A HAUL TRUCK TO DUMP SITE AND HIT A BUMP IN ROAD. WHEN HE HIT THE BUMP HE TURNED WRONG AND HURT HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS ADJUSTING THE COUNTERWEIGHT WHEN HE LOST HIS GRIP AND FELL FROM THE CONVEYOR FRAMEWORK. EE FRACTURED HIS WRIST.
EE WAS CUTTING THE CORNERS OF A CONVEYOR BELT WHEN THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT HIS RIGHT LEG ABOVE THE KNEE.
AT THE END OF HIS SHIFT, WHEN EXITING DOZER, EE STEPPED OFF INTO A HOLE. HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON HIS RIGHT ELBOW, FRACTURING IT.
EE WAS WORKING AS A PRIMARY/FACE LOADER OPERATOR. WHEN ENTERING THE MUCK PILE, HE HIT A LARGE ROCK AND JARRED HIS BACK. THIS IMPACT CAUSED LOWER BACK PAIN AND MUSCLE SPASIMS. THIS IS AN AGGRIV ATION OF A PREVIOUS INJURY.
WHILE CHANGING CONVEYOR IDLERS, SMASHED RIGHT MIDDLE AND RING FINGER BETWEEN NEW IDLER AND CONVEYOR APRON.
DRIOE OUECE NETAK ON TOP OF FOOT.