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While driving haul truck, employee felt pain in lower back.
Employee was swinging a sledge hammer and struck a sharp edge on the catwalk.
Employee was operating loader and strained lower back when they hit a bump.
Employee was walking and rolled ankle on uneven ground.
Employee was using grinder to cut metal, the grinder kicked back and struck EE's left wrist. The employee received a laceration to their left wrist.
Employee slipped on ice and fell while fueling a piece of equipment.
The employee lost grip of tail pulley and struck their left big toe. The employee suffered a fractured left big toe.
Employee got finger pinched in between two guardrails, while re-installing a catwalk.
Employee got metal slag in the corner of their eye, while other employee was using a grinder.
Employee was pulling a piece of steel out with a come along to divert a material when the steel plate tilted and caught employee's left hand between steel and angle iron. Employee fractured left metacarpal shaft in hand.
Employee was removing a 3 by 5 foot piece of steel plate from an old discharge chute. While moving the plate out of the chute, the employee caught EE's right middle finger between the plate and a structural support beam. Employee fractured tip of finger.
Crew was working to remove an old screen. 2 crew members were on a platform below the screen removing old hydraulic lines & storing them on the platform. While trying to roll the hydraulic lines on the platform, one of the connection ends of a line was stuck on a wall. While pulling the line, the connection end came off the wall striking one of the employees in the nose/face.
While employee was getting into the Pick Up, they didn't realize the seat was moved forward, it caused the employee to be move forward in the truck and employee jammed their neck against the roof of the pick up causing a sudden pain in the left side of the neck.
EE was operating a Caterpillar 992C loader in the South Pit. As they were driving the machine, they reached up with left hand to adjust the airflow coming out of an overhead air conditioning vent. As they reached up, their hand hit the adjacent vent and cut the middle finger resulting in sutures to repair.
Employee inadvertently failed to remove lifting strap from truck crane to excavator bucket. When excavator backed away it raised front wheels of truck with mechanic inside truck. Strap then broke and truck came back down causing employee to strain back.
Employee assisted another employee lifting a drain pan after emptying diesel fuel into pan. When EE lifted pan EE felt a pull in back. Diagnosed with a muscle strain in the back.
An employee was descending the cab access ladder of a haul truck. The light illuminating the ladder timed out and went dark. The employee continued to descend the ladder in the darkness. The employee thought ee was on the bottom rung of the ladder and stepped down, causing ee to fall and strike knee on the bottom rung of the ladder
Employee was cutting a piece of rib rubber for the MGL screen when ee inadvertently lacerated left forearm about 3 inches above wrist with utility knife. Employee received 6 internal stitches and 3 external stitches. Released back to full duty with no restrictions on same day as injury.
Employee was cleaning the tracks of excavator off with a shovel and felt a pop in left shoulder.
Employee was operating a 980G loading a customer truck. While the loader was still in reverse backing away from the truck. Operator depressed the brake / clutch and the loader shifted from reverse to neutral to forward inadvertently. Sudden shift caused pain in lower back.
EMPLOYEE WAS RETRIEVING AN ACETYLENE BOTTLE FROM CAGE WHEN THE BOTTLE SLIPPED AND PINNED EMPLOYEE'S FINGER BETWEEN THE BOTTLE AND CAGE. CONTUSION AND LACERATION TO RIGHT INDEX FINGER.
Employees were welding a patch on a chute and plastic liner caught fire. Employees discharged 1 fire extinguisher and quickly realized they needed to call 911. The fire department responded and extinguished fire.
Blast crew member bent over to pick up product and suffered lower back strain.
Employee was getting up into fuel truck when EE felt a pop in the back of EE's right ankle.
Employee was cutting bars out of the grizzly with a torch. Employee sent another employee for a tape measure. When employee couldn't find tape measure in the truck, he got in truck and drove to get tape measure. Employee forgot that employee was using the torch that was attached to the truck. Torch jerked and twisted and struck the left wrist of employee that was using it.
Employee cut finger on a fan blade inside the cab of a CAT 992 loader.
Employee was unloading 50# boxes of explosives from back of truck. Employee claimed "back seized up". Physician diagnosed Lumbar Strain.
Employee was working on a CAT skid steer. He was trying to engage the bucket locking handle. Bucket swung out and struck employee on the right ankle.
Employee was unpacking a lighting ballast out of the box when he lacerated his right index finger on a safety latch that was on ballast. Required 2 stitches
Employee was removing a conveyor when he struck his left shoulder on the side of it.
Employee was assisting 3 other employees to lift a set of clothing lockers up 3 steps. During lift he felt a sharp pain in his right bicep area. He was diagnosed with a bicep tendon tear that will require surgery to repair.
Employee was trouble shooting a brake problem on a scraper. Mechanic found a hose that seemed to be leaking air. He loosened the line slightly to try and reseat the line, while doing so the line popped off and hydraulic fluid punctured his right middle finger.
Employee was applying jumper cables to a crane when the clamp slipped off battery post onto his right index finger.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON CRUSHER WHEN HE WAS STUNG BY A BEE; HE IS ALLERGIC AND ADMINISTERED EPI PEN HIMSELF WHICH HE CARRIED IN TRUCK; CALLED 911 TO MAKE SURE HE WOULD BE OK.
smoking cigarettes for many years. We await the assessment of EE's doctors as to the extent of his heart disease. This heart attack did not do serious damage to his heart tissue EE told me.
Walking on uneven terrain, tripped over rock in path. Lacerated and fractured left hand index finger.
Employee was using a pry bar to unjam a rock from the lump kicker. The pry bar kicked back and struck him in the right side of his face causing a facial fracture.
Employee was using a sledge hammer to bend a 1/2 piece of steel. While swinging the hammer he crushed his left little finger between the wooden handle and the sand screw. Injury was an open fracture to the left little finger requiring stitches and splinting.
Employee was cutting the rubber cap off end of new electrical wire when utility knife slipped and cut his left arm above the elbow requiring stitches.
Employee was pulling a wear plate into position to line up holes. The plate snapped up crushing the right hand ring finger between wear plate and bucket.
Employee was setting a wear plate in the back of a Cat end dump, when plate slipped out of plate clamp and bounced and then landed on left foot.
Employee was fire watching under an area while other employees were using a torch to cut off bolts above. One of the bolts from above fell down the discharge chute and bounced up and hit employee in his right eye, and then hit his right hand.
Employee was dismounting his articulating haul truck at the end of the day. While proceeding down the steps his foot caught awkwardly in one the steps causing his hand to slip off of the railing and fell about 5 feet to the ground. Refused treatment initially, but the next morning wanted to get checked out and was diagnosed with 2 broken ribs on his right side.
Employee was searching for the filter of the air conditioning in his loader when he contacted the moving fan blades in the ceiling. Lacerated right hands middle and ring fingers
Employee was hooking up clevises to a lifting hook, which he gained access by climbing up a ladder on the inside. After hooking up clevises he decided to jump off an 8' high tank to the ground. He strained his thigh on his right leg.
Employee was walking on a blacktop surface, when he went to turn his leg turned but his ankle didn't, causing an ankle sprain to his right ankle.
Employee was walking down steps at the secondary plant, when he got to the bottom of the steps, he slipped and fell and landed on his left hand. Diagnosed with a fractured thumb.
Employee was unjamming the primary crusher, while doing this, he picked up some oil on the soles of his shoes from a leaky hydraulic line. When he went to walk down a set of stairs, he slipped and overturned his left ankle. Diagnosed with a sprained ankle.
Employee was welding with a hood that was not issued by the company and hood was malfuncting. Employee was exposed to welding flash, which caused alot of pain later that evening in both eyes. Diagnosed with welders flash and missed 2 days from work.
Employee was welding with a hood that was not issued by the company and hood was malfuncting. Employee was exposed to welding flash, which caused alot of pain later that evening in both eyes. Diagnosed with welders flash and missed 2 days from work.