EMPLOYEE GOT RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER CAUGHT IN ALTERNATOR PULLEY ON TUG.
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Showing 50 of 419WHILE EE WAS HITTING THE BACK SIDE OF A SPIKE PULLER, A PIECE OF METAL CAME UP AND HIT EE IN THE UPPER RT ARM.
WHILE PUSHING A FULL 55 GALLON DRUM OF OIL, EE FELT A SNAP IN HIS RT CALF MUSCLE.
WHILE ENGAGING DISCONNECT LINE SIDE OF SWITCH, IT SHORTED OUT THE BRACKET FOR HOLDING LINE SHIELD FELL OUT OF POSITION CAUSING ARC TO JUMP TO C PHASE.
WHILE WORKING IN AREA OF MAIN DISCONNECT FOR PRIMARY CRUSHER, THE DISCONNECTOR EXPLODED THROWING EE TO THE GROUND, STRIKING HIS BACK.
WHILE BANGING THE BOTTOM DECK AT THE RECRUSH SCREENS, A STONE FLEW UP AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE, CHIPPING HIS FRONT TOOTH.
WHILE HOLDING A BOARD SUPPORTING A CONVEYOR BELT THAT THE CONNECTOR BOLTS WERE BEING CHISELED OF A SLIVER OF METAL FLEW FROM CHISEL INTO LEFT HAND INDEX FINGER. THE FINGER BECAME INFECTED AFTE R INITIAL FIRST AIDE RESULTING IN LOST TIME DAYS
WHILE CLEANING OUT A CONCRETE MIXER DRUM USING A JACKHAMMER, ONE PIECE DISLEDGE ABOVE HEAD & FELL STRIKING HEAD KNOCKING OFF HARD HAT & CUTTING HIS HEAD. THE CUT REQUIRED 5 STITCHES WHICH ARE CLOSE TO THE HARD HAT LINE MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO WEAR HARD HAT SO LOST TIME HAS RESULTED.
WHILE PUTTING CABLE ON BARGE, HIS THUMBS GOT PINCHED BETWEEN THE CABLE AND BIT ON BARGE.
EMP WAS CLEANING BUILD UP ON THE 3/8" CONVEYOR. THE SNUB PULLEY BAR KICKED UP AND STRUCK EMPLOYEES SHOULDER.
UNKNOWN: EE HAD CONDITION PRIOR TO WORKING FOF TILCON NEW YORK INC. "ALLEGES SILICOSIS" CONDITION CONTRACTED AT ALLIED CHEMICAL CO.
EMP CLAIMS THAT REPETITIVE MOVEMENT OF OPERATIN A LOADER HAS CAUSED TENDONITIS OF HIS LEFT WRIST, FOREARM. EMP WAS GIVEN A FOREARM SPLINT AND TOLD TO ICE DOWN THE AREA.
EMPLOYEE WAS EXITING WATER TRUCK AND STATED THATHE LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL BACKWARDS APPROXIMATELY THREE FEET TWISTING HIS LEFT KNEE. WHILE FALLING, HE REACHED BACK WITH HIS RIGHT LEG STRAIN ING THAT KNEE. EMP WAS UNABLE TO PLACE ANY PRESSURE ON LEFT LEG. SWELLING WAS NOTICED AND ICE PACK WAS APPLIED AT THE SCENE.
EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING WEDGES ON THE 4 1/4" CRUSHER AND LOST HIS FOOTING STRIKING HIS BACK ON THE CATWALK. THE EMPLOYEE WAS THEN STRUCK BY HIS FALLING SLEDGE HAMMER ON HIS LEFT HIP.
WHILE CLIMBING DOWN OFF A LOCOMOTIVE WITH A TOOL TRAY, THE EE TURNED WITH THE TOOL TRAY IN HAND & TWISTED HIS BACK.
INSTALLING NEW WIRE CLOTHS ON A SCREEN--IT WAS NECESSARY TO INSERT A PINCH BAR INTO THE BOLT HOLE TO PUSH THE WIRE CLOTH DOWN. WHILE WORKING OUTSIDE, THE BAR CAUGHT THE DRAW PLATER ALSO, PINCH ING THE EE'S FINGER.
EE WAS FINISHING HIS SHIFT & EXITING HIS LOADER. HE SLIPPED ON THE BOTTOM STEP & LANDED ON A ROCK CAUSING INJURY TO HIS ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING ROLLERS ON THE CONVEYOR BELT FROM THE LIFT. WHEN HE WAS REMOVING ONE ROLLER IT CAME LOOSE OFF IT'S BRACKET. CAUGHT THE ROLLER ON AN AWKWARD ANGLE WHICH CAUSED A RADIAL FR ACTURE OF HIS RIGHT ELBOW.
EMPLOYEE NOTICED THAT THE TORCH LINE HAD A FLAME IN IT. HE REACHED TO EXTINGUISH IT AND THE LINE POPPED CAUSING THE FLAME TO BURN THROUGH HIS GLOVE.
EE WAS ADJUSTING UPPER SPUD PIN. HIS RIGHT INDEXFINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE PIN & THE SPUD COLLAR. THE SPUD THEN DROPPED & THE PIN STRUCK HIS RIGHT FOOT.
EE STATES HE HURT HIS BACK DOING DAILY WORK ACTIVITY.
CUT LEFT HAND REMOVING TAPE OFF WIRES.
EE HAS BECOME SENSITIZED TO SOMETHING IN THE WORKPLACE & IS HAVING AN ALLERGIC REACTION: SKIN IRRITATION TO FACE.
WHILE GRINDING THE BIN WALL, DIRT & METAL PARTICLE LODGED IN EE'S LEFT EYE. EYE PROTECTION WAS BEING WORN, BUT THE PARTICLE ENTERED FROM THE SIDES. EE FELT DISCOMFORT THE NEXT DAY & WENT TO HI S PERSONAL PHYSICIAN.
EE WAS WORKING IN THE NORTH BRANFORD GARAGE WHEN A JACK STAND TUBE FELL ONTO HIS LEFT KNEE. EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LOAD THE JACK STAND ONTO A HAND CART.
WHILE EE WAS REMOVING MOTOR PLATE ON A U-7, HIS FINGER GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE MOTOR PLATE & THE CONVEYOR FRAME.
EE WAS STRUCK ON HEAD WITH 6" X 6" PIECE OF WOOD BLOCKING WHICH ANOTHER EE WAS LOWERING INTO PLACE.
SLAMMED RIGHT THUMB IN DOOR OF TUG BOAT.
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING NEXT TO ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WHO WAS ATTEMPTING TO REVERSE #1 SCREEN MOTOR BY SWITCHING WIRES IN COMBINATION STARTER. CO-WORKER DISCONNECTED ONE WIRE AND TOUCHED ENERGIZED WI RE TO PORTION OF BOX CAUSING INSTANT EXPLOSION.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON LINE SIDE OF STARTER. WIRES WERE ENERGIZED. IN AN ATTEMPT TO SWITCH WIRES, EMPLOYEE DISCONNECTED ONE WIRE AND TOUCHED THE ENERGIZED WIRE TO A PORTION OF BOX CAUSING AN INSTANT EXPLOSION.
TRYING TO CONNECT OF OLD INJURY
ROPE EE WAS USING TO CLIMB INTO CRUSHER TO REMOVE A WATER JUG FAILED.
WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS ON CATWALK, HE FAILED OT SEE AN OPENING IN THE CATWALK PLATFORM. HE ACCIDENTLY FELL THROUGH THE OPENING AND SUSTAINED A PUNCTURE WOUND TO HIS RIGHT LOWER LEG.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN STAIRWAY, SLIPPED AND FELL SPRAINING HIS RIGHT ANKLE. EMPLOYEE FAILED TO JUDGE CONDITION OF STAIRWAY. WEATHER WAS RAINY AND STAIRWELL WAS WET.
WHILE EE WAS WORKING ON THE CRUSHER, HE WENT ON THE CONVEYOR BELT LOCATED UNDER THE CRUSHER TO FINISH HIS TASK. GREASE HAD FALLEN ON THE BELT. THIS TOGETHER WITH THE INCLINE OF THE BELT CAUSED EE TO SLIP.
EE CLAIMS HE WAS CLIMBING IN A R-35 WHEN HE GRABBED THE RAILING ON THE BODY, OPENED THE DOOR THEN GRABBED THE RAILING ON THE CAB. THE CAB RAIL ALLEGEDLY HAD GREASE ON IT. HE ALLEGES HIS HAND S LIPPED AND HE NUNG BY HIS RIGHT SHOULDER THEN FELL TO THE GROUND.
AFTER LOADING TRUCK EE BACKED THE LOADER HE WAS OPERATING IN TOWARDS THE VERTICAL SLOPE TO CLEANSOME SPILLAGE IN FRONT OF THE PILE. AS HE WAS PREPARING TO DUMP THE BUCKET, THE VERTICAL SLOPE G AVE WAY. THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE WAS BURIED & THE RIGHT WINDOW WAS BROKEN. THE EE RECIEVED A CUT ONRIGHT MIDDLE FINGE FROM THE BROKEN GLASS.
TWO EUCLID TRUCKS WERE TRAVELING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING AN EMPTY TRUCK TOWARDS THE PORTABLE PLANT, THE OTHER TRUCK WAS CARRYING A LOAD OF STONE AWAY FROM THE PORTABLE PLANT. THE TWO TRUCKS COLLIDED. EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED BUMPS/AND BRUISES AND CUTS. HE WAS TREATED AT YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL AND REMAINED OVERNIGHT FOR OBSERVATION.
TWO EUCLID TRUCKS WERE TRAVELING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING AN EMPTY TRUCK TOWARDS THE PORTABLE PLANT, THE OTHER TRUCK WAS CARRYING A LOAD OF STONE AWAY FROM THE PORTABLE PLANT. THE TWO TRUCKS COLLIDED. EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED BUMPS/AND BRUISES AND CUTS. HE WAS TREATED AT YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL AND WE EXPECT HIM TO RETURN TO WORK ON 10-23-95.
WHILE EE WAS EXITING THE FORKLIFT, HE STEPPED ON A PIECE OF STONE INJURING HIS ANKLE.
WHILE EE WAS CLIMBING INTO BASKET OF A 30 TON CRANE, THE BASKET TIPPED CAUSING 2 42 RETURN IDLERS TO ROLL DOWN AND PINCH HIS FINGER. GLOVES WERE BEING WORN WHEN THE INCIDEENT OCCURED.
EE WAS DRIVING STEEL WEDGE BEHIND CONCAVE BLOCK IN CRUSHER WHEN WEDGECAME OUT STRIKING EE ABOVE THE RIGHT EYE.
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS PAIN TO THE TOP OF HIS LEFT SHOULDER DUE TO CONSTANT TURNING OF STEERING WHEEL OVER THE PAST YEARS.
WHILE WALKING TOWARD PRIMARY CRUSHER CONTROL ROOM, SLIPPED ON A SMALL WET RAMP.
WHILE LIFTING CUTTING EDGE OF 475 LOADER BUCKET, EE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.
WHILE CUTTING OLD CONCAVE FILLER RING, SOME MATERIAL BLEW BACK BURNING NECK AND EAR.
WHILE EE WAS TIGHTENING NUT ON TOP DECK SCREEN, THE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF THE NUT.
EMPLOYEE TRIED TO TAP A SIDE SKIRT BACK INTO PLACE ON A CONVEYOR. THE BAR HE USED HIT THE CONVEYOR SNAPPING IT UPWARD PINCHING HIS FINGER AND THUMB AGAINST A BRACE. THE SKIN AND NAIL WERE AF FECTED.
WHILE CENTER PUNCHING A BOLT EMPLOYEE FELT DEBRIS ENTER HIS RIGHT EYE
WHILE EMPLOYEE BENT OVER TO PICK UP A MOP BUCKET, HE FELT PAIN IN HIS MID-BACK AREA.