Employee was moving tree branches/limbs with excavator and tree limb rolled out of bucket and entered cab. When tree limb entered cab, it broke employee's right leg.
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Showing all 33Climbing up a ladder to access the control shed. After stepping off of the ladder, he turned & hit his left elbow on a safety chain ring. He then felt faint, cat down & passed out 1 - 5 minutes. Reported incident 6 hours later to foreman. Went to Redding Occupational Medical Clinic. Returned to work that night. No lost time.
Employee reached around an employee that was using a 4 1/2" grinder and grabbed the metal he was cutting. Pinched the grinding wheel and it jumped and cut his left forearm. Note: Employee was also dehydrated which led to the hospital stay.
worker was climbing off 8x20 screen deck and hit forehead on a bolt.
Employee ALLEGES that the condensate line on the air conditioner mounted on a WA600 front end loader "belw up" in his face causing chemical burns to his lungs. Did not report the injury, did not come to work on 7-8-10 and called in sick. He admitted himself to the hospital on 7-9-10 in the evening. The mine operator was made aware of the employees hospitalization on 7-12-10.
Employee was standing on a platform at the feeder belt and was attempting to turn the tail pulley with a long bar. Another worker was on the ground behind him helping to turn the bar. When the employee placed his foot on the bar he stepped on the other workers hand. this startled the employee, he lost his balance, fell backwards, landing on some cobbles.
Employee was grinding and welding on 1/18/10. Does not know specifically when metal got into his eye. Went home and noticed eye irritation and went to Eye Doctor after-hours. Notified Employer of injury on 1/19/10.
Employee was lifting hydraulic pump and strained lower back.
Employee was carrying bags of ANFO to drill holes on a quarry bench. He indicated the next morning that his lower back was sore but that the condition may be due to a previous injury with another employer.
Employee was walking down stairs at the screening plant and strained left knee.
Employees was walking near screen plant bag house and slipped in mud
Employee was operating an excavator with equipped with a hammer when he observed a hydraulic line tangled around the "thumb". He stepped on the side of the hammer to reach the line and slipped causing an ankle sprain.
Worker was walking backwards and tripped into a crusher mantle liner lying upside down on the ground and sustained injury to his ribs, upper back and neck.
Miner was lying in the middle deck of the Tyler Screen when his hammer began to slide downhill. As he attempted to grab it he sat up and hit his forehead on a steel beam.
Miner was removing cutting edges from a CAT 988B loader and lacerated left middle finger on sharp edge on a bolt.
Employee was tightening bolts on a shaker screen hold-down. He slipped and fell backwards striking a handrail.
EE was turning over crusher mantel with a chain and come-along when mantel went over center chain became slack then taut and struck EE left wrist.
Employee was hand-loading cobbles into loader bucket to clean around base of stairs. He was facing away from the loader and tossing cobbles backwards. Cobbles were next to a metal platform. He struck left elbow on metal frame causing large contusion just above elbow.
Employee alleged that he had suffered neck strain from wearing his hardhat. He then alleged that it was actually a lower back strain from operating CAT D350 haul truck (S/N 9LR00727) during pit haul. Employee reported injury 5 days after injury and had indicated on time sheet that he was not injured on 9-9-05.
EE was prying on tail pulley guard of 3/8" reject conveyor and pry bar slipped and struck EE on the lip. Area was wet from process water and rain.
Employee was operating a CAT 631B scraper and hit his right elbow on a portion of the hydraulic controls on the right side of the operator's compartment. Employee mentioned incident to his foreman but did not seek treatment. After several days employee noticed swelling of elbow and went to the Doctor. Fluid was drained and employee returned to work.
EE WAS WORKING ON CRUSHER
CLEANING CRUSHER PARTS AND CUT RIGHT INDEX FINGER ON A SHARP PIECE OF METAL.
WORKER WAS CUTTING CONVEYOR BELTING WITH KNIFE WHEN IT SLIPPED FROM SWEATY HANDS. THE KNIFE FLEW UP IN THE AIR AND STRUCK WORKERS LEFT LEG.
EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING BOLT ON CUTTING EDGE OF 980G LOADER WHILE REMOVING NUT WITH AIR IMPACT WRENCH SHARP EDGE OF BOLT HEAD CUT RT THUMB.
EE WAS TURNING TIMING HANDLE TO ADJUST TIMEING CHAIN. COUNTERWEIGHT WENT OVER CENTER & EE COULDNOT HOLD WEIGHT. HANDLE STRUCK SPRING TENSIONER HOUSING & EE'S FINGERS WERE CAUGHT BETWEEN
EE WAS REMOVING A LARGE ROCK LODGED IN FEED HOPPER. MATERIAL ABOVE CAME LOOSE AND A SMALL PIECE OF ROCK GOT INTO EMPLOYEE'S EYE.
EE DID NOT REPORT AS WORK RELATED INJURY UNTI 8/24/00 EE WAS CLEANING OUT CONVEYOR TUNNEL USING 5 GAL BUCKETS & INJURED CHEST MUSCLE WHEN HE LIFTED OF THE BUCKETS
DRIVER HIT EDGE OF BERM CAUSING STEERING WHEEL TO SPIN. RIGHT THUMB GOT CAUGHT IN SPOKES, WHICH CAUSED WRIST SPRAIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING GUARD TO REPLACE BEARING ON HEAD PULLEY. WHILE LIFTING OPEN TOP PORTION OF GUARD, EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT HAND SLIPPED & BOTTOMOF GUARD CAUGHT EMPLOYEE'S LEFT THUMB BETWEEN GUARD AND FRAME MEMBER.
WORKER CLIMBED UNDER HANDRAIL TO CONNECT A COME-A-LONG TO THE END OF A CONVEYOR BELT THAT WAS B EING INSTALLED. AS HE WAS SITTING ON THE CONVEYOR FRAME HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL TO THE GROU ND.
WORKER WAS WALKING UNDER A CONVEYOR AS IT WAS BEGINING TO MOVE. A COBBLE ROLLED OFF THE BELT AND STRUCK WORKER ON THE HEAD. HE WAS WEARING A HARD HAT. COBBLE FELL ABOUT 4'.
WORKER WAS HOLDING A LARGE WRENCH ON A NUT WHILE ANOTHER WORKER TIGHTENED THE BOLT WITH AN AIR IMPACT GUN. WHEN THE BOLT TIGHTENED ON THE NUT IT CAUSED THE NUT TO TURN AND THE WORKERS HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE WRENCH AND A STEEL BEAM.