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Employee was swinging a sledgehammer inside of a controlled environment garage.
While performing mechanical maintenance inside of a controlled environment garage, the employee used a sledgehammer to dislodge a brace when the sledgehammer broke the weld the iron angel spun and struck the base of the employees right thumb.
Normal working conditions. No outside contributing factors to the injury.
Outside nightwork, dry, cold conditions
While throwing out shards of metal a piece of metal got caught on the employee's glove, ripping it causing a small piece of metal to become embedded in employee's hand
While performing maintenance work in normal work conditions around the plant the employee got a foreign object in employee's eye that employee was unable to flush out requiring a medical professional to remove the object.
Working in the controlled environment of an enclosed garage when EE's hand slipped while installing a two-way radio into a company vehicle cutting hand between the thumb and pointer finger requiring stitches
Hearing loss due to working within a quarry
Worker was performing maintenance on their excavator. While doing so, EE was struck/pinned between the grapple attachment and excavator track. The worker sustained severe injury to the left hip, upper left leg and lower left leg.
Borehole tracking with rodded bore Trak; suffered cramping in right bicep and noticed spasms and lump on right bicep in the evening.
No contributing conditions to report. Annual hearing testing.
While attempting to clean up the QP pile an employee backed into the Humble Family truck. Prior to the accident an EE communicated to Humble Family truck to standby. The Humble Family truck disregarded the directions and drove behind the loader which resulted in the accident. The driver of the Humble Family truck complained of back pain and was taken to the hospital.
During daylight hours in dry conditions the employee was attempting to loosen a bearing on a tail pulley with a hammer when employee struck the middle finger of left hand.
Dry conditions, night time work utilizing tower lights. While removing pulley employee's wrist got cut on a sharp piece of metal of pulley.
Employee was walking up steel outdoor steps to a second floor trailer when EE tripped on the wet steps resulting in bruising their ribs.
Employee was cutting zip ties off of plate press bags using a utility knife when they cut the palm of left hand requiring 3 stiches.
Employee was standing on a wood plank, the wood plank broke causing the employee to drop several inches breaking left foot
While operating a chop saw, the guard on the chop saw came down and pinched the employee's right thumb between the guard and the guard rest. Employee received nine sutures to close the wound
Dry condition, daylight time. Employee received burns from the boiling water inside the slurry pump while attempting to repair it.
Employee was attempting to place take-up bearing onto shaft then the bearing slipped and pinned miner's middle finger between concrete floor and bearing resulting in a fracture of the tip of the miner's middle finger. No surgery necessary, light duty accommodated.
Using sledge hammer on drill step, missed step with sledge hammer and hit left hand; swelled immediately.
Employee was climbing down a CAT 772G and slipped off the last step. Employee fell on right hand, wrist and arm.
The employee was taking a nut off the head of the crusher when the nut fell hitting EE in the right forearm below the elbow causing a cut requiring 8 stitches.
EE slipped on the feeder of the crusher while crossing over it to prep the side plates for repair.
On 9/8/16 employee demonstrated a STS, left ear. Employee stated that they had a double ear infection. As per MSHA and IHT employee retested on 10/5/16. IHT sent a letter stating they couldn't verify the results due to an obstruction of wax in ear. We had employee tested again on 10/13/16 where they again demonstrated the STS. I received the results of that test today 10/25/16.
EE was helping to lay 10" plastic pipe across the floor of the quarry when EE slipped and tore EE's bicep muscle on EE's right arm.
Trip injury with first aid resulting in 1 week light duty
Was working on ladder repairing a spray hose and fell off of ladder, dislocating left wrist.
Employee slipped while walking out of a tunnel and put his wrist down to break the fall. He has a fractured right wrist.
Employee was guiding a piece of equipment into place during a repair and pinched the skin between the thumb and forefinger. He received a relatively small laceration that required 4 stitches to close.
Employee was installing a discharge chute to a screen. Bolt holes did not line up. He inserted a pin pry bar to aid in lining up bolt holes. As he began to pry on chute, the pin pry bar slipped striking the employee in the forehead. He received 10 sutures.
Miner was changing a tooth on a CAT 990 loader bucket when it dropped on his foot, striking it along the edge of the steel toe. The miner suffered a broken toe on his left foot.
EE slipped and fell while fueling crushing equipment. EE has a sprained lumbar-sacral sprain with radiculitis and a sprained rotator cuff.
Employee went to enter into his tool truck to retreive a tool. As he stepped into his truck, he twisted his knee, feeling a pop and pain.
While leaving EE noticed his knee was stiff and a bright red color. EE called me and we decided to see how it was the next day. EE could not recall a specific incident where he might have injured it. The next day it was still bothering him and he went to the doctor. The doctor diagnosed EE with prepatella bursitis with possible cellulitis (infection inside the knee).
EE slipped on the wet ground and landed on a small tree stump. EE fractured a rib. It was a warm and foggy evening.
Employee was changing the backup alarm on the PC-400 Komatsu excavator and was under the machine when he stood up and hit his head. He received a small cut on the top of his scalp that required four stitches.
Employee was operating an IT-14 front end loader on the quarry upper access road when the loader rolled and ejected him and landed on his legs. It is believed that he was operating the machine with the door open and no seat belt. His legs were crushed and he lost one above the knee and one below.
EE was handling a large equipment jack when it slipped and cut his right middle finger. He recieved a couple of stitches and returned to work.
Employee was welding when he needed to chip away some slag from his weld. A peice of slag flew into his eye. He claims he was wearing safety glasses.
EE WAS CHANGING THE CUTTING EDGE OF A CAT IT 14 WHEN THE BOLT SPUN AND CUT HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER. A VERY SMALL CUT, HE RECEIVED A COUPLE OF STITCHES.
EE WAS CUTTING A BELT WITH A UTILITY KNIFE WHEN IT SLIPPED AND CUT THE HEEL OF HIS LEFT HAND.
EE SLIPPED OFF THE LADDER WHILE EXITING THE CATERPILLAR 773 HAUL TRUCK.
THE MINER WAS EXITING THE CAB OF THE CRANE WHEN HE SLIPPED AND HIT THE OUTRIGGER AND THEN THE GROUND. HE NEVER LOST CONSCIOUSNESS.