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EE was changing a bearing on the tail pulley of the conveyor. EE was cutting the old race off of the shaft and accidently cut the cable holding the shaft. This caused EE's finger to be pinched between the take-up and shaft.
The miner was on knees reaching for a wooden block to put under the equipment when pain started and it was severe enough to make miner stop.
EE was securing a load with a chain and lever binder. When applying force to lever binder to bind the chain tightly, finger got pinched in lever.
An individual was standing in the vicinity of a stockpile when material sloughed off from the stockpile and engulfed them.
IE and another employee had moved the guard on the surge bin out of the way to access and disassemble the gearbox to replace the seals. The guard swung down and back into place, smashing IE's pinky finger.
Skid loader operator was re-positioning a block (I beam) when it slid out of the bucket striking the victim as EE was walking by from behind. The beam hit EE's right ankle and was later determined at the hospital to be fractured with torn ligaments.
Had hand resting on secondary crusher as the hood was mechanically opening. A piece of angle iron came down on the tip of middle finger. Received three stitches on finger nail from ER and returned to full duty at work the next day. Went to a specialist a week later on 08/27/2018 and they said that the tip of finger is broken. EE is on light duty work now.
The crew was putting on a new belt on a conveyor. EE was pulling on the drive belt to help turn the head pulley to help the new belt go on. While pulling on the drive belt, ee caught the tip of ring finger between the belt and the pulley. The very tip of finger was broken.
Truck was blocked and tire was lifted off the ground with factory scissor jack. After removing tire, truck came off jack smashing hand between the rotor and the ground.
Transmission pump being installed struck employee in the mouth chipping front teeth.
Drill steal slipped off of carousel on drill. Operator called for help. Employee went to help. They kept the boom vertical, EE was holding the steel in place. He signaled to the drill operator that he is ready, while the grips were closing around steel... he moved his hand into the clamp, catching his thumb between the clamp and the steel.
While changing drill steel out to a different length it misaligned causing operator to need to physically move it by hand while doing so the operator dropped the drill steel and it landed on ring finger tip right hand
Digging out a indention hole with a hand held pry bar to hook the chain into. Felt a pop in right shoulder. 7/7/11 Ed told Ronda of the accident and he was going to the dr 7/8/11. Ed would need a MRI on his shoulder around the 19th of july. Ed has a torn rotator cuff and will need surgery. His next appt is Aug 4th for consult.
Employee claims he was using 3 point contact on the catwalk of the loader and was cleaning his window off in the rain when he slipped and lost grip due to the rain and fell to the ground injuring his wrist and arm.
EE tried to loosen a tight bolt on machine with wrench. Pulling down grip slipped & he fell forward enough to smack his lip on the end of wrench busting top lip some & the bottom lip wide open. He reported to his co workers what happened & came to office he was treated with IBprophen & Ice on the lip The Sec took him to Dr. He stitched 2 stiches & returned for day.
EE was performing maintenance on secondary crusher, when he dropped a wrench. He stepped off the platform on the secondary to the conveyor to retrieve the wrench. In the process, he turned his right ankle.
Employee was reaching to dislodge a rock that was caught and another rock fell on his hand. Rock broke little finger of right hand.
LOADING ANFO ON PICKUP. PULLED PICKUP FORWARD AND LEFT PICKUP RUNNING IN NEUTRAL AND WENT TO SHUT DOOR OF ANFO TRAILER. PICKUP ROLLED BACK AND PINNED EMPLOYEE BETWEEN PICKUP AND TRAILER.
USING BELT FASTNER TO PUT BELT TOGETHER AND A PIECE OF METAL POPPED INTO LEFT EYE. USED DRILL AND PUNCH ALSO TO REPAIR BELT
EE WAS BEATING ON SLIDING HAMMER. HIS LEFT HAND SLIPPED DOWN BETWEEN HAMMER AND BACKING PLATE. SMASHED END OF LEFT HAND RING FINGER (4 STITCHES REQUIRED).
METAL DETECTOR SHUT OFF AT SURGE BIN. EMPLOYEE PUT HIS HAND ON CONVEYOR & ROCK FELL OFF THE SURGE BIN & BROKE HIS LEFT HAND RING FINGER.
REPLACING NEW BELT ON PRIMARY UNIT. LINING UP BELT & CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN BELT & PULLEY.
EE WAS UNDOING A CHAIN AND BOOMER FROM A MAGAZINE. THE BOOMER HIT EE ABOVE LEFT EYE, CUTTING EYE.
While moving crusher canopy, the wind caught it when it was hung up in the loader bucket. The wind carried it and it dropped on employee's foot.
EMPLOYEE GOT OUT OF LOADER TO GO SHUT DOWN THE CRUSHER. A SLEDGE HAMMER FELL FROM CRUSHER STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN THE HEAD.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF BELTING. KNIFE SLIPPED, CUTTING HIS FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON TRACK OF SCRAPER. FOOT SLIPPED, EMPLOYEE LANDED ON RACK AND FELL TO GROUND. INJURED BACK AND HEAD.
EE WAS OPERATING A SCRAPER BEING PUSHED BY ANOTHER SCRAPER TO LOAD HIM AND WAS JARRED BY THE IMPACT.
EE WAS WELDING ON SKID LOADER BUCKET AND A WELDING SLAG GOT IN HIS LEFT EAR.
EE WAS CHECKING FUEL TANK FOR LEVEL OF FUEL. EE CUT BACK OF LEG ON A PIECE OF METAL WHEN GETTING DOWN.
DIGGING ROCK OU TO CRUSHER & ROCK FELL ON FINGER.
EE TOOK SHIELD OFF LOADER AND WAS BENDING DOWN TO LAY IT ON GROUND. EE STRAIN HIS BACK.
OPERATOR WAS MOVING DRILL. DRILL CAUGHT HIS FOOT AND PRESSED FOOT BETWEEN DRILL & GROUND.
EE JUMPED ABOUT 4' OFF OF A LADDER. HE LANDED ONHIS FEET, BRUISING HIS HEEL.
EE WAS DRILLING HOLE TO SET CHANGE. DRILL THREW A PIECE OF METAL STRIKING EE IN STOMACH.