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Employee was assisting in maintenance activities within the shop to loosen a housing on a water pump. The employees finger was struck by the hammer being used causing laceration and fracture to the left ring finger.
Employee was descending the fixed ladder of a Cat 980C end loader. His foot slipped as he was descending and the employee identified he felt a strain to the right knee.
He was removing a boom cylinder pin and as he drove the pin out, the broken section started to fall towards his lower leg. He reached out to grab the pin and the broken edge of the pin cut his hand.
Employee failed audiometric testing. Will be retested on 5/4/2009.
Employee failed audiometric testing. Will be retested on 5/4/2009.
Employee went to kneel down to stab bolt in crossover belt guard and knelt down on J-bolt that was in screen.
Employee was found laying face down, unresponsive, next to his pickup. The time of the accident is between 5:30 AM - 6:00 AM.
while walking out of the warehouse employee turned when he heard a sound, tripped and fell.
The employee stepped off of a concrete pad, lost his balance and fell. The fall resulted in a broken ankle.
Our investagation has led us to believe a gas pump leak combined with the heat of the engine started a fire in the engine compartment of the Cat Excavator.
Operator was backing Dingo up and struck shoulder on conveyor.
Employee was kneeling down, moving some rocks. When he stood back up he heard a pop in his back.
Employee was climbing down ladder and felt pain in right knee.
Miner was exiting water truck at end of shift, he slipped and fell, injuring his knees and wrist.
In the process of moving the water pump. The terminal end of the cable is attached to a concrete block. When the employee was attaching a second cable to a chain, the concrete block rolled over and onto employee's left leg.
While repairing springs on hopper gate, it wouldn't shut, so he lifted it and it slammed shut on his right hand index finger.
Changing cutting edge, went to flip new one over and over to move closer to work area, and it flopped back on left foot causing a contusion.
Employee was holding a piece of steel (crusher mainframe liner) underneath crusher #2. The piece of steel was held on to the mainframe by some welds. As the other non injured employee was cutting it off, the steel recoiled and pushed injured employee's arm back into his shoulder.
EE was removing a guard on the field conveyor, the guard was heavy, the guard slid out of his hand. He did have work gloves on but did receive lacerations. Next time when removing a guard, ask for assistance.
Employee was repairing welding gun. The welding gun was in left hand. The left hand was behind screw being removed. Force was applied to screwdriver to remove screw, when the tool slipped from the head of screw. The force being applied caused the tool to puncture left hand.
Initial reported as First Aid only. On 4/2/2008 went to a Restricted Duty case and became reportable. Had been seen by two previous Doctors and released without treatment. Was installling a new deck frame on #6 screen tried to push deck into place. He felt that he may have strained a muscle in back of left shoulder.
Using acetylene and oxygen in steel yard, he tripped on a piece of steel falling on left shoulder.
Employee was standing on a spring base just peeking over the top of a side plate of a screen looking into the machine. When he started to lower himself, he hyperextended his left shoulder which then dislocated.
Employee was climbing a ladder. As he got to the 4th rung, the ladder slipped out from underneath him. He tried to grab a picking eye to regain balance but could not do so and slid to the ground.
While installing grating onto a catwalk for a new conveyor section. Injured employee had his finger pinched between the grating and angle support member of the catwalk.
Employee was walking on muddy ground. He lost his footing and twisted his knee.
While shoveling debris from Primary Crusher, our employee slipped in mud. He caught himself with his right hand, causing pain and swelling of his thumb.
EE strained his right shoulder while shoveling debris from the Tail Pulley of a conveyor.
Employee states that while working in the Screenhouse he lost his footing on rocks at the top of the stairs between 7 & 8 screens. He twisted his right ankle and impacted the stair rail with his left knee. He says that the ankle is the most painful.
Miner was removing gear box with a pry bar. The pry bar slipped causing his finger to strike conveyor frame. Finger was cut causing him to receive stitches.
Employee was crawling out of screen box after changing screens when he heard a pop in his back. A strain and pain was felt in his upper back.
EE was cutting a feed belt with a utility knife, when it slipped and he cut his left hand between the thumb and index finger. Was seen at health unit, treated with 2 stitches and released to full duty.
While doing a slump test the employee was packing down mud with a tamping device & caught his finger between the cone and the tamper. It caused a small open wound on one finger, and partial removal of a fingernail. The tamper was hand-held and the employee misjudged the distance between his finger and the item he held in his other hand.
Employee came into my office on the 2nd of Aug. complaining of irritation in his eye that happened on the 1st of Aug.
Another EE was parking 31-099. Injured EE was already parked in 31-089 and preparing to dismount. According to the other EE, he did not see 31-089, as it was in a blind spot. 31-099 collided with 31-089 causing injured EE to sustain a blunt trauma to his ribcage.
Employee was removing rock from conveyor belt in pit. Rock slipped out of hand and smashed tip against conveyor frame causing tip of finger on left hand to swell.
Replacing idler on CB2 tail section. As EE was tryng to line up the idler frame with the conveyor frame, the idler slipped off the frame hitting EE's finger.
Employee was standing on top of skidsteer while lifting a counterweight system into place. He slipped and fell, landing on his back. He initially could do all his duties. He had not been working but felt as his back was getting better. He went to his doctor and his doctor took him off work on 8/28/07.
Employee was operating loader & complained about eye irritaion. Eye was red & swollen following day at beginning of shift. He was wearing glasses w/side shields at time he complained of irritation.
At approximately 7:10 AM two employees determined an inundation occurred & one of them immediately called MSHA. Inundation consisted of South Platte River spilling into pond. No equipment or personnel affected.
The Employee was washing down the primary concrete pad when the nozzle of the hose blew apart. The hand still holding the hose sent employee's hand to strike an I-beam.
Employee was shoveling off spill material by 7 foot crusher and sustained lower back pain.
Employee was kneeling on CBI, throwing rocks off. He lost balance and fell landing feet first.
Exiting a skid-steer, the operator's foot slipped off the foot rest (between the front of the machine and the forks). He twisted his left ankle.
Employye was using a utility knife to cut a piece of grease line off a bulk roll, the blade of the knife came out of the holder a cut the employees right thumb(employee is left handed) . The employee recieved three stitches in his right thumb and returned to duty.
Employee was in the process of building a guard, and was welding at the time, when another employee with a lit cutting torch pulled on the torch to get more slack in the hose. In the process he ran the lit torch across the arm of the employee that was welding. This caused a second degree burn on the employee's upper left forearm about two inches in diameter.
Employee was lifting a 5 Gal container, shoulder height. As he lifted the container he felt a small twinge in his left forearm.
EE was stepping out of the cat 226B skidder with the bucket full of material and with the lip of the bucket tip up in the air. As he stepped out he tripped on the bucket and fell to the ground.
Employee reported this injury on 6/20/07. He stated that he was grinding inside a hopper for the power screen. He was climbing out when he slipped and caught himself with his hand. He heard a loud snap in his right shoulder. He said it didn't hurt at the time but became increasingly painful and he couldn't raise his arm above his shoulder.
Removing old screen deck employee's foot slipped allowing him to slide down discharge chute.