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The employee had climbed onto a diesel pump to hook a chain to it, to lift the pump out of the area with an excavator. The employee slipped and fell onto the pump.
The Employee was changing a starter in a Cat 777 haul truck, when the starter fell from its Position on to the employee's right thumb. The thumb was caught between the starter and a support, smashing it.
The employee was closing a crusher cover using a "porta power" hydraulic unit. The lines were connected from the "porta power' to the crusher cover lines. The crusher cover hydraulic line failed at the fitting and used a whipping action. The line hit the employee in the groin/ testicle area.
The employee was assisting a mechanic in blocking equipment from movement. The employee was on his knees moving a 6x6 24" long (about 15lbs). He picked the blocking up less than a foot from the ground, and felt pain in his back. The pain, at times, went down his legs. Employee transferred himself home.
EE was removing the power modular from a dozer. He was standing between the frame of the dozer and the modular disconnecting hoses. He repositioned his leg and came in contact with an electrical plug bracket. He felt a pinch in his right leg but was unable to see what he was hitting with his leg. Wears a support wrap and did not see he had cut into leg until he changed clothes.
The employee was replacing blocking material under the portable plant structure. The 6 x 6 x 4ft wooden blocking was being set in place when it slipped from the employees hands and fell down. When it fell, the employee did not have time to move his hand and the blocking fell onto the end of his left ring finger.
The employee was using a grinder with a cut-off wheel, to cut a piece of allthread. The employee had a nut on the allthread to use as a guide and the allthread was secured in a vise. The employee had one hand on the grinder and the other hand on the allthread. He was using a saw motion to cut through the piece and the grinder jumped off the piece onto his hand causing a cut.
The employee was working on an excv. and was dismounting the equip. via a ladder. The employee had one foot on the ladder and one foot on the tracks. The ladder slipped away from him and he started to fall from the tracks. The foot that was on the tracks was "caught" in the tracks bolts momentairly. This caused a strain in his knee as he was falling.
The E. was attempting to replace a trough roller structure on a conveyor. The E. placed the roller structure onto the conveyor frame and was attempting to put it into the upright position, between the belting and frame, when his thumb was "wedged" between the two. The E. experienced trama to his thumb and drove himself to the E.R..
Employee was found outside of scale trailer vomiting, disorented, and complaining of head pain- transported to E.R.. Several days after the E.R.and hospital stay the E. stated that the morning of the E.R. visit, he struck his head while preshifting his equipment. The E. stated that he was bent over checking the head of his vacuum truck, rose and hit the underside
The employee was attempting to connect 2 sections of pipe together. A pipe that was beinng attached to a permanent section of pipe had resistance to it because of size and weight. The couplers were put together, but before they could be secured (locked) they came apart. A coupler struck the face of the employee. He sustained a cut below his lip requiring stitches (4).
While walking on snow/ ice covered ground, the employee lost traction and fell onto his right knee. The temps were at or below zero for several days, and material had been spread in other areas, around the plant, to assist in traction.
While clearing frozen material off of a side wall of a bin, a large section of frozen material slid, striking the employee in the left leg/ knee. The employee went to the local E.R. and was diagnosed with a hyperextension of the knee.
The employee was decending the ladder from the operators station, using 3 points of contact. The last few steps are wire rope constructed and the wire rope failed. The employee caught himself with his hand, thus pulling at his elbow and shoulder in supporting his weight, until he was able to stablize himself.
The employee was operating an overburden drill, when for some unknown reason the drill rig toppled over onto its left side. The employee fell from the cab against the drill steels. He received a cut above his eye and scrapes to his right side. The outriggers were extended and the rig was leveled before the boom was rasied.
The employee was operating equipment and went to exit the equipment by climbing down the ladder. He was using 3 points of contact (2 feet, one hand) when his feet slipped(due to mud and temps). He caught himelf with his hand, pulling on his shoulder. He completed the shift.
The employee had exited his dozer and was walking across the snow and ice for his lunch break. He slipped on the ice and fell to the ground. While falling the employee tried to brace the fall with his left arm. When he hit the ground, he jarred his shoulder.
The employee was climbing down from a cat 928 loader. When stepping to the ground, the employee stepped on a rock and twisted his ankle, causing a slight fracture.
Equipment operator started to straighten his area up to level out excavator. He noticed a spray of oil and then the rear of the excavator was on fire. The operator evacuated the equipment and moved to a safe area. Local fire dept. called to exting. flames. The excav. was on fire for about 40 mins..
The employee was tightining lugs on a piece of equipment. While applying a great amount pressure to torque to specs, the wrench came loose and the employee slipped to the ground and the wrench went into the air. The wrench fell down, striking the employee in the forehead. The employees hard hat and safety glasses fell off when he slipped to the ground.
Employee was fixing horns on a D-11 Dozer and left the cab to retrive tools from the ground. While walking down the dozer tracks the employee slipped and fell to the ground onto his right shoulder. He stated the area was justed cleaned and there was mud on his boots.
The employee was welding on an excavator bucket that had frozen material stuck in it. The material became loose and fell on the employee striking him on the head and torso. The employee was transferred to the hospital with cracked ribs and various cuts.
The employee was picking up material that had fallen off of a conveyor belt. Another rock came off of the belt and struck the employee on the right index finger at the first joint. The employee had a broken joint and required stitches.
While clearing material that became "jammed" from the discharge of the crusher, a rock fell onto the conveyor onto the employee's left ring finger. The rock caused a cut requiring stitches and broke the bone in his finger.
While employees were on break in the pit, they noticed a small fire in the engine compartment of the Kom. PC1100 excavator. Two employees took Fire Ext. onto the equipment to try to put out the fire. A third Fire Ext. was handed to them, but the fire got to big. Local Fire company called to put out the fire. The fire lasted about 45 mins. No injuries
The employee was driving a haul truck and a fawn jumped out in front of him. The driver lost control and struck a berm and eventually went over it, falling 10-15 feet. The employee exited the truck under his own power and complained of neck pain. Seatbelt was worn.
The employee was loosening a plug to change oil in equipment. While pressure was being applied to the wrench to open the plug the wrench slipped off of the plug and struck the employee in the right elbow/forearm area causing a cut. The employee went to ER for treatment (stitches) and returned to work.
While greasing the equipment, the operator bent over to clean a grease fitting. The next thing he can remember is lying on the ground. He fell from an opening in the cat walk (enter/exit ladder) of the excavator/hammer to the ground (approx. 6 feet). Another employee found him and called for help. The employee was transfered to the local ER and evaluated.
The employee was using a hammer to dislodge a broken "U" joint from a drive shaft in a vise. He was wearing eye and hand protection. While hammering, a piece of metal "flaked" off and struck him in the belly left of the belly button. The hole from the metal was less than the size of a pin point. Unable to control the bleeding, the employee was transfered to the E.R.
WHILE PERFORMING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, EE HAD GREASE INJECTED, FROM A PNUEMATIC GREASE LINE, INTO HIS LEFT THUMB. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO BUTLER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. HE HAD SURGERY ON HIS THUMB TO EXTRACT THE GREASE.
...THE BANANA BELT WAS THEN TURNED ON. THE LEAD PERSON CAUGHT EE OUT OF THE CORNER OF HIS EYE STUMBLING NEAR THE DISCHARGE OF THE BANANA BELT.....IMMEDIATELY SHUT THE BELT OFF BUT NOT BEFORE EE TRAVELED TO THE END OF THE BANANA BELT THEN DROPPED 3 FEET ONTO THE 8X20 BELT. EE CAME TO REST BETWEEN THE HEAD PULLEY OF THE BANANA BELT AND THE TAIL PULLEY OF THE 8X20 BELT...UNCONSCIOUS
ON 8/20/02 THE EE WAS DRILLING AND A CHUNK OF MATERIAL FELL FROM A HIGHWALL (40 FT) THE HIGHWALL WAS BENCHED 30 FT. THE EE SEEN THE MATERIAL FALLING AND CHOSE TO EXIT HIS MACHINE. THE MATERIAL HIT THE FAR SIDE OF THE DRILL AS THE EE WAS EXITING. THE EE FELL TO THE GROUND AND WAS NOT ABLE TO PROTECT HIMSELF. THE EE WORKED THE SHIFT AND RETURNED NEXT DAY.
EE WAS BURNING METAL. AFTER CUTTING THROUGH THE PIECE, 1/2 OF IT SLIPPED FROM TABLE FALLING TO FLOOR. AS IT FELL IT PULLED THE HOSES OF THE WELDING TORCH CAUSING TORCH TO FALL. EE GRABBED AT T ORCH, BUMPING THE OXYGEN VALVE OPENING IT UP. THIS CAUSED AN INCREASED FLAME. THE NOZZLE OF THE TORCH WAS POINTED @ LT ARM CAUSING BURN. WENT TO ER, GIVEN MEDS & ANTIBIOTICS, RETURNED TO WORK
WHILE MOVING OVERBURDEN TO SPOIL PILE, THE EMPLOYEE WAS DUMPING HIS LOAD. THE BED WAS RETURNING TO THE DOWN POSITION WHEN IT SLAMMED TO REST ON THE FRAME.
AFTER A FOREIGN MATERIAL PASSES THRU THE IMPACTOR, THE EE WENT TO REPAIR THE DAMAGE. WHILE REMOVING THE 2" THICK STEEL WALL SECTIONS, ONE OF THE SECTIONS SLIPPED AND HIT THE EE'S RT. HAND. THE HAND SWELLED & WAS BLEEDING. THE EE WAS TRANSFERRED TO LOCAL ER. TENDONS DAMAGED & STITCHES FOR THE CUT. THE EE RETURNED TO WORK THE NEXT MORNING W/ 2 DAYS RESTRICTED DUTY.
WHILE WALKING DOWN A SMALL GRADE TO FUEL A WATER PUMP THE EE SLIPPED AND FELL CAUSING A BRUISE TO HIS RIGHT LEG/KNEE. AFTER A WEEK, THE BRUISE WAS NOT HEALING AND PAIN WAS STILL PRESENT, THE E E WENT TO THE DRS.(4/27/01) AND IS BEING REFERRED TO AN ORTHOPEDIC DR. (5/3/01).
WHILE REPAIRING VARIOUS PARTS OF THE PLANT-PRYING, LIFTING, PULLING, THE EE INJURED HIS BACK. WHILE TIGHTENING SPRAY BARS THE EE FELT SOME PAIN,BUT CONTINUED TO WORK. THE EE WENT TO THE ER ON 3-18-01 WITH BACK PAIN. DR. GAVE MEDS AND TOLD TO FOLLOWUP W/PERSONAL DR. THE EE CALLED OFF 3-19 & 3-20 AND FOLLOWED UP W/WORKERS' COMP. DR ON 3-21-01. WORKERS' COMP DR SAYS POSSIBLE HERNIATED
EE WAS CLEANING ON TO THE EXCAVATOR AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF OF THE STEP. THE EE WAS HOLDING ONTO THE RAILING AND WAS SUPPORTING HIS BODY WEIGHT W/ARMS UNTIL ABLE TO PLACE FOOT ONTO STEP AGAIN . THE NEXT DAY EE REPORTED GROIN PAIN. ON 9/14/00 EE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A HERNIA.
WHILE THE EE WAS GREASING UNDER HIS ROCK TRUCK DEBRIS FELL MUD ON TO HIM GETTING BEHIND HIS GLASSES AND INTO HIS EYE. EE FINISHED HIS SHIFT WENT TO ER NEXT DAY. DR REQUIRED HIM TO BE OFF WORK 2 DAYS.
WHILE EE WAS GRINDING CLIPS ON CONVEYOR BELT TO REPAIR BELT A PIECE OF THE GRINDING WHEEL BECAME LODGED IN HIS EYE. EE COMPLETED HIS SHIFT (AFTERNOON). THE NEXT ORNING HE WENT TO THE DR. AND H AD THE ITEM REMOVED. DR. APPLIED ANTIBIOTICS ANDEE WAS GIVEN A PRESCRIPTION FOR ANTIBIOTICS FOR THE FOLLOWING 3 DAYS. EE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.