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Scooping up rip rap on unstable and unleveled ground, caused loader to move side to side, causing it to injure his back. Did not inform Supervisor about injury until 8-15-12.
Miner was moving fence posts. While pounding a post in the ground. The post pounder came off the top of the post, the miner fell back and the pounder hit him on the top of his head.
Changing a screen and pounding it into place, he smashed his thumb between hammer and screen.
While changing a cone liner employee went around the hand rail to bar the ring gear. He slipped and fell 10 feet, landed on his feet and broke 1 leg and cracked the heel on his other leg.
EE leaned on the hand rail of the dry plant. The rail broke and he fell about 4 feet into the hopper of the under belt. His hard hat came off and the rail hit him in the head.
Employee was pushing cone motor to tighten the v-belt with a porta-power. As it got tight the ram jumped out. EE used hand to stop it from hitting me in another place.
Employee started up the ladder to the screen deck, caught his forehead on the overflow pipe that comes from the screw to the sump tank, causing whiplash.
Employee was changing out the seat in the dozer and it smashed the fingers on his right hand when he dropped his end.
While changing screens on plant #1 two employees were prying a clamp rail when the bar slipped striking one above the eye.
While prying on a blow bar inside the hsi. the ban slipped smashing his right middle finger tip.
Walking down the tower steps after starting the plant and slipped falling onto his back side.
EE WAS CHANGING SEGMENTS ON A LOADER BUCKET AND CUT THE INDEX FINGER OF HIS RIGHT HAND ON A BOLT HEAD THAT HAD BEEN FILED TO SHARP EDGE FROM WEAR.
WHILE HOOKING UP THE PRESSURE WASHER TRAILER TO THE SHOP TRUCK, THE JACK PIN STUCK. EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO FREE IT WITH A HAMMER BUT HIT THE EDGE OF THE TRAILER CAUSING A SMALL PIECE OF STEEL T O FLY OFF AND INTO HIS HAND CUTTING IT AND EMBEDDING DEEP INTO THE PALM OF HIS LEFT HAND.
CUTTING PLASTIC SCREEN, BLADE SLIPPED, CUT LEFT ARM (KNIFE). (DOCTOR CLOSED 5 SIMPLE SUTURES.)
ROCK FELL AND HIT HAND, DIAGNOSIS CONTUSION AND ABRASION TO RIGHT THUMB.
BELT # 7 WAS SLIPPING AND EE CLIMBED OUT ON THE CONVEYER TO APPLY BELT DRESSING ONTO THE HEAD PULLEY. EE THEN CALLED ON THE RADIO TO START THE CONVEYER. OTHER EE CALLED EACH EE TO MAKE SURE TH EY WERE CLEAR AND ALL REPLIED. HE STARTED CONVEYER, AND INJURED PLACED HIS HAND IN THE PULLEY WHILE IT WAS RUNNING.
WHILE TRANSPORTING SCREEN MEDIA TO THE PLANT FOR REPLACEMENT, A SCREEN FELL OFF THE STAGIN AREA AND DROPPED ABOUT 2' ONTO 33'S RIGHT INDEX FINGER.
EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED OF A PINCHED MUSCLE IN HIS BACK. AFTER GOING TO THE DOCTOR HE REPORTED TO ME THAT A NERVE WAS BEING PINCHED BY A DISK IN HIS SPINE. I AM NOR SURE IF THIS HAPPENED AT WORK O R NOT.
TWO EE WERE CLEANING OUT A MATERIAL SLIDE CHUTE WITH A 4 FOOT BAR. THE BAR APON IMPACT WITH THE CHUTE, BOUNCED BACK STRIKING THE SECOND EE IN THE RIGHT EYEBROW. THE CUT WAS APPROX 1" LONG.