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While performing maintenance on the secondary mill the miner was using the hammer and during a swing felt a pinch and/or sting in EE's left bicep. The miner suffered a tear in EE's left bicep.
The subcontractor's employee was removing solar panels from their frame when a the glass from a broken solar panel lacerated their wrist.
The miner was performing routine housekeeping maintenance for a conveyor belt located inside a sloped steel tunnel. The miner lifted a piece of floor grating, tilting it to the side against tunnel wall and then shoveled material that was being accumulated underneath. The miner turned around briefly when the unsecured grating slid and impacted EE's left hand/wrist.
Miner was adjusting a hose when EE suddenly suffered acute pain in EE's knee. The incident was due poor posture. The working conditions were safe and adequate. The miner suffered a fracture in EE's meniscus. The miner suffered no impact, nor did EE slip before the incident.
EE works for Securitas Security Services of PR, a company contracted to provide security services. EE claims that EE fell from a four-track in front of the entrance to the shop. This fall caused EE injuries to EE's head, back and legs.
After removing the stones into the mill, employee moves the dough manually to make sure it is free and pricks the last fingers with the next section of the dough.
Walking on the ground, the ankle of the right foot is bent.
Employee walking through the access below the Roman tripped and fell on their side injuring the right side of their chest.
EE was approximately 4 feet in front of the generator transfer panel inside the electrical room, when a "flash" (fire) occurred, causing burns.
When the door of the machine was closed, the middle finger of the right hand was caught.
Employee was washing the machine on top of the platform ladder, suddenly the ladder went sideways falling to the floor.
Equipment engine cover fell on top.
Closing the bottle of the mill, the closing lid catches the finger of the left hand.
The operator slid down from the excavator being held with the right arm supporting all the weight of the body.
Bees stings.
The employee was loading bags of ammonium nitrate when they bent to lift, felt a severe pain in the lower back.
While walking ee stumbles in an area not designated for lunch, falling and injure right side of the shoulder, thigh, back and scrape on the neck.
Employee was adjusting screw and nut holding the right hand followed I adjust to the impact wrench screw you catch the annular finger of the right hand.
When a haul truck driver's truck overturned and he was ejected from the truck.
He was working on the removal of a cover focus. When cover focus loosen pricking his finger between the cover and railing of the manlift.
He suffered a cut on the finger of the right hand. This happened while cutting chain with acetylene the D-11N. He put his hand on the chain that stay suspended in the final drive, but by cutting the link chain moved and pinched his finger.
He slipped down from the excavator 330 L injuring his face.
The employee alleges feel pain in the left arm and back.
He was working in the secondary mill adjusting the opening bar applying hot to release the nut. He forgot they were hot touch the nut was burned three finger of the left hand.
Employee was trying to dislodge material accumulated between the belt of conveyor # 18 and the conveyor's structure with a metal bar. His right hand thumb finger was injured (contusion), when he missed the swing with the bar and struck the finger between the metal bar and on the plant's structural beam.
Employee was mounted on maintenance truck, where oil and diesel tanks are located, he slipped and his left arm suffered a strain which resulted in shoulder pain.
Employee was recharging diesel fuel in Loader Komatsu WA500, when employee was dismounting from the loader he landed with his right foot only, feeling sudden pain in his knee.
Employee was adjusting the shaft nut of the cone crusher, he missed a swing with the hammer and struck right boot at steel toe protection area, steel toe caused pressure in toes causing swelling.
While employee was assisting the master mechanic in repairing the bulldozer's linkage, the chain that was lifting a part, broke and struck employee in the lower left leg. Causing employee a left leg traumatic laceration.
Employee climbed in pick up truck rear part to grab his hard hat, when he was stepping down he slipped and fell into the towing ball attached to the rear chassis of the pick up truck, employee struck towing ball with his genitals area.
Employee was helping the welder holding a small piece of steel that was to be cut, in order to prevent it from falling abruptly, when the piece was cut the employee had difficulty and felt some bruising in his right hand, the hand appeared in good condition only a little swelling, later that day he felt pain in his shoulder.
Employee was repairing a battery of a Loader Caterpillar 980C, he turned his back to look for a grinder when the battery exploded. As a result of the battery explosion the battery acid came in contact with employee's left eye.
After finishing breakfast break employee was playing a joke on another employee and started running in the parking lot beside the office, while running a dog came running upon the employee, employee jumped above the dog and landed without balance in his right leg and broke one bone in his leg.
Employee climbed the stairs on a dump truck that was loading material beneath a storage silo to verify the quantity of material being loaded. While descending down the stairs, employee's wedding ring became entangled in the stairs causing injury to one of employee's fingers.
Employee was washing the Caterpillar 226 skid steer loader. When he opened the engine cover the radiator cap came loose and hot water was spilled from the engine to his abdominal area.
After working hours employee stayed at company parking lot to perform oil change in his personal car. He was using a hydraulic jack and wood pieces block equipment from movement. The hydraulic jack failed and employee was pinned in the chest between car and floor. The security guard helped him lift the car back and employee got up normally.
While employee was on the plant operator's room balcony, the wind blew hard and the room's door moved abruptly impacting employee's left hand.
While EE was stepping down on access ladder for a screening unit, he slipped, and injured shoulder and hand.
For unexplained reasons, the miner gained access to a secondary road, adjacent from where he was instructed to do road maintenance. Miner removed berm and came too close to road edge, loosing control of equipment and falling through a steep slope, rolling over with the machine. This resulted in miners death. Miner was not wearing seat belt.
While employee was lubricating some part of a Caterpillar Loader 988, he signaled the operator of the loader to move the bucket of the loader. When the operator moved the bucket, the employee got his arm pinched between the loader's bucket and the bucket's boom. Arm got bruised, but apparently no fracture was found.
Allegedly, while employee was tighting a nut in an equipment tire's rim, the wrench left his hand and struck the employee's left eye. The employee received first aid including six stitches.
Employee was tightening a bolt on a radiator panel of a CAT 988 Loader. The panel was standing and fell on top of the assistant mechanic.
Miner was walking down a conveyor passageway, apparently he didn't notice the end of the conveyor with a ladder to step down, he kept walking and fell approximatley 5 feet to the ground.
Employee was removing a hydraulic hose from an excavator. After hose was removed, the employee's hand continued to travel because of the force exerted to remove the hose, hitting the excavator boom's pin.
EE was walking back wards pulling a water hose when a skid steer loader that was backing up ran over his left leg causing fractures.
Miner was trying to clean a chute from a screen with a hammer. The hammer fell onto the working platform floor and EE jumped from about 3' to the floor. When he tried to get up, his knees could not stand his weight.
EE and one co-worker were attempting to change the loader attachment from bucket to forks. Bucket got stuck, so EE started hitting it with a hammer. Bucket fell on both EE's feet.
EE was assisting a co-worker to change machine bucket to fork attachment. The co-worker noticed the bucket was stuck, so he started hitting the bucket with a hammer. The bucket fell on both EE's feet, fracturing EE's left foot.
While employee was using a hammer & a bar to remove the pins off the bucket of an excavator, he felt pain on his right elbow.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING AND MAINTAINING THE LOADER EQUIPMENT. WHILE CLIMBING THE LADDER HE SLIPPED AND FELL TO THE GROUND LANDING ON HIS RIGHT ARM