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Employee was changing screens and had one slip and hit their back, at the time of the event they felt ok but after the shift their neck, back and shoulder started hurting so they went to the dr. they did x-rays everything was clear and employee was released for full duty the Monday after Thanksgiving at the same visit.
Employee was walking out of the office and missed the bottom step on the stairs and had pain in their left calf. They heard a pop sound and had pain while walking. Employee is going to the doctor to get checked out.
Employee was servicing PS02 when a rock rolled off the belt and struck EE in the head. Giving EE a cut that needed stitches.
EE was adjusting a belt wiper so it could clean the belt off better when the clips came around they grabbed the wiper and it folded under the belt and it grabbed the wrench out of EE's hand and flipped it around striking EE in the arm/wrist area.
EE was filling the water truck when EE pulled on the chain to open the valve, the handle of the valve slipped off the valve and struck EE on the back of EE's left hand. We took EE to Urgent Care to have EE's hand looked at and X-ray came back clean and the doctors released EE to come back to work the same day.
Employee was working on a radiator on a power screen. There was a piece of jagged metal on the equipment that cut EE's right hand.
Employee was welding. A piece of metal fell onto a can of spray paint. It punctured and caused a flame. The flame burned the leg of the employee.
Miner was checking the radiator fluid on the genset before starting. Miner slipped and caught employee's left index finger on the radiator cap. Employee cut the tip of employee's finger.
Mechanic was using a hand grinder to cut a notch in a piece metal. The grinding wheel pinched in the metal, traveled out of the notch and skipped across the mechanics left index knuckle. Mechanic was taken to the ER, the wound was washed, and ee received stiches. The mechanic returned to work the next day.
Miner was using a Milwaukee 110V grinder (no trigger lock) with a wire wheel attachment to knock off dirt on the wall of a dry screen. The wire wheel contacted a weld under the dirt which caused it to jump. Miner was wearing work gloves. The wire brush contacted the work gloves pushed the gloves towards the palm which exposed the skin and allowed contact.
The miner was using the stacked concrete blocks as stairs to access the end of a feeder. When returning down the blocks the miner stepped on the V-top of the concrete block instead of the flat portion on the block and twisted his ankle.
Employee was using a crane on a service truck, trying to remove rocks stuck in a grizzly screen, and injured middle finger on the left hand.