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It was a rainy day and the ground was muddy which led to the steps on the ladder being slippery. Employee banged his leg on the attached ladder while descending.
The driver for Lynden Transport (vendor) was unloading a conex he was delivering to the shop. When he tried to undo the chain binder, the release of the binder pushed him backwards off of the trailer. He landed on the ground and on his back. Per the vendor's representative, he may have a bruised back. This driver is not an employee of ours.
Miner was helping remove a wheelhouse from tugboat in the shop area. A small mobile crane was being used to hoist it off. The miner was using a prybar to loosen a stuck corner of the wheelhouse. When the wheelhouse finally cut loose the prybar jerked forward smashing left middle finger between the prybar and the tugboat. Injury was not reported to employer until 5/14/09.
Employee was trying to hoist himself up to look at screen deck which had been shut down but was still slowing down. He stepped on the guarding of shaker shaft. The rubber part of guarding gave when stepped on and his left foot went through to the shaft which had not come to complete stop yet. The turning shaft pinched his foot causing a cut on the bottom without cutting his boot.
EE PLACED A PRY BAR ON AN I BEAM ABOVE WORK AREATHE PRY BAR FELL OFF AND HIT HIM IN THE HEAD. LACERATION REQUIRED 4-5 STITCHES.