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The employee was taking apart a conveyor stand for transfer when the support fell on his foot breaking a bone in his right 5th digit. The employee was wearing steel toed shoes.
The employee says he had tingling going down his leg in the afternoon while he was operating a loader in the pit. Didn't report anything to his supervisor except on a voice mail late at night.
The employee was greasing a conveyor grease line when a rock bounced off and struck the employee in the face knocking out a tooth and loosening two others.
The employee was actively wrenching on a bolt while repairing the crusher, when the wrench slipped and the employee hit his elbow. The employee said he would be alright and continued working. On Friday, the employee complained again about his elbow, but did not want to see anyone. On Saturday, the employee complained again and he went to the emergency room.
The employee was entering his skidster when he slipped and when he tried to catch himself, he hit the corner of the frame with his hand/wrist.
Employee was doing maintenance work on the conveyor. When he stepped down, he fell to the ground and cut his face, requiring three stitches near his eye.
The employee was climbing down a ladder and felt pain in his foot.
The employee was kneeling in front of a tail pulley he was doing maintenance on and when he got up, he felt pain in his right knee. The knee became swollen as well.
The crew was removing screens from a screen deck. This worker had a screen that was stuck and when he pulled hard the screen came loose, causing the screen to strike his chin. The chin had an abrasion and was swollen. He was taken to the doctor and was released to full duty.
Worker was walking from one side of mine to the other when the wind blew a foreign object into his eye. Was was wearing safety glasses. Worker went to urgent care but the extraction was unsuccessful so they referred him to the ER.
The employee was rotating gears to change timing and pinched his fingers between the bar and the frame. At first, the employee decided he was okay but later decided to see a doctor.
The employee was moving and picking up debris on the site and felt a pop in his arm. He was then greasing the following week and felt a pain shooting down his arm.
The employee was climbing a ladder and slipped on a rung and fell. He caught himself with his foot and injured it
The employee was trying to remove an oversized frozen dirt clod off his dozer and hurt his shoulder.
The employee was working in a washplant where there was welding being conduted by another employee. The flash must have bounced off the walls in the washplant and flash burned his eyes.
The employee was exiting a skidloader and his foot got caught and he fell sideways hurting his foot and maybe his toe.