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Employee was connecting two hoses carrying hot oil that services the asphalt plant, when hose pressure caused the oil to unexpectedly shoot out striking employee's right forearm.
Employee was putting forks on forklift and felt pull in elbow on right arm. EE had performed this task many times. EE did not lose grip or drop. Normal procedure except for injury.
Employee was on conveyor, 12'-14' high, lubrication rollers. Plant operator could not see the employee, blew the alarm (for all personnel to get clear of plant) and started the plant. Employee said employee did not hear alarm, fell, fracturing employee's left wrist and sustaining a displaced fracture to the right arm.
Employee was dislodging a rock from shaker/screen, and rock fell on top of left hand. Employee did not notify supervisor until Thursday, 1/26/17. Employee told supervisor hand was ok. 1/28/17 initial HR notification was made by supervisor with request for employee to be seen medically. Medical findings on 1/28/17 state no damage found or necessary medical treatment needed.
Rocks lodged in loader belt. Employee was instructed to stay with loader while proper safety procedure was put into motion by other employees. Employee willfully climbed on loader bucket and attempted to remove rock, subsequently falling and striking face on belt cover. He broke a tooth and required stitches to his lip.
Employee was shoveling sand away from belt area of screen and injured lower back. Not sure how.
Employee was removing rock from sand screen. He lost his footing, slipped and fell on rocks next to him. Sustained bruising and soft tissue contusion. Awareness of surroundings, conscious of footing and balance would help to not repeat accident.
While moving loader on site, employee had bucket too low to ground. He hit bump in surface of ground and bucket dug into ground stopping loader abruptly. Employee was thrown into windshield, lacerating forehead. Employee received stitches. Loader required repair to joystick, not parts, mechanic time only.
Employee was walking on ground going to grizzly and stepped on a rock and sprained his left ankle.
EE was working on the conveyor belt with a pry bar when he was pulling on the pry bar towards him that is when he lost his balance and hit the railing bar on his left side of his back.
EE was walking up conveyor belt to clear any large boulders that might be stuck on shaker chute when he tripped and lost his balance from his own two feet. He hit the shaker on his left side of his chest. He got up and told his supervisor.
Operator was cleaning spoils up around jaw. Right hand door on backhoe hit a protruding iron beam on upper platform on jaw, breaking the door glass and damaging the door frame, there were no injuries. He will receive a review of task training.
Employee was dislodging a rock on a conveyor belt with a pry bar and the belt twisted and pry bar smashed the little finger on his right hand.
Was dislodging a rock on the grizzly rock crusher, rock came loose and hit EE on the lower right leg.
Employee was using prybar to dislodge rock and when rock moved he smashed his finger between prybar and metal chute.
EE was doing routine maintenance and the wind blew debris into his right eye (conjunctivitis).
While employee was welding up on the tower on the crusher plant, he dropped the welding torch and burned his left hand.