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Injured had dsended the steps of the haul truck, turned and wedding ring caught on step grading causing flesh to be torn under ring.
Employee was dumping a wheelbarrow when he lost his footing and slipped. As he fill his face hit the wheelbarrow.
Employee was beating on the outside of a raw stone bin trying to dislodge the frozen material. He was using a sledge hammer and scaling bar which caused pain in his right hand. The initial report of this injury was made on 12-19-08, the injury did not become reportable until 2-5-09 when a prescription was filled.
Employee called in before his shift started on 9-18-08 to complain of back pain. He was taken to our industrial medical facility where he was diagnosed with arthritis aggravated by repetitive lifting motion. Employee was previously hand stacking 50# bags of pulverized limestone.
As the driver was returning from a local delivery, a small bee was in the cab of the truck. It had gotten between the upper part of the seat and stung him in the middle lower part of the back.
Trouble shooting a problem with the top sheeter on a bagging machine. Employee hit the reset button and did not know that other employee was behind gated area. Arm on machine hit employee in the back causing bruising. Two days lost time - back to work regular job.
Employee was working on quarry water pump. He reached behind the pump to access bolts and felt a pulling in his groin. He continued to work until his surgery Aug. 26, 2008 when this became a lost time accident.
While employee was walking to cone crusher from control room he stepped into a tire rut and fell.
While shoveling out a elevator pit employee felt a burning and pain to his left groin. He went to the Doctor and has a Hernia. He was operated on 7/7/08 and will be out of work for about a week.
Employee was climbing down a ladder and thought he was on the last step. He had four more steps to go and fell backward and broke his left wrist.
Employees left ankle/heel was hit by the steer tires of a forklift. The injury occurred on 2/29/08 however; it did not become recordable until 3/21/08, when prescription medicaiton was needed.
Employee was using a hand wood chisel to create a space to install hinges on a wooden door. The chisel slipped striking the employee's right thumb.
Employee was removing a fuel tank on a mack truck and got his hand caught between the tank and the metal frame. Cut his ring finger on his right hand. He received six stitches and came back to work at his regular job.
Employee was drilling a hole with an electric hand drill, when the bit pierced through the material and got caught, causing the drill to twist and pinch his left hand against a nearby elevator casing. The employees finger was injured and pinched. Employee did not report injury until 10-7-07.
EE removed guard, pushed on vee belt to check belt, causing belt to grab and start. This pulled EE's finger into pully and cut off the right index finger at the base of nail.
Employee was helping unload a heavy leaf spring for a Mack Truck, the leave fell and smashed his index finger on his right hand against the ground.
Employee cannot directly relate a specific condition which contributed to the injury.
Employee was drilling out a lock that would not open. The bit passed through the lock and into his finger. This resulted in a puncture wound.
Employee was shoveling ice chunks and stone off of conveyor belts at crusher plant. Reported lower back pains on 2/20/07 to supervisor.
Employee was cutting electrical tape from electric motor wires and knife slipped cutting his two fingers on the left hand. One stitch to middle finger.
Employee was removing tin sheeting from dust collector bag house. The piece was secured by screws when the last screw was removed the sheet shifted unexpectedly, falling onto the EE's right forearm, causing a laceration.
Employee was sorting rocks on rock pile when his foot slipped between two rocks, twisting his ankle.
Employee was shoveling under conveyor and when he turned he felt sharp pain in back.
Bagging by hand 50 # of lime on wood pallets. Started physical therapy on Oct 2, 2006. Employee worked from 9/13/06 w/o medical visit. Flare-up from previous injury.
Employee was bending over in the portable crusher in the quarry making repairs and his hard hat fell off his head. When he reached for the hard hat his head hit a sharp piece of steel on the edge of the crusher requiring four stitches.
No accident occurred. Employee reported back and hip soreness while operating our hand bagging machines. This involves filling 50 lb bags and hand-stacking the bags onto a wooden pallet. This requires operators to bend and twist to complete the job steps.
Employee was grinding on the crusher hopper when a piece of steel hit the side of the hopper and glanced under his safety glasses and went into his eye. At the time he though it was dirt in his eye. The next morning his eye was getting worse and went to the doctor.
Employee is experiencing pain in right hand & wrist. This is during normal working conditions. The employee has been hand bagging lime and stacking the bags on a pallet. He noticed the pain approximately one month ago around July 7. Progressive type ailment.
This is a result of average hearing loss of 25 db or more in the range 2000, 3000 and 4000. His loss was 30 db in his left ear.
Employee was using a pry bar to re-postition a mill cradle. The pry bar slipped out of cradle, thus causing the opposite end to slide through the employee's right hand. This punctured the skin between the base of the thumb and the base of the finger.
EE ws using an air hose w/wand extension to do a clean-out process in the pin mixer chute. The employee's hand slipped off the wand. The wand thrusted upward towards his face/body. He raised his right hand to block the wand. The wand struck his right thumb, bending it backwards towards the wrist.
EMPLOYEE UNLOADING 50 LB PAIL OF GREASE OFF BACK OF TRUCK. HE "TWISTED HIP, I THINK I JUST PULLED A MUSCLE". REPORTED INCIDENT AT 4:45 PM TO ASHEVILLE OFFICE. HE REFUSED TO GO TO URGENT CARE TWICE- INSISTING ON SEEING HIS CHIROPRACTOR- WENT TO URGENT CARE ON 6/27/06 ON LIGHT DUTY FOR 5 WORKING DAYS TO BE REEVALULATED ON 7/7/06 FOR LOW BACK SPASM.
Employee was loading pallets of material onto truck and pallet struck bed of truck and board flew into cab of forklift and struck left forehead.
Employee was welding, starting and stopping a lot and during this time got several flashes of bright welding to his eyes. It was dark during this time also which made it worse. Eyes itched and burned later that night so employee went to doctor and got medicene for his eyes and that was the extent of the injury.
Installing a pipe on the elevator to the dust collector. The pipe was tack welded in place. EE was pulling on the pipe with a comealong to line it up. When the weld broke and the pipe fell hitting his finger between the pipe and the elevator. 12 stitches.
He was cleaning debris from an auger trough and pealed back open area of trough and his finger slipped into hole and hurt his finger. It cut the tip of his left middle finger off, took him to the doctor and they put stitches in it and sent him back to work. Not a lost time accident
Employee was adjusting plastic top sheeting inside caged area that was properly shut down. He turned and cut himself on a piece of metal.
Employee was using oxy/acet torch to cut a piece of steel. When steel was almost cut through, pieces of slag were blown into his face. Some slag became embedded in right eye.
OPERATING THE TRACK LOADER OVER A BERM 3'HIGH INTO A DRAINAGE DITCH WHEN LOADER WENT OVER BERM. THE FRONT END HAD A SUDDEN DROP WHICH THREW THE OPERATOR FORWARD INTO THE CAB. OPERATOR HIT FOREHEAD ON THE REAR VIEW MIRROR MOUNTED IN THE CAB. THE ONLY DAMAGE WAS TO THE MIRROR, WHICH WAS BROKEN. EE WAS WEARING HIS SEATBELT.
600 KW - transformer failure causing fire. Damage to transformer only. *Timeline of incident attached.
EE was jumping/climbing over a 4' chain link fence. His left foot landed awkwardly, twisting the foot and breaking a bone just behind the small toes.
Climbing into the water truck cab, and felt pain in left shoulder.