While performing mechanical maintenance inside of a controlled environment garage, the employee used a sledgehammer to dislodge a brace when the sledgehammer broke the weld the iron angel spun and struck the base of the employees right thumb.
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Showing all 12Outside nightwork, dry, cold conditions
While performing maintenance work in normal work conditions around the plant the employee got a foreign object in employee's eye that employee was unable to flush out requiring a medical professional to remove the object.
Working in the controlled environment of an enclosed garage when EE's hand slipped while installing a two-way radio into a company vehicle cutting hand between the thumb and pointer finger requiring stitches
Borehole tracking with rodded bore Trak; suffered cramping in right bicep and noticed spasms and lump on right bicep in the evening.
During daylight hours in dry conditions the employee was attempting to loosen a bearing on a tail pulley with a hammer when employee struck the middle finger of left hand.
Dry conditions, night time work utilizing tower lights. While removing pulley employee's wrist got cut on a sharp piece of metal of pulley.
While operating a chop saw, the guard on the chop saw came down and pinched the employee's right thumb between the guard and the guard rest. Employee received nine sutures to close the wound
Dry condition, daylight time. Employee received burns from the boiling water inside the slurry pump while attempting to repair it.
Using sledge hammer on drill step, missed step with sledge hammer and hit left hand; swelled immediately.
EE was helping to lay 10" plastic pipe across the floor of the quarry when EE slipped and tore EE's bicep muscle on EE's right arm.
Trip injury with first aid resulting in 1 week light duty