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A hoisted dragline drag blower motor was being lowered down while suspended, the load shifted and made contact with the employee.
Employee was cleaning snow off conveyor belt walkway, after task was completed, employee removed EE's lock from Substation and proceeded to walk away from substation and slipped on an icy area twisted/fractured EE's ankle, weather conditions snowed the previous day, so the 9th was a mixture of snow and mud.
While tightening the chuck on a lathe for a bogie wheel shaft, the lathe slipped, causing the worker's finger to be caught and crushed between the chuck handle and the lathe.
EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING IN A COAL CAR AND EE SLIPPED AND FELL.
Mechanic lost balance from the cab floor deck and fell forward on the right-side and landed on the track grouser. The mechanic hit EE's head on the side of the engine panel.
Employee was performing preshift inspection on weld truck. Employee had placed left foot on the rung and was lifting right foot to the top when the ladder rung broke, causing the employee to fall. Both knees struck the front bumper before employee landed on employee's feet. Employee was evaluated before transporting to Urgent Care
Employee was holding onto a combination wrench while another employee used an impact wrench to tighten bolts on an 18" valve. While tightening the bolts, the combination wrench unexpectedly moved causing EE's right index finger to become wedge between the wrench and valve flange, resulting in lacerations.
Employee was cutting some gasket material with a utility knife towards self. The knife slipped on the material and lacerated EE's left palm below the pinky. Employee found the supervisor who called MRT's and met MRT's at the safety building who cleaned and bandaged the wound.
After using a chop saw to cut six pieces of 6'x 1-½" square tubing, an employee was manually unloading the tubing onto a metal table. While carrying and dropping the tubing over a small MIG welder onto a welding table, the burred edge of the pieces cut into the base of the employee's left thumb.
Employee was operating a motor grader and the right door started to rattle. Stopped to re-close the door. While attempting to re-close the door, fell resulting in ankle fractures.
An employee was found unconscious and unresponsive in the cab of a grader. The employee was transported to the hospital, and was pronounced deceased due to a heart attack.
While retracting a manual pull/push outrigger for a service truck, an employee's finger was pinched between the outrigger housing and the edge of a base mounted vice on the bed of the truck. Employee was wearing hand protection. Contact resulted in a laceration requiring stitches.
Employee was placing a 75-pound dragline tooth on the edge of the parts boat. The right-hand middle fingertip was smashed and cut.
Employee was using jaw pliers to pull off the jacket from a high voltage cable. pliers slipped and struck employee on nose causing a laceration requiring 4 stitches.
On 08/29/2022, employee was pressure washing model 844K rubber tire dozer. As the employee stepped off the dozer push arm, stepped on a two-inch hose and twisted their right ankle. Released to return to work the same day of the injury. MRI scan was rendered and a complete diagnosis by the doctor, determined that the employee could not return to work on 09/29/2022.
An employee wanted to record a crack on the rail and how much it would worsen as the locomotive traveled over it. The employee crouched down in a baseball catcher position to record. The locomotive approached the location where the employee was position at a speed of less than 10 mph when the corner of the first step landing hit the employee in the knee.
While cleaning light fixture inside and out, using a hand towel, ran right middle finger across metal flange cutting the tip of it. Employee received four stitches.
2 EMPLOYEES PULLING IRRIGATION PIPE- ONE EMPLOYEE PUSHED AND THE OTHER WASN'T READY -RING FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN THE TWO PIPE-ALL PPE WAS BEING USED-EMPLOYEES WERE WEARING GLOVES
Employee lifted the end of the two cutting edges that were partially on a pallet, when employee went to set the two down they slipped off the pallet causing the two cutting edges to slip pinching employee's right pinky finger.
Moving a part, slightly off ground, had a poor grip, hit a toe. Was wearing steel toe boots, injured a toe.
Cutting the side wall of a Dragline Bucket, on final cut, the plate spun and hit EE's leg
The employee stated EE was making a homemade part to repair a sink that was spraying water on the wall. EE was cutting a safety cone with a utility knife to make this part. While cutting EE reached EE's left hand inside the cone and stabbed EE's left thumb. The cut required four stitches.
Employee was driving back to shop on main haul road. Approaching Dixon ramp 2 they got too close to the edge of ditch and got pulled in causing truck to overturn on its side. The employee was wearing a seat belt. EE received a small laceration to the side of head requiring 3 staples.
Two employees were removing left side bull gear carrier pins from an 8750 dragline using a "canister" tool. While using this tool and attempting to line up all thread, the pipe slipped, putting the employee's ring finger in a pinch point.
Employee received a laceration and fracture to thumb when a come-a-long struck thumb.
Employee completed a pre-shift inspection on a CAT 785C water truck. Employee was wearing insulated gloves. Operator picked up the wheel chock block and was installing it in the holder located on the front bumper of the truck. The left middle finger tip was caught between the chock block and the metal chock block holder. Finger tip bone was fractured.
Employee was using a straight razor that was removed from a scraper to open a cardboard box for trash bags, in the process ee lacerated left palm below thumb.
Employee was adjusting a steel beam that was unbalanced. It shifted and landed on their steel toe boot, causing a fracture to the big toe.
The Yazzie pit is an inactive part of the mine, last coal mined in this area was approximately 2010. There are currently no miners with exposure in this area. A supervisor passing in the area, noticed smoke coming from an outcropping and determined that it wasn't extinguishable in the 30 minute time frame.
Employee was riffling a 14 pound sample of coal. As they were dumping the sample they felt a sharp pain in the middle of the lower back. Co Worker helped them sit down and MRT was called. Employee was taken to hospital given pain medication and restricted duty.
Employee was placing a 8"X8"X24" timber underneath a dragline bucket jewelry spreader bar and pinched left index finger. Employee was wearing leather glove at the time of the event. EE left index finger tip was fractured.
Cutting an apple, knife slipped and cut hand requiring stitches.
On August 10, 2017, employee hit left elbow jarring left shoulder. After further doctor evaluations, it was determined the employee will need surgery. 1st day missed August 25, 2017.
Employee was sitting in supervisor's pickup and had some type of medical episode. Employee was unresponsive, CPR was initiated immediately. Employee was pronounced deceased by Aircare paramedics.
Employee was aligning a 6" clay valve and strained their back.
Employee was positioning a floor jack under a loader, while pushing jack forward the jack handle was unlocked, accidentally. Which caused the employee to fall forward, placing left hand on loader and the long jack handle smashed/broke left index finger tip.