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Employee was pulling screen from equipment when screen slipped and hit employee in right side. Employee heard popping sound. Nothing broken, just bruising.
While closing hatch on top of Sand Truck, Sand Truck lurched forward causing employee to wrench back. Fall Protection was in place and worked properly. Sand Truck driver admitted foot slip off of clutch causing truck to lurch.
While cleaning up spilled floc material employee slipped and fell onto 6 inch supply pipe that was crossing the slab, injuring tailbone. Bad bruise only. No breaks or other injury.
installing a column for the tank, the weight shifted and the employee attempted to compensate this shift in weight by self causing a strain on the right side of EE's groin.
The injured employee's right hand was caught between the pinch point of a conveyor structure and an idler. A laceration was received from the incident. The laceration required (2) two sutures. NOTE: Employee's employment was terminated following a post incident drug screen. Contact the employer for further information.
Employee was operating a concrete pump truck at a new construction site, the flexible hose at the end of the boom became clogged. Instead of following procedure EE decided to hit the hose while it still had pressure on it. When the clog broke loose, so did the pressure. That release of pressure caused the hose to whip and hit EE in the side of the head.
Employee was using an magnetic drill when the power source became unplugged causing the drill to fall, the employee tried to catch the drill causing EE's arm to become strained.
The employee was rigging an I beam for the next lift when EE pulled on the choker too hard causing the I beam to roll over onto EE's foot.
Employee was tightening bolts in a man lift when they pulled down on a spud wrench. The wrench slipped off the nut, coming down and impacting a finger between the wrench and the top railing of the man lift. Smashed little finger on the right hand.