Cut right index finger at second knuckle with pocket knife while cutting a zip tie off of hydraulic hose harness to make adjustments to the hose harness.
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Showing all 15Employee states EE fell while picking up garbage at ground level.
Employee reports injury while descending steps on the M/V White Rock. As the deckhand was going down the Engine Room steps, employee slipped on the second step from the floor and attempting to stop the fall injured right shoulder. Employee also suffered a small avulsion on right index finger.
The employee injured left thumb while helping to secure a V-belt guard. As employee was holding pressure using a wrench another employee used an impact wrench to tighten the bolt of the guard. Not being aware of surroundings employee placed left thumb between the guard bracket and structure framework.
An employee injured right knee while attempting to adjust a guard on a conveyor structure. A guard on the Big Lime 11 Conveyor Belt was needing straightened and the employee used right leg to kick the guard. At that time, employee says employee felt a pop and sting in right knee.
An employee felt ringing in their ears after a blast, the employee was treated and given time off by the doctor.
Employee states while cleaning under Mine Tunnel Conveyor Belt EE felt pain in EE's left shoulder. This incident happened on 3/16/2022 at 2:00 p.m. It was not reported to any member of management until 3/17/2022 at 12 noon. At that time, EE left to seek medical care.
Employee felt pain in EE's right lower back during the task of changing a drill steel. EE states the pain started as EE was placing the broken steel on the rack provided for damaged steels.
The worker was standing next to the drill. Worker turned and twisted right knee and they fell to the ground. Unknown injury to be seen.
The worker was standing next to the drill. They turned and twisted their right knee and they fell to the ground. Unknown injury to be seen.
(1st date of treatment 6/30/20) MADE 200 STICKS OF 4 X 20 bags & dropped them in the holes, pain in left elbow.
Maintenance worker used a torch to cut a bolt off of a conveyor idler. They hit the idler with a hammer and the piece of bolt they had cut off flew up and hit them in the right eye. (safety glasses were slid down on the tip of nose and did not protect from injury.) The result of the incident was a hematoma on the eye and a scratched cornea.
Employee was inspecting an inflated OTR Tire when it released air hurling EE to the ground.
The employee was reaching to turn off the water hose that the employee had been using to wash out around a conveyor belt. Employee lost balance when employee reached to turn off the hose. Employee fell over against a newly poured concrete wall. The concrete form wires had not been properly removed and there was an exposed wire left sticking out that cut employee's arm.
Employee climbed into the back of a service truck to get a gas can out. When EE was climbing down EE's foot slipped off of the rear step/bumper. EE hit EE's leg on the bumper.