Crew was in wash bay taking out screen deck & mill grates on the secondary crusher. Injured got is right index finger pinched while helping remove screen parts. (Hammer Mill grates) Was pulling a grate out by himself & weight of grate shifted & pinched finger. Stitches in right finger & surgery to mend tendons.
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Showing all 3Climbing off a conveyor after hooking crane hook-foot slipped off lattice (rainy conditions) fell approx. 1 foot after letting go with hands. sprained left ankle and twisted right knee (strained knee)
EE WAS TOWING IMPACT CRUSHER DOWN RAMP WHEN TRACKS BEGAN TO LOOSE GRIP ON FROZEN GRADE. DOZER SLID TO SIDE AND JACK-KNIFED THE DOLLEY BECAUSE OF MOMENTUM OF CRUSHER. AFTER GETTING DOZER STOP PED OPERATOR GOT NERVOUS & BAILED OFF MACHINE INA HURRY AND LOST HIS BALANCE, FALLING TO THE GROUND, LANDING ON BOTH HANDS TO CATCH HIS FALL. LT. WRIST BROKEN, RIGHT WRIST SPRAINED.