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Crew was spooling in the dredge anchor cable using the winch. The cable started to become off track of the spool when the employee placed their right foot into the cable to prevent it coming off the spool completely. The employee reports their foot slipping off the cable driving their heel into the decking/floor of the dredge causing immediate discomfort to the right ankle.
When driving the work boat in the fog, the operator was driving to the shore and could not see the dredge anchor cable, the cable traveled over the hoist crane at the front of the work boat then struck the operator in the face, causing a abrasion to EE's eyebrow and ear.
A truck and pup driver was preforming is pre-trip inspection on the truck to start the shift. When lifting the hood of the truck, the employee felt discomfort in the right elbow. Employee was treated with first aid onsite. When visiting the doctor on 10/21/24 the employee was placed on work restrictions resulting in a reportable injury.
The miner was repositioning themselves in the back seat of the site pick-up truck when they placed their right hand on an oscillating tool, causing the tool to puncture the miners glove and lacerating the right palm with a 1/2 inch cut.
Operator of the Komatsu WA500 Front End Loader parked the FEL parallel to the Loadout face of the stockpile. The Operator dismounted the FEL to go to the restroom inside the pivot area of the FEL. As the operator unfastened their bib overalls, the stockpile sloughed hitting the miner in the back of the legs, knocking them down to their knees, pinning the against the FEL.
EE was transporting portable crusher from Columbus to O'Neill Nebraska. EE was unhooking air lines from back of semi at site when EE lost EE's balance and fell about 3 feet to the ground. EE felt fine after getting up having full range of motion. On 2 hour trip back to Columbus EE started feeling sore.
The injury has been diagnosed as an incisional hernia. The Hernia had been originally repaired in March of 2020. The repair to the hernia began to pull apart. The employee could not pin point the time or the cause of the start of the pain. The employee was doing EE's Normal work routine.
Injury was a first aid from 02/17/2020, it became record-able on 03/06/2020. Employee slipped and fell on the same level in a twin sand dewatering screw. Employee has a non displaced fracture of the lower right arm.
Employee was on a platform washing down the plant when EE was observed collapsing to the floor. CPR was performed until EMTs arrived and EE was transported to the hospital for a heart attack.
Loader Operator began having neck pain approximately two weeks prior to reporting. Employee believes the symptoms are from "bumping around in the loader."
Employee was lifting an auger bit on the rack and dropped it. It pinched/crushed the tip of left ring finger.
Employee was washing out the log washer and felt a pain in calf causing employee to slip. Hyperextended right knee. Did not report injury until 5/22/17 and did not report it as work related until 5/25/17.
Employee was cleaning a material pipe when the water pressure caused material to come out of the pipe and strike EE in the chin. Resulted in a laceration to the chin.
Employee was washing the pad under and around the plant. EE stood up and hit head on the frame of the plant. The angle iron support caused a laceration to the right eye/forehead.
Employee stepped off the scale and slipped on ice. Fell to the ground and twisted left ankle. Resulted in left distal fibula fracture.
Employee was exiting his truck and got his pant leg stuck on the step. Caused him to slip and hit his knee on the step. Knee pain/contusion.
Employee was changing a shaker screen. When tossing the old screen down to the ground, he caught his arm on a sharp point of the guard where they change the screen. Caused a laceration to his left bicep.
Employee was starting the engine on the dredge and stepped over a water pipe. He slipped on the wet deck and hit his left knee on the water pipe.
Employee was lifting a hydraulic pump and felt a pop in his back. Caused back pain and numbness and tingling into his legs.
Hopping off dredge and felt back pain
Employee was cutting some rubber and the knife slipped off the rubber hitting his hand. Knife cut approximately 1 inch laceration in right hand near the thumb.
Swinging a sledge hammer on some ice buildup over the conveyor base when he lost grip of the hammer, causing his left pinky finger to be smashed in between the hammer and the frame. he reports the bottom half of his fingernail is "popped back" with a "blood blister" noted to the side of the affected finger.
Employee was changing a filter on the diesel engine on the dredge. When pulling the filter out of the housing, the handle on the filter broke, cutting the employee's right middle finger.
Employee was walking up a hill with a tool box. The tool box broke, causing the employee to fall to the ground.
Stepped off the lowboy trailer and when his feet met the ground he had "discomfort" in his lower back.
While chaining down a backhoe, the chain binder snapped closed on his hand and slipped. The left small finger was caught in the chain.
Employee was climbing down a ladder and a piece of iron fell from the top of the ladder striking him in the left foot.
Helping change screen in the plant. Picked up roll of screen and felt pop & pain in left shoulder. On restricted work activity but can still operate dredge. Taking anti-inflammatory meds.
Lifting cable from spool and strained abdomen while pulling on the wire cable. Possible hernia. Hernia surgery is scheduled for 5/11/12, first day of lost time.
Getting off the haul truck and stepped down on a 4" X 4" piece of wood twisting his right ankle. Declined medical attention until 3/15/12. X-rays negative, 2 days restricted work activity.
The EE had finished welding in the shop, when the wind blew a particle into his left eye. He could not flush it out. Medical facility had to remove a small piece of metal, given RX.
While operating the front-end loader, the employee felt ill with chest pains. ambulance was called & employee taken to hospital. He was checked out & his heart was OK. He was diagnosed with COPD - a non-work related illness caused by years of smoking cigarettes.
The plant was shut down at 3:30 pm because of a rock in the impeller on the dredge. After this task, 2 miners were at the controls in the plant electrical trailer to start the plant back up at 4:00 pm. It was within a few seconds of pushing the slurry pump start button, that the 2 miners heard what sounded like an arcing sound & then a loud bang
Pulling the power cable to the electric dredge when the cable was going over a chain that was hooked to the railing the rope slid off causing the railing to come loose and strike the ee knocking him down. He grazed his head on the edge of the dredge air conditioner. He also injured his left knee.
Slipped while going down wet dredge steps, fell on steps bruising low back and side. 3 days off restricted work activity. Full release on 4/8/11
EE stepped down onto the rubber dredge hose which was 2 feet lower than steel platform, when a 500 lb steel sheave & block slipped off a steel platform & struck his left ankle with a glancing blow, causing a deep abrasion & fracture. The abrasion required 3 layers of stitches.
The EE slipped while climbing down the dozer steps bumping his head & right leg on the dozer ladder, resulting in a bruise, received medical attention as a precaution.
Former employee told his supervisor that he hurt his right shoulder in a bar fight in March 2010, but he was being treated for right shoulder pain before this because of his job, told supervisor on 6/21/10
Employee was terminated on Monday June 14, 2010. It was after he was terminated that he told his supervisor that he was hosing down a walkway and fell backwards, straining his lower back.
A customer drove his pickup truck onto scale to get an empty weight. He got out of the cab and walked around the pickup instead of walking to the end of the scale as the signs say to do. He tried stepping over the scale side rail, it was snowing and he slipped and fell on the rail.
The employee was walking through the plant area and stepped on ice covered with snow. He slipped and fell on his upper back causing a contusion and strain. He was given a RX.
When changing screens on the rotary, the employee's right index finger tip was pinched between the hoisting chain and the rotary. The employee's finger nail was removed and sutured.
The employee was welding an ibeam the steel i beam was rolled over to access the other side, the beam came loose from a chain and fell, about 2 feet onto his left foot. His left big toe was fractured behind the steel toe in his boot. This resulted in a lost time injury
Using a pry bar to line up bolt holes on rubber hose for dredge pipe line, pry bar pinched right middle finger, required stitches.
Freezing rain had caused some ice build-up on the scale office ramp. The dispatcher was leaving, when walking down the ramp she slipped & fell on her left hip. (Did not become MSHA recordable until 11/19/08.)
The employee was pushing the plastic fusing machine by hand with a lot of force and felt immediate pain in back of right lower leg, in the calf area. Received medical attention, RX for pain and muscle relaxant and several days of restricted work activity.
Employee was moving the dredge anchor cable that was against the workboat railing, when his left thumb was pinched between the railing cable, cut need 8 stitches to close wound.
Employee states he was in a dusty area when debris flew into his left eye. He does not know when it happened, he was wearing safety glasses. Scratched cornea, Rx.
When doing lower level dregde floor repairs, they moved a 8" H-beam forward, it came off the rails it was resting on, as the steel beam fell it caught his hand between the beam and a hydraulic pump.
EE was walking on the dredge deck and stepped on a H-Beam. His foot slipped off, rolling his right ankle laterally, causing pain in ankle.