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Employee was walking down a set of stairs carrying a box in one hand and a cup of coffee in the other. EE misjudged the last step causing ee to fall forward onto hands and knees. The fall caused a contusion to right knee.
Two maintenance employees were engaged in horseplay involving a pocket knife. The injured employee attempted to grab the hand of the other employee but instead grabbed the blade of the knife causing a laceration the palm of EE's right hand.
Driver was rolling tarp. EE released the handle, it spun back hitting ee on the cheek.
Employee was assisting with the installation of a tail roller which required lifting and maneuvering the part in a tight small area. At the end of the shift the employee was experiencing some minor discomfort in lower back. As the evening progressed the pain increased. Employee was taken to the doctor and diagnosed with a minor lower back strain.
Employee was in the process of getting down off of the drill rig and slipped and fell hitting leg on the mud pan.
Employee was adjusting the kick plate on a bagging station when they placed left hand between the raised kick plate and the support structure underneath. They then cycled the machine by depressing the pneumatic control button causing the kick plate to lower pinching the left thumb between the plate and cross structure causing a laceration just below the thumbnail.
Employee was assisting with a Ball Mill Screen installation when employee's left thumb struck the backside of a structural bar on the frame of the screening system causing a hairline fracture.
A maintenance technician was operating a Kubota utility vehicle on a wet slippery unpaved surface and then transition onto a paved roadway, lost control of the vehicle and then fell out striking the back of the head on the concrete. The employee sustained a 2 inch laceration to the back of the head.
Driver was removing a lump of material from tailgate of dump truck. Driver instructed a 2nd driver to close the latch. Driver#1 placed hand on the pin where the clasp locks the tailgate. Middle finger on right hand was pinched inside the clasp.
Employee was standing on mud pan and stepped off and strained back. Mud pan is approximately 18" off ground.
Employee was inspecting a v-belt and inadvertently got left little finger caught between the v-belt and pulley.
Employee assisting two other maintenance personnel install 14 V belts on Pug Mill Extruder drive. Employee maneuvered the belt into position while other personnel rotated the top sheave (pulley). Contract employee allowed hand to get caught in the bottom sheave during rotation. Caused a laceration to little finger. Employee taken to local physician and received 6 stitches.
Employee was cleaning out a coal chute when his right forearm contacted a small metal burr on the side of a railcar causing a laceration to his forearm.
Employee was standing on the track of a Catepillar excavator attempting to lower an antenna when he fell from the track to the ground.
Employee reached inside the engine compartment of a Kubota ATV to adjust the throttle cable and his left index finger contacted a linkage pin causing a small laceration just below the fingernail.
Worker was using a JLG450A Man lift while welding on a hopper. He failed to realize that the boom was in a reverse direction. He moved the lift in the wrong direction and was pinned. He had fractured ribs and vertebra.
Employee was assisting another employee remove a screening deck from the SWECO screening system when he felt a pain in his lower back.
Drop hopper fell off track, EE attempted to help operator get hopper back on track, he slipped on clay on the ground and fell backwards and as he caught himself with right hand, breaking middle finger.
While assisting in lifting a guard, employee felt pain in right calf muscle
Employee was lifting and installing a bearing and later felt pain in his lower back.
Employee contacted the end of a bagging spout with his left little finger causing a laceration.
Employee was changing out a Sweco screen when the ring finger on his left hand contacted the edge of the screen cutting through his cut resistant glove causing a laceration just above the knuckle.
Employee picked up a sheave (pulley) that weighed 35 pounds and he turned the part over using his right hand to locate a part number on the sheave when he felt a pain in his right shoulder.
Employee was mixing mortar when whipper drill bit broke throwing him off balance into a nearby vertical I beam. When he collided with the I beam his middle finger got pinched between the handle of the whipper drill and the corner of the beam causing the injury.
A Maintenance employee was walking down a stairway carrying a grease gun in his left hand and had his right hand on the handrail and mis-stepped placing his right foot in an awkward position and twisting his right knee.
Employee was removing a bag of material from the reject line when the back of his right hand contacted the conveyor belt causing a friction burn.
Employee was repairing a tire for a skid steer loader using a pry bar when he felt a slight pain in his stomach. The employee did not report the injury until two days after it occurred and did not feel he needed medical attention. Two weeks after the injury he went to the doctor and was told he had an abdominal strain.
The employee was removing angle iron framing and wood from a MCC building. The employee used methods of drilling and cutting during the task, and all work was above the employee's head. The employee was wearing a pair of safety glasses at the time of the incident. A piece of debris flew in-between the employee's safety glasses and forehead and lodged in his (R) eye.
Employee was carrying a small fan up a flight of stairs when he noticed a pain in his lower back.
Employee states that he was getting down off a forklift and when he put his left foot down on the floor he heard a pop. Later that night his foot began to swell so he went to the emergency roo m where an x-ray revealed two fractured bones near the joint where his small toe joins the foot.
Employee was lifting a bag of material when he felt a pain in his lower back.
Employee was stepping down from one catwalk onto another when he stepped on a piece of clay with his right foot which twisted his right ankle causing a sprain.
Employee opened a door to an electrical control room to access the control panel for a bucket elevator. After entering the room the employee rested his right hand on the door frame and the door closed on his right middle finger cutting the tip of the finger.
Employee was using a metal rod to loosen material in a hopper when his right index finger struck the edge of an i-beam support causing a laceration on his knuckle.
Employee was tightening structure bolts with another employee using torque wrench. Injured employee was using a backup wrench. The employee using the torque wrench asked IE if he was ready & he said yes. The torque wrench began to tighten and the back up wrench mashed his thumb against steel.
Employee was at home when he felt something in his right eye, employee had been using a hand held grinder earlier that day at work and thinks a small piece of metal shaving got into his right eye at that time but did not notice until after he got home from work.
Employee was moving moving railcars, when the bracket on the railcar that the cable is attached to broke and struck the employee in the face, causing a laceration on his right cheek.
Employee was walking between the Plant Two office and the Plant Three Mill building when he tripped over a culvert for a storm water drain and fell. The employee sustained a fracture to the right hip.
Employee was lifting a 100 pound bag of material off of a pallet, when he felt a pain in his left shoulder, which subsided and he finished his shift. Three weeks after the initial injury, the employee did not have any pain, but his shoulder was popping. An MRI revealed a tear of the rotator cuff in his left shoulder.
Employee was operating a small skid steer loader. While backing the unit, his elbow struck a support brace, jamming his right wrist into the steering handle. The injury caused some swelling of the right wrist.
EE was removing an air exhaust muffler from a compressed air dryer system.After releasing the residual air from the air tank and line the EE unscrewed the valve not realizing there was still some stored pressure inside the line which blew small desiccant beads out striking the back of both hands and the back of both legs.
EE was lifting a machine part using a mobile crane.EE placed left hand on the cable of crane to move the part away from I-beam,the glove he was wearing got caught in head pulley, pinching his finger between the pulley and the cable, causing a laceration and a break at the end joint of his pinky finger on the left hand.
Employee was repairing a light fixture on the top level of Plant 1 Tyler System. While repairing the fixture, employee fell down a flight of stairs. The fall dislocated his left shoulder, ring and pinky finger of his left hand.
Employee was lifting a 50 lb bag of material when he felt a pain in his right shoulder. Possible muscle strain in the right upper arm and shoulder.
Gas leaking from pipe ignited and caused burns on head and arms.
Employee was at the control panel for the pug mill at Plant 1 when he heard a pulley belt making a loud noise. The employee walked down a short flight of steps to go investigate what was making the noise. When he reached the ground floor he felt a pain in his right leg behind the knee. Employee was diagnosed with a muscle strain in the right leg.
Employee tripped and fell over a pallet. While falling the employee extended his left arm out and fell on his his left hand and elbow. The fall caused a bruise along the medial side of his left elbow. Prognosis is good. The employee was returned to work without any restrictions.
Employee was picking up a pallet that had fallen off a conveyor onto the ground. The employee reached down and grabbed the pallet with his right hand and began lifting it, when he felt a pain in his right shoulder.
Employee bent over and picked up a bag of material without bending his legs and felt a pain in his lower back. Diagnosis - acute lumbar strain. Prognosis - Good.
Employee was walking down a stairway and missed the third to last step causing him to lose his balance, fall forward and strike the concrete floor with his chest. Diagnosis - Chest Contusion.