Stepping down from ladder on crane when took last step down stepped on rock on ground injuring right knee.
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Showing all 24We are working on a top floor so its very uneven surface. The track that the saws run on has to be blocked level. The saw track was blocked approx. 4' high. The employee climbed on top of the track and was walking on it when EE missed a step and fell on the track.
Crossing saw track and slipped
Employee was replacing a guard over the engine of a John Deere backhoe when a spring connecting two sides of the guard came off. The spring recoiled and the hook on the end of the spring sliced open the little finger of the employee.
Two men were drilling bottom line when a seam in the next cut back gave way. The piece of stone that broke loose was large enough to crush both men. One man was fatally crushed and the other is in critical condition.
Two men were drilling bottom line when a seam in the next cut back gave way. The piece of stone that broke loose was large enough to crush both men. One man was fatally crushed and the other is in critical condition.
Employee was using chainsaw to cut logs into firewood for the miners to burn and keep warm. While making a cut, the log rolled and the employee jumped out of the way and the chainsaw cut his knee.
EMPLOYEE STARTED CAT D8 BULLDOZER & STEPPED DOWN ON ROCK, THE ROCK ROLLED & HE SPRAINED HIS RIGHT ANKLE.
EE WAS DRILLING DOG HOLE IN STONE WHEN THE DRILL BIT CAUGHT HIS RIGHT PANT LEG, TWISTING HIS PANTS CAUSING THE ABRASION
EMPLOYEE WAS SPLITTING WOOD WITH HAMMER AND CHISEL WHEN HE HIT HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER WITH THE HAMMER.
EE CLIMBED LADDER TO REPAIR WATER LINE ON SAW. WHEN HE WAS DONE HE WAS CLIMBING DOWN, LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL OFF LADDER.
EE WAS WELDING A PIN ON A TEREX 72-81 LOADER WHEN HOT SLAG RAN INTO HIS WELDING GLOVE. HE SUSTAINED A 2ND DEGREE BURN TO HIS LEFT WRIST.
EE WAS SWINGING HAMMER WHEN HE SLIPPED & HAMMER HIT RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER.
EE WAS WALKING ON QUARRY FLOOR AND SLIPPED.
EE WAS STANDING ON TOP OF LIMBESTONE BLOCK OPERATING A DRILL. HE SLIPPED ON MUD, SCRAPING HIS RIGHT LEG ON THE BLOCK.
EE WAS STANDING BY QUARRY SAW, TURNED AROUND AND SLIPPED IN A MUD POCKET, THEN FELL AND BROKE HIS RIGHT LEG FEMUR.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING A HOLE IN BLOCK, THE DRILL BIT BROKE AND HIT HIS LEFT FOOT.
EE WAS STANEING BY HIS SAW WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL, SPRAINING HIS LEFT WRIST.
EMPLOYEE THREW A PIECE OF WOOD HWILE BLOCKING QUARRY SAW TRACK AND TWISTED HIS LOWER LUMBAR MUSCLE. HE HAD BEEN TRAINED ON PROPER LIFTIN GAND LUMBER HANDLING TECHNIQUES.
EMPLOYEE BENT OVER TO PICK UP QUARRY SAW DRAG (ELECTRICAL) CABLE AND FELT SHARP PAIN ON RIGHT SIDE OF BACK. HE WAS DIAGNOSED TO HAVE RIGHT THORETIC STRAIN.
EE WAS DIGGING OUT BLOCKS FROM BLOCK STACK. HE HAD REMOVED TWO BLOCKS FROM THE STACK, AND PARKED HIS OADER ABOUT 15 FEET AWAY FROM THE BLOCKS. HE THEN GOT OUT OF THE LOADER TO EXAMINE THE TWO BLOCKS WHICH WERE ABOUT 4 FEET APART. THE BACK BLOCK WAS UNSTABLE AND TIPPED FORWARD FATALLY CRUSHING HIM BETWEEN IT AND THE FRONT BLOCK.
EE BENT DOWN AND PICKED UP A PIECE OF BLOCKING TIMBER, THEN STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK WHEN HE THREW IT.
EE WAS TAKING DRILL BIT OFF OF DRILL WHEN THE DRILL BIT ROLLED AND CUT HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHIPPING LIMESTONE BLOCK WITH A PICK TO BRACE THE BLOCK ON THE SAW WHEN DUST FROM BLOCK ENTERED EYE AROUND THE SIDE OF SAFETY GLASSES.