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The employee picked up one end of a small piece of steel dredge pipe located toward the front of their pickup bed and slid it toward the rear of the truck near the tailgate so it could be removed by a forklift. After setting the pipe down near the tailgate, the employee experienced back pain and was determined to have sustained a back strain.

An employee was operating a Bobcat skid loader with a fork attachment to move a steel sawhorse when the sawhorse shifted and fell, striking another employee's foot who was nearby. The sawhorse landed above the steel toe portion of the injured employee's boot.

While installing a section of catwalk grating on a dredge, the employee pinched their left pinky finger between the end of the grating and a handrail while sliding the grating into place. The injury resulted in a cut that required three stitches.

The employee was welding a pump skid to a steel dredge pontoon when a pontoon hatch became displaced, pinching the top of the employee's foot just above the protective toe of the required work boot. The incident resulted in a metatarsal fracture in the employee's right foot.

The employee was exiting the loader and, while climbing down the loader steps in normal fashion, they felt a pop in their right shoulder.

The employee was lifting a full box of copy paper from on top of a desk in order to move it to the floor. When they went to set the box of paper down on the floor, they felt a pop in their left shoulder.

Employee stepped up onto the switch engine steps and felt knee give out. Employee reported having a history of pain in the affected knee and thought the pain would resolve itself, so didn't report the injury until a week after the incident occurred.

Employee was using a pocket knife to cut a zip tie from underneath a wheel loader, while performing an oil change, and the knife slipped and cut EE's left index finger.

Employee was working in the shop on lining a chute with polyurethane sheet material. While fitting a piece of the polyurethane into the chute, the employee was using a utility knife to trim one of the edges of sheet when the utility knife slipped and cut the employee's right index finger and part of EE's palm.

Employee was using an impact wrench and a combination wrench to unscrew rusted bolts/nuts from a chute on the plant. While engaging the impact wrench on the bolt head, the combination wrench, which was positioned to hold the nut in place, slipped from the employees grip and struck them in the area of the left eye causing a contusion and laceration to the upper eye/eyelid.

Employee was starting preshift inspection of the plant and tripped over a fire hose that the employee had left on the ground the day before and sprained left ankle.

Employee was performing plant maintenance activities, which included removing a loose piece of steel that had just been cut loose from the plant. When the employee tried to remove the loose piece of steel, it dropped suddenly and pinched employee's right hand.

The employee was tightening a bolt on a dredge pump when the wrench EE was using slipped, causing EE to hit their hand on the pump and / or was struck on the wrist by the wrench.

Employee was walking down the stairs on the plant when EE lost EE's balance and fell. The fall resulted in a broken rib and dislocated shoulder.

Employee was completing a pre-operation check of a skid loader when EE stepped off of the skid loader track into a hole and twisted EE's ankle.

Employee was using a cutting torch to cut a bolt on the bottom of a pipeline joint when the hot end of the bolt fell into employee's glove and burned hand.

Employee was repairing a piece of plant equipment and, while using a cutting torch to remove an overhead bolt, the wind blew a piece of hot metal into left ear causing an inner ear burn.

Employee was injured while guiding a 20" diameter steel pipe elbow, which was being lowered by a crane, onto some floor mounted pipe stands on the dredge. As the pipe was lowered, it was not seated properly on the stands. The crane was signaled to stop, but the pipe shifted and pinched the employee's lower left leg between the elbow and another piece of equipment.

Employee was backing up a trailer during a time of snowfall, and, because of ground conditions caused by the weather, the trailer became stuck. When the employee exited his truck to assist in freeing it, he slipped and fell as he was walking, and landed on his upper back / ribcage area. The fall resulted in a strained back muscle.

Employee with an undisclosed history of back problems began complaining of back pain at the end of his shift on 7/16/15. Employee spent duration of shift loading trucks using a loader under normal conditions. There are no noteworthy factors contributing to this incident except normal loader operation in combination with employee's previously undisclosed history of back problems.

Employee suffered a back strain while removing an 8' fiberglass ladder from a wall mounted storage rack. Employee was taken to a clinic for evaluation and was given a prescription for a muscle relaxer. It was also advised that he be restricted to Light / Medium lifting duties.

A foreign object made its way into the ee's right eye when grinding on a metal drive sprocket. Safety goggles were worn by the ee but continued to fog up. The foreign object may have entered the eye when removing the goggles to clear the lens. The ee's eye was irritated & required medical attention of removing a rust spot & prescribing an antibiotic to clear up the irritation.

A hydraulic ram was being used to push a shaft out of a pulley when the ram slipped off the shaft, as a result of this the spacer separated from the ram bounced off pulley then struck the employee under his chine, requiring three stitches.

Employee was grinding steel on the underside of the dredge ladder. The employee was wearing safety glasses and a face shield. A foreign object made its way into the employee's right eye. The injury was not reported until two days after the incident. The foreign object was found to be imbedded and then removed by an eye doctor.

EE was holding a steel tubular spring with a apair of vise grips while another EE attempted to cut the steel with a hacksaw. The hacksaw slipped and cut the EE's hand resulting in four stitches. Both EE's were drug tested per co. policy. The injured EE tested positive for illegal drugs and was suspended until a 2nd and conclusive drug test is completed in approx. a week.

EE was moving a metal component approx. 30 pounds when he lost his grip and dropped the object. The metal component bounced off of the concrete slab and hit his left shin, which caused a laceration.

Employee cut the base of his left thumb with a utility knife when cutting a conveyot belt.The employee pulled the knife towards his body when the knife cut loose from the belting & came in contact with his left hand and cut through his leather glove. Five stitches were required and the employee returne to work the same day.

Employee had respiratory allergic reaction to fumes in the shop caused by heating of a urethane liner attached to a steel chute being worked on. The allergic reaction caused asthma like symptoms and required medication to counter the reaction.

Employee was lifting a metal wear shoe out of a steel 55 gallon drum when he cut his hand on a sharp piece of metal on the inside of the steel drum. The laceration of the hand required eleven stitches.

Employee was stepping down on the bank next to the dredge when his knee gave out. The employee and foreman did not report the incident until 1/26/09. The employee went to the doctor on 1/26/09 where it was diagnosed as a sprain. The employee returned to work on the same day and did not miss work.

Two employees were disassembling a planetary drive gear box and shaft which was partially suspended by an overhead hoist and partially supported on a stand. The load shifted on the stand and caught the middle right finger of the employee and smashed the end of the finger. The employee received six stitches at the local hospital and was released.

Shop foreman slipped on ice outside of shop and fell. Left ankle was twisted and strained. Scraped right knee. Did not require doctor visit date of incident. He requested doctor visit on 2-15-07. Doctor diagnosed minor swelling & prescribed Tylenol as needed and follow up doctor visit on 2-26-07.

Tightening bolts on a piece of pipe using a ratchet. Right hand turned red and was sore. Sprained right hand from stretching or tearing ligaments while tightening bolts.

Was dismounting from loader. Hanging onto handrail with right hand, EE stepped off the last step and his right shoulder dislocated.

Lifting an x-brace, lost footing in sand causing finger to get caught between x brace and a piece of beam. smashed middle finger on left hand causing two lacerations and broken finger tip.

EE WAS STEPPING UP ON PLATFORM. FOOT SLIPPED OFF EDGE. HIT SHIN CAUSING DEEP CUT ON SHIN OF LEFT LEG.

A 1 1/2 TON CHAIN COME-ALONG MALFUNCTIONED WHEN SWITCHING IT TO DOWN POSITION WHILE LOWERING IMPELLER ON DREDGE. FINGERTIPS WERE CAUGHT BETWEEN SUPPORT & POLE CAUSING BROKEN TIPS ON RING & MID DLE FINGERS OF RIGHT HAND.

WHILE WELDING HE PULLED TRIGGER ON MIG WELDER BEFORE HELMET WAS COMPLETELY DOWN. HOT SPARK FLEW INTO LEFT EYE BURNING CORNEA & CONJUNCTINAL SAC.

HOISTING A GEARBOX, THE RIGGING BROKE AND GEARBOX FELL TO FLOOR AND ON EE'S LEFT FOOT. BROKE A BONE IN LEFT FOOT.

CUT LITTLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND WHILE REPLACING A SCREEN ON SHAKER. HAND SLIPPED & CUT FINGER ON SHARP EDGE. REQUIRED TWO STITCHES.

WRENCH SLIPPED FROM NUT HE FELL BACK AND HIT HIS TAIL BONE ON A BRACKET. HE HAD PAIN IN LOWER BACK NEAR TAIL BONE.

PLACING BEAM UNDER THE DREDGE LADDER USING A CABLE COMEALONG. BEAM BECAME STUCK. HE PULLED UP ON THE CABLE TO FREE UP BEAM. INJURED LOWER BACK. 4TH & 5TH DISC IN BACK STRAINED.

OPERATING D-7 DOZER. SAND AND DIRT BLEW INTO RIGHT EYE, VERY WINDY DAY.

REPLACING DIGGER LINK CHAIN ON DREDGE WAS DRIVING PIN OUT WITH HAMMER WHEN HAMMER HIT ROLLER CUASING ROLLER TO BOUNCE & HIT THUMB LEFT THUMB WAS SPLIT OPEN & BRUISED

STRAINED BACK (LOWER)WHILE LIFTING RAILROAD TIES

WELDING & ATTACHING HARDWARE IN TUB ROTARY, TURNED HEAD TO AVOID FLASH BURN FROM WELDER ON OTHEREND OF TUB & RAN HEAD INTO SCREENS BEING INSTALLED SCRATCH FOREHEAD CUT UNDER EYE REQUIRING 9 STITCHES