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The employee was cutting steel using a carbon electrode. During the operation, the employee temporarily removed the face shield, allowing a particle generated by the cutting process to enter the left eye. The task was being performed under normal operating conditions.
The worker was waiting for a container to be filled with degreaser. Although EE initially had EE's safety glasses on, EE removed them upon entering the room because the area was darker. During the filling process, the pump malfunctioned and the hose detached due to inadequate fastening, causing the product to splash directly onto the worker's face and eyes.
EE fell from the top of the engine, sustaining a nasal fracture and a laceration to EE's forehead.
During the operation of a track drill, one of the drill bits was positioned outside the storage channel. The operator requested EE's coworker to activate the drill changer lever while EE manually held the bit. Upon activation, the operator's right thumb was caught between two drill bits, resulting in an injury.
The worker did not maintain a safe distance from the operating crusher, exposing self to flying rocks, which have contributed to the incident.
The affected worker began workday at 6:30 AM. While loosening a screw on the machine, EE lost control of the tool EE was using, causing EE to hit forehead, specifically on the left side, at the level of the eyebrow. As a result, EE sustained trauma and a wound that required a three-stitch suture.
The accident occurred while the miner was attempting to adjust a piece on a forklift. The piece rolled over, causing minor injury to fingers #2 and #3 on EE's right hand. Finger #3 sustained a small amount of bleeding, with no significant impairment reported.
At the time of the incident, the miner was preparing to replace a wiper on a conveyor. To perform this task, they passed under a different conveyor, unfortunately, they were not wearing their protective helmet. When they lifted their head before passing through, they struck it, causing a laceration that required (7) stitches.
While operating the loader, the miner began experiencing lower back pain when attempting to dismount from the equipment.
Employee was operating the hydraulic hammer to break a rock in the primary crusher and a hydraulic hose failed, being hit with the hydraulic fluid in the chest and splashed in the left eye.
The miner alleges that EE was pumping diesel into equipment and when EE got off a wall EE fell on a stone and sprained EE's ankle.
Lifting parts from floor at the warehouse.
Miner was operating a loader, and at the time miner wanted to get off the loader the operator started to suffer lower back pain.
After installing a screen cloth, the miner felt back pain illness.
The truck operator was driving from the material extraction point to the crushing plant when apparently lost the vehicle control and impacted the berm and as consequence overturned.
Improper use of tool.
Defective handrail on customer truck.
Miner was replacing a conveyor cleaner when EE suddenly raised EE's head and bang into the structure.
Try to stop the spinning action cargo.
When the miner removed a piece of metal from the magnet, the magnet immediately pulled back the metal simultaneously and pricked the thumb of the right hand.
The employee was closing the main entrance gate when it fell and impacted employee's left leg and bruised employee's head.
EE was using a Wrench Impact releasing a nut and twisted EE's right hand
The Excavator bucket failed and hit the hammer the welder had on his hand and the hammer impacted him.
The miner was pulling the welding cables to the vibrator when the positive and negative wire joined and burned his left hand.
An independent truck driver fell to the ground at the office parking lot. He die from natural cause (Heart Attack). The personnel present at the moment of the incident did not believe this dead was reportable. We called the San Juan District office to ensure we were in compliance with the rules and regulations.
A metal particular was embedded in the left eye, miner was washing his face when he noticed that something entered his eye.
Driving the truck and the seat system failed causing injury to the employees back.
The employee injured his left hand with the angle grinder(polisher), due to the fact that he loos not using the proper hand gear(glove).
Melting screws, a spark occurred and insert into the left ear.
He was mounting the jaw die of the jaw crusher, they were set with a wooden piece, opened the jaw crusher to align the screws, apparently one of the wooden pieces fell causing the jaw die to fall forward and wedge his right foot.
Closing off the ladder, removed the bolts from the stairs it rolled down impacting the employees left foot.
Was working to take out a hydraulic piston bottle with air, the fitting broke hitting him in his middle, left hand finger, and cutting him.
He slipped going up the stairs to the truck and fell. He injured his lower back and his left ankle.
Se bajo del camion para mover una piedra y se lastimo la espalda. (moved a stone and hurt back)
While fumigating around the power magazine #1, slipping and falling seated feeling pain in the lower parts of the back.
Trabajando en la montura de la tapa del vibrador # 1 el empleado se mueve a buscar una extencion, se mueve el skytrack y al mover el brazo el tubo se safa dandole en el lado derecho de la cabeza y hombro derecho.
Al momento de subir al equipo de barrer resbala, al resbalar se da en la espalda con la goma del equipo. Esto le ocasiono un dolor en el area de la cintura. (At the time of raising the equipment to sweep, it slips. This caused a pain to him in the area of the waist.)
THE EMPLOYEE WENT TO TAKE OFF A HYDRAULIC HOSE. WHEN HE LOOSENED IT, THE PRESSURE OF THE OIL WENT INTO HIS EYE.
WHEN BENDING TO GIVE MAINTENANCE TO THE PLANT, HE FELT PAIN ON THE RIGHT SIDE WHICH TRAVELED DOWN TO HIS RIGHT ARM.
THE LEFT REAR TIRE WENT FLAT. IT WAS REPAIRED AND INSTALLED. AFTERWARD THIS TIRE NUTS BECAME LOOSE AND THE TRACTOR LOST THE WHEEL MAKING THE TRACTOR TO FALL.
EE was trying to position the bulldozer blade vertically with a loader. when the loader went back, the blade fell down and he was thrown out of the loader bucket and fell from an altitude of 10 ft.
WHILE EE WAS WORKING ON A CONCRETE FOUNDATION BENEATH THE SIDE OF A CONVEYOR, THERE WAS A POWER FAILURE. WHEN THE POWER CAME BACK, THE CONVEYOR STARTED TO OPERATE, MAKING SOME ROCKS FALL DOWN, HITTING EE ON HIS BACK.
WHILE THE MINER WAS DRIVING A CAT 769C (DUMP TRUCK) LOADED WITH STONES UP A HILL THE TRUCK STARTED TO LOSE POWER AND HE STOPPED, THEN THE THE DRIVER TRIED AGAIN TO CONTINUE, BUT THE ENGINE OF THE TRUCK STALLED. HE TRIED TO BACK IT UP AGAINST THE EMBANKMENT AND WHILE DOING SO, HE TURNED OVER TO THE SIDE.
THE EE WAS USING A HYDRAULIC JACK TO OPEN THE SIDE BOARD OF THE VIBRATING SCREEN, TO INSTALL A DECK FRAME; WHILE UNDER HYDRAULIC PRESSURE THEY "BANGED" THE SIDE OF THE FRAME WITH A SLEDGE HAM MER. THE IMPACT CAUSED THE HYDRAULIC JACK TO JUMP HITTING THE PIPE HANDLE, CUTTING THE FINGER OF THE EE.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO INSTALL A TENSION SPRING ON THE EXCAVATOR EX-1-002, THE SPRING BOUNCED CAUSING INJURIES ON ONE OF HIS FINGERS AND ON A TOOTH.
EE WAS DRIVING CO TRUCK WITHOUT PERMISSION. THIS TRUCK HAD TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS AND WAS STOPPED& OUT OF SERVICE IN OUR FACILITY. SUPERVISORS & MECHANICS ADVISED HIM NOT TO DRIVE IT UNTIL THEY FIXED IT. HE DIDN'T CARE AND USED IT CAUSING A FIRE ON THE VEHICLE. WHEN EE TRIED TO COMBAT THE FIRE, STEAM AFFECTED HIS FACE PRODUCING IRRITATION. THE CO HAS SUSPENDED THE EE FOR 2 WEEKS.
EE WAS CHANGING JAW DIES AND ADJUSTING SCREW THE MULTIPLIER CAUGHT PART OF HIS MIDDLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND CAUSING BLEEDING.
EE COMPLAIN ABOUT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.
THE EE WAS WORKING ON THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM OF A LOADER WHEN HE LOOSENED UP A UNIT, HE LOST HIS BALANCE FALLING ON HIS BACK HAVING A KNEE INJURY.
EE WAS DRILLING A HOLE INTO METAL TIP OF BATTERY CABLE TO MAKE THE HOLE BIGGER. WHEN DOING SO THE GIMLET GOT STUCK AND THE METAL TIP STARTED TO SPIN. EE WAS HOLDING DOWN THE TIP WITH HIS FINGE R AND IT GOT HIT BY THE TIP AS IT SPUN.