WHILE CHANGING IMPACT BARS ON PRIMARY IMPACTOR, EE FELT A CATCH IN HIS BACK WAS REACHING FOR AIR WRENCH ON CATWALK.
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Showing all 35EE WAS REPAIRING A CONVEYOR BELT ON CRUSHING PLANT SCREEN - WAS ROLLING BELT BACK TO FIX THE TEAR WHEN HIS FINGER WENT BETWEEN THE BELT & THE PULLEY. TIP OF RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER WAS CUT, REQUIR ING THREE STITCHES.
EE WAS ON A LADDER & LEANING OVER TO SET THE JAW OF THE PRIMARY CRUSHING UNIT USING 4' WRENCH - RIGHT LEG HURT [THOUGHT HE PULLED A MUSCLE] - DID NOT IMPROVE.
EE & ANOTHER WERE CLEANING QUARRY AREA. THEY WERE STACKING RAIL TIES WHEN THE EE NOTED BELOW EXPERIENCED BACK DISCOMFORT.
EE WAS DRIVING THE PIN INTO THE TOOTH OF THE LOADER BUCKET WHEN HE MISSED STRIKING THE PIN AND STRUCK HISHAND.\
EE WAS REPAIRING THE JAW OF CRUSHER WHEN HIS WRENCH SLIPPED FROM A NUT CAUSING WORKER TO STRIKE ELBOW ON FRAME OF JAW.
EE ATTEMPTED TO LIFT A TIRE TO PUT IT IN THE BACK OF A PICKUP TRUCK TO FINISH THE WORK DAY AT THAT POINT HE INDICATED HIS BACK BEGAN TO HURT ANDGOT WORSE AS HE DROVE HOME. EE ALSO INDICATED TH AT HE HAD WELDED FOR APPROX 3 HRS EARLIER THAT DAY.
EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING THE DRILL STEELS OUT WHEN A COUPLER CAME OFF STRIKING HIM ON THE EAR.
WHILE ADJUSTING THE SPREADER PLATE ON A PEP SCREEN, A CHUNK OF FROZEN MATERIAL CAME OVER THE BELT AND STRUCK HIM ON THE HARD HAT.
WHILE SETTING A DOG LEG CONVEYOR UNDER THE SCREENING UNIT APPARENTLY OUR WORKER WAS LOOKING ACROSS THE CONVEYOR FOR CLEARANCE WHE HE WAS STRUCK IN THE MOUTH.
WORKER WAS STANDING ON THE COUNTERWEIGHT OF FRONT END LOADER HANGING THE KEY ON DIP STICK. WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO STEP DOWN ONTO THE LADDER HIS FOOT WENT BETWEEN TWO RINGS AND HE FELL BACKWARD.
EE WAS WALKING BACK TO THE SCALE OFFICE FROM THEFRONT END LOADER WHEN HE SLIPPED ON ICE CAUSING INJURY TO HIS KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING SCREENS ON SCREENING PLANT WHEN HE SCRAPED HIS FINGER. A WEEK OR SO LATER IT WAS INFECTED.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON IMPACTOR TO REPLACE THE LINERS HE UNBOLTED IT TO ALLOW IT TO DROP SO THAT HE COULD MOVE IT OUT BUT WHEN IT DROPPED HE WAS UNABLE TO HOLD IT & SMASHED HIS FINGER UNDER T HE WEIGHT OF THE LINER
WHILE GREASING THE LOADER EE WALKED OVER THE TIRE AND TRIED TO STEP ACROSS TO THE STEP AND DECK. APPARENTLY HIS FOOT SLIPPED FROM THE STEP OF THE LADDER CAUSING HIM TO FALL. HIS SHIN MUST HAVE STRUCK THE LADDER DURING THE FALL.
WHILE ATTEMPTING TO SEPERATE (2) LENGHTS OF DRILL STEELS USING (2) PIPE WRENCH AND A WINCH. APPARENTLY A PIECE OF STEEL FLEW FROM THE JAW OF THE WRENCH STRIKING JAY IN THE FOREARM.
WHILE STANDING IN THE FEEDER HOPPER OF THE PRIMARY CRUSHER PASSING THE HAND RAIL TO THE HELPER EE SLIPPED ON THE GRIZZLY FALLING & STRIKING HIS SHOULDER
WHILE ATTEMPTING TO DISLODGE A LARGE ROCK FROM THE JAW OF THE CRUSHER, THE PRY BAR WEDGED HIS HAND BETWEEN IT & THE STRUCTURAL FRAME CAUSING HIS INJURY.
WHILE DRIVING TRUCK, HE BEGAN TO TO EXPERIENCE SHARP PAIN AND NUMBNESS AT THE LEFT WRIST. HE ALSO NOTICED A LUMP ON TOP OF THE WRIST AT THE JOINT.
WHILE ADJUSTING THE CLUTCH OF TH EPRIMARY CRUSHER AND INSIDE OF THE BELL HOUSING HE USED A VISE GRIP ON THE PIN OF TH ECLUTCH SO HE COULD ROTATE IT TO DESIRED ADJUSTMENT. THE JAW APPARENTLY S TOP ON IT'S UPSTROKE ROTATED TO ITS DOWNSTROKE WHILE HIS HAND WAS INSIDE THE BELL HOUSING. THE VISE GRIP ROTATED WITH THIS CLUTCH, WEDGING HIS HAND CAUSING INJURY.
WHILE USING A CUTTING TORCH & CUTTING OUT A CHUTE IN A TIGHT LOCATION & AWKWARD POSITION HE INDICTED HE MUST HAVE TWISTED WRONG & PULLED A MUSCLES IN HIS BACK HE WAS NOT SORE THE FIRST DAY HOW EVER THE BACK PAIN KEPT GETTING WORSE
EE IS A DRILLER IN A ROCK QUARRY. AFTER HE HAD BORED A HOLE HE WAS CLEANING THE ROCK OUT OF THE HOLE WITH HIS R HAND WHILE HIS LEFT HAND WAS RESTING ON THE CENTRAILIZER OF THE DRILL. HE BUMPED THE CENTRALIZER AND IT FLIPPED SHUT PINCHING THE OUTSIDE PART OF THE LITTLE FINGER ON THE L HAND REQUIRING 4 SUTURES.
WHILE OPERATING THE LOADER ON THE BENCH OF THE QUARRY, HE INDICATED THE ROUGH TERRAIN CAUSED HIS INJURY.
95493ATES HE WAS INJURED WHILE LIFTING WOODEN BLOCKING.
WHILE CLIMBING DOWN A LADDER TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AT THE WELDER AND STRUCK HIS SHIN ON THE WELDER TRAILER HE INDICATED THAT SHORTLY THEREAFTER THAT SAME EVENING HIS BEGAN TO HURT.
I.NAME STANDING ON THE GROUND AND REACHED INTO TOOL TRAILER WHICH IS ABOUT 4' ABOVE GROUND TO GET A WARE PLATE.IT SLIPPED FROM HAND,FELL DOWN THE STEPS AND STRUCK FOOT CAUSING INJURY.
WHILE CLIMBING INTO THE CAB OF THE DOZER FOOT SLIPPED FROM THE TRACK OF THE DOZER AND HIS RIGHT LEG STRUCK THE CLEET OF THE TRACK.
WHILE TIGHTENING THE LEVELING, STABILIZING SCREEN SACK UNDER THE BREAKER MACHINE, THE BAR SLIPPED FROM THE TURN HOLE AND HE FELL AGAINST THE MACHINE BENDING HIS HAND, WRIST BACKWARD.
LOADER OPERATOR SLIPPED ON ICE WHILE CLIMBING ONTO MACHINE.
WHILE INSTALLING ROLLERS INTO THE ROLL PLANT I NAME LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL TO THE GROUND CAUSING THE INJURIES THE FALL WAS APPROX 10 FT AND LANDED ONHIS L SIDE
BUMPED KNEE ON CATWALK
WET CATWALK.
HOOKED CHAIN TO3SCREENING UNIT AND WAS CLIMBING DOWN CONVEYOR WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL TO THE GROUND. 3 BROKEN RIBS.
I.NAME OPERATIN1 SKID STEER LOADER MOVING CONVEYOR.DIDNT SHUT MACHINE OFF WHILE ATTACHING CHAIN TO BUCKET TO LIFT CONVEYOR.STEPPING BACK INTO LOADER HE SLIPPED AND ENGAGED BUCKET LIFT WITH HIS FOOT.HIS LEFT 5RM AND RIGHT LEG WERE PINCHED BETWEEN BUCKET ARM AND ROLL CAGE.HIS ARM BROKE AND HE FELL TO GROUND.
BROKEN FINGER L9FT HAND. WWHILE REMOVING PIN FORM FOLDING CONVEYOR PIN DROPPED OUT PINCHING I.NAMES HAND BETWEEN BRACES.