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While working on welding plate lid into chute, plate lid slipped off and hit R ring finger of employee causing a partial amputation between plate and angle iron. After evaluation surgeon decided to complete amputation at 1st knuckle and close up amputation.
Employee was changing out wear liner in crusher. One of the liners that EE was handling slipped out of EE's hand and fell onto the top of EE's left foot. Employee was wearing approved steel/composite toe boots. Liner landed on laces area of boot not protected by steel/composite material.
Employee was refueling the fuel truck, as EE was putting the fuel nozzle on the back door of the truck the door closed on EE's finger. Smashing the nail and the tip of the finger.
Situational Awareness, Lack of PPE (gloves).
EE was working to rebuild the tail frame of CONV6008. They had cut and removed the old framework, dragging it away from the tail area. While walking across this area, a sharp corner of the old frame caught their pant leg, causing them to stumble into the frame, striking the sharp corner with the inside of their right shin resulting in a laceration.
EE was removing an idler from the jaw belt, when EE pinched ring finger between the idler and conveyor frame, resulting in a laceration. First aid was provided and the supervisor was notified. That evening the wound was still bleeding and EE went to get stitches.
EE performed various heavy labor activities throughout the shift. The last activity was removing a 4'x1'x.5' sheet of metal from overhead return head chute. A chain come-along was used to lift the sheet, then EE and a co-worker lifted the sheet from the chute top to the conveyor. EE texted co-worker that evening stating back was hurting.
EE picked up a 1" ounce of steel off the back of a service truck to put into a scrap bin. The steel was slippery and it slipped from EE's hands and landed on EE's left foot right behind the steel toe.
Smashed left hand against a 45 degree pcs. of metal rain drip edge, cutting the pinky finger badly & breaking the bone, also cut the ring finger on the same hand
EE was trying to jar some rocks loose in the jaw crusher and caught hand between a chain and the hand rail.
No lost time or medical until 9/15/2017. While cleaning loader, the employee slipped and fell on shoulder
As the employee finished loading trucks, EE backed over some material EE had spilled earlier. EE felt a pop and sharp pain in EE's lower back.
While installing a cross member on a 769C end dump truck, the cross member shifted and smashed the end of the injured's finger requiring stitches.
Employee was flopping a gate on a chute. Another employee pulled on the gate to help free it up. When he pulled on the gate, the handle on the outside of the chute caught the employee's hand and pinched it between the handle and the handle lock.
Employee was grinding the end of a hammer in the crusher and was hand rolling the rotor to check the clearance. He got his hand between the crusher door frame and the hammer.
While shoveling under the #2 impact crusher, from outside the frame and guards, the belt caught the shovel blade and snapped the fiberglass handle and cut the injured's thumb, requiring seven stitches.
While working on jump starting a generator, the battery blew up in the injured's face causing minor abrasions requiring no stitches and blurred vision requiring time off work for healing.
WHILE GOING DOWN STEPS ON LOADER, I TURNED MY FOOT THE WRONG WAY.
9-26-02 THURS AM, IN OFFICE AREA. THOUGHT HE HAD A STICKER OR SOMETHING IN HIS PANTS LEG AT KNEE. NOTHING SAID AT THE TIME, BUT KNEE HURT DURING THE DAY AND BY NEXT DAY WAS SWOLLEN AND RED. SO UGHT DR ATTENTION NEXT DR INFOR EE IT WAS PROBABLY A SPIDER BITE.
THE VICTIM HAD SPENT TWO MINUTES FREEING A PARTIAL JAM W AN IMPACT CRUSHER WITH A BAR AND FEW MINUTES LATER WHILE STILL ON THE CRUSHER WORK PLATFORM PREPARING TO GO DOWN THE STEPS AND BACK TO HIS LOADER, HE SUFFERED A MASSIVE HEART ATTACK AND WAS PROUNCED DECEASED AT THE HOSPTIAL.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING HIS WINDOWS ON THE LOADER, STEPPED AROUND TO THE FRONT OF THE LOADER OFF THE WALKWAY AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.
WHILE SERVICING HIS EQUIPMENT IN THE PREDAWN TIMEFRAME, THE INJURED WALKED 9 FOOT AWAY FROM THE DRILL AND STEPPED OFF THE EDGE, SLIDING 6 FT AND THEN FALLING 18 FT. BROKE HIS RIGHT WRIST LEFT FOREARM, AND HIS JAW. HE WALKED OUT OF THE PIT TO THE SURFACE LEVEL, WAS LIFEHIGHTED TO THE HOSPITAL AS A PRECAUTION.
CHECKING OIL. WIND CAUGHT LID KNOCKING HER HAND INTO FAN BLADE.