EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING OUT A VALVE. THE VALVE FELL ON EMPLOYEE'S LEFT RING FINGER AND SEVERED THE TIP OF THE FINGER.
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Showing 50 of 59EMPLOYEE WAS USING A PRY BAR TO REMOVE A SCREEN FROM THGE PRIMARY SCREEN. THEY PRY BAR SLIPPED,PINCHING INDEX FINGER.
EMPL WAS ATTEMPTING TO CUT FINGERS OUT OF WORK GLOVES WITH POCKET KNIFE. KNIFE SLIPPED & STRUCK LEFT LEG.
EMPL WAS LOOSENING BOLT ON PIPELINE USING HAND WRENCH & PULL PIPE. BOLT BROKEN CAUSING PULL PIPE TO STRIKE EMPL IN LEFT RIB CAGE.
EMPL WAS USING A HADN WRENCH TO TIGHTEN NUTS ON PIPELINE THE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF THE NUT CAUSING HIS HAND TO HIT THE PIPE
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON 20" PIPE WHILE LOWERING A COM-A-LONG.THE COME-A-LONG SLIPPED,CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO LOSE BALANCE.HE FELL ABOUT 4 FT,LANDING ON HIS SIDE,INJURING HIS RIBS.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING TO THE DRY ROCK TANKS.THERE WAS APILE OF PHOSPHATE ROCK ON THE GROUND NEAR THE #2 AND #3 TANKS.HE STEPPED ON THE ROCK,IT SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HIS FEET,AND HE FELL,HITTIN G HIS BACK AND HEAD ON A CONCRETE WALL.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING STAIRS WITH PHOSPHATE SAMPLE IN HAND STEPS WERE LOOSE AT BASE CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO SLIP & FALL ON KNEES
EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO REMOVE A TREE STUMP OUT OF A CHUTE.HE CUT HIS LEFT MIDLLE FINGER ON APICE OF SHARP METAL IN THE CHUTE.
EMPLOYEE WAS REACHING UP TO TURN OFF VAVLE. SHE CAUGHT HER FOOT ON THE HAND RAILING AND FELL TO THE FLOOR. HURTING HER LEFT LEG, BOTH HANDS ANDKNOCKING HER SAFETY GLASSES OFF, CAUSING BRUISE T O FACE.
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING A SHEET OF EXPANDED METAL ON THE BACK OF A TRUCK WHEN THE METAL WAS PARTIALLY ON THE TRUCK HE PUSHED IT WITH HIS RT HAND THE METAL SHIFTED TO ONE SIDE AND THE SHARP EDGE OF THE METAL STRUCK HIS LEFT HAND AT THE BASE OF THE THUMB
EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO LIFT A PIECE OF SHEET METAL. HE GRABBVED THE SHARP END OF THE METAL AND RECEIVED A CUT TO HIS LEFT HAND.
EMPL WAS CHAINGING OVERHEAD LIGHT BULB. BULB BROKE & SMALL FRAGMENT FELL INTO LEFT EYE.
EMPL WAS STANDING IN BUCKET ON LINECREW TRUCK ABOUT 40' ABOVE GROUND USING CUTTER TO CUT COPPER POWERLINE. LINE HUNG IN JAWS OF CUTTER SNATCHING CUTTER INTO EMPL CHEST & CAUSING HIS WRIST TO HIT BUCKET.
EMP WA> CHANGING PARTS ON SCREEN ON WASHER USING AND EASY OUT. WHILE STRIKING EASY OUT WIHT A MAMMER A PC. OF METAL BROKE OFF AND EMBEDDED IN EMP CHIN.
AIR HOSE TO BRAKES ON LOCO BROKE LOOSE.I.NAME STANDING NEARBY WAS HIT BY HOSE ON RIGHT ELBOW RECEIVING SMALL LACERATION.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING LINE CREW TO CHANGE A ROLL OF REMOTE CABLE ON THE WIRE TRAILER CONES ON ROLLER SHAFT HAD BECOME VER SHARP WHILE HANDLING THE SHAFT I.NAME WAS CUT ON LITTLE FINGER/LEFT HAN
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING COMPANY PICK-UP TRUCK ON ROAD NEAR SETTLING AREA. IT WA RAINING HEAVILY AND THE ROAD WAS VERY SLICK AND MUDDY. WHILE GOING AROUND A CURVE, THE TRUCK STARTED SLIDING SIDEWA YS, HITTING AN EMBANKMENT AND OVERTURNING.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING AN AIR WRENCH TO TIGHTEN BOLTS ON A JOINT OF PIPELINE. TRASH WAS BLOWN INTO RIGHT EYE. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING REQUIRED SAFETY GLASSES.
HE WAS STANDING ON BENCH WHILE WORKING. HE SLIPPED OFF BENCH AND LANDED ON THE HEEL OF HIS LEFT FOOT.
HE REACHED ON TOP OF LOACKER TO GET GREASE GUN. SOMEONE HAD PUT AN OPEN BOTTLE OF MINERAL SPIRTIS ON TOP OF LOACKER. MINERAL SPIRITS FELL OFF TOP OF LOACKER AND SOME OF IT SPLASHED INTO HIS EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING AROUND ON GROUND FLOOR OF WASHER WHILE OILING PUMPS. THE GROUND FLOOR WAS COVERED WITH PRODUCT SPILLAGE (PHOSPHATE ROCK). EMPLOYEE STEPPED IN HOLE WHICH WAS COVERED WITH P RODUCT, SINKING DOWN TO TOP OF RUBBER BOOTS. IN TRYING TO PULL HIMSELF OUT, HURT LEFT LEG AND HIP.
EMPL WAS WALKING ON FLOTATION PLANT NEAR FEEDTANKS WHEN HE BUMPED AGAINST OVERHEAD METAL WATER LINE HITTING HIS HEAD AGAINST WATER LINE. HIS HARD HAT WAS KNOCKED OFF & HE RECEIVED CUT ON F OREHEAD.
EMPL OPERATING BULLDOZER.PUSHED THROTTLE TO OFF POSITION AND FELT PAIN IN RIGHT ELBOW.
EMPL WAS CUTTING PATCH FROM SECTION OF 16" PIPE. WHEN TORCH CUT WAS ABOUT 1/4" FROM UNCUT END OF PIPE, REMAINING PIPE BROKE SPRINGING OPEN. PIPE HIT EMPL'S 1ST FINGER LEFT HAND, PINCHING IT BETWEEN PIPE & TORCH.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A CHUCK KEY TO TIGHTEN CHUCK OF ELECTRIC DRILL.THE TRIGGER OF THE DRILL WAS BUMPED,TURNING THE DRILL ON.WHEN THE CHUCK TURNED THE CHUCK KEY,EMPLOYEE'S LEFT LITTLE FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN KEY AND DRILL MOTOR HOUSING.
DURING INSPECTION OF PLANT EMPLOYEE TRIPPED OVER PILE OF SPILLED PRODUCT FELL AND CUT THUMB ON FLOOR GRATING
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING A FLEXIBLE PIPE ON THE TUB SUMP PUMP. IN TIGHTENING A NUT, THE WRENCH SLIPPED, STRICKING EMPLOYEE IN MOUTH AND BREAKING A TOOTH.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING THROUGH FLOTATION PLANT A FLOOR BOARD (WITH RUSTED NAIL) FELL THROUGH CAUSING THE EMPLOYEES FOOT TO FALL THROUGH OPENING
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A STEAM GENERATING MACHINE TO CLEAN A PIECE OF MACHINERY. THE END OF THE STEAM GUN (NOZZ LE) CAME OFF, RELEASING STEAM.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON ELEVATOR PULLEY. HE HAD INSERTED A PRY BAR TO HOLD IT UP WHILE WORKING ON THE ELEVATOR BELT. HE WAS KNEELING DOWN WORKING UNDER THE PULLEY AND WHEN HE RAISED UP HIS BACK SCRAPED AGAINST THE PRY BAR.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING THE SCREEN ON THE EAST FINISHING SCREEN.THE AREA(WASHER) WAS WET AND MUDDY.AS HE WAS GETING OFF THE SCREEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL,HITTING HIS HEAD ON THE FLOOR GRATING.(HAD HARD HAT ON.)
EMPLOYEE WAS CONDUCTING A SAFETY INSPECTION AT THE MINE.WHILE ASCENDING FLIGHT OF STAIRS,FELT SGSHARP PAIN IN RIGHT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON LADDER; LOST HAND HOLD ON A LADDER; FELL FROM LADDER.
EMPLOYEE JUMPED OFF BACK OF TRUCK WITHOUT USING HANDHOLDS.
DURING AFTERNOON EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING AND CHECKING BEARING HOUSINGS STORED ON FLOOR OF SHOP. EMPLOYEE REPORTED NEXT DAY THAT HE THOUGHT HE HAD PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS LEG WHEN MOVING THE BEARING HOUSINGS ON THE PREVIOUS AFTERNOON.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A SHOVEL TO DIG AROUND A 20" PIPE WHICH WAS HALF BURIED IN MUD. IN USING SHOVEL, PULLED OR STRAINED MUSCLE IN BACK.
STEPPED OFF TRUCK AT DRAGLINE/PIT AREA, TWISTING LEFT ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO PACK A PUMP USING A WRENCH. WHEN HE PULLED UP ON THE WRENCH, HE FELT PAIN IN SHOULDER (RIGHT).
EMPLOYEE WAS US3NG A PAYLOADER TO FILL IN A WASHED OUT ROADWAY.HE WAS TURNING PAYLOADER AROUND TO GET IN POSITION TO BACKBLADE A PILE OF DIRT.THE PAYLOADER ENGINE WENT DEAD AND THE MACHINE ROL LLED BACKWARDS 8OWN INCLINE.THE EMPLOYEE WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL THE PAYLOADER AND IT RAN INTO A HIGH CLIFF OF DIRT AND FELL ONTO ONE SIDE.THE EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT ANKLE AND FOOT WERE PINNED UNDER
EMPLOYEE DROVE LABORATORY TRUCK TO DRY MILL TO PICK UP SAMPLE. PARKED TRUCK NEAR SMALL HOLE IN GROUND. WHEN SHE STEPPED OUT OF TRUCK, STEPPED INTO HOLE AND HURT BACK.
EMPLOYEE USED A PRY BAR TO PRY UP A PIECE OF SHEET METAL.
EMPLOYEE CLIMBE8 OVER PIPELINE TO GET TO A MATRIX PUMP. HE FELT PAIN IN GROIN AREA.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A WRENCH TO REMOVE 3/4" BOLT. TOOK UNSAFE POSITION.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING MATERIAL WITH A TORCH. A PIECE OF METAL POPPED OFF AND GOT INTO LEFT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN FROM TRUCK. STEPS OF TRUCK WERE MUDDY. EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON STEPS ANDHIS RIGHT HAND STRUCK THE BODY OF THE TRUCK.
EMPLOYEE WAS DE8CENDING LADDER DURING SAFETY INSPECTION AT THE WET ROCK SCREENING AREA.HIS RIGHT HAND SLIPPED DUE TO THE HOT DUSTY CONDITION IN THIS AREA.EMPLOYEE CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH HIS LEFT HAND BUT IN DOI3G SO TWISTED HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING FOR ABOUT FOUR HOURS. DURING WELDING HE WOULD OCCASIONALLY FLIP WELDING LENS UP AND DOWN WHILE STRIKING AN ARC.
EMPLOYEE STEPPED UP ONTO LIFT PUMP SLED (TO CHECK PUMP PACKING). HE SLIPPED ON A SPOT OF MUD ON THE SLED.
EMPLOYEE WAS SUPERVISING THE MOVE OF THE DRAGLINE OUT OF SOFT AREA. HE WAS WALKING IN AREA OF DRAGLINE THROUGH ROUGH AREA WHERE TRACTOR (BULLDOZER) HAD BEEN. AREA WAS ROUGH; GROUND WAS SOFT IN SOME PLACES. EMPLOYEE STEPPED IN DEEP RIDGES MADE BY TRACTOR AND IN SOFT GROUND ANKLE-DEEP.