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employee cut knuckle with utility knife
Employee was walking on the screen deck when EE hit EE's right arm on the come along.
Pulling a pony motor and the cord recoiled quickly jerking the employees hand.
Employee was cutting the rubber on a screen
Employee was working on the jaw and the cone crusher
Employee tripped on a stone and landed on back and got cuts to arm. Employee went to the ER and got looked at and got 10 stitches on the arm. Employee was released.
Employee was changing the screens when EE felt pain in EE's back
Dropped screen on thumb.
Pry bar fell and pushed EE's hand against the chute
Employee dropped a cone crusher liner on foot
Truck was being loaded by the loader and the broom hit the truck, jarring the employee.
Employee was working on the crusher, it was LOTO. EE's arm was pinned between the wall and the head.
Employee crouched down while washing under the scales
Employee was lifting a hydraulic cylinder with another employee and it slipped, crushing the employee's right middle finger.
Employee slipped on the ice.
Employee was pulling the hydraulic hose from the crusher when they slipped and hit hip on the edge of the crusher.
Employee was discovered slumped over in loader. Loader was still running, in gear, with loader bucket in bank. Medical Examiner concluded death by cardiac arrest.
Employee was welding while wearing short sleeve shirt. Resulted in burns to forearms.
Employee was dismounting from loader when boot caught on bolt causing employee to loose balance and fall.
Employee was cutting on piece of metal when foreign body entered into eye.
Employee amputated tips of two fingers on left hand with a mag drill.
Employee was using utility knife to cut fitting off of hose when cut palm of hand.
Employee was climbing out of excavator when EE stepped on a rock twisting EE's ankle.
Employee was lengthening a chain to reinstall feeder plate. When the chain was slackened the plate moved causing the chain to tighten and injure employee's thumb.
Employee was working in shop cutting 3" angle iron piece. Employee was sliding the unused piece back onto rack when the piece of steel fell from the roller onto employee's foot. Employee received two fractured bones in foot.
Employee was walking into office trailer when employee slipped on icy step. Employee fell and lost consciousness.
Employee was walking across scales when ee caught boot on grating causing ee to fall and hit head on side of building.
Rock came off of conveyor and hit employee on head while ee was shoveling near conveyor.
Employee was shoveling snow when EE rolled EE's ankle on a snow covered rock.
Employee was exiting from skid steer when employee rolled ankle resulting in a sprained ankle.
Employee was placing new flashing rubber on conveyor when the clamp bar slid down and pinched finger.
After operating new loader employee began to feel pain in wrist.
Haul truck flipped over and down face of sand pile.
Employee was lifting a plate on crusher with coworkers when it became stuck. The plate then fell onto employee's finger crushing it. Employee received a fractured finger.
At the end of shift employee was walking to truck to get a wrench and stepped on uneven ground and twisted right ankle.
Employee was on the screen tower using a hose to clear a plug up of hard pack on conveyor when his foot slipped on wet surface causing him to lose his balance, but not fall. His left knee was twisted as a result. He was treated for a ligament injury and was given a brace, crutches and work restrictions.
A frozen chunk had plugged up a conveyor on the crusher. The employee used a pinch bar in an attempt to reposition the chunk. The hook at the end of the pinch bar slipped off of the frozen chunk which caused the straight end of the bar to hit the employee in the mouth, chipping two teeth.
EE was cutting a piece of hose with a utility knife when he cut his gloved thumb. Three stitches were needed.
The employee was sliding a screen into position on the screen deck of the crusher when his thumb was pinched between the screen and screen deck. He was wearing gloves. The employee was taken to a local medical facility, treated for a fractured thumb and released with restrictions.
While the EE was removing the attaching hardware for a cutting edge on a loader he positioned the bolt with his left hand while the impact wrench was still on the nut. He accidentally hit the trigger on the air tool which caused the nut to spin, lacerating his finger. He was evaluated, received seven stitches and was released with restrictions.
EE was working with another EE to jack up the cab of a 980 loader in order to access a hydraulic pump. The loader was being raised implementally with two jacks. During the lifting process the EE noticed a wire was caught and reached in to free it. The jack slipped and caused the cab to drop and pinch the EE's arm.
EE was fueling up the crusher when a piece of dust flew under his safety glasses.
EE was working on the jaw crusher in Prospect. He was putting a cover from the crusher down when a bolt on the cover hit the index finger on his right hand. The EE pulled his hand back towards him in pain which caused the cover to take the skin off of his finger from the middle of the finger to the tip.
Employee was washing loader when he rolled his ankle on a hose. Did not report the injury to employer until 5/14/12.
Employee was dismounting his loader when he twisted his knee. He was using three points of contact however the step was slippery. The employee was evaluated, treated for a strain to his right lower leg and released to modified duty.
Employee was dismounting from a 980G loader and missed the last step of the ladder, resulting in a fall to the ground. He was evaluated and diagnosed with a bruised muscle in his back.
Employee states he was walking under the catwalk to the stairs of Tower #1. Debris fell from above, landed on top of his hard hat, he looked up & more debris fell into his right eye. He was wearing a hard hat and safety glasses at the time, the debris went into the space between the top of his safety glasses and the brim of his hard hat. Determined recordable on 8/18/2009.
Employee states he was welding a bar on the primary crusher when a piece of metal went into his right eye. Employee was wearing a welding shield but was not wearing eye protection.
Employee states he was looking for a piece of steel on the steel rack. The area was covered in snow, he plowed and shoveled an area around the rack. When leaving the area, the employee states he caught his right foot on a pallet and fell on his right knee. He fell onto a piece of steel causing a laceration to the right knee.
Employee was changing cutting edge on loader, with assistance of a co-worker, he was removing the bolts. The employee had a hammer on bottom side of cutting edge holding the bolt up, the co-worker had an impact wrench on top to remove nut. When the co-worker pushed down on wrench, the hammer slipped. When hammer moved, employee's finger came in contact with the spinning bolt.