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Employee was filling water tanks on back of truck. Water pressure was too high and employee lost control of hose causing them to lose balance and fell off the side of the truck. When employee fell they struck their head on the concrete knocking them unconscious.
Employee was rigging a lifting chain to a section of conveyor that was connected to the mini excavator and the operator moved the excavator stick and pinched employee lower arm between conveyor section and excavator stick and bruised lower arm.
EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING THE SEAT IN THE TANDEM ROUGH TRUCK AND TWISTED SHOULDER AND STARTED TO FALL FROM STEP ON THE SIDE OF TRUCK AND GRABBED TO STOP AND POPPED EE'S SHOULDER.
Flipping piece of screen rail over to knock pins out. Rail fell causing hand to be pinched took glove off saw bloody finger and call for supervisor.
Was installing a tail pulley hopper and it fell and pinched right hand between hopper and guard. causing fracture and laceration to tip of middle finger.
Employee was entering mill elevator and door slammed shut on hand and injured one of the fingers on left hand that resulted in stitches.
Employee was in manlift with another employee welding, lifted his welding shield and other employee was grinding and a small piece of grindings hit his eye. Employee didn't realize anything was in his eye until the next day.
EE was loading customer trucks from the 411 stockpile and the face of the pile slid down on loader bucket causing the rear of the loader to rise and then EE dropped the bucket, causing the rear of the loader to slam down and bounce several times. EE complained of back pain then.
Employee was trying to cut off a frozen water hose to repair a frozen valve and slipped with the razor knife and cut his thumb. Employee received 6 stitches.
Employee was loading stone from the mill. When he opened the truck door to open the bin gate the truck rolled back and caught his left arm between door and mill frame. Employee thought truck was in gear but it was not.
Employee was on the 4th floor of the mill cleaning the 3' X 8'chute with a poking rod. He ran his hand into the end of the chute, penetrating the skin between his 2nd & 3rd knuckles. As it was a little deep he went to the hospital & received 6 stitches & a tetanus shot.
While moving oxygen tank it slipped on floor of utility truck and landed on finger, breaking it.
None, Steps were clean of debri, handrails were used in a 3 point contract left foot caught grib strut, twisting knee.
EE WAS CLIMBING DOWN LADDER OF HAUL TRUCK, HE SLIPPED AND STARTED TO FALL, HE THEN GRABBED THE HAND RAIL, THEN HIT HIS RIBS ON THE STEP, GRABBING HANDRAIL WHEN FALLING WHICH SPRAINED HIS VERTABRATE IN HIS BACK.
LOEANING ADROSS, THE FENDER OF AN R-22 EUCLID HAUL TRUCK, PICKED UP STARTER TO SET IN PLACE, AND NOTICED A PAIN IN THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RIB CABGE. X RAYS REVEKED THAT FOUR RIBS HAD BEEN DISPL ACED. DID NOT KNOW THIS AT THE TIME. MENTIONED IT TO FOREMAN, BUT DID NOT SEEK HELP FOR SEVERAL WORKING IN SHOP DAYS. PERSONAL MATTER KEPT HIM FROM WORK FOR SEVERAL DAYS AND THE INCIDENT WENT