4/6/04, REPAIRING BEARING ON LOG WASHER AT PLANT. REPORTED INJURY TO PLANT MANAGER ON 4/9/04. REPORTED SLIPPED & FELL ACROSS LOG INSIDE THE LOG WASHER, WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LIFT A CHAIN. EXAMINED BY DOCTOR ON 4/14/04, NO LOST TIME. RESTRICTED ONLY TO KNEELING OR SQUATTING. WEAR BRACE. FOLLOW-UP MRI ON 5/10/04, COMPLETE BED REST, NO WORK.
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Showing 50 of 54Employee cut left index finger while assisting with a chain hoist. finger was caught between chain and chain guide. 3 stiches on left index finger
WORKING ON GRIZZLY BAR #2 JAW, LAID GRIZZLY BAR ON CATWALK & WORKER WENT TO PLACE ANGLE IRON UNDERNEATH THE BAR. AT THAT TIME CHAIN GAVE WAY & HIS FINGER GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN GRIZZLY BAR & IRON.
EMPLOYEE CUT FINGER ON SHARP METAL ON MANUAL HOIST. (4 STITCHES) LEFT INDEX FINGER.
WALKING IN MUD,SLIPPED & FELL, HURTING BACK. RAINY,WET & MUDDY CONDITIONS.
EE WAS OPENING A DOOR ON THE LOCOMOTIVE WHEN HIS HAND WAS CUT BY A SHARP PIECE OF METAL.
EE WAS CUTTING FIELD BELT. EE WAS PULLING KNIFE TOWARD HIMSELF. KNIFE JUMPED OFF BELT AND CUT RIGHT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A CHISEL TO REMOVE A TIE ROD END. THE CHISEL SLIPPED OUT AND STRUCK HIS LEFT FOREARM CAUSING A CUT WHICH TOOK FIVE STITCHES.
USING A Y WRENCH TO CHANGE A HAMMER. THE Y WRENCH GOT STUCK, HE STEPPED UP ONTO THE TABLE TO GET IT LOOSE AND AT THE SAME TIME THE DRILLER PUT THE DRILL IN ROTATION, CATCHING HIS FOOT BETWEEN THE WRENCH AND THE WRENCH STOP.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING POWER LINE. CABLE ON BOOM BROKE, CAUSING BOOM TO FALL. EMPLOYEE STRUCK POWER POLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING PIN ANCHOR FOR TRAVERSING CABLE FOR MUD SURFACE.
A LID FROM A DREDGE PUMP FELL ON EE'S FINGER EE WAS TAKING AN INSPECTION COVER OFF DREDGE PUMP THE COVER (LID) SLIPPED & FELL ON HIS FINGER MASHING IT.
CUSTOMER'S TRUCK DRIVER WAS ATTEMPTING TO PLACE TARP ON THE TRAILER OF HIS TRUCK. THE ROPE HE WAS USING BROKE. HE FELL TO THE GROUND, STRIKING HIS HEAD. INJURIES INCLUDED LACERATED HEAD, STRAI NED NECK & BRUISES.
WHILE TRYING TO CHANGE BARS ON CRUSHER EQUIPMENT USING A SLEDGE/SLASH HAMMER A PIECE OF METAL CUT HIS LEFT ARM.
EE WAS CLEANING ROCKS OFF OF THE PRIMARY FEEDER WHEN A ROCK SLIPPED/FELL CRUSHING THE EE'S RIGHT HAND INDEX FINGER. THE FINGER WAS PARTIALLY AMPUTATED BY THE DOCTOR (FIRST JOINT).
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING BELT WITH BELT KNIFE. KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT LEFT HAND BETWEEN THUMB AND INDEX FINGER.
EE WAS STRIKING A CHISEL WITH A HAMMER WHEN THE CHISEL SLIPPED & STRUCK THE EE IN THE LOWER LIP. 2 STITCHES IN LOWER LIP & 2 BROKEN TEETH.
EMPLOYEE WAS ENTERING A GONDOLA RAIL CAR WHEN HE SLIPPED AND TWISTED HIS KNEE WHEN HE LANDED IN THE BOTTOM OF THE CAR.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING AND TRIPPED ON A ROCK AND STRAINED HIS BACK.
EE WAS TRYING TO FREE A STUCK CABLE WHEN IT SLIPPED AND SMASHED HIS RIGHT PINKY FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING COUPLING ON WATER LINE. AS HE REACHED UNDER THE COUPLING A SNAKE STRUCK HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER.
THE INJURED TURN TO LIFT A FIRE EXTINGUISHER OFF BRACKET WITH RIGHT HAND AND FELT A PULL IN HIS CHEST. HE THEN STARTED COMPLAINING OF CHEST PAINS. HE TOLD SUPERVISOR AND EMS WAS CALLED IMMEDIA TELY CAUSE THEY THOUGHT INJURED PARTY WAS HAVING A HEART ATTACK.
EE WAS REPAIRING A CONVEYOR BELT AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN BELT AND THE FRAME.
EE TRIPPED ON WOODEN MATERIAL & INJURED HIS LEFT KNEE & WRIST. EE REMAINED ON THE JOB UNTIL THE 19TH.
EMPLOYEES WERE REMOVING BUSHING IN SWING. EMPLOYEES WERE USING 2 15/16 SHAFT TO FORCE BUSHING. EMPLOYEE INJURED HIS BACK WHILE LIFTING SHAFT.
EE WAS STARTING SWITCH AT HEAD SECTION. AS HE STEPPED ON A PIECE OF ANGLE IRON THE ANGLE IRON BROKE CAUSING EE TO FALL, TWISTING HIS KNEE.
LOST BALANCE, FELL FROM STEP LADDER AND MY HEAD STRUCK A PIECE OF PIPE, CAUSING A LACERATION.
OPERATOR WAS CHANGING IMPLEMENTS ON SKID LOADER FROM PALLET FORKS TO A UTILITY BUCKET FOR CLEANING PLANT. IT HAS 2 LEVERS THAT CAN LOCK THE BUCKET INTO PLACE. HE WAS SITTING IN OPERATOR'S SEAT & USED HIS RT FOOT TO PUSH LEVER TO LOCK BUCKET. HIS LT FOOT WAS IN SUPPORT ON PART OF THE FRAME, IT SLIPPED & LANDED ON PEDAL THAT LOWERED BOOM ONTO RT FOOT. CONTUSION OF RT FOOT.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A CONVEYER BELT WHEN THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT HIS LEFT FOREARM.
WALKING ON UNEVEN GROUND AND SLIPPED.
ON MONDAY, MARCH 18, 2002 WE WERE NOTIFIED THAT EE WAS NOT COMING IN BECAUSE HE HAD HAD SURGERY OVER THE WEEKEND. HE HAD TOLD A THIRD PARTY THAT A CABLE HAD HIT HIS HAND AT WORK ON WEDNESDAY. HE DID NOT REPORT THIS OR ANY INJURY TO US. WE ASKED THE EMPLOYEES WORKING IN THE AREA WITH HIM AND NO ONE HAD ANY KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE INCIDENT.
DROPPED DECANT JAR AND CUT LEFT INDEX FINGER.
TWISTED LEFT ANKLE WHILE WALKING ON UNEVEN GROUND.
PORT A POWER SLIPPED PINNING EMPLOYEE'S FINGER AGAINST SPROCKET ON PRIMARY FEEDER. (8 STITCHES ON RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER.)
COMEALONG BROKE HOOK FROM COMEALONG STRUCK LEFT HAND CUTTING IT. 8 STITCHES IN LEFT HAND.
EE WAS LIFTING SCREEN CLOTH W/ROPE & STRAINED HIS BACK. EE REPORTED THE STRAIN 2/5/02. BUT DIDN'T SEEK MEDICAL ATTN @ THAT TIME. EE THEN WENT TOA CHIROPRACTOR WITHOUT NOTIFYING MGMT. MGMT WAS UNAWARE OF HIS SEEKING MEDICAL CARE TIL 2/14/02
DROPPED A JAR WHICK STRUCK THE SIDE OF A SINK AND BROKE, EMPLOYEE TRIED TO CATCH THE JAR AND CUT HIS PALM OF THE LEFT HAND. (STITCHES IN LEFT HAND.)
STEPPED OFF OF STAIRS AND TWISTED RIGHT ANKLE.
EE WAS CLIMBING DOWN LADDER AND SLIP;PED OFF THE BOTTOM RUNG BUMPING HIS KNEE.
EE WAS WALKING AROUND SCALES STEPPED INTO A HOLE AND BROKE HIS RIGHT LEG.
EMPLOYEE CHANGING SCREEN. AS HE WAS LEAVING SCREEN DECK, CUT HIS LEG ON A PIECE OF METAL. DID NOT REPORT INJURY UNTIL 5-29-01. WENT TO DOCTOR ON 5-30-01, CUT WAS INFECTED.
EE WAS DESCENDING ACCESS LADDER ON A WATER TRUCK. HIS HIP POPPED CAUSING PAIN INLOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS UNDER BIN LOADING 1" MATERIAL. HE WAS HOLDING ON TO I-BEAM AS HE PULLED LEVER TO LOAD TRUCK. THE WEIGHT OF MATERIAL CAUSED TRUCK BED TO LEAN CAUSING HIS HAND TO GET PINNED BETWEEN BED AND I-BEAM. HIS MIDDLE FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND WAS CUT.
EE WAS USING A PRYBAR TO MOVE GUARD AWAY FROM MILL. THE BAR SLIPPED STRIKING HIM IN THE HEAD ABOVE THE RIGHT EYE. THE EE THEN FELL ON THE CATWALK AND BROKE A BONE IN HIS RIGHT HAND, SMALL FIN GER.
EE STEPPED OFF TRUCK LADDER AND HURT HIS BACK.
ENGINE DIED ON WATER TRUCK. THE TRUCK ROLLED BACK DOWN HILL AND STOPPED DUEENELY WHEN THE TRUCK HIT A BERM.
HE WAS WORKING ON THE HOPPER AND SLIPPED BECAUSETHE GROUND WAS WET AND HIS HIS KNEE ON SOME IRONBARS NEAR THE HOPPER.
EE WAS HELPING REPLACE LINERS INSIDE OF CRUSHER-ONE LINER SLIPPED AND EE TRIED TO CATCH IT. INJURY SUSTAINED TO LEFT SHOULDER-PULLED TENDONS.
EE WAS HELPING INSTALL NEW ROLLERS ON A CRAWLER DRILL RIG. TO INSTALL THESE ROLLOERS YOU HAVE TO BEND OVER IN AN AWKWARD POSITION AND EXTEND YOUR ARMS. WHILE DOING SO EE FELT SOMETHING POP IN HIS BACK. HE WORKED THE REST OF THE DAY BUT THAT NIGHT BACK BEGAN TO STIFFEN UP AND HURT. CAME TO WORK THE NEXT MORNING AND WAS IN OBVIOUS PAIN AND WAS SENT TO THE DOCTOR.
EE WAS CLEANING OUT STOPPED UP DRILL PIPE. WHEN HE ABOUT HAD IT UNPLUGGED THE AIR PRESSURE THAT REMAINED BLEW THE REMAINING DIR AND GRAVEL OUT AND SKINNED HIS LEFT HAND.