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Employee was using a step ladder to tighten the top lug nuts on a 3600RSI. As he was moving the ladder his left foot went thru the ladder, missed the bottom rung & he fell to the ground on his right side, catching his body weight on his right wrist.
Employee was dismounting from a Haul Truck (CAT 785), employee missed grabbing the handrail, lost balance and foot slipped from the access ladder and fell approximately 10 feet to the ground.
EE was working normally when he bent down to pick up a tool and felt pain in his lower back. Diagnosed as possible lumbago.
Employee was assisting in rolling rack segments into place using pipe. Employee was moving the rear pipe to the front when his right ring finger tip was caught under the pipe smashing the right ring finger. Employee required 7 stitches and has a fracture of the finger above knuckle.
An employee was attaching a battery compartment door on a Cat 525 log skidder when the door fell slightly and pinched the employee's right index finger causing lacerations requiring 19 stitches, broke the tip of his finger and severed a tendon.
The injured employee slipped off the deck of a D-9 Dozer onto the tracks, landing on his tailbone which caused a muscle spasm in his lower back
EE was moving scrap plate with come-long...grabbed one end of plate to pull thru manway & let it off the come-along and put on floor... went outside for fresh air & noticed pain in groin.
EE finished back-gouging. He picked-up chipper & hit trigger throwing dust, slag & dirt into air. Particles came down inside weld hood & safety glasses.
EE WAS INSTALLING AN AIR CONDITIONING COMPRESSOR ON A END DUMP. HE WAS FITTING IT INTO ITS FINAL MOUNTING LOCATION WITH HIS RT. HAND HOLDING AND BALANCING THE COMPRESSOR & ATTEMPTING TO START A MOUNTING BOLT WITH HIS LEFT HAND WHEN THE COMPRESSOR DISLODGED FROM THE MOUNTING LOCATION AND PINCHED HIS LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN THE COMPRESSOR & THE MOUNTING BRACKET. LACERATED AND FRACTURED
EE WAS PERFORMING OVERHEAD WORK WHEN A BOLT FELL FROM OVERHEAD STRIKING HIM IN THE MOUTH CAUSING A LACERATION TO THE LIP AND A CHIPPED TOOTH.
EE WAS ASSISTING THE DRAGLINE CREW IN TRYING TO SET THE UPPER RAIL ON HTE WALKING CAM. HE PLACED HIS HAND UNDER A NUT AND MOTIONED THE CRANE OPERATOR TO RAISE THE LOAD. WHEN THE LOAD WAS RAISE D, THE EE'S FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE NUT AND THE LOWER RAIL.
EE TRIED TO PICK UP A D10 ROLLER AFTER HE FINISHED REPLACING IT WITH A NEW ONE. THE EE PICKED THE 320 LB. ROLLER UP AND WHEN THE HEAT FROM THE ROLLER PENETRATED HIS GLOVES HE LET GO OF ONE SID E LETTING THE OTHER ONE FALL ON HIS RIGHT HAND.THE ROLLER WAS NOT SMOOTH BECAUSE OF PREVIOUS REPAIRS. THE ROLLER CUT THROUGH THE GLOVES BREAKINGTHE PINKY FINGER. THIS RESULTED IN REMOVAL/PINK
EE WAS DISMOUNTING A 5230 SHOVEL WHEN THE LADDER GOT HUNG UP AND CAUGHT HIS FOOT BETWEEN RUNGS CAUSING STRAINED LIGAMENTS IN HIS LEFT FOOT.
EE WAS LOWERING A SECTION (BED) USING A COME-A-LONG. THE COME-A-LONG SLIPED GEARS CAUSING THE LOAD TO SHIFT OUTWARD. THE EMPLOYEE WAS HIT BY EDGE OF THE TRUCK BED ON THE BACK OF HIS RIGHT LEG PUNCTURING THE SKIN.