An employee removing a nut off the tension rod on a jaw crusher was startled when the tension rod broke causing him to jerk his head backwards into the platform railing. The employee was not struck by any parts other than him hitting his head on the railing. He received 11 staples to close the laceration to his head.
An employee sustained a fractured rib on his right side after being contacted by the fork frame of a Tele-Handler fork lift while moving a pallet out of a connex container.
EE WAS EXITING HIS HAUL TRUCK WHEN THE WIND CAUGHT THE DOOR CLOSING THE DOOR ON HIS RIGHT HAND WHICH FRACTURED HIS 5TH FINGER (PINKY).
EE WAS STRUCK ON RIGHT THIGH BY A FALLING LEG SUPPORT AS IT WAS BEING READIED TO BE INSTALLED UNDER EXISTING LEGS OF ELEVATED CONVEYOR.