Employee was assisting with repairs to the dredge using a cutting tool and torch to remove a bolt. Bolt head was struck with sledgehammer causing bolt to shear and fragment penetrating employee in lower abdomen. Employee was taken to ER and transferred to another hospital where employee is currently having emergency surgery
Employees were working on replacing some pipe on the dredge and while using a pry bar to pry a gasket off, the bar slipped and hit the miner in the face causing a laceration right under the left eye which required a total of 12 stitches.
Two contractors were working on a chute job on one of our sites and the main contractor was in the telehandler and their EE was working on the catwalk when the operator dropped EE's water bottle and when reached to get it, lowered the boom. Causing their EE to be pinched in between the back of the forks and the stationary I-beam
The EE was moving the swing cable to gain slack and make a connection to the anchor point, they tripped on uneven ground. The cable was in hands, waist level when they tripped. EE dropped it and caught themselves with their hands.The EE felt immediate pain in right shoulder. EE was taken to the doctor and prescribed pain medicine, muscle relaxers, and physical therapy.