Utah Concentrator NorthMetal/Nonmetal

EE CUT THE TIP OF HIS LEFT THUMB WHILE CUTTING VACUUM HOSE WITH A UTILITY KNIFE.

EE WAS DISMANTLING A WEDGE LOCK SYSTEM STYLE SCAFFOLDING FROM INSIDE A BOILER. HE WAS WEARING A HARNESS, BUT WAS NOT TIED OFF. EE REMOVED A CROSSBAR FROM THE SCAFFOLD WHICH ALLOWED THE SCAFFOL D TO SHIFT CAUSING THE PLANKS & EE TO FALL 6' TO THE BOTTOM OF THE BOILER.

EE WAS REMOVING COVER FOR CLARIFIER UNDERFLOW SCREEN CLEANOUT. THE COVER FLIPPED OFF STRIKING EE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF JAW CAUSING A SUTURABLE LACERATION.

EE WAS USING A CENT PUNCH TO MARK A PIECE OF METAL. HE STRUCK THE PUNCH WITH A HAMMER, MISSING THE PUNCH AND STRIKING HIS INDEX FINGER.

EE CAUGHT THE TIP OF HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN A BELT AND PULLEY ON A COLLING FAN MOTOR WHEN HE PLACED HIS HAND ON THE MOVING BELT BEFORE IT HAD STOPPED MOVING.

EE TRIPPED OVER RAISED FLOOR GRATING WHILE TRACKING AN OVERHEAD ELECTRICAL CONDUIT LINE. AS THE EE STUMBLED HE GRABBED THE HANDRAIL WITH HIS ARMTO PREVENT FALL, STRAINING HIS LEFT SHOULDER. IN CIDENT WAS ORIGINALLY CLASSIFIED AS ""ALLEGED"" BUT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY RECLASSIFIED AS AN INDUSTRIALACCIDENT BASED ON FACTS RESULTING FROM A FORMAL INVESTIGATION OF THE INCIDENT.

CLEANING ICE OFF THE #4 SYMONS AIR WASH, PLATFORM. EMPLOYEE FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. EMPLOYEE HAS STARTED A PHYSICAL THERAPY PROGRAM TO STRENGTHEN SHOULDER.

DISMOUNTING DOZER ACCESS LADDER, FOOT SLIPPED ON LADDER RUNG, CAUGHT WEIGHT WITH RIGHT ARM/SHOULDER.

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO GET ON AN ACID CAR WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON THE LADDER CAUSING HIM TO STRIKE HIS LEFT SHIN ON THE LANDING PLATFORM. THE INJURY SUBSEQUENTLY BECAME INFECTED AND PRESC RIPTION WAS ISSUED.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO USE A PIPE WRENCH TO UNSTICK RAKES. HE WAS PUSHING ON THE WRENCH WHEN IT SLIPPED OFF SMASHING HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE RAKE &WRENCH.

REMOVING GUARD FROM TAIL PULLEY, AS FELLOW EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO PULL GUARD AWAY THE INJURED EMPLOYEE'S HAND WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE GUARD & FRAME OF THE FEEDER.

EE WAS RIGGING 20""HDPE PIPE TO LOADER BUCKET W/WIRE ROPE CHOKER(3/4"" X 12'). THERE WAS A BROKEN STRAND THAT PROTRUDED OUTWARD APPROXIMATELY 3/4 OF AN INCH. THE PROTUDING STRAND CUT THROUGH EM PLOYEE'S LEATHER GLOVE & LACERATED HIS L RING FINGER.

TWO EES WERE ATTEMPTING TO LIFT A FEEDER PAN OFF THE BACK OF THE FEEDER WHEN THE PAN SLIPPED AND SMASHED THE INJURED EE'S FINGER.

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO TROUBLESHOOT A PROBLEM WITH A LIMIT SWITCH CONTROLLING THE SWING GATEON A COAL PULVERIZER. WHILE PERFOMING THE WORK THE SWING GATE CLOSED PINCHING HIS LEFT INDEX FI NGER BETWEEN THE LIMIT SWITCH HOUSING AND ANGLE IRON ON THE GATE RAM.

WHILE CLOSING A FLUSH VALVE, A STAINLESS STEEL TAG (HANGING FROM A FLOW-METER ABOVE THE VALVE) BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BACK OF HIS RIGHT HAND AND THE FLOWMETER. THE TAG CUT THRU HIS GLOVE ABD CUT THE BACK OF HIS RIGHT HAND.

EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED AN INJURY TO THE LITTLE FINGER OF HIS LEFT HAND IN THE ATTEMPT TO EXIT A BOILER CONDENSER UNIT AFTER CLEANING. ACCIDENT WAS ORIGINALLY NON-REPORTABLE DUE TO THE EXTENT OF I NJURY AND THE EMPLOYEE'S PERSONAL EXISTING MEDICAL CONDITION, BUT WAS RECLASSIFIED AFTER DIAGNOSIS OF FINGER FRACTURE AND INPUT OF MEDICAL SPECIALIST.

EE WAS PERFORMING HOT WORK ACTIVITIES AIR ARCING ON METAL PIPE WHEN HOT SLAG FROM THE PIPE CONTACTED HIS LEFT LEG CAUSING MINOR BURNS. INCIDENT ORIGINALLY CLASSIFIED AS A FIRST AID BUT WAS REC LASSIFIED AS REPORTABLE DUE TO SUBSEQUENT MEDICAL TREATMENT TO INJURY.