Prado Metal/Non-Metal

EMPLOYEE CHANGED CUTTING EDGES ON LOADER AND LEFT THEM IN BUCKET. LATER WHEN LOADING A TRUCK, HE NOTICED THE EDGED IN THE TRUCK. WHEN HE WENT TO REMOVE THE EDGED FROM THE LOAD IN THE TRUCK, HE STRAINED HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON POWERSCREEN LOOSENING TOP BAR TO ISTALL SPACER. THE BAR SLIPPED DOWN & SMASHED EMPLOYEE'S FINGER ON RIGHT HAND AND PINCHED FINGER ON LEFT HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING UNDER CONVEYOR SHOVELING SAND AND THROWING IT BEHIND HIM. CLAIMS HE STRAINED HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE CLAIMS INJURED AT WORK - HAS NOT DESCRIBED HOW INJURY OCCURRED - FIRST NOTICE TO EMPLOYER 5-23-90 - DISCHARGED 4-19-90.

HE WORKED FULL SHFIT 1-11-90. ON 1-12-90, EMPLOYEE DID NOT RETURN TO WORKS STATING HIS BAC WAS SORE. ON 1-15-90 EMPLOYEER RECEIVED CALL FROM INSURANCE CO. STATING THAT HE HAD BEEN TREATED F OR WORK INJURY OF 1-11-90. EMPLOYEE DID NOT REPORT WORK INJURY TO EMPLOYER.

EMPL WAS LOOSENING BOLTS ON RETAINING STRAP & WAS USING PRY BAR TO PUSH SKIRT DOWN WHILE TIGHTENING BOLTS. BAR SLIPPED PINCHING EMPLS RIGHT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN FAR & RECEIVING BOX ABOVE SKIRT .

EMPLOYEE IN PROCESS OF PATCHING SCREENS THE WIRE BROKE AND EMPLOYEE JAMMED HIS THUMB INTO THE OVERHEAD SPRAY NOZZLE.

EMPLOYEE WAS RE1AIRING THE BUCKET ON THE LOADER AS HE WAS CHIPPING AWAY SLAG A VERY SMALL PIECE OF METAL LODGED IN HIS EYE

EMPL WHILE CLEA3ING SHAFT,SHAFT SLID OFF BAR PINCHING EMPL LEFT HAND.

MATERIAL WAS ST6CK IN HOOPER AND EMPLOYEE USED A 1"X4' BAR TO HIT SIDE OF HOOPER TO JAR MATERIAL LOOSE CAUSING PAIN TO SHOULDER.

THE NORDBERG CR6SHER HAD TO BE SHUT OFF WHILE THERE WAS STILL MATERIAL IN IT.EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING OUT THE CRUSHER WITH A SMALL SHOVEL.HE TWISTED THE WRONG WAY WITH A HEAVY LOAD ON THE SHOVEL AND STRAINED A 4USCLE IN HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE PUTTING FLIGHTS ON THE ARKINS 78 SCREW USING A 1 1/2 TON CHAIN COME A LONG. I NAME NEEDED MORE CHAIN SO HE STARTED PULLING ON THE CHAIN. II NAME DID NOT KNOW I NAME WAS PULLING THAT HARD ON THE CHAIN AND HE PUT THE COME A LONG IN THE FREE POSITION WHEN HE DID SO, I NAME SLIPPED BACKWARDS AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING 5 GALLON WATER BOTTLE INTO SCALE OFFICE. HE WAS IN A HURRY AND MOVING QUICKLY WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL. HE HIT HISRIGHT LEG ON THE BOTTOM OF THE DOOR JAM. RESULTING IN A LACERATION ON HIS RIGHT SHIN WHICH REQUIRED 6 STITCHES AND A TWISTED LEFT ANKLE.

EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING ON A PLATFORM ABOVE CONVEYOR BELT IN #3 TUNNEL UNDER SURGE PILE HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO DISLODGE MATERIAL THAT WAS PLUGGING UP SURGE PILE BY POKING IT WITH A METAL POLE WHEN MATERIAL DISLODGED IT JERKED METAL POLE EMPLOYEE PULLED AT POLE AND STRAINED HIS BACK

EMPLOYEE WAS UNHOOKING A COME-A-LONG FROM AN OVERHEAD RAILING AFTER COMPLETING HIS LAST JOB OF THE SHIFT. WHEN HE LIFTED THE HOOK FROM THE RAIL, SOME SAND OR RUST APPARENTLY FELL FROM RAILING AND LANDED IN HIS RIGHT EYE.

EMPLOYEE WAS MUVING MUDCAT CABLE FROM ONE POSITION TO ANOTHER. INTHE PROCESS OF RETIGHTENING THE CABLE WITH THE GRIP HOIST, USING A 6 FOOT PIPE AS A HANDLE, EMPLOYEE LOST HIS FOOTING. T HIS CAUSED HIM TO LET GO GO THE PIPE HE WAS PUSHING ON. THE GRIP HOIST FAILED TO GRIP THE CABLE AND THE PTPE CAME BACK STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE ON THE FOREHEAD, CAUSING A LACERATION REQUIRING

INJURED EMPLOYEE AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE HAD REMOVED A WING PULLEY AND SHAFT FROM A CONVEYOR. THEY HAD CARRIED IT TO A TRUCK AND WERE IN THE ACT OF LIFTING IT ONTO THE TRUCK BED, WHEN INJURED EMP LOYEE FELT A PULL IN HIS BACK. HE REPORTED INJURY AT END OF SHIFT AND WENT TO DOCTOR THE NEXT DAY

INJURED EMPLOYEE AND TWO OTHER EMPLOYEES WERE TAKING APART THE GYRADISC CRUSHER BOWL, ALL WERE USING PRY BARS IN AN ATTEMPT TO LOOSEN THE BOWL. INJURED EMPLOYEE LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL TO TH E HAND RAIL AND THE PRY BAR HE WAS USING FELL ON HIS RIGTT KNEE, CAUSING PAIN IN HIS RIGHT KNEE AND CONTUSION ON RIGHT LEG.

INJ EMP AND ANOTHER EMP WERE REPLACING GUARDS ON DOZER WHILE DRIVING IN PINS WITH HAMMER THAT HOLD THE RIPPER GUARDS IN PLACE A METAL CHIP FLEW OFF THE PIN AND HIT EMP IN THE TONGUE EMBEDDIN ITSELF UNDER THE SKIN AND REQUIRING SUTURE

EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING A TROUGHING IDLER ON A CONVEYOR FRAME WHILE LIFTING THE IDLER INTO POSITIN FELT PAIN IN BACK. SOUGHT MEDICAL TREATMENT 10/7/83 DIAGNOSED AS LOW BACK STRAIN