Portable #1 Metal/Non-Metal

EE WAS TRYING TO REMOVE THE CENTER PIN ON THE STABILIZATION BAR ON A CAT D-9L DOZER. POSITIONED UNDERNEATH THE MACHINE, HE BEGAN HITTING ON THE AREA SURROUNDING THE PIN. PRESSURE WAS BEING APP LIED TO THE PIN FROM THE OTHER SIDE BY A PORTABLE HYDRAULIC PRESS. ONE OF THE STRIKES W/ HAMMER HIT CENTER PIN, CAUSING A PIECE TO FLY OFF & HITEE ON CALF AREA. METAL CHIP REMOVED W/3 STITCHE

EE WAS SHIMMING A SUPPORT LEG OF THE CALICHE PLANT. USING A 10LB SLEDGE HAMMER WITH BOTH HANDS SGRIPPING THE HANDLE, HE WOULD SWING AND STRIKE THE SHIM, DRIVING IT IN FURTHER, REMOVING THE PLA NT IN THE SUPPROT LEG. DURING HIS LAST STRIKE, HIS RIGHT HAND THUMBNAIL CAUGHT THE EDGE OF A TIRE, WHICH IS PART OF THE PLANT. WHEN THIS HAPPEN, IT CAUSED HIS THUMBNAIL TO BE PULLED BACK OFF

INJURED WAS OPERATING HIS 980 C LOADER: LOADING CUSTOMER TRUCKS FROM A STOCKPILE. IT WAS A VERY BUSY DAY AND LATE IN THE AFTERNOON, HIS HAND BEGAN TO HURT. THE STEERING WHEEL KNOB AND TRANS MISSION SHIFTER ARE SUSPECT OF CAUSING PRESSURE ON MEDICAN NERVE.

SOMETIME ON APRIL 6, OR APRIL 7, EMPLOYEE INJURED HIS BACK. HE DOES NOT KNOW WHEN, WHERE OR HOW HE DID IT. HIS SUPERVISOR QUESTIONED HIM ABOUT HIS LIMPING ON APRIL 7. EMPLOYEE REPLIED THAT HE MUST HAVE HURT HIS BACK AND THAT HE WAS NOT SUREHOW IT HAPPENED, POSSIBLY EXERCISING. HE SAW A MEDICAL DOCTOR TWICE FOR TREATMENT AND WAS GIVEN A CAT SCAN AND REFERED TO A SPECIALIST. BAD DISK

95769TED IN THE AFTERNOON THAT BACK HURT,WASNT CERTAIN WHERE OR HOW IT HAPPENED. FIRST DAY OFF WAS 7-23-92.

HE HAD FINISHED HELPING CLEAN AROUND THE JAW CRUSHER AND WAS GOING BACK TO BOARD THE SCRAPER THAT HE OPERATES. AS HE LIFTED HIS LEFT TO CLIMB UP, HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EMPL WAS TRYING TO OPEN POUR SPOUT ON PLASTIC 5 GALLON CONTAINER OF OIL. PRYING POUR SPOUT OPEN WITH KNIFE IN LEFT HAND & SECURING CONTAINER WITH RIGHT HAND WHEN BLADE SLIPPED OFF POUR SPOUT & PUNCTURED RIGHT HAND. RIGHT HAND RECEIVED 3/4" PUNCTURE WOUND LOCATED BETWEEN THUMB & INDEX FINGER & RECEIVED SIX STITCHES.

EMPL WAS CHANGING ENGINE OIL ON S-24 SCRAPER. HE WAS NEARING COMPLETION OF JOB AS HE GRABBED LAST BUCKET OF OIL. HOLDING BUCKET IN LEFT HAND & CLIMBING VEHICLE WITH LEGS & RIGHT HAND TO PULL H IM UP HE FELT SHARP PARIN IN RIGHT SHOULDER. RECEIVED STRAINED RIGHT SHOULDER.

TAIL END OF A CONVEYOR HAD BEEN RAISED IN ORDER TO BLOCK IT UP HIGHER THAN CURRENT POSITION TWO WOODEN BLOCKS WERE USED WHEN I.NAME PUSHED THEM INTO PLACE WITH HIS RT.ARM HE HEARD HIS SHOULDE R POP

I NAME WAS USIN1 PRY BAR ON RT SIDE OF LOADER TO PRY OFF A CARRIER BEARING ON FRONT DRIVE WHILE AT THE SAME TIME ANOTHER MECHANIC ON LEFT SIDE WAS HITTING THE CARRIER BEARING WITH HIS HAMMER O ONE OF THE STRI5ES PRODUCED A FLYING CHIP OF METAL WHICH LODGED IN I NAMES RT FOREARM NEAR HIS WRIST THE CHIP OF METAL MEASUREED APPROX 6 MM LONG X 2 MM IN DIAMETER

EUCLID R 22 END3DUMP HAD HYDRAULIC CYLINDER LEAKING RAISED BEDD AND INSERTED PINS TO HOLD BED UP WHILE PULLING OUT CYLINDER PINS BROKE AND SMASHED FINGER OF MECHANIC

WORKER WAS CLIM6ING UP LADDER ON SIDE OF END DUMP TO ENTER THE CAB WHEN HE SLIPPED OFF LADDER.

ON A WET DRIZZL3NG DAY THE GROUND WAS WET THIS MAN TURNED HIS ANKLE BECAUSE HE SLIPPED WHILE WALKING