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Walking on wet scale walkway. Left leg slipped and twisted right leg/knee. Outboard side of scale walk is 80'x3' with 4' handrail. First 33' was covered with roll roofing for anti-slip. EE exited cab and was walking on non-covered surface.

EE's were loading shot under suprvision of blaster. They wre running an air compressor to blow water from previous days rain out of holes drilled in bench. Previous rain on lip above & vibration from compressor caused several rock to fall striking EE on leg.

Employee had gotten into pickup bed to remove dewatering hoses to prepare for a shoot. The morning was cold/frosty and he was taking extra caution as he climbed out using the bumper as a step. Both feet were on the bumper, with one hand on tailgate. His right foot slipped, causing him to fall to the ground with right knee bent to side.

EE was reaching for a piece of scrap metal that was in a trailer made from a pick up box when he heard/felt a pop on left rib. note: due to previous auto injury, ee has had 2 cervical vertabrae fused, which makes for limited motion when reaching.

(OFFSITE/PRE-SHIFT) BECAUSE OF TRAVEL DISTANCE AND EARLY FIRE CLOSURES, WE WERE ALL STAYING IN OUR CAMP TRAILERS OFFSITE SO WE COULD START AT FIRST LIGHT. EE GOT UP AND WENT OUTSIDE IN THE DARK. EE STUMBLED ON UNEVEN GROUND AND FELL. HIS HEAD HIT A STAUB (BROKEN OFF LIMB) ON A SMALL LOG ALONG THE ROAD.

EE WAS PUSHING SHOT ROCK TO LIP OF BENCH AFTER DIGGING LOOSE ROCK AWAY FROM BACK OF BANK. OCCASIONALLY, SMALL LOOSE STONES FELL. WHILE BACKING, EE HEARD A "PING" AND LOOKED AROUND JUST AS A ROCK FLEW AT HIM FROM THE BLADE, STRIKING HIM IN THE MOUTH AND CHIN. THE ROCK MAY HAVE BEEN THROWN FORWARD BY THE TRACK AND RICOCHETTED OFF THE BLADE.

EE WAS REHANGING A TAIL PULLY GUARD. EARLIER IN YEAR REPAIRS HAD BEEN MADE TO GUARD. THE PIECE OF SCREEN FLOPPED DOWN, CATCHING HIS THUMB BETWEEN THE SCREEN AND FRAMEWORK.

CRUSHER WAS SHUTDOWN FOR MAINTENANCE. EE DOES NOT RECALL ANYTHING HAPPENING. BUT LATER HIS FOOT WAS SORE AND WHEN HE TOOK OFF HIS SHOE THE TOE WAS SEVERLY BRUISED & SWOLLEN. 3 WKS LATER, AFT ER BRUISE HAD DISAPPEARED & SWELLING DOWN, THE TOE NO LONGER FLEXES OR EXTENDS. THEN EE REMEMBERED THAT THE ORIGINAL INJURY WAS OFF THE JOB ANDOFF SITE. HE STUBBED HIS TOE ON CONCRETE.

EE HAD CALLED LOADER OPERATOR ON CB TO TELL HIM HE WAS GOING TO GET JAMMED STICKS OUT OF FEEDER. EE DID NOT MAKE CONFIRMATION THAT LOADER OP HEARD HIM. WENT DOWN INTO JAW AREA AND LOADER OPERA TOR DUMPED LOAD OF SANDSTONE BOULDERS ON VICTIM.LOADER OPERATOR SAW VICTIM'S ARM WAVING AND GOT UP TO HELP CLEAR DEBRIS.

EQUIPMENT HAD BEEN SHUT DOWN BECAUSE SHAFT BROKE. EE WAS CLEARING ROCK FROM JAW BY HAND. HE MOVED A ROCK BUT IT SLIPPED AND FELL BACK AGAINST HIS HAND, CRUSHING FINGER BETWEEN TWO ROCKS.

CREW WAS REHANGING PIECE OF SHEET STEEL ON CHAINS BY JAW TO KEEP ROCK FROM GOING ONTO BEL. EE WAS STANDING ON GUARD ON END OF BELT FROM CONE. FOOT SLIPPED ON ACCUMULATE MUD/ROCK. EE LOST BALAN CE & IMPACTED CHEST/UPPER ARM WHEN HE FELL TO GROUND.

EE HAD STEPPED ONTO BUMPER WITH R FOOT & WAS HOLDING ONTO TAILGATE WITH R HAND AFTER RETREIVING 24" (4-5#) SLIPJOINT CRESCENT WRENCH FROM TOOL BOX EE STARTED TO STEP TO GROUND WITH L FOOT. HIS R FOOT SLIPPED, AND HE GRABBED FOR TAILGATE WITHL HAND THAT WAS STILL HOLDING WRENCH. IT STRUCK THUMB & MIDDLE FINGER ACROSS DISTAL JOINTS

EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING HARD HAT WHILE RECENTERING TRACK OF KOMATSU FC 220 ROCKBREAKER BACK ONTO FRONT IDLER. HE HAD ATTACHED A CHAIN TO END OF BOOM RUNNING TO TRACK, TO PROVIDE FORWARD PULL & CREATE SLACK. HE WAS OPERATING A JACK ON DOWN SIDE OF TRACK TO GET IT INTO PLACE, WHEN CHAIN DETACHED FROM TRACK, KNOCKING OFF HARD HAD AND STRIKING SCALP.

EE WAS CHANGING TIRE THUMB ATTACHMENT ON JD 790 EXC. HE WAS HAMMERING THE PIN THROUGH THAT WOULDSECURE IT IN PLACE. THE TWO PARTS WERE NOT COMPLETELY ALIGNED AND THE IMPACT WITH THE BACK END O F THE AX HEAD RESULTED IN STRESS TO THE MUSCLES OF THE ABDOMEN.

EE WAS CLIMBING LADDER ON 980C CAT WHEEL LOADER. QUARRY FLOOR WAS WET/SLIPPERY. EE HAD BOTH HANDS ON LADDER RAILS AS HE WENT UP LADDER WHEN BOTH FEET SLIPPED. HE CAUGHT HIMSELF BUT HIS WEIGHT DROPPED ONTO HIS LEFT SHOULDER.

EE WAS DRIVING A LOADER FORWARD WITH ROCK TO FEEDER AND BACKING UP TO RELOAD. HE USUALYY LOOKED OVER HIS RIGHT SHOULDER WHILE BACKING. ABOUT 3 HOURS INTO THE SHIFT, HE BEGAN TO ESPERIENCE PAIN & RESTRICTED MOTION TO THE POINT HE COULD NO LONGER CONTINUE TO OPERATE MACHINE.

EE HAD SHUT DOWN EXCAVATOR AND WAS WALKING ACROSS QUARRY AREA TO TALK TO AN EE. HE WAS STEPPING THRU AN AREA OF BOULDERS 12-24" IN DIAMETER AND WALKING INTO BRIGHT SUN. EITHER THE ROCK SHIFTED OR HIS ANKLE ROLLED AND HE FELL FACE DORWARD INFORWARD INTO A DEPRESSION ABOUT 4' DEEP, STRIKING SHIN AGAINST ROCK.

3 EE WERE RE-ATTACKING TRUCK BOX TO CHASSIS. BOX HAD BEEN LOWERED BY CHAIN WITH BUCKET OF 235, WHICH WAS HOLDING IT STEADY. INJURED EE WAS HANDLING ON GROUND TO SIDE OF DRIVERS CAB, WITH A PRY BAR. THE BOX MAY HAVE HUNG UP AND EE CAUSED IT TO SHIFT BY PUSHING OR MOVING PRY BAR. EE S FINGER INJURED WHEN DRIVER STEP ON BOX BUMPED INTO CAB TRAPPING SEVERING THUMB.

EE WAS OPERATING CRUSHER WHEN A ROCK (18 X 18 X 18) CAUGHT ON THE CONVEYOR AGAINST THE CHUTE. EE WAS STANDING ON ROCK PILE BESIDE CONVEYOR AND HAD DISLODGED ROCK BY HAND. EE WAS BALANCING ROCK ON SIDE RAIL WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED. THE ROCK DROPPED, PINCHING HIS FINGERS AGAINST A BRACKET.

EE WAS HOLDING ONTO A CABLE HE WAS USING TO LOWER A REPAIRED TOGGLE PLATE IN TO POSITION ON THE JAW CRUSHER. THE PLATE CAUGHT AND WHEN EE GOT IT TO MOVE IT DROPPED QUICKLY AND PULLED HIS HAND, PINCHING IT BETWEEN THE CHAIN AND SOLID METAL.

EE WAS CHANGING BATTERY ON DJB AT QUARRY. CABLE TERMINAL WAS TIPPED AND CORRODED. EE STRUCK IT WITH HAMMER TO LOOSEN AND FALKES WERE AIRBORNE AND STRUCK HIS EYE. DEBRIS FLUSHED OUT ABOUT 6-7 H OURS LATER BUT CAUSED SOME INFLAMMATION.

EE WAS PERFORMING CLEAN UP AND SOME MAINTERNACE WORK. HE WAS STANDING ON A 12X12" BLOCK OF WOOD TO REACH A CLEAN OUT AREA AND THE BLOCK TIPPED. HE LANDED ON HIS SIDE ON SOME 4" ROCK.

EE WAS LIFTING UP TAILGATE ON DUMP TRUCK IN ORDER TO FREE UP & LATCH GATE PROPERLY WHEN HE DROPPED THE GATE, BUT DIDN'T GET HAND OUT OF THE WAY & PINCHED FINGERS BETWEEN TAIL GATE & BOX. HE SH OULD HAVE PULLED ON THE GATE WITH THE ATTACHED CHAINS.

EE WAS MOVING ROCK & MUD FROM RAMP APPROACH & SURROUNDING AREA WHEN BUCKET TOOTH UNCOVERED A FRAYED PIECE OF WIRE CABLE THAT HAD BEEN BURIED. PIECE 1'DIA X 24" L, HE COULD NOT DISLODGE IT FROM TOOTH BY MANIPULATING BUCKET SO GOT DOWN,UNHOOKED IT, & THREW IT TO A DEBRIS AREA, WHEN THE WITH CUT HIS FINGER.

AFTER MAKING REPARIS ON THE BOOM OF HT E980C LOADER BUCKET, THE EE STEPPED BACK TO THE PLATFORM NEXT TO THE CAB AND BUMPED HIS HEAD ON THE MINER MOUNTING BRACKET.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING OUTDOORS ON A STORMY DAY. HE WAS PULLING WITH A COME-A-LONG TO RELPLACE DRIVE BELT OF FEEDER MOTOR. HE WAS STANDING ON THE TRAILER SUSPENSION & HAD ON LUG SOLE BOOTS. WHIL E PULLING/EXERTING LEVERAGE, HIS FEET SLIPPED & HE FELL 3 1/2 - 4 FT. TO THE WET GRAVEL, LANDING ON HIS LOW BACK.

EE HAD BEEN TOLD TO CLEAR THE JAW BEFORE SHUTTING IT OFF. SEVERAL ROCKS HAD BRIDGED ON THE EDGE AWAY FROM FEEDERMAN'S PLATFORM. EE SHUT OFF JAW & MOVED OVER BY BRIDGED AREA TO BREAK IT LOOSE B Y STRIKING & PRYING WITH A PICK. SEVERAL ROCKS CAME LOOSE & AS HE CONTINUED TO WORK, ONE THAT HE HAD NOT IDENTIFIED, DROPPED DOWN & LANDED ON HIS FOOT.

SHAKER SCREEN WAS RAISED USING KOMATSU EXCAVATOR. SCREEN WAS BLOCKED WITH 6 X 6'S, JACKS & SHIMS [PLASTIC TREE FALLING WEDGES]. AFTER NEW SPRINGS WERE INSTALLED, WHEN PRESSURE WAS RELEASED TO REMOVE JACK, SHIM POPPED OUT & HIT EMPLOYEE ON BRIDGE OF NOSE.

EE WAS BACKING ARTICULATED PIT TRUC (DJB) INTO LOADER AREA. KOMATSU WAS HYDRAULIC ROCK BREAKER OPERATING 20-25' AWAY CAUSED ROCK CHIP THE SIZE OF A GOLF BALL TO FLY ACROSS ROAD AREA. EE WAS LOOKING OVER LEFT SHOULDER WITH HEAD PARTIALLY OUT DRIVER'S WINDOW AND WAS HIT ON RIGHT SCALP ABOUT 1-2" ABOVE HAIRLINE ABOVE THE RIGHT EYE.

CLIMBED ONTO LOADER AFTER TIEING DOWN TO LOWBOY, INTENDING TO LOWER BUCKET HE STEPPED ONTO REAR TIRE AND SLIPPED LOSING HIS BALANCE AND FELL TO GROUND STRIKING HIS HEAD AND SHOULDER WHICH KNOC KED HIM SEMI-UNCONSCIOUS FRO APPROX. 1 1/2 MIN. HE WAS TREATED AND EXAMINED AT BAY AREA HOSPITAL AND RELEASED NEXT A.M. AND TOLD NOT TO RETURN TO WORK UNTIL MON 4-6-92.

EMPLOYEE WAS PRYING ON A LARGE ROCK THAT WAS STUCK IN CRUSHER WITH A PRY BAR. THE PRY BAR SLIPPED AND SPRANG BACK AND STRUCK HIM ON SIDE OF HIS NECK. FIRST AID TREATMENT WAS GIVEN TO HIM AT EM ERBENCY ROOM OF LOCAL HOSPITAL AND HE WAS RELEASED. HE WAS TREATED FOR BRUISE AND A HEADACHE

UNLOADING DRIL AND COMPRESSOR FROM TILT TRAILER.WHEN MOVED DRILL IN ORDER TO HOOK UP PROPERLY,TRAILER TILTED AND CAUSED COMPRESSOR TO ROLL AGAINST DRILL PINNING OPERATORS FOOT WHICH WAS TREATE FOR SKIN LACERATIONS AND BRUISE.