Santa Cruz Sand PlantMetal/Nonmetal

Team member was rotating pump drive sheave by hand to check for contact with guard when finger became caught between sheave and v-belt.

As operator approached 5' to 6' pile, his loader was on an incline with bucket full of sand. As he put loader in reverse, a clump of material came off the top of the bucket and shattered the windshield. Loader tipped slightly backward and sand in bucket came into cab, crushing console and steering wheel. Employee sustained cut on right arm and fracture/bone chip in right ankle.

While unloading a 30 foot length of pipe, the end of the pipe toward the front of the vehicle slipped. The rear of the pipe ""whipped"" around, striking employee in the jaw and face.

LIFTING THE LARGEST BLADE INTO PLACE, FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK AT THE WAIST AREA.

EMPLOYEE ADVISED COMPANY ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 2004 THAT HE HAD BEEN TREATING WITH HIS PERSONAL CHIROPRACTOR FOR LOW BACK PAIN. THE ADVISED FELT THE PROBLEM WAS CAUSED BY OPERATING THE SCRAPER.