ON 12/21/00 INJURED WAS ON PROPERTY TO REMOVE A B.E. MODEL 38B RUBBER TIRED TRUCK CRANE/CLAM SHELL MACHINE. THEY REMOVED THE BOOM & SHIPPED IT OUT. THEY THEN BEGAN TO REMOVE COUNTER-WEIGHT. TH ERE WERE 2 STUDS SECURING WEIGHT THAT WERE RUSTED. THEY SPLIT NUTS W/TORCH & USED PIN & HAMMER TO BREAK OFF. THE WEIGHT FELL 6' ONTO INJURED LANDING ON THIGHT/LEG. 911 CALLED, EE CONCIOUS/TAL
IN THE MORNING EMPLOYEE LIFTED TWO HEAVY OBJECTSWITH THE HELP OF ANOTHER EMPLOYEE: A COMPRESSED GAS CYLINDER & A 225LB CABLE HOOK ATTACHMENT FORTHE D-9 DOZER. HE DID NOT NOTICE ANY PROBLEMS WH EN HE MADE THE LIFTS BUT ABOUT NOON HIS BACK WASSORE AND BY THE NEXT MORNING HE HAD DIFFICULTY GETTING OUT OF BED TO COME TO WORK. HE WAS SENT TO DOCTOR NOV. 1, 2000.
EE IS NOT SURE OF EXACT DATE OF ACCIDENT. AROUNDMID OCTOBER HE WAS CHANGING AN ACCETYLENE TANK. HE WAS TAKING THE EMPTY TANK TO THE STORAGE AREAAND INSTALLING THE FULL TANK BACK ON THE TRAILER SINCE THERE WAS NO ONE IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE TO HELP HIM, HE TRIED LIFTING THE 200 LB TANK BY USING THE TRAILER TONGUE TO SUPPORT ONE END WHILE LIFTING HE OTHER INTO PLACE.
SPRAIN LEFT FOOT ONE WEEK MODIFIED DUTY. EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO DISLODGE PLUG OF ROCK IN A TRANSFER CHUTE CLIMBING UP AND DOWN A PORTABLE LADDER SEVERAL TIMES (APPROX 2 HRS). EE WAS WEARING RUBB ER BOOTS WITH WET SOCKS, WHICH PROBABLY CONTRIBUTED TO THE INJURY. DRY FOOT WEAR SHOULD HAVE BEEN WORN. TRAINING ON PROPER CLIMBING TECHNIQUES HAD BEEN GIVEN ON DEC 17, 1999. NO RULE BROKEN.
EE REPORTED THE ACCIDENT THE FOLLOWING AM AT 7AMON 3/7/00. ON 3/6/00 EE WAS LIFTING A BUCKET OF TOOLS OUT OF THE BACK OF A COMPANY PU & SPRAINED HIS BACK
EE WAS CLIMBING INTO CRUSHER BOWL ON THE GROUND. HE SLIPPED AND SPRAINED RIGHT KNEE.