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WATER TRUCK DRIVER PROCEEDING DOWN UPPER HAUL ROAD APPX 1/4 MI FROM BOTTOM HE HIT INSIDE BANK AND OVERTURNED.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ON THE HEAP AND TWISTED HIS KNEE.
EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL ON GROUND AT JOB SITE.
POST HOLE DRIVER IS TOO SHORT - CAME OFF THE POST MINIMAL DAMAGE - WHILE DRIVING A FENCE POST - THE DRIVER CAUGHT ON POST & HIT EE ON HEAD.
EE WAS CLEANING OUT A HOLE AT THE INLET OF AN UNDERGROUND CULVERT - HE WAS GOING TO CLIMB DOWN INTO THE HOLE TO CLEAN OUT SOME ROCK - WHEN THE DIRT & ROCK AROUND THE TOP EDGE CAME LOOSE - EE S USTAINED A SEPARATED SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON WET DIRT (FOLLOWING RAIN STORM) WHILE POUNDING FENCE POST INTO GROUND HE SLIPPED ON THE GROUND & FELL BACKWARDS HITTING THE ACK OF HIS HEAD ON A ROCK
WHILE WELDING STEEL TO A PIPE,EMPLOYEE SUFFERED A FLASH BURN ON RETINA.
WHILE OPERATING CUTTING TORCH A PIECE OF SLAG WENT INTO HER EYE.EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.
EMPLOEYE'S DUTIES INVOLVED PICKING UP AND WEIGHING CRUSHER BUCKETS.DURING A BREAK HE BENT DOWN TO PET A DOG.
THE PIGTAIL ON THE VALVE OF A 2000# CHLORINE GAS CYLINDER WAS DEFECTIVE, RESULTING IN A LEAK. EMPLOYEE INHALED CHLORINE GAS IN THE PROCESS OF APPROACHING THE AREA.
THE PITGTAIL ON THE VALVE OF A 2000# CHLORINE GAS CYLINDER WAS DEFECTIVE RESULTING IN A LEAK EMPL INHALED CHLORINE GAS IN THE PROCESS OF APPROACHING AND THEN SHUTTING OFF THE CHOLRINE CYLINDER VALVE CHLORINE GAS MASKS WERE USED THESE WERE INADEQUATE THEN A SCOTT AIR PAK WAS USED
EMPL BRINGING DRILL OUT OF HOLE WHEN DECK BUSHING STUCK ON STEEL.AS HE LAYED MAST DOWN REACHED OUT TO ALIGN DOWNHOLE HAMMER DISLODGED BUSHING IT CAME DOWN RIGGING AND SMASHED FINGER.
HE WAS ADJUSTIN1 CHLORINE FLOW IN CHLORINATOR. IF CHLORINE FLOW IS ADJUSTED TOO HIGH, THERE IS A RELEASE OF CHLORINE GASS INTO ATMOSPHERE AND GAS WAS INHALED BY EMPLOYEE.
I.NAME WAS ADJU8TING THE CHLORINATOR WHEN A VALVE LEAK DEVELOPED. HE WAS WEARING A CHLORINE MASK BUT BECAUSE OF AM IMPROPER SEAL OF THE MASK HE INHALED SOME CHLORINE GAS. HE LEFT THE AREA & W AS LATER SENT T2 THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS HELD FOR OBSERVATION FOR 2 NIGHTS.
EE WAS SEEDING BERM ON LOWER HAUL ROAD & BANK GAVE WAY CAUSING EE TO SLIP & INJURE KNEE.
DRIVER CLEANING WINDSHIELD ON ROCK TRUCK AT END OF SHIFT,RAINING,SLIPPED OFF OF HOOD AND CAUGHT LEFT LEG IN FRONT BUMPER GUARD.TWISTED LEFT KNEE AND ANKLE.TORN LIGAMENTS IN KNEE & FRACT.ANKLEE
EMPLOYEE LOST CONTROL OF CARBON BARREL & UNABLE TO REMOVE FOOT FROM THE PATH OF THE TIPPING BARREL.
TWO CATERPILLAR ROCK TRUCKS MET ON BLIND TURN ON LOWER HAUL ROAD. ROAD TOO NARROW FOR TWO TRUCKS TO PASS, EQUIPMENT DAMAGE BROKEN WINDSHIELDS, ONE TRUCK NEEDS NEW CAB
SERVICE OILER WAS TIGHTENING BOLTS ON GRIZZLY AT CRUSHER FEEDER, HE WAS WORKING OVER HIS HEAD, HIS WRENCH SLIPPED & HE TWISTED OR STRAINED HIS NECK
SERVICE OILER WAS SERVICING BATTERY ON 769B CAT ROCK TRUCK. HE SLIPPED & TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE WHEN HE WAS GETTING DOWN OFF OF THE LADDER ON THE ROCK TRUCK.
ROCK TRUCK DRIVER WAS CLIMBING DOWN LADDER STEPPED OFF BOTTOM STEP TO GROUND AND FELL OVER BACKWARDS INJURING BACK MUSCLES
PARKING ROCK TRUCK AT SHOVEL .FRONT WHEEL CONTACTED BANK,STEERING WHEEL SPIN AROUND STRIKING EMPL LEFT ARM JUST ABOVE WRIST.