EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING DOZER WHEN HE HIT A BUMP ALLEGEDLY INJURING HIS BACK EMPLOYEE DID NOT START MISSING UNTIL 05-10-94
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 7
- Years on record
- 1984–1994
- Latest incident
- Apr 1994
Reportable incidents
7 on file1994 · 1 incident
1991 · 1 incident
IN TRACTOR BUMPED BLADE LIFT CONTROL, R HAND PINCHED BETWEEN CAB AND BLADE FRACT TO 5 MET.
1989 · 1 incident
HE WAS STRUCK IN THE RIGHT THIGH WITH A SMALL PIECE OF FLYROCK.
1986 · 1 incident
EMPLOYEE ALLEGE8 THAT WHILE OPERATING A DOZER HE HIT A ROCK WHICH JERKED HIM AND CAUSED TORN LIGAMENTS IN HIS BACK.
1984 · 3 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING OUT OF CAB OF WATER TRUCK AND STEPPED OFF OF CATWALK AND FELL TO THE GROUND FRACTURING BOTH HEELS.
HE WAS HOLDING A BUCKET TOOTH SHANK PIN WHILE ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS HIUTTING THE PIN WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER IN AN EFFORT TO REMOVE A BUCKET TOOTH.
HE ATTEMPTED TO PULL RAG FREE FROM ROTATING TOP DRIVE ON DRILL AND CAUGHT HAND, CAUSING GREASE FITTING ON TOP DRIVE TO CUT FINGER