THE CRUSHER WAS STOPPED BECAUSE OF A ROCK STUCK IN THE TAIL PULLEY. EMPLOYEE HELPED PRY THE ROCK FROM THE PULLEY AND THEN RESUMED OPERATING THE LOADER UNTIL THE END OF HIS SHIFT. HE NOTICED SO ME STIFFNESS THAT NIGHT AND STATES HE HAD PAIN ON WAKING THE NEXT MORNING. AFTER TWO HOURS OF WORK THE PAIN WAS SO BAD HE COULDN'T CONTINUE & WAS TAKEN FOR MEDICAL EVALUATION.
AN OVERSIZE ROCK GOT CAUGHT IN THE JAWS OF THE CRUSHER. EE HAD TO STAND IN THE JAW TO GET A CABLE AROUND THE ROCK SO IT COULD BE REMOVED. WHILE HE WAS IN THE JAW THE ROCKS SHIFTED, AND ONE STR UCK HIM ON THE DORSAL INSTEP OF HIS LEFT FOOT.
EE ALLEGES HE MAY HAVE STRUCK HIS ELBOW WHILE TRYING TO UNPLUG CRUSHER. HE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL ON 9-8-02. ARM SWOLLEN AND INFECTED. HOSPITAL COULD NOT DETERMINE CAUSE, COULD HAVE BEEN AN INSE CT BITE. EE DID NOT ALLEGE WORK RELATED UNTIL 9-24-02. EE QUIT WHEN TOLD WE WOULD CONTEST THE INJURY AS WORK RELATED.
EE WAS OPERATING A FRONT END LOADER THAT OVERHEATED. HE REMOVED THE RADIATOR CAP BEFORE ALLOWING THE EQUIPMENT TO COOL.