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EMPLOYEE GETTING READY TO PUT SAMPLE OF GRAVEL INTO SPLITTING MACHINE. EMPLOYEE CALLED TO SUPT. SAID HE FELT DIZZY, HE WAS TAKEN TO CLINIC.
BENT DOWN TO PICK UP PRY BAR AND FELT SHARP PAININ MIDDLE OF LOWER BACK.
SHOVELING PLANT ON KNEES AND TWISTING WHEN INJURY OCCURRED.
THE EE WAS EXITING HIS LOADER, HE PLACED HIS LEFT FOOT ON THE CATWALK AND TURNED SO HE COULD GO DOWN THE LADDER OF THE LOADER AND HIS FOOT DID NOT PIVOT WITH HIS BODY.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS ADJUSTING THE DOOR ON THE HOPPER AND WAS LEANING ON A BEAM WHILE PULLING THE HOPPER DOOR OPEN WHEN HE HEARD SOMETHING POP IN HIS CHEST.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS IN A HURRY WHILE CLIMBING ON TO THE MACHINE HE STRUCK HIS KNEE ON ACCESS STEPS
OPENING SIDE WINDOW FRAME FOR VENTILATION IN THE CAB & HIS RT HAND SLIPPED OFF FRAME & WENT THRU WINDOW
THE EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING UP PORTABLE PLANT. THIS CONSISTED OF SETTING WOOD BLOCK IN DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE PLANT. THE INJURY WAS SUSTAINED DURING THE SETTING OF THE BLOCKS.