Wipperman Pit & PlantMetal/Nonmetal

Truck driver slipped while stepping to truck box to look at load. He fell to the ground and has pain in lower back and knee.

WORKING IN PIT AREA WITH THE DOZER AND WIND BLEW FRAGMENT IN EYE.

UNHOOKING SCREENING PLANT FROM THE TRUCK/TRACTOR PULLING ON THE 5TH WHEEL PIN WHEN THE PIN LEVER UNHOOKED WITH A SUDDEN SNAP. HE LOST HIS GRIP & BALANCE FALLING TO THE GROUND ON HIS RIGHT SHOU LDER. HE DID NOT SEE THE DOCTOR UNTIL 12/27/02 WHEN THE DOCTOR CONFIRMED A ROTATOR CUFF TEAR. OPERATION CLOSED FOR SEASON.

CLIMBING UP CONVEYOR TO SERVICE IT FOOT SLIPPED, FELL AGINST CONVEYOR WITH SHOULDER, GROUND LEVEL. NOTE: DR STATED POSSIBLY 4-6 WEEKS OFF WORK.

EE HAD AN ICC PHYSICAL AT THAT TIME THE HERNIA WAS DISCOVERED. THE EE CLAIMS THAT THIS WAS WORKRELATED WE CANNOT DETERMINE WHY WHERE OR HOW IT HAPPENED FEEL THAT IT WORK RELATED WE TURNED IN TO WORK COMP WORK COMP HAS DETERMINED THAT THIS IS WORK RELATED, FOR THIS REASON WE ARE NOW FILING ACCIDENT REPORT

WAS CLEANING OUT TRAP DOOR BY CONVEYER AND REBAR CAME BACK HITTING RIGHT EYE (BY WASH PLANT).

WELDING ON THE DECK OF A GRIZZLY ON THE FLOOR, SHARP EDGES ETC. WAS KNEELING.