EE WAS ATEMPTING TO REMOVE A DETACHABLE BUCKET FROM SKID STEER LOADER. THE BUCKET WAS RAISED SEVERAL INCHES OFF GROUND. EE HAD RELEASE LATCHES OPEN ON BUCKET, BUT BUCKET WOULD NOT RELEASE DUE TO MATERIAL BUILT UP ON LATCHES. BUCKET THEN RELEASED AND FELL ON EE'S LEFT FOOT.
EE WAS LOOSENING A BOLT WITH A RATCHET WHEN RATCHET SLIPPED MASHING HIS LEFT PRIMARY FINGER BETWEEN RATCHET AND WALL.
EE WAS CLEANING OUT THE CHUTE THAT HAD FROZEN MATERIAL ON THE CONVEYOR BELT AND WHEN HE WENT TO KNOCK IT OFF HE GOT HIS FINGERS CAUGHT BETWEEN AN ANGLE IRON AND THE FROZEN MATERIAL.
TRAVELING DOWN ACCESS ROAD TO QUARRY WHEN HE TOOK THE TRUCKOUT OF GEAR TO DOWNSHIFT AND COULD NOT GET IT BACK IN GEAR. ALSO, TRAVELING TOO FAST TO MAKE TURN CAUSING TRUCK TO ROLL.
EE REPORTED THAT HE HAD GOTTEN DIRT IN RIGHT EYE AND TRIED TO RINSE EYE OUT. ON 4-21-00 HE REPORTED THAT HIS EYE WAS NOT ANY BETTER AND WANTED TO SEE DR. DIAGNOSED AS WELDING FLASH(ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS) EE DOES NOT RECALL LOOKING AT FLASH OF WELDERS OUTSIDE OF MAINTENANCE BLDG.
TWO EMPLOYEE WELDING ON THE INTERIOR OF A CAT 988B LOADER BUCKET. BOTH EMPLOYEES WEARING WELDING HOODS. AT SOME POINT WELDING FLASHES WERE REFLECTING OFF INTERIOR OF BUCKET.
EE WAS FUELING DRAGLINE, AFTER FUELING WAS CLOSING DOOR TO BACK OF DRAGLINE, HAND SLIPPED, HE FELL ABOUT 4' TO GROUND, PUTTING SCRAPS ON TOP OF HIS HEAD AND LITTLE FINGER RIGHT HAND, PUT STAPL ES IN TOP OF HEAD.