PIT #11, VALLEY Metal/Non-Metal

THE EMPLOYEE WAS PAINTING FROM AN EXTENSION LADDER LEANING AGAINST THE SCALE OFFICE AT A HEIGHT OF ABOUT 10 FT. THE LADDER WAS PLACED ON SANDY SOIL AND SHIFTED. THE EMPLOYEE FELL TO THE GROUND.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS USING A RATCHET HOIST TO PULL ON A 6 INCH HOSE, THE HOOK ON THE HOIST SLIPPED OFF THE ANCHOR POINT.

A DUMP TRUCK DRIVER WAS WALKING UP THE STEPS TO THE SCALE HOUSE WHEN HE MISSED A STEP & SLIPPED.IN DOING SO HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE RESULTING IN A STRAIN REQUIRING MEDICAL ATTENTION.

THE EMPLOYEE IS A HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR AND HAS HAD PERIODIC BACK PROBLEMS OVER THE PAST 40 YEARS. ON 3/28/01 HE WAS OPERATING A SCRAPPER & HIS BACK STARTED BOTHERING MORE THROUGHOUT THE DA Y. WENT TO DR SEVERAL WEEKS LATER.

THE EE WAS LIFTING A STEEL INSPECTION PLATE LID OFF THE SCALE DECK TO PUMP WATER OUT FROM BELOW THE SCALE. HE TRIEDF TO LIFT THE LID & IT APEARED TO BE STUCK, SO HE JERKED HARDER TO OPEN THE L ID. WHEN DOING SO, HE FELT LIKE A RIPPING PAIN IN HIS LWOER BACK. HE IS NOW ON RESTRICTED WORK ACTIVITY, SO AS NOT TO AGGRAVATE HIS BACK CONDITION.

THE EE WAS PRYING A BEARING FROM THE STUB SHAFT ON THE DEWATERING SCREW TO REPLACE IT. THE PRY BAR SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO TWIST & JERK HIS NECK & SHOULDER, CAUSING A STRAIN.

THE EE ALONG WITH ANOTHER EE WAS CHANGING OUT OASECTION OF PIPE IN THE PIPELINE WHEN THE EE TRIED TO MOVE THE POWER CABLE UNDER THE PIPELINE WITH THE WORKBOAT, AS HE REACHED UNDER THE PIPELINE TO GRAB THE POWER CABLE, THE PIPELINE SHIFTED PINCHING HIS LEFT ARM BETWEEN THE PIPELINE AND THE TRANSIT ON THE WORKBOAT.

THE EE WAS WORKING ON THE SCALE DECK, THEN WHILE STEPPING DOWN FROM A STEEL BEAM, HIS FOOT SLIPPED, CAUSING HIM TO FALL BACKWARDS FROM ABOUT 4 FEET ONTO A CONCRETE WALL.

THE EE WAS WALKING DOWN THE STEPS FROM THE DISPATCH OFFICE TO HIS TRUCK, WHEN THE EE S RIGHT FOOT CAUGHT THE WROUGHT IRON RAILING, CAUISNG HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE AND FALL ON HIS LEFT LEG AND LEFT KNEE.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN THE LADDER FROM THE LOADER CAB, WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE LADDER , CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO THE GROUND ON HIS BACK. EMPLOYER TOLD 9-13-95.

EE WAS INSIDE A HOPPER BIN REMOVING A 5 GALLON BUCKET THAT HAD BLOCKED THE FEED DISCHARGE. EE SLIPPED INSIDE THE HOPPER AND STRUCK HIS LEFT KNEE AGAINST THE STEEL HOPPER. THE EE HAD RECEIVED M EDICAL TREATMENT FOR A BRUISED KNEE BUT HAS SINCE HAD ORTHOSCOPIC SURGERY ON HIS LEFT KNEE.

EE WAS NEAR THE REAR OF THE CANE ON THE NORTH SIDE AND WHEN HE SAW FIRE, HE RAN, HOWEVER HE HAD RECEIVED BURNS ON THE TOES OF BOTH FEET AND A BURN ON HIS LEG. EE WAS APPROX. 152 FT NORTH OF TH E CRANE.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING MAINTENANCE DUTIES IN A BIN. THE EMPLOYEE RAKES HIS RIGHT LEG ON A BRACE COMPOSED OF ANGLE IRON REMOVING THE SKIN FROM HIS SHIN. THE EMPLOYEE DEVELOPED A SLIGHT INF ECTION.

EMPLOYEES WERE REPLACING A HOSE ELBOW BETWEEN THE METAL PIPELINE THE WORK BOAT FROM WHICH THEY WERE WORKING HAD A WOODEN FLOOR AND WHEN IT WAS NECESSARY FOR THE EMPLOYEE TO EXERT EXTRA STRENGT H TO TIGHTEN NUT HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND STRUCK HIS RIB CAGE ON THE METAL PIPELINE.