Stripping #1: 1 recorded fatality Metal/Non-Metal

EE WAS GRABBING FUEL NOZZLE TO FUEL UP DJB. HE WAS STANDING ON ICE, SLIPPED AND STUCK OUT LEFT ARM TO BRACE FALL. HE STRAINED LEFT SHOULDER IN FALL.

WAS REPLACING BACK WINDOW OF DOZER, STANDING ON DOZER TRACKS. SLIPPED AND FELL BACKWARD ONTO A SMALL ROCK PILE. DAMAGED KIDNEY.

WAS OPERATING PORTA POWER TO REMOVE AXLE SHAFT FROM DOZER. THE SPACER ON THE PORTA POWER SLIPPED OFF AND HIT RIGHT LEG OF INJURED THERE WAS A LACERATION JUST BELOW THE KNEE REQUIRING 3 STITCHE S.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON CATWALK WHEN APIECE OF IRON SLIPED,AND HE FELL TO THE FLOOR.EMPLOYEE RECEIVED A CUT ON HIS NOSE WHICH REQUIRED STITCHES,AND HE BRUISED HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.

TWO EMPLOYEES W9RE TRYING TO MOVE A 5FTX7FT VIBRATOR OFF A FLATBED WITH 2 FORK-LIFT TRUCKS WHEN ONE EMPLOYEE JUMPED OFF TO CHECK SOMETHING & VIBRATOR TIPPED OVER ON HIM HE WAS TAKEN TO HOSPIT AL & TRANSFERRE8 TO AMES HOSPITAL FOR SURGERY ON HIS RT.FOREARM SEVERAL BONES WERE CRUSHED & HAD TO BE RE-CONSTRUCTED A LOSS TIME OF AT LEAST 8WKS.IS EXPECTED

EMPLOYEE WAS GR3NDING A HOPPER GATE WITH CLEAR GOGGLES ON WHEN A PIECE OF METAL FLEW BETWEEN THE NOSE AND THE GOGGLES INTO HIS EYE. HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR AND HAD THE METAL REMOVED BY TWEEZERS

EE WAS MOVING S2ME OFFICE EQUIPMENT TABLES & SPLINTERED BOARDS WHEN HE INCURRED A SPLINTER IN T HE INDEX FINGER OF THE LEFT HAND. HE REMOVED THE SPLINTER HIMSELF BUT WENT TOT EH DOCTOR WHEN SOME SWELLING 2CCURRED. THE DOCTOR X-RAYED THE PUNCTURE & PREXCRIBED ANTI-BIOTICS & A BANDAGE. ABCESS OCCURRED.

EE WAS HEATING 7UBE ON MANTEL OF CONE CRUSHER DOING REPAIR USING OXYGEN-ACETYLENE TORCH APPARENTLY FLAME BLEW DEBRIS & ENTERED HIS RIGHT EYE. EE ATTEMPTED TO WASH OUT EYE THEN WENT TO D R 2 DAYS LATER WIT2 CONTINUED DISCOMFORT. DR REMOVED 5-6 PIECES OF DEBRIS OUR OF RT EYE. EE WAS WEARING SAFETY SHIELD.

WAS HELPING MOV9 LARGE CONCRETE LINED FILE CABINETS FROM ONE AREA IN OFFICE TO ANOTHER AREA UPSTAIRS HE AND OTHER EMPLOYEE WERE USING MOVING TRUCKS HOWEVER PULLED LIGAMENTS IN HIS LEFT SHOULDE R AREA HE CONTI3UED WORKING THEN THE 2ND DAY LATER HE DECIDED TO GO TO DR FOR EXAM TREATMENT OF THE PAIN HE EXPERIENCED DR PRESCRIBED HE STAY OFF WORK APPROX 1 WK TO AID RECOVERY FROM HIS INJ

WAS DOING REPAI9S ON CATERPILLAR MODEL DJB HAUL UNIT GRINDING ON A STEEL PLATE METAL DEBRIS FLEW IT STRUCK GLANCED OFF OF HIS R. ARM AND UP UNDER THE FACE SHIELD HE WAS WEARING AND ENTERED HIS RIGHT EYE. HE 7RIED TO WASH OUT THE MAT L BUT FAILED WENT TO DR 2ND DAY LATER DR. REMOVED APPROX. 8 PIECE AND TREATED SOME INFECTION THAT HAD DEVELOPED. HE WENT BACK TO DR TO HAVE R EYE RECHE

WHILE DOING REP5IR WORK ON CONE CRUSHER MANTLE IN THE MAINT-WELDING SHOP USING A PORTABLE GRINDER THE DISC CONTACTED A NOTCH IN THE STEEL LIP CAUSING THE GRINDER TO KICK BACK & DISC CAME IN CONTACT WITH FR2NT OF HIS L LEG JUST BELOW KNEE AREA INFLICTING A DEEP LACERATION. HE WENT TO DOCTOR TO HAVE WOUND TREATED CLEANED OUT & DOCTOR ADMINISTERED 6 STITCHES TO CLOSE UP THE WOUND R

EMPLOYEE WAS U8ING A PORTABLE GRINDER DOING REPAIR WORK IN THE WELDING SHOP ON A PLANTS CRUSHERS MANTLE WHEN PIECES OF STEEL AND DEGRIS BLEW UP BEHIND THE FACE SHIELD HE WAS WEARING AND INT O HIS EYE HE TR3ED TO WASH OUT THE DEBRIS FROM HIS EYE OVER THE WEEKEND BUT FAILED WHEN HE CAME TO WORK THE MORNING OF 8-25-86 HE STATED THAT HE NEEDED TO GO TO A DR FOR TREATMENT HE WENT TO

EMPLOYEE WAS LI0TING & MOVING HEAVY BOXES IN THE OFFICE RECD SHARP PAIN IN HIS ABDOMEN-GROIN AREA HE CONTINUED TO WORK SEVERAL DAYS IN PAIN & DISCOMFORT & WHEN SWELLING INCREASED HE FINALLY DE CIDED TO GO FOR3A MEDICAL EXAMINATION TO DETERMINE HIS INJURY ON 052086 INJURY DIAGNOSED AS A HERNIA HE IS ATTEMPTING TO SCHEDULE THE REQUIRED CORRECTIVE SURGERY (SURGERY WAS SCHEDULED FOR 05

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A TUROCHARGER OFF OF A CATERPILLAR ENGINE, IT SLIPPED & FELL, STRIKING & FELL ONTO THE TOP PART OF HIS LEFT FOOT BADLY BRUISING & BROKEN BLOOD VESSELS, CAUSING SWELLING. HE CONTINUED WORKING THE NEXT DAY & UNTIL NOON THE 2ND DATE (9-7-85) AFTER THE INJURY, HE THEN STAYED HOME WHEN PAIN & SWELLING PERSISTED & WENT TO THE DR. THE 1ST TIME ON 8-12-85 EXAMINED, D

EMPLOYEE WAS FITTING A PIN IN A FRONT-END LOADER\S BOOM, WHICH HALF WAS REMOVED FROM THE UNIT & RESTING ON A STAND, BOOM HALF BECAME OFF BALANCED & FLIPPED OFF THE STAND, THE PIN STRUCK HISR. ARM & BRUISED & BOOM FELL ON HIS L. FOOT\S BIG TOE & REC\D SMASH. X-RAYS SHOWED NO FRACTURE. EMPLOYEE WAS TANKEN TO DR. & HOSPITAL FOR EXAMINATION & TREATMENT OF INJURY. DR. ADVISED EMPLOYEE

EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO START THE ENGINE ON A EUCLID R-50 UNIT. HE WAS CLIMBING ON THE LADDER TO THE CAB, WITH MUD ON HIS FEET, SELIPPED & FELL TO THE GROUND. HE HAD CONSIDERABEL PAIN DEVELOPE

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN WELDING SHOP HE BENT OVER TO PICK UP A DRAGLINE HOUSE ROLLER TO PUT ON A PLATFORM TO WORK ON IT .HE RECEIVED PAIN IN HIS BACK.EMPLOYEE CONTINUED WORKING THAT DAY & THE NEXT ONE ALSO WITH INCREASING PAIN HE THEN STAYED HOME THE 3RD.&HE USED HEATING PAD THEN WENT TO HIS DR.

EMPLOYEE WAS HOOKING UP A CHAIN TO THE DRAWBAR OF AN OLD FE LOADER BEING JUNKED OUT, DIDN\T GET O TIGHTEN THE CHAIN UP, GOT HIS MIDDLE FINGER R. HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN CHAIN AND DRAWBAR AND RECEI RECEIVED A SEVERELY MASHED TIP. SOME SURGERY REQUIRED TO MEND UP WOUND AND END OF FINGER WAS REMOVED FROM TIP BACK PARTWAY ON NAIL BUT BONE LEFT INTACT, ACCORDING TO REPORTS.

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ON A CRUSHER IN THE WELDING SHOP, WITH AN ELECTRIC ARC WELDER, USING ROD ON CAST IRON, MOLTEN METAL RAN DOWN HIS LEFT FOOT\S SHOE AND WENT THROUGH A CRACK IN TOP OF HIS SH OE CAUSING A SEVERE BURN TO THE INSTEP AREA. EMPLOYEE WORKED THE NEXT DAY (FRIDAY, THE 13TH) BUT THEN INJURY WORSENED OVER THE WEEKEND AND HE WASN\T ABLE TO REPORT TO WORK (MONDAY, THE 16TH)

WAS USING HAMMER & PUNCH ON 1-JOINT OF A TRUCK-TRACTOR HE WAS REPAIRING, A SLIVER OF STEEL FLEW & EMBEDDED IN HIS L. HAND PALM & LODGED NEAR THUMB BONE, THE X-RAYS REVEALED. DR. TREATED & GAVE A TETANOUS SHOT, BUT DIDNT REMOVE PIECE ON INITIAL VISIT, THINKING PIECE WOULD ISOLATE ITSELF & COULD REMAIN. THE 3RD WEEK LATERCOMPLICATIONS SET IN, INFECTION & DRS DECIDED ON SURGERY TO REM