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EMPLOYEE WAS ACCESSING A TRUCK LOADOUT BIN AND IN THE PROCESS HE GRABBED THE HAND RAIL AND IT BROKE, CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO SLIP AND HIT HIS KNEE ON THE BIN.
EE IS A QUARRY TRUCK DRIVER AND WAS HAULING ROCK OUT OF THE PIT. EE SAW WERE A ROCK APPROX 100-150LBS HAD FALLEN OUT OF A TRUCK AHEAD OF HIM. HE STOPPED OT MOVE THE ROCK TO THE SIDE OF THE R OAD. AS HE ROLLED AND LIFTED THE ROCK HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS GROIN AREA. EE RECEIVED PROPER MEDICAL CARE.
EE WAS INSTALLING BOLTS ON THE FEEDER WING. THE FEEDER WAS ALREADY IN PLACE AND WAS UP AGAINST THE HEADWALL. EE WAS WORKING VERY CLOSE TO ONE OF THE CABLES. THIS PARTICULAR CABLE HAD BEEN FRAY ED ON THE END. AS EE HAD TIGHTENED THE BOLT, HE TURNED HIS HEAD. AS HE DID THIS, THE WIRE ENTERED HIS RIGHT EAR.
EE WAS HELPING MEN HOOK UP A SIDE CONVEYOR BELT AN A UNIVERSAL SCREENING PLANT. EVERYTHING WENT WERE UNTIL EE WENT TO STATED UP. AS HE STOOD UP EE BUMPED HIS HEAD ON THE EDGE OF CONVEYOR. HE W AS WEARINGHIS HARD HAT BUT NOTICED SOME DISCOMFORT IN HIS NECK. HE WENT TO DOCTOR AND HAD SOMEWHAT OF A JAMMED NECK. EE WAS OFF WORK 2 DAYS.
EMPLOYEE REINJURED BACK WITHIN 8 DAYS OF LAST REPORT, LIFTING 50 LB POWDER BOXES. HAD DOCTOR'S RELEASE WITH 2 DAYS RESTRICTED WORK ACTIVITY. CAME BACK TO WORK AND ON 7/9/98, COMPLAINED BACK WA S SORE FROM LIFTING BOXES.
EE WAS HELPING LIFT APPROX 20 50 LB BOYES OF POWDER HE WAS TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH OTHER WORKERS THAT ARE ACCUSTOMER TO THIS TYPE AND WEIGHT OF LIFTING HE SHOULD HAVE TAKEN A BREAK. IT WAS NOTI CED THAT AS TIME WENT ON HE WAS BENDING OVER MORE IT WAS NOTICED THAT AS TIME WENT ON HE WAS BENDING OVER MORE AND MORE INSTEAD OF USING HIS LEGS. A REVIEW OF PROPER LIFTING IS SCHEDULED.
EE WAS HEARING 2 OTHER MEN CLEAN OUT THE FEEDER. THE WEATHER HAS BEEN VERY WET AND A BUILD UP OF ROCK AND MUD WAS IN THE FEEDER. EE WAS TAKING TURNS REMOVING THE BUILD UP THE MATERIAL WAS HEAV EY AND THROUGH HIS MOTION PULLED THE MUSCLES IN HIS BACK AND HIP AREA. HE WAS USING A SHOVEL. HE IS EXPECTED TO BE OFF 4 TO 5 DAYS.
EE WA REPAIRING A BATTERY CABLE THAT WAS LOOSE. HE SPRAYED THE BATTERY BOLT WITH A PENETRATING OIL. SO IT COULD BE TIGHTENED UP. AS HE SET THE PENETRATING CAN DOWN ON TEH BATTERY, IT FELL OV ER AND CAME IN CONTACT WITH POSIT8IIVE POST AND SHORTED OUT. THE CAN BURST CAUSING THE BURN. ZEP 45 WAS THE PENETRATING OIL AND IT IS A TALL CAN. SPRAY CANS WILL BE KEPT CLEAR OF BATTERY.
EE OPERATES A STOCKPILE TRUCK FOR PLANT 7. THE IMPACT BREAKER HAD TO MANY ROCKS INSIDE AND HAD BECAME PLUGGED. NEXT EVERY PART OF THE PLANT WAS SHUT DOWN. EE ALONG WITH THE PLATNMAN PROCEEDED TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. EE OPENED THE SIDE CLEANOUT DOOR AND WAS ROLLING THE ROCKS OUT. AS HE WAS REMOVING ROCK HE CAME ACROSS A LARGE ONE THAT WEIGHED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 60 LBS. HE GASPED
HE WAS WORKING ON LEDGE HELPING TO LOAD A SHOT. HE BEN TDOWN AND FELT SOMETHING POP IN HIS NECK. HE WASN'T EVEN LIFTING ANYTHING.
26450ROCK BECAME LODGED IN THE IMPACT BREAKER, THE DOOR WAS OPENED IN ORDER TO RELEASE THE ROCKS. WHEN HE SHUT THE DOOR HE SLAMED HIS FINGER IN THE DOOR.
HE WAS HELPING A CUSTOMER REMOVE EXCESS ROCK FROM TAIL-GATE OF TRUCK. CUSTOMER OPENED TAIL-GATE, HE CAUGHT THE CONTROL CHAIN, AND THE TAILGATE CAUSED A PINCH POINT WITH THE CHAIN. THE MIDDLE FINGER OF THE RIGHT HAND WS BROKE NIN 4 PLACES, INCLUDING THEKNUCKLE ONT HE TOP OF THE HAND. HE POSSIBLY WILL LOOSE THE FINGER.