QUARRY TRUCK DRIVER STOP ON ROADWAY TO PICK-UP LARGE LIMESTONE ROCK THAT HA DFALLEN OFF THE TRUCK AHEAD OF HIM ON HIS LOAD. ROCK DIDN'T LOOK THAT BIG OR HEAVY. ABOUT 1/2 WAY THRU PUSHING, LI FTING AND ROLLING IT OUT OF NEED HE BURT OR PULL MUSCLE IN BACK.
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Showing all 13OTHER AND EE WERE UNLOADING SCREENS USED AT PLANT FOR CRUSHING ROCK TOEHR SAYS CLEAR HANDS SAW ONE HAND CLEAR AND OTHER ONE MORNING CLEAR LET SCREEN DOWN WITH TOW MTOOR AND HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FI NGER AND RING WERE CAUGHT BETWEEN 2 PIECE OF STEEL BROKE BOTH FINGER AND CRUSHED SOME.
WORKING ON DRILL THAT HE OPERATES PUTTING BATTERY ON WHEN HE SQUAT DOWN TO PICK UP BATTERY HE COULDNT PICK UP REAL GOOD & GOT EE TO HELP HIM HE THINKS THAT WHEN HE PULLED HIS LOWER BACK MUSCLE TOOK OFF WORK WORK ON UES THE 13TH WENT TO DOC CAME BACK ON MON 4-19-93 WORK UN TIL 04-23-93 OFF AGAIN CALLED ME MON 4-26-93 GOING TO NASHVILLE SEE DOC
HAD JUST BEEN GETTING READY TO GO TO WORK ALL EQUIP RUNNING STEP UP ON DRILL TO GET ON LOADER HE OPERATION WHEN STEP UP ON NEXT STEP HIT TOP OF HEAD ON RIGHT SIDE WITH PIECE OF STEEL THAT A CA BLE RUNS THREW CUT TOP OF HEAD ABOUT 1 1/2
PUTTING ROLLER UNDER SHORT BELT AT PLANT HOLDING ROLLER IN LAP LEANED BACK TO PICK BUP ROLLER. ROLLER MOVE UP WHEN PICK UPROLLER TO PUT UNDER SHORT BELT CAUSING HIM TO LEAN BACK FURTHER HAD TO CATCH HIMSELF TO KEEP FROM FALLING.
TRUCK GAUGE SHOW HOT SO BEFORE EATING LUNCH WAS GOING TO LOOSEN CAP & LET STEAM OFF WHEN CAP CAME OFF & HOT WATER SPRAYED OUT OF RADIATOR & BURNED FACE UPPER & UNDER RT ARM UPPER PART OF CHEST ON RT SIDE
DIGGING OUT FROM UNDER IMPACT WITH SHOVEL & TRYING TO MOVE SOME PACK ROCK IT HAD RAIN-& WHEN PUSH DOWN ON SHOVEL BACK STARTED HURTING DOC SAYS PULLED LIGMENT
EMPLS WERE CHANGING HAMMERS IN HAMMER MILL. EMPL DIDN'T MOVE BACK FAR ENOUGH ONE OF HAMMERS FELL OFF & HIT LEFT FOOT JUST ABOVE LITTLE TOE & BROKE LITTLE TOE BONE.
THIS EMPLOYEE HAD RETURN BACK TO WORK HERE AFTER BEING EMPLOYED WITH HIS FATHER PAST 2 YRS. AND HADN'T USED A SHOVEL IN A WHILE WAS WORKING ON PUG MILL AND HAD TO REMOVE SOME LOOSE ROCK FROM A ROUND MILL AND PULLED MUSCLE IN RIGHT ARM. WENT TO DR. TOLD HIM TO KEEP WRAP ON ARM FOR FEW DAYS.
WAS WORKING ON TRANSMISSION IN SHOP USING A WRENCH DROPPED WRENCH INSIDE TRANSMIWSSION PUT RT HAND INSIDE TRANSMISSION WITH OTHER HAND TURNED TRANSMISSION OVER TO GET WRENCH GEAR ON INSIDE TRA NSMISSION MASHED RT INDEX FINGER GEAR INSIDE MASHED AND CRUSHED INDEX FINGER ON RT HAND
HELPING HIM MOVE A ANGLE IRON AND PUT INTO SWINGER BUCKET WHEN PLACING PIECE OF MACHINE INTO BUKET OF LOADER RIGHT INDEX FINGER GOT CUT WHEN ANGLE IRON WAS LOWER INTO LOADER BUCKET. CUT FINGE R AND MASHED FINGER ON RIGHT HAND.
WORKER WAS HELP3NG CHANGE HAMMERS IN HAMMERMILL AND DROPPED ONE HAMMER WHICH HIT GROUND AND BOUNCED ON HIS ANKLE CAUSING A FRACTURE
HE WAS PULLING 5N ELECT EXTENSION CORD AND JERKED IT BREAKING LITTLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND.