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STEEL COVER ON MACHINE WAS TIGHT, FINALLY BROKE LOOSE DROPPING ON RIGHT INDEX FINGER POSSIBLY LOSS OF BENDING FINGER.
CLAIMED WHILE CHANGING A GREASE LINE UNDER 7' CRUSHER DISCHARGE BOX HE WAS USING AN 8' LADDER WHICH HE HAD LEANING AT THE TOP AGAINST THE OUTSIDE WALL OF THE BOX WHEN CLIMBING DOWN A SECONDE TIME THE LEFT SIDE OF LADDER SLIPPED IN DIRT CAUSING HIM TO SWING TO THE RIGHT AND THROWING HIM INTO A PLATE OF STEEL ON OPPOSITE WALL
HE WAS KNEELING IN THE BOTTOM OF A RAILROAD CAR PUTTING RAGS INTO HOLES INTO BOTTOM OF CAR. HIS FOOT BECAME WEDGED INTO THE SMALL AREA BETWEEN DOOR AND BOTTOM. WHEN HE STOOD UP TO MOVE TO THE NEXT POCKET HE TWISTED HIS ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING UP HIS MACHINE AFTER THE REGULAR SHIFT AND BENT OVER TO PICK UP A HAMMER AND COULD HARLKY STRAIGHTEN BACK UP. PULLED SOMETHING IN HIS BACK.
WHILE LOADING SCREEN CLOTH INTO LOADER BUCKET MAN CAUGHT HIS FINGER ON EDGE O F SCREEN, CUTTING THE FINGER, GLOVES WERE WORN.
INJ EMPL REACHED FOR SOUTH SIDE OF CHUTE AS ANOTHER EMPL PUSHED ON NORTH SIDE OF CHUTE.AS CHUTE MOVED IT CAUGHT HIS FINGER.CHUTE WAS BEING PERMANENTLY FITTED AND PLACED AT #2 SIMPLICITY SCREEN .EMPL RECD LACERATIONS AND CONTUSIONS TO END OF MIDDLE DIGIT FINGER OF LEFT HAND.
GETTING OFF THE LOADER, CLIMBING DOWN LADDDER AND TWISTED LOWER BACK.
FINISHED CLEANING LEDGE AND BIN OF SCREEN DISCHARGE,IN CLIMBING OUT HE PULLED HIMSELF UP AND THERE HIS LEG OVER LIP OF BIN,FELT A SHARP PAIN IN GROIN AREA.EDGE OF BIN ROUGHLY 3-4 FEET HIGH.
TESTING STONE GRADATION HE DROVE TO PLANT & FILLED 2 BUCKETS 35LBS EACH RETURNED TO LAB CARRYING A BUCKET IN EACH HAND IN LAB HE TURNED TO HIS LEFT AS HE WAS PUTTING DOWN THE BUCKETS HE HEARD HIS LEFT KNEE POP & FELT PAIN AROUND HIS KNEE CAP
EMPLOYEE CLIMBED ON SIDE OF PARTS RACK LOOKING FOR A HOSE THE EMPLOYEE DID NOT SEE SHARP EDGE ON TOP POST OF RACK AS HE WAS GETTING DOWN HE CAUGHT HOLD OF THE RACK WITH HIS LEFT HAND HAND SLIP PED CUTTING PALM OF HAND
I.NAME CLAIMED 4HILE HE WAS PREPAIRING TO CHECK B C SCREENS HE WAS LIFTING UP THE DISCHARGE CHUTE WITH 3 OTHER EMPLOYEES HE FELT A PULL AND SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER RT ABDOMEN APPROX 3 WEEKS L ATER WHILE AT H2ME HE FELT MORE PAIN AGAIN THIS TIME MORE SEVERE HE THEN WENT TO THE DOCTOR
EMPL SHOVELING 8TONE HAD SHARP PIN IN UPPER BACK BETWEEN SHOULDERS.CAME IN TO OFFICE AND WENT TO EMERGENCY RM.
HE WAS LOADING 40 LB CARTRIDGES OF EXPLOSIVES ONTO A TRUCK. WHEN HE PICKED ONE UP FROM THE GROUND, HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS NBACK
LIFTED A 90 LB 8TEEL DISC TO A WELDING BENCH CAUSING PAIN IN GROIN RT SIDE
EMP CLAIMS WHIL9 SHOVELING STONE HE THREW BACK OUT, HAS PAIN IN LOWER BACK. TO H.G.S. VIA AMBULANCE EMP ALSO STATES PRIOR BACK PROBLEMS
A FRONT END LOADER WAS LIFTING SOME SCRAP AND JARRED A PILE OF RAILROAD RAIL AND ALTHOUGH AWARE OF THE SITUATION, AN UPPER RAIL UNEXPECTEDLY ROLLED DOWN AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON THE TOP OF THE F OOT.
THE EMPLOYEE WA8 IN THE PROCESS OF SLOWING DOWN ACRUSHER ADJUSTMENT WITH ABOLT WHEN HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER,WHICH HAD BEEN HOLDING THE BOLT,BECAME WEDGED BETWEEN THE CRUSHER AND THE BOLT.
I,NAME CLAIMED 4HILE LIFTING 3/4" SCREEN PLATE INTO POSITION HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LEFT SIDE WHICH CONTINUED TO BOTHER HIM FOR SEVERAL DAYS, HE THAN WENT TO HOSPITAL TO GET CHECKED OUT, AND FOUND HE PU5LED A MUSCLE.
WHILE THE INJUR9D WAS MOVING A 55 GALLON DRUM ALONG A CATWALK IN THE SCREEN BUILDING,HIS FEET SLIPPED AND HE FELL DOWN.THE DRUM FELL ON HIS HAND AND CRUSHED HIS THUMB AGAINST THE EDGE OF A STE EL STEP. 3
THE EE WAS INST5LLING A HEAVY STEEL PLATE OVER A PUMP SHAFT. WHEN THE PLATE WAS ALMOST IN PLACE IT SLIPPED & DROPPED PINNING THE EES RIGHT HAND RING FINGER AGAINST THE SHAFT.
HE AND ANOTHER 4AN WERE MOVING PLATES AT THE LIBXX PRIMARY CRUSHER WHEN ONE OF THEM FELL ON HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER
HE WAS LOADING 2XYGEN TANKS IN THE B.C. PLANT PICKUP. HE TWISTED HIS R WRIST FEELING PAIN, LATER USING HIS HAND WITH A CHIPPING HAMMER HIS WRIST BECAME MORE IRRATATED
CHANGING WEAR S5EEVE ON DHD 360 HAMMER.
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS3THAT SPEED REDUCER ON CONVEYOR SWUNG FREE WHEN HE PULLED OUT A PIN STRIKING & CUTTING THROUGH LEFT EAR
STRAINED LOWER 6ACK REGION WHILE PUTTING BATTERIES IN CAT LOADER.
EMPLOYEE WAS LI0TING OXYGEN TANK IN THE PROCESS HE STRAINED LOWER RT ABDOMEN MUSCLE
ON DEC 7 1984 THE EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED THAT HIS RIGHT FOREARM WAS SORE, AND HE DID NOT KNOW WHAT HE HAD DONE TO IT, BUT HE STATED THAT IT DID NT HUR WHEN HE CAME TO WORK ON 12-6 IN THE MORNING BUT HURT WHEN HE WAS GETTING READ TO GO HOME ON 12-6 SO HE FELT HE MUST HAVE HURT IT DURINT THE DAY. HE SHOVELED THAT DAY AND HE HELPED TO LOAD A SHOT, BUT HE CAN NOT NAME A SPECIFIC TIME IT
EMPL PULLING ON DRIVE BELTS TO MOVE CONVEYOR BELT AHEAD.HAND SLIPPED AND FINGERS GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN HEAD PULLEY AND DRIVE BELTS LEFT RING FINGER WAS BROKE.
EE WAS REMOVING BUCKET PINS FROM A 275 MICHIGAN FRONT END LOADER. WHEN PIN WAS REMOVED BUCKET ARM DROPPED ON MIDDLE INDEX FINGEWR RIGHT HAND.
HELPING TO CARRY A PULLER PLATE DOWN THE STAIRS ON THE DRY END OF THE SECONDARY OPERATION. HE SLIPPED BACKWARDS AND THE PULLER PLATE SLIPPED ON THE ARM, PINNING THE LEFT ELBOW AGAINST THE SAFE TY RAIL, RESULTING IN AN INJURY TO THE ARM. THE MIDDLE FINGER ON THE RIGHT HAND WAS IMPACTED ON THE FINGER NAIL.