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LOADER RAN HOT 9MPLOYEE TOOK RADIATOR CAP OFF AND WAS SPRAYED WITH HOT STEAM EMPLOYEE RECEIVED 2ND DEGREE BURNS ON LEFT WRIST FRONT THIGHS AND STOMACH
EE WAS PUTTING 6ELLY PAN UNDERNEATH TRUCK & GOT LEFT RING FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN PAN & CONCRETE FLOOR.
EMPLOYEE WAS HE5PING TO PUT A GEAR BOX ON TOP OF BELT BETWEEN TWO SHAKERS HE & ANOTHER EMPLOYEE (I.NAME) TRIED TO LIFT GEAR BOX SWEIGHING APPROX 350POUNDS WHEN HE TRIED TO STAND UP HE FELT PA IN IN THE CENTE9 OF HIS BACK & GROIN AREA
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING INSTALL AN ENGINE IN EUCLID HAUL TRUCK. WHILE UNDERNEATH BEHICLE PUTTING BOLTS ON REAR MOTOR MOUNT, HE PUT HIS FINGER IN HOLE TO SEE IF IT WAS ALIGNED PROPERLY. SOMEONE MOVED THE ENGINE WHILE FINGER WAS IN HOLE. WHOLE FINGERNAIL OF INDEX FINGER ON RIGHT HAND WAS RIPPED OFF.
EMPLOYEE LIFTED A HOIST BAND (WHICH IS LIKE A BRAKE ON DRAGLINE) AND TWISTED HIS BACK MUSCLEDS
EMPLOYEE GOT DOZER STUCK IN SLUDGE HE TRIED TO DIG DOZER OUT BY HAND WHEN HE GOT UNDERNEATH DOZER HE GOT STUCK IN SLUDGE HE TRIED TO PULL HIMSELF OUT BY REACHING UP & GRABBING ONTO DOZER & FEL T MUSCLES IN RT ARM PULL HE ALSO HAD SOME SCRATCHES ON LEFT HAND & THEY GOT INFECTED WHEN HE PUT THEM IN THE LIMESTONE
BOULDER WAS IN THE WAY OF PATH OF HAUL TRUCK EMPLOYEE GOT OUT OF TRUCK & TRIED TO MOVE BOULDER BY HAND INSTEAD OF USING A LOADER OR ANOTHER PIECE OF MACHINERY TO MOVE THE BOULDER
EMPLOYEE CLIMBED DOWN THE CONVEYOR BELT TO SHOVEL ROCK OFF THE BELT. IT WAS A TIGHT PLACE TO SHOVEL. HE WAS SITTING IN A CROUCHED POSITION WHEN HIS KNEE SNAPPED. HE FELT PAIN AND GOT UP. HE ST STARTED SOME CARPENTRY WORK AND BENT DOWN AND KNEE SNAPPED AGAIN. HE COULD NOT GET UP.
IN LIFTING THE SWING FRICTION OUT OF THE DRAGLINE WITH A MECHANIC I FELT A MILD PAIN IN BACK THOUGHT IT WOULD PASS SO DID NOT REPORT IT UNTIL 2-17-83 AT 8:30 AM WHEN I COULD NOT GET UP OR BEN D OVER WITHOUT BACK PAIN. (COMPRESSED DISC L5 & SACRUM)