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MECHANIC CAUGHT HIS LEFT FINGER BETWEEN TWO FLANGES. (EMPLOYEE STATED THAT INSTEAD OF SETTING HOSE DOWN, HE JUST TOSSED IT DOWN, NOT THINKING OF WHERE HIS HAND WAS). HE SUFFERED AN AVULSION TO THE DISTAL TIP OF THE LEFT RING FINGER REQUIRING 7-8 SUTURES. EMPLOYEE RETURNED TO RESTRICTED DUTY.

CHECKING OIL AND WATER IN RADIATOR IN D9 (DOZER).

DURING THE PROCESS OF SIGNALING TO GUIDE ASSEMBLY INTO PLACE ON PLATFORM, HE PLACED HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN A STATIONARY I-BEAM AND THE BOLTS EXTRUDING FROM THE LOCK RETAINER, CREATING A PINCH P OINT WHICH RESULTED IN INJURY TO LEFT HAND.

WHILE IN PROCESS OF REPLACING IMPELLER ON A CONDITIONER THE EE REACHED DOWN TO RAISE IMPELLER OUT OF FEED TO INSTALL A CABLE SLING. EDGE OF IMPELLER CUT THROUGH HIS GLOVE & INTO THE FINGER. EE WAS WEARING WORK GLOVES & ALL REQUIRED PPE. LACK OF SKILL-INADEQUATE PRACTICE. VERY FEW STAINLESS STEEL IMPELLERS ARE USED IN THIS SERVICE. EE DID NOT RECOGNIZE POSSIBILITY OF EDGE BEING AS S

EE WAS CROSSING OVER 42" CLAY LINE AND SLIPPED, HITTING INSIDE OF RIGHT KNEE OVER NEXT SEVERAL DAYS EE LEG WAS STIFF AND SORE, BUT IMPROVING. FIVE DAYS LATER HE MOVED A LARGE TOOL OFF ONE OF THE TRUCKS AND FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK. UPON RETURNING TO WORK, HE REPORTED BACK PAIN. WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY 8/19.

EE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON A PIECE OF ANGLE IRON WHICH WAS WELDED ON BOTTOM OF DRAGLINE HOUSING. BRACKET USED TO HOLD AN OLD TELEPHONE BOX FOR GROUND CAB COMMUNICATION, THAT HAD BEEN REMOVED. THE TWO ANGLE IRON BRACES WERE LEFT EXTENDING APPROX. 1'EACH. THIS IS AN AREA WHERE HARD HATS SHOULD ALWAYS BE WORN.

FOREIGN BODY IN CHIN.

EE AND ANOTHER EE WERE TRYING TO PUT ADJUSTING ARM ON A D8N DOZER. BLADE BAR SLIPPED CATCHING EE S LEFT LEG.

IMPROPERLY USED EQUIPMENT. TOO MUCH CABLE WAS MOVED AT ONCE WHICH PUT TOO MUCH STRAIN ON EE'S BACK.

IMPROPER HOUSEKEEPING, STEEL BOX SHOULD HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE PIT CAR.

EE WAS INSTALLING A BELLY PAN ON THE #631 PAN. BELLY PAN SLIPPED BETWEEN CHAIN AND THE PAN.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN SCREEN LAUNDER TO CLEAN AREA IN PREPARATION FOR MAINTENANCE. HE STEPPED BACKWARD INTO THE DISCHARGE CHUTE AND REACHED OUT AND CAUGHT HIS HAND ON METAL EDGE OF CHUTE.

EMPLOYEE WAS HOOKING A CABLE FROM ON D9 TRACTOR TO THE BLADE OF ANOTHER D9 TRACTOR. AS THE SLACK WAS BEING PULLED OUT OF THE CABLE, THE HOOK ROTATED PINCHING THE RIGHT THUMB BETWEEN THE HOOK A ND TRACTOR BLADE. THUMB WAS FRACTURED AND EMPLOYEE PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY.

GRATING IN AREA BETWEEN PUMPS WAS NOT INSTALLED IN A MANNER THAT WOULD PREVENT IT FROM SHIFTING TO ONE SIDE: THUS, SERVING AS POTENTIAL FOR FALLING BETWEEN BEAMS BY VIBRAITION ALONE.

EE & TWO OTHER MECHANICS WERE REMOVING OLD PIPE LINE FROM WASHER. ONE WAS OPERATING CRANE & ONE WAS FLAGGING. THIS EE WAS HOLDING ONTO PIPE UNTIL IT WAS CLEAR OF PIPE RACK. AS EE WAS GUILDING THE PIECE BEING MOVED, HE FELT THE BURNING SENSATION FROM OVER-EXERTION.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING SAMPLE BUCKET (IN EXCESS OF 50 LBS) TO DUMP MATRIX INTO THE MIXER FOR THE PILOT PLANT IN THE LAB. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MOVE THE MATRIX BUCKET HE STRAINED HIS BACK.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING T MOVE A 55 GAL DRUM BY HIMSELF HE PULLED THE DRUM TO TIP & ROLL WHICH RESULTED IN MUSCLE STRAIN DUE TO OVEREXERTION

EMPLOYEE WAS HANGING IMPACT RELEASE WHEN ICIDENT OCCURRED. EMPLOYEE HAD LEFT HAND ON FLANGE OF BOTTOM PIPE WHILE PULLING DOWN ON IMPACT RELEASE.

EMPLOYEE WAS ASCENDING UPWARD IN A NEAR CRAWLING POSITION. WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO COME TO AN UPRIGHT STANDING POSITION, HE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON THE JIB OF THE CRANE, ALLEGING MOMENTARY LOSS OF CON SCIOUSNESS.

EMPLOYEE PLACED A 5 GALLON BUCKET FILLED WITH MATRIX SAMPLE, WEIGHING APP 65 LBS ONTO THE SIDE OF THE MIXING TANK IN PREPARATION OF POURING THE SAMPLE INTO THE TANK. WHEN EMPLOYEE REACHED TO T URN ON WATER VALVE, BUCKET SLID OFF MIXER. EMPLOYEE GRABBED THE BUCKET AS IT WAS FALLING, RESULTING IN AN ACUTE SPRAIN OF RT PECTORALIS MUSCLE IN HIS CHEST.

EE WAS INSTALLING 8" PIPE LATERAL ON COARSE FEEDTANK & REMOVING OLD PIPING. HE WAS LIFTING A SHORT SPOOL BY HAND. THE SPOOL DROPPED DOWN, CATCHING HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN THE FLANGES OF THE OLD SPOOL CAUSING A LACERATION THAT REQUIRED4 SUTURES TO CLOSE WOUND. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING GLOVES.

HE WAS PULLING HIMSELF UP ON TRACTOR. PULLED MUSCLES--TRAPEZIUS STRAIN.

DOING UNDERCARRIAGE ON D8, PULLED MUSCLE IN LEFT ARM.

EE WAS DISCONNECTIN TWO FLEXIBLES TO MOVE TO A WATERJACK AND WHEN THE LAST BOLT WAS TAKEN OUT, IT MOVE A COUPLE OF FEET THUS HITTING EE IN THE HEAD. THE FLEXIBLE HAD STORE ENERGY WHICH THE CRE W THOUGH HAD BEEN REMOVED WHEN THE TRACTOR OPERATOR STRAIGHTENED OUT THE FLEXIBLES.

EE CHOSE TO MOVE AN ALUMINUM PLATFORM BY HIMSELF RATHER THAT USE BRIDGE CRANE THAT WAS AVAILABLE FOR MATERIAL HANDLING.

IMPROPER BODY MECHANIS & LIFTING TECHNIQUES