55061S PUTTING SAMPLE CATCHER DOWN THERE WAS NO WIPER RUBBER ON THE DRILL STEEL A ROCK WAS THROWN UP & BROKE EE GLASSES GLASS PARTICLES GOT IN HIS LEFT EYE
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Showing all 13FOLLOWING A BIT CHANGE ON A BLAST HOLE DRILL,EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING UP TOOLS INCLUDING CHAIN WRENCH PLATE AND BIT BASKET.HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK WHILE PICKING UP THE LAST BIT BASKET.
CHANGING A CRUSHER CYCLINDER WHICH WEIGHS ABOUT 6 POUNDS WHEN IT FELL OFF THE EDGE OF CRUSHER.THE EMPLOYEE CAUGHT THE CYCLINDER BUT THE FORCE OF THE FALL CAUSED HIS HAND TO BE PINNED BETWEEN T HE CYCLINDER AND THE SIDE OF THE CRUSHER.THE SHARP EDGE OF THE CYCLINDER CUT THE EMPLOYEES HAND.
CHANGING BYPASS VALVE STRAINED BACK Y
REPLACING STARTER ON IGNERSOLL RAND DRILL, A SMALL PIECE OF COPPER LODGED INTO RIGHT INDEX FINGER. FINGER, HAND, AND ARM HAD SWOLLEN.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULVERIZING ORE SAMPLES. HE LIFTED THE LID TO CLEAN OUT THE SAMPLE. THE LID SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND AND DROPPED ON HIS LEFT LITTLE FINGER. THE FINGER WAS SMASHED BETWEEN THE LID A ND PULVERIZER FRAME CAUSING A SMALL LACERATION REQUIRING TWO STITCHES.
EMPLOYEE WS INSTALLING A PIPE & HOSE IN AN OVERHEAD POSITION WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.
MOVING SPLITTER BOX MAUALLY LEFT HAND FINGER GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN SPLITTER BOX & SUPPORT FRAME
DRIVER HAULING WASTE-ROCKS ON PIT ENTRANCE ROAD,MOTORGRADER BUSY SO HE GOT OUT OF TRUCK & MOVED THEM HIMSELF STRAINING LOWER BACK.
WHILE DRIVING TRUCK WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE NOT WORKING PROPERLY SO HE TRIED TO FLIP ICE FROM THEM WHEN HE DID HE SLIPPED AND POKED HIMSELF IN THE RT EYE WITH WIPER WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES A ND WIPER CAME UP UNDER GLASSES
EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING UP A PURLIN (LIGHT GAUGE STEEL) WHEN IT SLIPPED FROM HIS GRASP AND ROLLED AND CUT HIS WRIST.
I. NAME ATTEMPTED TO LIFT AN EMPTY 55 GALLON BARREL UP OVER THE SIDE OF A PICK-UP TRUCK. THE BARREL WAS TOO MUCH FOR ONE MAN TO HANDLE AND I.NAME SMASHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL AND THE BED OF THE TRUCK.
INSTALLED ROTATION PUMP PUMP SLIPPED AND SMASHED FINGER.