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Employee received a small avulsion fracture while changing V-belts on an impact crusher.
Employee was placing screen decks (~40 Pounds) in storage rack when he felt a slight pain in lumbar region.
Employee alleges that he strained his lower back while pushing a toolbox around on the back of his Chevy 3500 flat bed mechanics truck.
Employee was changing the screens on a 5 x 16 shaker, when he lifted a screen and strained his lower back.
Employee was tied off inside the primary crusher attempting to unplug the crusher. He was moving a 25 to 30 lb rock when his left elbow go t caught in his lanyard causing the weight to the rock to shift to his left hand. When the rock shifted, he lost control of it and smashed his left hand in between two rocks.
The employee was pulling electrical wire and felt a pain in his right shoulder.
EE was resetting a steering cylinder in a Caterpillar 773A haul truck when the cylinder's weight shifted and smashed his finger in between the cylinder and the frame of the truck, causing a small laceration on his ring finger on his left hand.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING ROCK OUT FROM AROUND A HEAD PULLEY ON A CONVEYOR AND HE CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN A ROCK HE WAS LIFTING AND AN ELECTRIC MOTOR'S FRAME WHICH LACERATED HIS FINGER.
EE TRIED TO MOVE ROCK THAT HAD FALLEN OFF OF A HAUL UNIT OUT FROM IN FRONT OF THE 209 CRUSHING PLANT.
EE PULLED HARD ON A GREASE HOSE THAT HAD BECOME LODGED AT THE 8 X 20 SCREENING DECK AND HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN LOWER STOMACH AND GROIN AREA.
EE IMPROPERLY BENT OVER TO LIFT AN 8" DISCHARGE HOSE AND STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK. SENT TO DR., X-RAY NEGATIVE, PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION, RESTRICTED DUTY, DIAGNOSED AS L-S STRAIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN A LADDER AND STEPPED WRONG ON TO UNLEVEL GROUND TWISTING RIGHT ANKLE. DOCTOR EXAMINED, X-RAYS NEGATIVE, PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION, RESTRICTED DUTY.