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EE HAD JACKED UP A TRUCK TO REPLACE A WHEEL, HE WAS PLACING BLOCKS UNDER TRUCK TO BLOCK IT UP WHEN HE STRAINED THE MUSCLES IN HIS BACK.
REPAIRING PRIMARY CRUSHER, REPLACING METAL BARS IN CRUSHER. [LIFTING]
EE CLIMBING BACK INTO LOADER & CLOSED DOOR ON FINGER.
SPRAINED LOWER BACK WHILE LIFTING A PIECE OF METAL IN PLACE IN THE PRIMARY CRUSHER.
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING INTO HIS HAUL TRUCK WHEN HE RACKED HIS WRIST ACROSS THE EDGE OF THE DOOR AND A METAL BURR ON THE DOOR CUT HIS WRIST.
EE WAS MAKING REPAIRS TO THE BELT LINE. HE RAISED HIS HEAD UP AND HIS HARD HAT HIT THE LINE AND JAMMED HIS NECK MUSCLES.
EE WAS CHANGING THE BELT ON THE SCREENS. HE WAS PULLING ON THE RUBBER BELT, AND PULLED A MSUCLE IN HIS GROIN AREA.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING BINS TO LOAD THE STOCKPILE TRUCKS. WHEN HE PULLED THE LEVER TO OPEN A BIN, HE DISLOCATED HIS SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING 55-GAL BARRELS OF WASHING CHEMICAL.
THE EE HAD BEEN TRYING TO FREE A BOLDER FROM THE PRIMARY CRUSHER AFTER HE RETURNED TO THE CRUSHER HOUSE HE NOTICED A SLIGHT IRRITATION IN HIS RIGHT EYE.
EE LIFTED A 50 LB BAG OF ANFO FROM THE GROUND IN ORDER TO POUR INTO THE HOLE TO LOAD A SHOT. AS HE DID SO, HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE HAD JUST WATERED DOWN THE ROADWAY IN ORDER TO KEEP DOWN THE DUST AND WAS CLIMBING DOWN FROM THE LADDER ON THE WATER TRUCK AND PULLED HIS LOWER BACK MUSCLES.
INJURED WAS USING A 35-TON WABCO TRUCK TO HAUL CRUSHED MATERIAL FROM THE BINS TO THE STOCKPILE. HE HAD STEPPED FROM THE TRUCK TO THE WALKWAY TO PULL THE HYDRAULIC VALVE TO OPEN THE BIN DOORS. AS HE TURNED HIS BODY TO REACH FOR THE LEVER, HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS UPPER TO MIDDLE BACK.
INJURED WAS CLEANING THE WALKWAY AND OPENING TH EPRIMARY CRUSHER ACCESS DOORS IN PREPARATION FOR THE CRUSHER INSPECTION. AS HE PULLED ON THE ACCESS DOOR, HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.
PLACING CAN OF ANTI FREEZE ON LOADER IN PREP WINTERIZE LIFTED IT TO SET IT ON WALKWAY HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK
PIT TRUC HAD SPILLED LARGE ROCKS IN ROADWAY. EMPL WAS HELPING REMOVE ROCK FROM ROADWAY. AS HE PICKED UP ONE OF ROCKS HE FELT BURNING SENSATION IN GROIN AREA.
EMPLOYEE HAD HELPED LOAD A SHOT AND WAS CLEANING UP IN PREPARATION TO BLAST. AS HE REACHED TO GET A SHOVEL, HE FELT A PAIN AND A BURNING SENSATION IN HIS LOWER BACK.
THE EE HAD PARKED HIS TRUCK UNDER THE BIN, GOT OUT OF HIS TRUCK ONTO THE WALKWAY AND PULLED ON THE BIN LEVER TO OPEN THE BIN DOORS. HE THEN FELT A PAIN IN HIS NECK.
THE EMPLOYEE HAD PULLED HIS TRUCK UNDER THE CHUTE, GOT OUT OF HIS TRUCK TO PULL THE LEVER TO RELEASE THE ROCK. HE TURNED AROUND AND HIT HIS KNEE ON THE PLATFORM.
EMPLOYEE PICKED UP ONE END OF A WALKWAY BOARD TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE PRIMARY CRUSHER. WHEN HE STOOD UP, HE HAD PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
I NAME WAS ATTEMPTING TO OPEN THE GATE FREEZING TEMPERATURES CAUSED THE GATE TO STICK & I NAME INJURED HIS BACK WHILE ATTEMPTING TO OPEN THE GATE