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GATE HANDLE BOUNCED BACK FROM ITS PROPER POSTION AND CAUGHT THE EMPLOYEE IN THE MOUTH.
WORKING IN HOPPER UNDER 41/2CONE CRUSHER CLEANING OUT BUILT UP MATERIAL FROM AROUND CRUSHER HOUSING THAT WAS WHEN I NAME FIRST NOTICED HIS BACK HURTING THIS WAS BEFORE NOON ON 5TH OF DEC 1989 SOMETIME IN THE AFTERNOON I NAME CLIMBED FROM A CONCRETE LEDGE AROUND THE CONE CRUSHER TO A KNEE BRACE TO GET DOWN FROM THE KNEE BRACE
EMPL WAS UNHOOKING SCREEN CLOTH FROM CALBE HOIST AT STAGE 3 WHEN SCREEN CAME UNHOOKED. EMPL HELD ONTO SCREEN TO KEEP IT FROM FALLING WHEN HE INJURED LEFT WRIST HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A MOTOR OFF A SPPED REDUCER & TRIED TO SHAKE IT WHILE LIFTING. THE MOTOR FLIPPED & PINCHED EMPLOYEE'S FINGER AGAINST THE MOTOR & THE WALKWAY EDGE.
EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CHECKING THE CRUSHER. HE WENT TO PULL THE DOOR OF THE CRUSHER OPEN. THE HANDLE ON THE DOOR BROKE LOOSE FROM THE DOOR. THE EMPLOYEE FELL BACKWARDS STRUCK HIS HAND AND ARM ON THE GUARD RAIL.