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BLASTER WAS FASTENING HOSE TO BULK AN/FO TRUCK USING BOTH HANDS TO FASTEN KAM-LOCKS TO SECURE HOSE. HOSE SLIPPED FROM THE FEMALE KAM-LOCK HITTING THE WORKER IN THE MOUTH.
February 10, 1997IN · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WAS TRYING TO LIFT A 14" X 14" X 3' WOOD BLOCK USED FOR CRIBBING. HE WAS TRYING TO LIFT BLOCKBY HIMSELF. HE SAID HE FELT HIS LOWER BACK PULL A LITTLE. EE REFUSED TREATMENT. ONE WEEK LATER H E WENT TO DR. & WAS PLACED ON LIGHT DUTY FOR 1 WEEK. THIS IS A REACURRENCE FROM AN INJURY THAT OCCURED AT HOME 3 YRS PREVIOUS.
October 7, 1996OH · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WAS CHANGING OUT SCREEN CLOTH ON TERTIARY SCREEN. WHILE REMOVING SCREEN MEDIA EE CAUGHT HIS RING FINGER OF LEFT HAND BETWEEN SCREEN CLOTH & SAFETY HANDRAIL ON CATWALK.
September 18, 1996IN · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
CHANGING SCREEN CLOTH AND WAS LIFTING A CLOTH ONTO THE SCREEN AND BACK STARTED HURTING. EMP HAS A BACK PROBLEM FROM A PREVIOUS INJURY AT ANOTHERPLANT. THIS IS AN AGGRAVATION OF A PREVIOUS INJU RY.
June 5, 1996IN · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WAS PUTTING ON HIS OVERHAULS AT WORK AT THE BEGINNING OF HIS SHIFT. WHEN HE BENT OVER AND STOOD BACK UP. HE GRABBED HIS BACK AND SAT DOWN. AT 7AM HE SAID HIS LOWER BACK WAS HURTING BADLY AND NEEDED TO SEE A DR. HE WENT TO HIS CHIRO AT 1009 (LEFT WORK). DR HAS HHIM ON LIGHT DUTY FOR ESTIMATED 2 WKS. B1U SAID THAT HHIS BACK HAD BEEN BOTHERIN GHIM PREVIOUSLY SINCH AN ACCIDENT
February 15, 1996IN · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING ONTO A ROPE TO KEEP FROM BRAKING. THE CHUTE CAME LOOSE AND PULLED HIS ARM.
November 13, 1995IN · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WAS REMOVING DRIVE SHAFT WHEN HIS HAND SLIPPED ON GREASE. HIS HAND WENT IN BETWEEN THE DRIVE SHAFT AND DIFFERENTIAL YOKE. THE DRIVE SHAFT FELL AND SMASHED HIS THUMB.
November 2, 1995IN · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WAS PULLING THE BELT CLAMP UP THE BELT & SMACKED HIS RIGHT ELBOW ON SINGLE POST FOR CABLE. FROM HIS ELBOW TO HAND WENT NUMB & HE LOST STRENTH & HAS CONSTANT PAIN AND BURING IN ELBOW.
September 28, 1995OH · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WAS PULLING WATER HOSE OVER AN UNLEVEL SURFACE EE LOST HIS FOOTING & FELL THE WATER HOSE WAS ON AT THE TIME & SLIPPED OUT OF EE HAND & HIT HIM IN THE TESTACLES
September 22, 1995IN · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
2 EMPLOYEE WERE CHANGING SCREENS ON 8 X 20 SHAKER. INJURED PICKED UP HIS SIDE OF THE SCREEN AND HAD A SHARP PAIN IN HIS GROIN AREA. AFTER THAT, IT REDUCED TO A DULL ACHE.
August 14, 1995IN · Metal/Non-Metalgrader operator, roadgrader operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS FINISHING JOB OF CHANGING SCREENS ON #4 SCREEN. HE AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WRE PUSHINGON A STEEL PLATE TO SWING IT SHUT. EMPLOYEE LOST HISFOOTING AND WITNESS COULDN'T HOLD IT BY HI MSELF. THE PLATE FELL OPEN HITTING INJURED'S LEFT FINGER. THE FINGER GOT SMASHED BETWEEN THE PLATE AND A HAND RAIL.
May 24, 1995IN · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
HE WAS GUIDING SCREEN CLOTH INTO BACK, BOTTOM DECK OF SHAKER. HE WAS USING BOTH HANDS TO PULL THE SCREEN CLOTH IN WHEN THE CLOTH SLIPPED OUT OF HIS LEFT HAND AND PINCHED HIS RIGHT THUMB BETWEE N SCREEN CLOTH AND HOLE OF SHAKER.
April 5, 1995IN · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
INJURED WAS PUTTING NUTS & WASHERS ON BOTTOM SCREEN FROM LOWER SIDE. HE SLID DOWN PAN TO GET TO THE BOLT & BACK OF LEG GOT CAUGHT ON ANGLE IRON. THOUGHT IT WAS JUST A SCRATCH & CONTINUED W/HIS JOB. AFTER GETTING OUT OF PAN HE NOTICED HIS PANTS AND LEG WAS WET AND HE SAW THERE WAS BLOOD ON HIS LEG & PANT.
April 4, 1995IN · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
WORKING ON PUMP PONTOON, EE CLIMBING DOWN INTO THE CENTER OF PONTOON WHEN THE STEEL ELBOW HE WAS HOLDING GAVE WAY HE PUSHED HIMSELF OUT OF THE WAY AND PULLED MUSCLES 1" SHOULDER/BACK.
April 4, 1995IN · Metal/Non-Metalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)HANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS ALIGNING ELJAY SCREEN, USING LOFT 1/2 CHAINS WHILE CARRYHING CHAINS FROM ONE FLOOR TO ANOTHER AND PULLED MUSCLES IN LOWER BACK.
January 24, 1995IN · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
PUTTING NEW V-BELTS ON CRUSHER. EMPLOYEE WAS USING HIS LEFT HAND TO ROTATE CRUSHER. HE SAID HIS GLOVE MUST HAVE GOTTEN CAUGHT ON PIECE OF WELD AND PULLED HIAS HAND DOWN AGAINST CRUSHER SIDE IN JURING HIS LEFT THUMB.
January 10, 1995OH · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WAS LIFTING ONE END OF A PIECE OF STEEL 20"X96"X1/2" TO MOVE IT OUT OF THE WAY. TO KEEP FROM SETTING IT DOWN ON HIS TOE S HE MOVED HIS FEET BACK. WHEN HE DID THIS HE HAD A BURNING PAIN IN T HE LEFT SIDE OF HIS LOWER BACK.
EE WAS LOADING AN EXYGEN BOTTLE ON THE WELDING TRUCK WHEN THE PASE OF THE TANK SLID ON THE ROCK AND THE TOP PART OF THE TANK FELL TOWARD THE TRUCK SMASHING HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE TANK AND THE TRUCK.
December 9, 1994OH · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
ROCK WAS WEDGED IN THE BOTTOM OF THE 310 HOPPER. WITH THE DESIGN OF HOPPER, THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN GET TO THE ROCKS IS TO CRAWL INSIDE HOPPER. THE ROCK SHIFTED AND SLIPPED OUT OF MY HANDS, SMASH ING MY FINGER BETWEEN THE ROCK AND A PIECE OF STEEL.
December 8, 1994OH · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING LOAD A 12" PIPE ONTO A FLATBED LOWBOY TRUCK, HE HAD TWO CHAINS CHOKED ON BOTH ENDS OF PIPE. WHILE LIFTING THE PIPE, THE CHAIN SLIPPED AND THE PIPE DROPPED JERKING HIS LEFT ARM, LEAVING IT STRAINED .
September 27, 1994OH · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
A ROCK HUNG BETWEEN BELT AND WIPER AT COBBLE HEAD SECTION. HAD BELT BUCKLED, SHUT OFF DREDGE AND COBBLE CONVEYOR AND MUD PICKING BELT. DISLODGED FLAT ROCK WHEN TENSION FROM MUD PICKING CONVE YOR CAUSED ROCK TO MOVE UPWARD PINCHING FINGER BETWEEN ROCK AND COBBE HOPPER.
EE WAS WORKING ON 6X18 SCREENCHANGING A BEARING. HIS HAND SLIPPED AS HE WAS PULLING OFF BEARING HOUSING, RESULTING IN LACERATIONS OF TWO FINGER S ON HIS LEFT HAND.
WHILE EE WAS LOOKING THROUGH DRAWERS INTOOL CABINET A 48IN PIPE WRENCH WHICH HAS SETTING UPRIGHT LEANING AGAINST THE SIDE OF TOOL CABINET FELL & LANDED ON HIS LEFT FOOT BREAKING HIS LITTLE TOE
April 27, 1994OH · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYE EWAS HLEPING REMOVE A 70 TO 80 LB JACKSHAFT FROM PRIMARY FEEDER DRIVE ASSEMBLY. IN PULLING SHAFT OUT HE HAD HIS LEFT THUMBS INSIDE OF SHEAVE. WHEN SHAFT DROPPED IN SMASHED HIS THUMB
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