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EE WAS OPENING DOOR ON BULK BIN TO RELEASE CALCIUM OXICE CHIPS INTO WATER WHEEL BIN BELOW. FINE POWDER BLEW AS THE DOOR OPENED & RELEASED CHEMICALS DOWN THE CHUTE. MATERIAL ENTERED EE'S RIGHT EYE CAUSING IMMEDIATE BURNING & TEMPORARY OF SIGHT
SETTING CAUSTIC DRIP FOR PONDS. PLASTIC LINES BLEW APART. CHEMICAL WENT INTO RT EYE.
EE WAS TRYING TO REPAIR BACK DOOR TO LUBE TRUCK. HE PULLED THE DOOR UP & STEPPED ON THE BACK OF THE TRUCK USING HIS KNEE UNDER HIS HAND. THE DOOR WAS TOO HEAVY & HE JAMMED & BENT HIS HAND BACK ON TOP OF HIS KNEE. DID NOT REPORT INJURY UNTIL12/23/97.
DENVER WAS CLIMBING LADDER TO CAB OF 85 TON EUCLID ROCK TRUCK AND TWISTED BACK.
EE WAS HELPING A MECHANIC PICK UP A CUTTING EDGE FOR A BULLBOZER BLADE AND SPRAINED STRAINED HIS ARM BACK.
THE EMPLOYEE HAD CUT A TRACK PAD OFF OF AN OLD SET OF DOZER TRACKS. AFTER CUTTING OLD PAD OFF HE REACHED DOWN AND PICKED UP ONE END OF THE PAD AND STOOD IT UP AGAINST AN OIL DRUM. WHEN HE TURN ED LOOSE OF THE PAD HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS BACK.
REMOVED BELLY PAN FROM KOMATSU 475 DOZER TO REPLACE HOSE. WHILE REPLACING BELLY PAN, REAR HINGES FAILED, CAUSING PAN TO MOVE FORWARD AND FALL. PAN STRUCK MECHANIC'S LEFT FOREARM AND CUT IT. PA N FELL ON LEFT ANKLE AND FOOT, CAUSING CRUSH INJURIES. MECHANIC WAS ABLE TO PULL FOOT OUT OF WAY AFTER PAN HIT AND BOUNCED. ANKLE WAS SPRAINED AND BRUISED.
EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTING TO LIFT BUCKET TEETH FROM FROM FROZEN GROUND.
EMPLOYEE PULLING HOSE TO PUT OIL IN EQUIPMENT, HOSE UNCOILED AND PULLED EMPLOYEE TO SIDE.
WHILE STEMING BLASTING HOLES JAIL PERSON TWISTED HIS BACK AND PULLED IT HURTING HIS LOWER BACK AND LEGS.
BELLY PAN CAME OFF & SMASHED LEFT HAND OF MECHANIC. XRAYS SHOWED NO BREAKS BRUISED HAND & FINGERS SMASHED FINGERNAIL.
OUTTING WATER H2SE ON DOZER REACHED AND SCRATCHED WRIST