HE WAS ASSISTING MAINTENANCE CHANGE A DRAG CABLE END FOR END ON THE DRAGLINE. HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK WHEN HE BENT OVER TO CONNECT A WINCH LINE HOOK OR WHEN HE USED A SLEDGEHAMMER TO TAP THE WEDGE OUT OF THE SOCKET (AFTER IT WAS LOOSENED BY ANOTHER EMPLOYEE. ALTHOUGH HE FINISHED THE DAY AND 3 MORE, HE MISSED 2 DAYS THE NEXT WEEK.
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Showing all 7SOME MATERIAL STUCK IN AT TOP OF DUMP, STANDING ON GROUND REACHING UP WITH HOE TRYING TO CLEAN MATERAIL OUT OF DUMP MATERAIL BROKE LOOSE AT SAME TIME SLID HITTING HIM AND KNOCK ING HIM DOWN NOCK ING HIM DOWN
I NAME & I NAME WERE CHANGING THE BUCKET TOOTH POINT ON THE DRAGLINE USING A 4 LB HAMMER AS I NAME WAS DRIVING OUT THE NO 2 TOOTH POINT PIN THE HAMMER GLANCED OFF OF THE NO 3 POINT & STRUCK HI M IN THE LEFT KNEE ALTHOUGH I NAME DID NOT LOOSEANY WORK DAYS & DID NOT REQUIRE RESTRICT ED DUTY MOTRON WAS PRESCRIBED
U,NAME WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO DRIVE A WEDGE INTO THE DRAG ROPE SOCKET ON A DRAGLINE BUCKET. A SMALL SLIVER OF STEEL FROM THE WEDGE GLANCED OFF HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND STRUCK HIS CHEECK. H E WAS TREATED WITH FIRST AID BUT UPON RECENT EXAMINATION FOR SCAR TISSUE, A PIECE OF IMBEDDED STEEL WAS FOUND AND REMOVED.
I NAME WAS ASSI8TING I NAME TO STRAIGHTEN THE STEEL GUARD BARS ON THE TOP OF A TEREX SCRAPER BOWL WITHA COME A LONG. AS HE TIGHTENED THE COME ALONG, ITS HANDLE KICKED BACK AND STRUCK HIM IN THE HAND BETWEE3 THE THUMB AND FOREFINGER, SPLITTING THE SKIN. FOUR STITCHES WERE REQUIRED
I NAME WAS OPER5TING A DIESEL DRIVEN WATER PUMP WHENT HE SUCTION HOSE BECAME STUCK IN THE MUD. WHILE PULLING ON A ROPE TIED TO THE HOSE, HE STRAINED HIS BACK.
II AND I NAME R9MOVED THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL OF THE ROAD MAINTAINER AND THE LUGS ON THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL HE BOTH FRONT FEET ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FRONT AXLE AND USED A 2 INCH PIPE AS A PAYBAR RAISE AND SHAK9 THE RIGHT WHEEL THE ACLE PIVOTS IN THE MIDDLE WHILE II NAME ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE THE WHEEL THE PIPE SLIPPED AND I NAME FELL BACKWARDS STRIKING HIS RIGHT HIP AREA ON THE OUTRIGG