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EE WAS SHOVELING UP SPILLED ROCK UNDERNEATH THE SECONDARY CRUSHER PIT. HE WAS KICKING THE SHOVEL IN ORDER TO GET A SHOVEL LOAD OF ROCK. IN DOING SO, HE STRAINED THE MEDIAL COLLATERAL, RIGHT KN EE.
EE AND OTHER WERE REPAIRING AN 8 INCH PVC WATER LINE IN THE SINK FLOAT. A FLANGE WAS CLEANED AND EE PICKED UP THE PVC PRIMER AND BRUSH AND STARTED TO PRIME THE INSIDE PORTION OF THE FLANGE. EE TURNED TO FACE THE PIPE AT HEAD LEVEL WHILE OTHUER WAS BRUSHING AND SOME OF THE PRIMER SPLATTERED FROM THE BRUSH CATCHING EE IN THE FACE AND EYES.
EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE BUMPED ELBOW ON HOPPER WHILE SWINGING 8 LB. SLEDGE (ATTEMTPING TO UNPLUG ROCK FEEDER).
USING PUNCH BALL HAMMER TO DRIVE BOLT OUT OF AIR SIFTER SM METAL FRAGMETN STRUCKHIM IN R LEG ANTIB.WERE PRESCRIBED WOUD SZ 1/4 IN
CUTTING TOPS FROM BUCKETS KNIFE FOLDED UP PINCHING CUTTING FINGER. DR PUT STITCHES IN FINGER RET. TO WORK.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TURN HAMMERS IN DAY 70 HAMMER MILL.THEY WERE USING A PRY BAR AND GRATE BARS TO ALIGN PIN HOLES.APPROXIMATELY 60 POUND HAMMER SLIPPED AND PINCHED INJURED'S RIGHT THUMB AGAI NST GRATE BAR.TEN TO 12 STITCHES WERE REQUIRED ON LACERATION AT BASE OF THE THUMBNAIL.THE NAIL WAS ALSO REMOVED.NO LOST TIME IS EXPECTED,ONLY RESTRICTIVE DUTY.
DRIVING A PIN ON ARM OF BLADE ON BULLDOZER WITH SLEDGE HAMMER A SMALL PIECE OF METAL CHIPPED OFF PIN & HIT EMPLOYEE IN LIP
EMPL WAS SPLITTING RUBBER TORQUE ARRESTERS FOR WELL PUMP WITH POCKET KNIFE WHEN KNIFE SLIPPED CAUSING SMALL LACERATION TO INSIDE OF RIGHT KNEE AREA.
EMPL WAS USING PRY BAR TO ADJUST BEARING HOUSING ON COUNTERWEIGHT PULLEY TAKEUP SYSTEM ON 111 BELT. BAR SLIPPED & EMPL MASHED RIGHT LITTLE FINGER AGAINST HAND RAIL. NEXT DAY FINGER WAS EXAMINE D BY DR CAMPL. NAIL WAS REMVE TO RELIEVE PRESSURE FROM SWELLING.
SUPERVISING THE MOVEMENT OF TRACKS FOR BELT SAW THAT WERRE SUSPENDED BY A FORK TRUCK WHEN HE USED A PRY BAR TO GET IT OVER A HUMP OF MARBLE IT SLIPPED OFF FORK TRUCK AND LANDED ON HIS LEFT FOO T SEVERE SWELLING TOP OF FOOT AND BROKEN BLOOD VESSELS THIS REQUIRED PRESCRIPTION DRUGS
EMPLOYEE WAS USING JACK TO PRESS IN A SHAFT TO REPAIR THE P&H CRANE WHEN IT SLIPPED OUT AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN 1ST AND 2ND KNUCKLE. CUT AND BROKE LEFT RING FINGER- DEEP CUT TO TOP AND B OTTOM OF FINGER.
WAS OPENING A MANUAL FEED VALVE FROM A LIQUID TANK TO A PUMP WHEN SHE FELT A PAIN IN HER R FOREARM STRAINED MUSCLE IN R FOREARM PRESCRIPTION
EMPLOYEE WAS USING POCKET KNIFETO CUT PRIMA CORD (1/4") WHEN IT SLIPPED CUTTING END OF LEFT THUMB REQUIRING 9 STITCHES.
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LOOSEN MATERIAL HUNG IN CHUTE UNDER THE JAW CRUSHER THE MATERIAL CAME LOOSE STRIKING HIS HAND AGAISNT THE CONVEYOR AND MASHING A FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND PRESCRIPTION TO PREVENT INFECTION
EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING A ROLLER IN TRACK LOADER WHILE ANOTHER EMPLOYEE HIT IT WITH A HAMMER TO FREE IT WHEN A PICE OF STEEL FLEW INTO ARM.STEEL IMBEDDED IN RIGHT FOREARM AND HAD TO BE REMOVED.
EMPLOYEE HOLDING D93 DRILL CYLINDER WHILE ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS KNOCKING OUT A STEEL CUSHION BUSHING WHEN PIECE OF STEEL FLEW INTO RIGHT FOREARM.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING SLEDGE HAMMER KNOCKING PIN BACK IN TRACK RAIL ON LOADER WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN HAMMER HANDLE AND EDGE OF TRACK PAD CUT END OF LEFT INDEX FINGER REQUIRING 5 STITCH ES
EMPLOYEE WAS HITTING WEDGES WITH SLEDGE HAMMER WHEN PIECE OF STEEL AND MARBLE DUST INJURED HIS EYE PIECE OF STEEL IN UPPER RT EYE AND MARBLE DUST IN LOWER RT EYE
EMPL WAS REPLACING CONVEYOR BELT. STRIP OF W OOD IS NAILED TO BELT TO HOLD IT IN PLACE UNTIL BELT IS CONNECTED WITH FASTENERS. EMP WAS NAILING PIECE OF WOOD WHEN HE STRUCK LEFT INDEX FINGER WITH HAMMER.
I.NAME HAD TAKEN AN ALTENATOR OFF THE DRILL RIG AND PLACED IT IN A VISE HE WANTED TO TAKE THE PULLEY OFF SO HE PUT A RATCHET ON THE PULLEY NUT AND WHEN HE PULLED THE RATCHET TO LOOSEN THE NUT THE PULLEY TURNED ALONG WITH THE ENTIRE ALTENATOR THE ALTENATOR CAME OUT OF THE VISE AND FELL STRIKING I.NAME JUST ABOVE THE KNEE CAP ON HIS LEFT LEG
EMPLOYEE WAS TI1HTENING BOLT ON COPCO DRILL AIR COMPRESSOR AND STRAINED NECK AND LEFT SHOULDER AREA WHILE PUSHING ON RATCHET WRENCH
EE WAS USING A 6" ADJUSTABLE WRENCH TO TIGHTEN BOLTS ON THE SOUTH BIRD COVER. THE WRENCH BROKE & THE EE STRUCK HIS HAND AGAINST THE COVER. SWELLING BENEATH THE FINGER NAIL REUIRED THAT THE NAI L BE REMOVED. E9 ONLY VISITED THE DR FOR ONE VISIT & BO PRESCRIPTION MEDICAINE WAS REQUIRED.
EMPLOYEE WAS CU7TING APIECE OF PLASTIC PIPE WHEN HIS POCKET KNIFE FOLDED AND CUT HIS FINGER. THREE STITCHES TO RIGHT INDEX FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS US3NG SMALL HAMMER HITTING A PIECE OF STEEL WHEN A PIECE OF METAL FROM HAMMER FLEW OFF AND INTO LEFT LEG. SMALL CUT TO UPPER INSIDE OF LEG.
I,NAME WAS USIN1 A BALL PIN HAMMER TO DRIVE THE PIN OUT THAT WAS HOLDING TOGETHER TWO LINKS IN A SECION OF CHAIN ON THE WASHER DRIVE CHAIN. A SMALL METAL FRAGMENT FRACTURE OFF THE PIN IMBEDDED IN HIS UPPER L9FT ARM. DR. CAMP REMOVED THE METAL FRAGMENT AND CLOSED THE WOUND WITH THREE STITCHES.
EMPLOYEE WAS AD4USTING MOTOR WITH CHAIN ON A QUARRY BAR WHEN IT SLIPPED THROUGH HIS HAND CUTTING END OF MIDDLE FINGER LEFT HAND- 3 STITCHES.
EMPLOYEE WAS PA3NTING OVERHEAD FOR SEVERAL HOURS. PULLED MUSCLE IN RIGHT SHOULDER WHEN HOLDING ARMS IN UPWARD POSITION TOO LONG.
EMPLOYEE WAS TI1HTENING A UNION ON A LEAKING OIL LINE. HE WAS USING TWO ADJUSTABLE PIPE WRENCHES. ONE OF THE WRENCHES SLIPPED OFF OF THE UNION. MASHING HISFINGER BETWEEN THE TWO WRENCHES. X-R AYS REVEALED A 6ONE CHIP AND POSSIBLE HAIRLINE FRACTURE BETWEEN THE LAST JOINT AND THE TIP OF THE FINGER ON THE RIGHT INDEX FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS US3NG A STEEL BART TO PRY A LARGE ROCK OUT OF CRUSHER WHEN ROCK SUDDENLY ROLLED ON THE BAR PUSHING EMPLOYEES HAND AGAINST CRUSHER BOX LACERATION & BRUISES TO BACK OF LEFT HAND
EMPLOYEE WAS AT7EMPTING TO BREAK ROCK, WHICH WAS LODGED IN CRUSHER, WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER-HAMMER GLANCED OFF ROCK AND HIT EMPLOYEE ON RIGHT ANKLE.
I.NAME WAS UNPL6GGING THE WEST PEN CRUSHER THAT HAD A LARGE ROCK LODGED IN IT THE ROCK BROKE FREE & THE T-HANDLE OF THE POKING BAR CAME DOWN ON THE FINGER OF OPPOSITE HAND WHICH WAS AGAINST TH E FLANG EXCESS 2F THE OPENING
I NAME AND TWO 2THER MEN WERE PUTTING THE N. RAYMOND MILL BACK TOGETHER. THEY WERE IN THE PROCESS OF PUTTING HALF THE SHELL BACK TOGETHER. TWO WERE G UINGING THE SHE5L INTO PLACE WHILE I NAME WORKED THE COME A LONG THAT WAS BEING USED THE HOIST THE SECTION INTO PLACE. THE COME A LONG HOOK SLIPPED OFF BOTTOM OF SECTION LETTING THESECTION FAL
EMPLOYEE WAS ST5NDING 20 FT AWAY AND ON NEXT FLOOR UP CLEANING HIS SAFETY GLASSES WHEN PIECE OF MARBLE HIT HIS EYE. MARBLE CAME FROM SLEDGE HAMMER HITTING MARBLE BY ANOTHER EMPLOYEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS TR2ING TO MOVE A CRUSHER BY USING A PRY BAR PRY BAR SLIPPED AND END OF BAR HIT EMPLOYEES RIB ON RT SIDE OF CHEST
I.NAME WAS HITT3NG THE FEEDER CHUTE TO THE RAYMOND MILL & IT HAD A HOLE IN IT WHEN THE MATERIAL LEG GO LAND PLASTER CAME OUT OF THE CHUTE AND ENTERED BOTH EYES
BATTERY ON HILI0T WAS RUNNING HOT INSTEAD OF USING FLASHLIGHT WHICH WAS AVAILABLE EMPLOYEE USED FLAME OF CIGARETTE LIGHTER TO INSPECT BATTERY FOR LOW WATER BATTERY EXPLODED SPLASHING ACID AROU ND THE EYE AREA3NO PERMANENT DAMAGE OR LOSS OF SIGHT RESULTED FROM ACCIDENT
CHAIN CAUGHT MI8DLE FINGER OF FIGHT HAND WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A ROCK FROM CARRIER CHAIN. MIDDLE FINGER OF RIGHT HAND WAS CUT OFF ABOVE THE OUTER KNUCKLE, ABOUT MIDDLE OF FINGERNAIL.
EMPLOYEE JACKIN1 UP DRILL WITH A RAILROAD JACK,JACKSLIPPED IN MUD BRINGING DRILL FRAME TOWARD THE OPERATOR AND ONTO RIGHT FOOT.
MOVING QUARRY BAR WITH PRY BAR - PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK.
THE MAIN DUST COLLECTOR SCREW PLANT 4 WAS CHOKED I NAME WAS USING PIPE WRENCH TO ATTEMPT TO TURN SCREW WHEN HE LIFTED UP ON THE WRENCH HE FELT SOMETHING TEAR IN HIS STOMACH AREA
I.NAME IS A CRISHER OPERATOR. HE HAD ROCK BRIDEIN THE HOPPER AND HE WAS TRYING TO POKE IN DOWN WITH A LONG STEEL BAR. IN DOING SO, THE ROCK LET GO AND IT HIT THE BAR. THUS CAUSING HIS FINGER TO GET HIT BETWEEN THE BAR AND GUARD RAILING AROUND THE HOPPER.
EMPLOYEE WAS DIGGING ROCK OUT OF THE JAW CRUSHER. SOME LOOSE ROCK IN THE FEEDER SLIPPED & FELL ON THE EMPLOYEE\S FOOT. IT TORE SOME LIGAMENTS & THE EMPLOYEE MISSED 3 DAYS WORK.
EE WAS HOOKING METAL TO A LOADER BUCKET WITH A CHAIN. THE CHAIN HAD A KINK IN IT WHEN PRESSURE WAS APPLIED THE KNIK CAME OUT CAUISNG METAL TO SWING INTO EES LEG CAUSING BREAK.
EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING BAR WHILE TRACK PINS WERE BEING DRIVEN FROM PADS WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER HAMMER GLANCED OFF BAR AND STRUCK VICTIM BETWEEN EYES VICTIM WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES AND THIS HELP ED CUSHION BLOW VICTIM SUFFERED CONCUSSION AND LACERATION TO HEAD KEPT ONE NIGHT FOR OBSV
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO TURN SHAKER SCREEN SHAFT WITH PIPE WRENCH THE WRENCH SLIPPED AND SMASHED HIS RING AND LITTLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND BETWEEN WRENCH AND METAL GUARD THE RING AND LITTLE F GER ON LEFT HAND WERE CUT DEEP AND BRUISED AND A BONE WAS CHIPPED IN LITTLE FINGER
EMP WAS TAKING THE INNER RACE FROM A BEARING OFF OF THE PITMAN SHAFT FROM A JAW CRUSHER WORKER HIT INNER RACE WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER ATTEMPTING TO DISLODGE RACE FROM SHAFT
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING TOP OFF OF A CAN OF OIL, THE CAN SLIPPED CUTTING EMPLOYEE ON LEFT HAND. THE CUT CAUSED FROM SHARP EDGES ON CAN.
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO OPEN GATE ON CHUTE TO CHANGE FLOW OF ROCK, ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WHO HAD BEEN ATTEMPTING TO OPEN SAME GATE WITH HAMMER SWUNG ONE MORE TIME, NOT REALIZING EMPLOYEE HAD HAN D IN WAY. FIRST EMPLOYEE DID NOT REALIZE THAT SECOND EMPLOYEE WAS GOING TO SWING AGAIN, WAS ATTEMPTING TO OPEN GATE WITH HANDS.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO BREAK FREE A SCREEN RACK ON A SHAKER. RACK AWAS BEIANG PULLED USING CABLES TIED TO A LOADER, RACK GOT HUNG UP, EMPLOYEE GOT UP ON SHAKER USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO BREAK ROCK FREE. ROCK SPRUNG BACK WHEN EMPLOYEE STRUCK IT HITTING EMPLOYEE ON THE LEG.