EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING BOLT OF SHAKER SCREEN WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL, STRIKING RIGHT KNEE AGAINST BOLT AND THE CATWALK. EE FAILED TO WEAR FALL PROTECTION AND FAILED TO ENSURE HE HAD SECURE FOOTING BEFORE BEGINNING TASK. SUFFERED SPRAINED RIGHT KNEE. NO LOST TIME, ON MODIFIED DUTY.
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August 11, 2005
MD · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
D M Stoltzfus · Fall onto or against objects
June 7, 2005
PA · Metal/Non-Metal
driller, highwall operator, highwall drill operator
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
D M Stoltzfus · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Employee was changing a hammer on the drill rig, when the hammer swung back and the employee's hand got caught between the the hammer and another piece of steel.
September 20, 2001
MD · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
D M Stoltzfus · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS WIRE BRUSHING A MANTLE FOR 48FC TELSMITH IN PREPARATION OF ASSEMBLY. SMALL PIECE OF WIRE FROM THE BRUSH WENT UP UNDER HIS SAFETY GLASSES.
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