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EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN THE MAINTENANCE SHOP USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO LOOSEN THE END OF THE TIE ROD FROM THE TRUCK. WHEN HE HIT THE TIE ROD WITH THE SLEDGE HAMMER, A PIECE OF METAL EITHER FROM OM THE HAMMER OR THE TIE ROD, STRUCK HIM IN THE RIGHT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CH5NGING SCREEN PANELS ON THE DISTER SCREEN. HE WAS USING A ROPE TO HOIST THE SCREEN PANELS FROM THE GROUND TO THE CATWALK ON THE DEISTER SCREEN APPROX. 40 FT IN THE AIR. AS HE WA S PULLING ON TH9 ROPE, HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS GROIN AREA. ACCIDENT NOT REPORTED UNTIL TWO WEEKS LATER.
THERE WAS A ROCK CAUGHT AT THE PRIMARY CRUSHER, EMPLOYEE WAS USING A CHAIN HOIST TO GET THE ROCK LOOSE. HE HAD HIS HAND ON THE CHAIN TO GUIDE THE HOOK TO THE ROCK. WHEN BRINGING CHAIN UP TO LO OSEN THE ROCK HE DIDNT NOTICE HOW CLOSE HIS HAND WAS TO THE TOP OF THE CHAIN HOIST AND HIS FINGER WENT BETWEEN THE CHAIN AND THE PULLEY TEARING THE SKIN OFF OF HIS FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND
HE WAS REPLACING A BUCKET TOOTH SHANK ON UNIT #112, BEING HELPED BY GENE WEDDLE AND BEN BRANDENBURG. THIS IS A MODULAR LIP ASSEMBLY AND HAS A NUMBER OF PIECES. THE MEN HAD CLEANED ALL THE PIEC ES OF DIRT, DUST, CASTING FLAWS, ETC. TO AID IN REPLACEMENT. IN FACT, THE WEAR CAPS SLID INTO PLACE EASILY. THE TOOTH SHANK WOULD NOT SLIP INTO PLACE AND NECESSITATED JWL\S TAPPING IT INTO PL