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DUST ENTERED EY9S WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO FREE A MATERIAL BLOCKAGE
EMPLOYEE WAS WA8HING DOWNMATERIAL AROUND BELT CONVEYOR TAIL PULLEY HE WAS USING A HIGH PRESSURE WATER HOSE & LOST CONTROL OF HOSE & TWISTED HIS ANKLE
EMPLOYEE WAS SI7TING ON A SHAKER, TIGHTENING A 1 INCH NUT ON BOLT, USING 3/4 INCH DRIVE RACHET, APPARENTLY MAKING A SUDDEN JERK WHILE TIGHTENING THE NUT PULLING MUSCLES IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS TA5ING MEASUREMENTS ON A BARGE BEING LOADED WITH RIP RAP.HE PUT HIS MEASURING STICK ALONG THE SIDE OF THE BARGE TOWARD THE DOCK..THE WINCH CABLE.WHICH WAS HUNG IN A GROOVE ON THE WOODEN PILING,S6DDENLY CAME FREE AND STRUCK HIM IN THE FACE.EMPLOYEE STATES THAT THE BARGE WAS NOT BEING WINCHED UNDER BELT CONVEYOR WHEN ACCIDENT OCCURRED.
EMP STATED HE W5S PULLING ON A PIPE WRENCH WHEN IT SLIPPED AND STRUCK HIS FINGER MASHING IT AGAINST A PUMP HOUSING
EMPLOYEE STATED3THAT HE WAS HOLDING A SLUGGING WRENCH FOR ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY THE SLEDGE HAMMER
EMPL USING RATC2ET WHEN MECHANISM SLIPPED AND RATCHET HANDLE HIT UPPER LIP.DIRT WAS FOUND INSIDE RATCHET MECHANISM WHICH CAUSED SLIPPAGE.EMPL RECD LACERATION TO UPPER LIP WHICH REQ SUTURES.
EMPL PREPARING 9XPLOSIVES FOR SHOT IN QUARRY,POCKET KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT HIS FINGER.
INJURED EMPLOYE9 AND CO-WORKER WERE REMOVING ATTATCHMENTS ON 4 1/2 YD EXCO BUCKET THAT WAS BEING RECONDITIONED, EMP WAS USING ROUND ROD AS PUNCH WHILE CO-WORKER DROVE OUT DIGGING HITCH PIN WIT H SLEDGE HAMMER3WHICH STRUCK EMPLOYEES HAND. INSTEAD OF USING THE PROPER TOOL, A PIN MAUL WITH HANDLE, THEY WERE USING A 1 FOOT LENGTH OF 3/4" ROUND ROD AS PUNCH
EMP STATED THAT HE WAS TIGHTENING THE U BOLT CLAMP ON THE ASPIRATOR PIPE AT THE FEED END OF THE MILL WHEN HIS RIGHT HAND WAS CAUGHT ON THE EDGE OF THE REVOLVING MILL
INJURED EMPLOYEE AND THE CRANE OPERATOR WERE REMOVING A TRACK PIN ON DRAGLINE CRANE IN ORDER TO CHANGE TRACK LINK HE WAS HOLDING A SLEDGE HAMMER ON PIN WHILE THE OPERATOR STRUCK IT WITH ANOTHE R SLEDGE HAMMER THE HAMMER HEAD SPLINTERED AND A PIECE OF METAL STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN THE FOREHEAD
INJURED AND TWO OTHERS USED COME-A-LONGS TO SECURE BOTH SIDES OF A HYDRAULIC BOOM ARM.THEY PUT THE HYDRAULIC ARM UNDER PRESSURE WHEN THEY INSTALLED THE COME-A-LONGS.WHEN REMOVING THE COME-A-LO NGS A WELDED ATTACHING POINT BROKE ALLOWING THE BOOM TO SWING TO THE LEFT.STRIKING THE INJURED ON THE FRONT LEFT THIGH.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A HAMMER TO REMOVE A BEARING RACE FROM A PUMP HOUSING. WHEN THE BEARING RACE WAS STRUCK WITH THE HAMMER, A PIECE OF METAL WAS PROPELLED FROM THE WORK SURFACE STRIKING HIS AR M. THE CUT FROM THE MTEAL REQUIRED ONE (1) SUTURE TO CLOSE.
WHILE PULLING ON AN ADJUSTABLE WRENCH TO LOOSEN A BOLT ONA BEARING, THE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF. THE EMPLOYEE FELL BACKWARD, STRIKING HIS HEAD ON SPARE PARTS WHICH WERE LYING IN THE FLOOR.
EMP WAS HELPING REPLACE COUPLING ON MOTOR SHAFT OF PUMP HE ATTEMPTED TO STOP SLOWLY ROTATING SHAFT ROTATING IN REVERSE DUE TO LEAKING FOOT VALVE WITH A PIPE WRENCH HE UNDERESTIMATED THE FORCE OF TURNING SHAFT AND WRENCH STRUCK HIS WRIST FRACTURING A BONE
INJURED WAS ASSISTING A REPAIRMAN IN STRAIGHTENING A SIDE WEAR PLATE AT THE INLET TO THE PRIMARY CRUSHER USING A HYDRAULIC PORT-A-POWER & A TORCH. WHILE HEATING THE METAL THEY WERE APPLYING PR ESSURE. A 4"X4"X56"L WOOD EXTENSION WAS FORCED UPWARD STRIKING THE INJURED HIGH ON THE NOSE KNOCKING HIM DOWN.
...SWINGING SLEDGE HAMMER MISSED TARGET AND FELT PAIN IN RIGHT WRIST AREA.SUSTAINED MUSCLE INJURY IN WRIST AREA.