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CLIMBED INTO CHUTE WITH 8 LB SLEDGE HAMMER TO OPEN GATE FOR CHANGING PRODUCTS AT CRUSHER AND AS HAMMERING FELT SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK. IN ORDER TO OPEN GATE ONE MUST LIE ON SIDE AT AN ANGLE AND HAMMER GATE OPEN OR CLOSED.
BOX KNIFE SLIPPED WHILE CUTTING A PIECE OF RUBBER, PUNCTURE WOUND IN RIGHT THIGH, REQUIRED SUTURES.
STICK PICKING CLAY BALLS FROM CONVEYOR BELT WITHA SHOVEL. SHOVEL GOT STUCK IN CLAY ON BELT AND PULLED OUT OF MY HANDS. SHOVEL HIT HANDLE ON INSIDE SHACK WALL, BOUNCED ON ITS WAY BACK UP AND ST RUCK MY FACE (CHIN, MOUTH AND NOSE).
EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING A TIP ON A TORCH WITH A CRESCENT WRENCH WHEN THE NUT CAM ELOOSE, THE WRENCH SLIPPED PAST AND CUT HIS FINGER RIGHT ACROSS HIS KNUCKLE.
IN THE PROCESS OF CHANGING THE SKYLINE CABLE ON THE YARDER, THE CABLE BECAME BOUND BETWEEN UPPER AND LOWER SHEAVES IN THE BUCKET CARRAGE. THE CARRAGE WAS SITTING IN THE UPRIGHT POSITION BEING HELD THERE BY THE BOUND CABLE. ATTEMPTED TO FREE W/HAMMER, CABLE CAME FREE, CARRAGE ROLLLED OVER PINNING EMPLOYEE'S ANKLE.
EE WAS CHAINGING A SPRAY NOZZLE ON A GRAVEL SCREEN. THE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF THE NOZZLE AS HE WAS PULLING AND HE FELL BACKWARD OFF OF THE SCREEN AND FLIPPED OVER THE HAD RAILING. HE LANDED ON HI S NECK AND SHOULDERS. HE HAS 3 BROKEN VERTIBRAE IN NECK AREA. HE IS IN THE HOSPITAL IN SALEM OR DR DO NOT EXPECT PERMANENT PARALYSIS.
CUTTING A PIECE OF CONVEYOR BELT WITH A UTILITY KNIFE KNIFE SLIPPED & CUT LEFT THUMB REQUIRING STITCHES
EMPL WAS PUSHING ON A 5'PRY BAR. EMPL WAS PUSHING HARD W/HIS UPPER BODY, GAVE AN EXTRA SHOVE & FELT PAIN IN HIS SIDE. NEXT MORNING EMPL WAS IN A LOT OF PAIN & WENT TO DOCTOR. EMPL HAS CRACKED RIBS.
PAINS WHEN PULLING ON PIPE WRENCH PAIN WENT AWAY THEN WHILE CLEANING SPRAY BARS ON WET SCREENS IT REOCCURRED
ADJUSTING OVERSIZE ROCK FOR ENTRANCE INTO CRUSHING CHAMBER PINCHED THUMB
EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING A HAMMER AND ANOTHE EMPLOYEE WAS HITTING WITH ANOTHER HAMMER TO DRIVE A WEDGE BAR OUT ON CRUSHER ROTOR. A PIECE OF METAL FLEW OFF Z-BAR AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN THE RIGHT EY E AND BECAME EMBEDDED THERE.
WAS STRUCK IN THE NOSE BY A METAL BAR WHILE MAKING AN ADJUSTMENT TO THE PIONEER ROCK JAW CRUSHER THE METAL BAR IS NOT A PART OF THE CRUSHER BUT AN ADJUSTMENT TOOL