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EMPLOYEE WAS USING A HOE TO DRAG SOME MATERIAL OUT FROM BEHIND SOME PIPES AT CRUSHER #3. HE STATED HE HAD HIS FEET AT ODD ANGLES THEN TWISTED.
STANDING ON WALKWAY FOR LARGE ROCK OUT OF FEEDER. BAR SLIPPED STRIKING EMPLOYEE MID LOWER RIGHT LEG.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A PRY BAR TO CLEAN MATERIAL OUT OF FEED HOPPER. ON ONE THRUST HE CAUGHT AND WEDGED HIS FINGER AGAINST SIDE OF FEED HOPPER.
EMPL PULLING SCREEN CLOTH WITH HAY HOOK UP TO SCREEN DECK ,FELT SOMETHING PULLING HIS BACK.WEIGHED 20 LBS.
EMPL WAS PRYING JAMMED ROCK WITH BAR. ROCK BROKE LOOSE SMASHING LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN BAR & SIDE OF CHUTE. FRACTURED LITTLE FINGER.
EE WAS LIFTING A BEARING HOUSING FROM A SHAKER WITH TO SMALL OF A COME LONG AND IT SNAPPED A CABLE DROPPING THE HOUSING ON HIS LEFT THIGH. BADLY BRUISING IT.
EMPLOYEE WAS PRUNG OPEN A SET OF GATES ON A BOTTOM DUMP TRUCK. GATES SPRUNG OPEN. THE BAR HE WAS USING TO PRY WITH FLEW BAC HITTING HIM IN CHEST.
EMPLOYEE WAS SWEEPING THE BOTTOM OF A MAGNET WITH A BAR THAT WAS DESIGNED FOR IT. IN SWEEPING MOTION HAND SLIPPED OFF AND RAN ACROSS A SHARP PIECE OF PLATE THAT WAS WELDED TO MAG. CUTTING THUM 1" IN LENGTH REQUIRING STITCHES.