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EMPLOYEE WAS APPLYING TORQUE TO A LARGE WRENCH-IT SLIPPED OFF NUT-EMPLOYEE LOST BALANCE AND FELL BACKWARD AGAINST CATWALK AND HANDRAIL-BRUISING RIBCAGE AND SHOULDER.
INDIVIDUAL WAS REACHING W/ SHOVEL INTO FILTER POND TO GET MUD FOR CAPPING SHOT OVERSTRETCHED & PULLED MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE ALLEDGES HE EXPOERINCED BACK SPASMS AFTER SPREADING CONCRETE WITH A BROOM.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A STEEL BAR TO BREAK FROZEN MUD AND ICE OUT OF THE PRIMARY SCREEN DISCHARGE SHUTE. A LARGE CHUNK OF THE MATERIAL BROKE OFF AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE ON THE LEFT LEG.
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.
EMPLOYEE WAS HE5PING TO INSTALL A PORTABLE CRUSHER AND HOPPER UNIT. EMPLOYEE WAS USING A PRY BAR TO GET WING SECTION OF BIN IN PLACE TO INSERT A PIN. AS EMPLOYEE WAS APPLYING PRESSURE TO PRY B AR, THE SECTION3DROPPED SUDDENLY CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO LOSE HIS BALANCE, AND FALL ABOUT 10 FT TO THE GROUND.
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