Employee was using a 1/2" drive breaker bar and socket to remove a nut from a bolt attaching a hopper wing extension that was in a bind with spring like tension. When the nut came off the bolt stored energy was released through the hopper wing sending the socket end of the breaker bar into the employee's face.
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January 26, 2016
WA · Metal/Non-Metal
crusher attendant/operator, pan feeder operator/worker
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Alderbrook Quarry, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
April 5, 2003
WA · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Alderbrook Quarry, Inc. · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
SHOULDER STRAINED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CLEAR JAM IN CONE. SAW DR ON 4-7-03. LIMITED LIFTING WITH LEFT ARM FOR 7 DAYS.
Alderbrook Quarry, Inc. · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
SHOULDER WAS STRAINED WHILE WRENCHING ON A BOLT ON THE CONE. DR. PRESCRIBED PRESCRIPTION ANTI-INFLAMMATORY & LIGHT WORK, NO LIFTING OVER TEN POUNDS FOR 7 DAYS.
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