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EMPL WAS MOVIGN DRILL WITH PIECE OF STEEL AND HODING IT WITH HIS HAND WHEN IT SLIPPED OFF MASHING END OF FINGER ON L HAND KNOCKED NAIL OFF BROKE BONE CHIPS LACERTED UNDERSIDE
EMPLOYEE BURNED HIS EYES WORKING CLOSE TO PEOPLE WELDING IN A FEEDER. HE WAS WEARING DARK SAFETY GLASSES BUT THEY WEREN'T ADEQUATE PROTECTION.
EMPLOYEE BURNED HIS EYS WHILE HELPING WELD A LINER IN A TRUCK BED.
EMP WAS SWEEPING WAREHOUSE FLOOR BEFORE SHIFTF CHANGE. PEDESTAL MOUNTED FAN WAS BLOWING DUST. HE GRASPED FAN BY GUARD TO TURN IT AWAY FORM AREA IN WHICH HE WAS SWEEPING HE FORCED HIS RIGHT RING FINER THRUGH WIRE MESH GUARD. ROTATING BLADES LACERATED FINGER BETWEEN NAIL A ND FIRST KNUCKLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSIDE SILO STORAGE BIN PREPARING TO INSTALL CONVEYOR VIBRATIONS FROM THE CUTTING OR HAMMERING CAUSED DUT CLINGING TO THE SIDES OF BIN TO FALL ON EMPL RIGHT EYE DEPT HURTING THAT NIGHT EMPL WENT TO ER WHERE DR REMOVED A TINY PIECE OF RUST EMPL WAS WEARING SFETY GLASSES
EMPLOYEE WAS SCALING LOOSE ROCK FROM CEILING ABOUT 30 FEET OFF FLOOR IN A BUCKET TRUCK.A ROCK FELL FROM THE CEILING AND STRUCK THE BOOM OF THE TRUCK WHICH CAUSED THE BUCKET TO BOUNCE.EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFETY BELTS SO HE WAS NOT THROWN FROM BUCKET.EMPLOYEE DID RECEIVE A CUT TO THE CHIN THAT REQUIRED 3 SUTURES,A CUT TO THE HAND AND MINOR BRUISES.
I.NAME CUTTING PIECE OF METAL PLATE WITH TORCH.HE REACHED OVER TO PICK UP PART AND STUCK HAND BENEATH CUTTING FLAME.HAD 2ND DEGREE BURN ON LEFT RIGHT FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A GRIZZLY FEEDER AT THE PRIMARY CRUSHER. SEVERAL HOURS AFTER HE LEFT WORK HE BEGAN HAVING BACK PAIN. HE STRAINED SOME MUSCLES IN HIS LOWER BACK. MEDICATION WAS PRESCR IBED.
CAUSE OF INJURY NOT OBVIOUS. SORENESS IN NECK APPEARED WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS DOING HIS REGULAR JOB. STRAIN TO MUSCLE IN NECK.
A ROCK CHUTE TO A CONE CRUSHER WAS BEING REMOVED THE CHUTE WAS ATTACHED WITH ONE CHAIN AND TWO EMPLOYEES WERE GUIDING IT AS A P & H CRANE PICKED IT UP AS IT WAS LIFTED ONE END OBERBALANCED AND DROPPED DOWN AND MASHED THE EMPLOYEES HAND BETWEEN THE CHUTE AND FRAME STITCHES APPLIED
EMPL INJURED WHEN CABLE ON 20 TON CRANE BROKE.BLOCK ON CABLE STRUCK MAN ON RIGHT REAR SIDE.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A QUARRY BAR DRILL WHEN HE GOT HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN THE SLIDE AND THE GUIDE BAR.SPLIT OPEN END OF LEFT INDEX FINGER REQUIRING 5 STITCHES.
EMPLOYEE WAS CU7TING A PIECE OF DRILL STEEL OUT OF A CONE CRUSHER. AS HE WAS CUTTING THE STEEL SOME WATER THAT WAS TRAPPED IN THE HOLLOW CORE OF THE STEEL BLEW OUT AND HIT THE MAN IN THE FACE . 3
EMPL REMOVING DUST FROM ROLLER WITH COMPRESSED AIR.HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES-DUST BLEW BACK INTO HIS FACE AND GOT PAST GLASSES INTO HIS EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS US3NG A CHAIN SAW TO CLEAR TREES AWAY FROM GUY WIRES LEADING TO PINK QUARRY AND PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK.
EE WAS LEVELING3A QUARRY BAR DRILL WHEN THE M AIN FRAME OF THE DRILL FELL ON HIS LEFT FOOT LEFT FOOT BROKEN- LONG BONE TO BIG TOE & UNDER FOOT.
EMPLOYEE WAS PO8ITIONING A BLOCK SUSPENDED BY DDERRICK AT PINK QUARRY WORKING AS A SIGNAL GIVER.DERRICK OPERATOR MOVED BLOCK TO TRY TO HELP POSITION BLOCK BEFORE SETTING DOWN WHEN IT PUSHED EM PLOYEE BACK AND3AROUND AND FELL IN SMALL HOLE TWISTING BACK.WAS NOT NECESSARY TO GO TO DOCTOR UNTIL 12-29-87.
EMPLOYEE WAS ST5CKING BAGS AT #2 MACHINE.WHILE TALKING TO THE BAG OPERATOR,HE PLACED HIS HAND UNDER THE BAG KICK-OFF MECHANISM AND IT CLOSED ON HIS THUMB.
EMPLOYEE TURNED3ON #3 BAGGING MACHINE AND PRESSURE HOSE BURSTED THROWING DUST AND SMALL PIECES OF RUBBER HOSE INTO FACE. INJURY TO LEFT EYE.
EMP WAS CUTTING3METAL THAT HE HAD LAID ON THE BACK OF A TRUCK. HE CUT THE METAL IN TWO AND IT FELL ONTO HIS FOOT AND BROKE HIS TOE
EMP LIT A CUTTI3G TORCH AND REACHED TO PULL SOME HOSE TOWARDS HIM. WHEN HE GRASPED THE HOSE IT BURST AND BURNED HIS THUMB AND INDEX FINGER ON RT HAND
I NAME WS TRYIN1 TO FREE A HANGUP IN THE CRUSHER. THE WEDGE HE WAS USING KICKED BACK AGAINST HIS STOMACH AND CAUSED HIM TO FALL AND STRIKE HIS RT KNEE
EMPLOYEE WAS WE5DING HANDRAILS ON A NEWLY PAINTED WHITE BIN AT NIGHT HE BURNED HIS EYES DUE TO REFLECTIONS AROUND HIM OFF THE BRIGHTLY PAINTED SURFACES.
EMPLOYEE WAS WE5DING AND SOME HOT MATERIAL FELL DOWN IN HIS BOOT, BURNING LEFT ANKLE AREA- ANKLE BECAME INFECTED.
EMP WAS OPERATI3G 931 SCRAPPER PUSHING DIRT ON ROAD. SUDDENLY HIT BUMP, LOST CONTROL PUSHING HIS FACE TO STEERING WHEEL
EMPLOYEE WAS PA3NTING WAREHOUSE WITH AIR SPRAY GUN WHEN GUN BECAME CLOGGED. EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLEAR THE GUN BY WORKING THE ON/OFF SWITCH. THE GUN SUDDENLY BECAME UNCLOGGED AND PAIN HI T INDEX FINGER 5ND PENETRATED THE SKIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS HO5DING STEADY A LADDER FOR A FELLOW MILLWRIGHT WHO WAS BRAZING A DUST COLLECTION LINE FROM ABOVE. THE INJURED LOOKED UP FOR A MOMENT AND A HOT PIECE OF BRAZING ROD FELL INTO HIS LEFT EYE LODGI3G IN THE CORNER. THE INJURED WAS NOT WEARING EYE PROTECTION.
OPERATOR PUT HA3D ON BIT WHILE IT WAS BEING WITHDRAWN FROM THE HOLE UP THROUGH THE CENTRALIZER TRAP DOORS - LEFT INDEX FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE CENTRALIZER DOORS
EE WAS ATTEMPTI3G TO ADJUST THE RUNNING SPEED BY THE GOVERNOR ON T HE WELDING MACHINE. HE PUT HIS RT HAND ON A GOVERNOR ASSEMBLY. THE GOVERNOR IS LOCATED 3" FROM THE COOLING FAN. HE WAS UNA %@* UNAWARE OF 5OCATION OF HIS HAND IN RELATION TO FAN. HAND WAS HIT BY FAN LOSING 2 DIGITS OF INDEX & TIPS OF 3 REMAINING FINGERS.
EMPLOYEE WAS SANDING ON AIR COMPRESSOR AND DUST GOT IN EYE
I.NAME WAS DISCONNECTING A PLUGGED LINE FROM THE PROGRESSIVE CAVITY PUMP TO THE A-MILL HE NEGLECTED TO SHUT DOWN THE PUMP AND TO RELIEVE THE PRESSURE FROM THE LINE UPON DISCONNECTING THE HOSE KICKED BACK STRIKING I.NAME IN THE HAND
EMP WAS ASSISTING MECHANIC IN W ELDING FOR A PERIOD OF FIVE HOURS HE WAS NOT WEARING PORPER EYE PROTECTION EMP TRIED TO KEEP HIS EYES AVERTED FROM ARC BUT APPARENTLY DID NOT HE WAS OUT OF W WORK FOR TWO DAYS AND RETURNED TO REGULAR DUTY
WORKING ON PITMAN OUT OF JAW CUCRUSHER IN SHOP.FAN WAS HANGING IN DOORWAY TEMP. FOR VENT.EMPL WALKED THROUGH DOORWAY AND HARDHAT HIT FAN,REACHED TO CATCH HAT AND STUCK HAND INTO FAN.FAN HAD GU ARD BUT ALLOWED FINGER TO PASS.
STANDING AT END OF BAGGING LINE,RIGHT FOOT WEDGED BETWEEN 2 WOODEN PALLETS,ONE BEING MOVED BY LIFT TRUCK.EMPL COMPLAINED OF STRAINED FOOT.
JAW CRUSHER HOUSE EMP WAS TEMPORARY REPLACEMENT AT CRUSHING PLANT RECENTLY REPLACED WINDOWN FAN WITH ANOTHER FAN TO KEEP JAW HOUSE COOLER REPLACEMENT FAN DIDNT HAVE A GUARD ON BACK OF FAN TO P REVENT ACCIDENTAL INJURY EMP GOT TO CLOSE TO FAN WHILE HANGING UP SECURING LINE AND BELT ON THE WALL HOOK ON WALL WHERE BELT IS STORED IS APPROX 2\ AWAY FORM FAN HAND TOUCHED FAN BLADE CUTTIN