EE WAS WORKING IN THE PIT AREA AND A ROCK HIT HIS RIGHT HAND, PINKY FINGER.
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Showing all 23SHOT ROCK WAS APPARENTLY HUNG UP BETWEEN FEEDER AND HOPPER OF PLANT. EMP WAS IN PROCESS OF TRYING TO FREE MATERIAL, WHEN A LARGE ROCK ROLLED ONTO HIS FOOT.
EE HAD BACKED EUCLID TRUCK TO HOPPER AT CRUSHER PLANT, LOOKED OUT WINDOW & ROCK FLEW OUT OF GRIZZLY [CRUSHER] & HIT HIM IN THE FACE.
INJURED STATED THAT HE AND TWO OTHER EMPLOYEES WERE IN THE PROCESS OF CHANGING THE HAMMERS ON THE HAMMER MILL. INJURED WAS LIFTIN GUP ONE HAMMER NAD REMOVING IT, THE DRILL STEEL PUSHIN G THE PIN CAME ON THROUGH IT AND SMASHED HIS FINGER AGAINST THE HAMMER OR HIS FINGER BETWEEN PIN AND DRILL STEEL. HE DID NOT HEAR INJURED STATE THAT THE HAMEMR WAS LOOSE AND EMPLOYEE CONTINUED TO D
INJURED STATED AS HE WAS CUTTING APIEC EOF METAL WITH CUTTING TORCH, THE HOSE GOT HUNG UP ON A ROCK, WHEN HE PULLED ON THE TORCH HEAD TO FREE THE LINE, IT CAME LOOSE AND RAKED THE LIT TORCH HE AD ACROSS HIS LEFT HAND.
A PIPE FELL INTO THE FLOOD WATERS, HE WAS GOING TO TIE A ROPE TO IT TO PULL IT OUT OF THE WATER, THE PIPE WAS TOO HEAVY AND THE ROPE BROKE, CAUSE EE TO LOSE HIS BALANCE AND FALL. HE HIT A ROCK AND FELL INTO THE WATER. EE FELL FROM BULLDOZER.
CABLE SLIPPED OUT OF SPOOL & HIT HIM NEAR THE EYE.
INJURED WAS REPLACING FAN BELTS ON V8 GENERATOR. EH WAS SPINNING FAN B HAND TO ALLOW BELT TO GO ONTO THE PULLEY. ONE BELT GOT LODGED IN FAN, WHEN THE FAN WAS PULLED ON, THE NEXT BLADE CAME A ROUND AND CUT THE FINGER.
WHILE EMPL WAS WELDING REAR END HOUSING ON TRUCK PIECE OF METAL GOT IN LEFT EYE WHICH HAD TO BE REMOVED BY DR.
I NAME WAS USING WINCH TO PICK UP A PIECE OF STEEL HE WAS POUTTING A HBLOCK UNDER THE STEEL WHEN THE C CLAMP CAME LOOSE & THE PIECE OF STEEL FELL ON HIM
USING CUTTING TORCH TO CUT BEARINGS OUT OF ROLLER OF CRUSHER PLANT WHEN THE FLAME FLASHED BACK INTO FACE.
I NAME WAS DRILLING WHEN HIS DRILL HIT A WAATER SPRING CAUSING MUD TO FLY IN HIS FACE AND INTO HIS EYES HIS LEFT EYEBALL WAS SCRATCHED BUT NOT PERMANETLY DAMAGED I NAME WAS SEEN BY DR ON 1-108 1-10-89 AND WAS TOILD BY THE DR THAT IT LOOKED LIKE THE SCRATCH ON HIS EYEBALL WAS HEALED
I.NAME WAS CHIPPING SLAG OFF THE TIP OF A HAMMER WHEN THE SLAG FLEW INTO HIS LEFT EYE
WHILE GRINDING 5 PIECE OF METAL AT GRINDER, A PIECE OF THE METAL FLEW OUT OF GRINDER, HITTING I,NAME IN LEFT EYE.
WHILE GRINDING 4ITH AHAND GRINDER,IT CAUGHT BETWEEN 2 PIECES OF METAL,JUMPED OUT AND CUT ARM.
HE WAS CUTTING 5 H-BEAM OFF CRUSHER, A SPARK HIT THE ANGLE IRON, CIRCLED AND ENTERED HIS LEFT EAR.
ON 1/12/87 HE W5S CLEANING SNOW OUT OF THE BED OF THE TRUCK; HE JUMPED TO THE GROUND AND FELT HIS KNEE POP BUT FELT NO PAIN. ON 1/21/87 WHILE DRIVING THE TRUCK, HE PUSHED ON LTHE CLUTCH AND FE LT HIS KNEE POP3AGAIN AND THEN FELT PAIN.
EMP WAS WELDING3WHEN A HOT PIECE OF METAL FLEW INTO HIS EYE
EMPL RUNNING DO1ER OVER ROUGH GROUND.WHILE BACKING MACHINE UP WENT OVER ROUGH CENTER OF AREA JARRING OPERATOR.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON AN ENGINE, SEEING IF THERE WAS A SPARK IN THE SPARK PLUG, HE CAUGHT HIS RIGHT FOREFINGER BETWEEN THE FLYWHEEL AND STARTER ROPE SHIELD BRACKET
PIECE OF METAL CAME OFF FAN OF GENERATOR HITTING EMPLOYEE IN EYE
WELDING.