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EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING OFF END OF A BAR WITH A HAND-HELD GRINDER WHEN THE GRINDER SLIPPED AND CUT HIS ARM.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING CONTINUOUS MINER WHEN HE IMPROPERLY PLCED HIS RT FOOT UNDER FRAME OF MACHING MACHINE SUPPORT JACK SLIPPED OFF AN EDGE IN THE FLOOR CAUSING FRAME TO SET DOWN ON EMPLOYEES FOOT FRACTURING GREAT TOE DISTAL PHALANX FX WAS TREATED & EMPLOYEE RETURNED TO WORK
EMP WAS ATTEMPTING TO REPAIR INOPERATIVE BRATTICE TOOL WHEN THE SHELL HE HAD PLACED IN THE TOOL FIRED CAUSING THE EJECTOR ROD TO PUNCTURE THE PALM OF HIS LEFT HAND WOUND BECAME INFECTED AND REQUIRED ANTIBIOTICS FOR TREATMENT NO LOST TIME NO RESTRICTED DUTY
THE EMPLOYEE WAS WASHING DOWN A MOBILE CRANE WITH A HOT WATER HOSE. THE HOSE BLEW OFF OF THE NIPPLE AT THE USER END AND THE EMPLOYEE WAS SPRAYED WITH HOT WATER.
EE WAS TRAMMING C/M INTO FACE WHEN HE STOOD UP LEAVING HIS SEAT & PLACING HIS FOOT IN AN UNUSUAL POSITION UNDER THE MACHINE FRAME. HE THEN PULLED A HYSRAULIC LEVER WHICH LOWERED THE MINER ON TO HIS FOOT APPARENTLY IN AN EFFORT TO RAISE THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MACHINE.
JAMES WAS HAVING TROUBLE WITH SANDBLAST HOSE HE MOVED THE CONTROL LINES TO THE OTHER BLASTING OUTLET OF THE MACHINE TO SEE IF IT WORKED HE THOUGHT HE HAD HIS LEG OUT OF THE WAY OF THE OUTLET BUT WHEN HE CONNECTED THE CONTROL LINES THE UNIT STARTED TO BLAST SAND HIT RT LEG FROM KNEE ABOUT HALF WAY DOWN THE OUTER PART OF HIS SHIN
PINNED FOOT BETWEEN ROOF BOLT DRILL AND RIB. BRUISED FOOT.
EMPLOYEE SUFFERED EPILEPTIC SEIZURE AND FELL INTO CONTROL LEVERS OF MACHINE ONE LEVEL ENTERED ORAL CAVITY, CAUSING LACERATIONS TO INSIDE OF JAW AND CHEEK WHILE THE MASN WAS WITHOUT PHYSICAL CO PHYSICAL CONTROL OF HIS BODY.
EMPL IN AWKWARD WORKING POSITION WHILE CUTTING BOARD WITH ELEC CHAIN SAW.AT COMPL OF CUT BOARD BUCKLED AND EMPL LOST CONTROL OF SAW WHICH BOUNCED OFF BOARD AND LACERATED CHEST OVER RIGHT NIPPL E.SUTURES REQ BUT NO MUSCLE TISSUE WAS DAMAGED.
WHILE OPERATING A BULLDOZER IN #7 PRODUCT WAREHOUSE THE EMPLOYEE KNICKED THE HIGHWALL HE HAD CREATED WITH THE EDGE OF THE DOZER BLADE. THIS CAUSED THE PRODUCT PILE TO SLIDE DOWN INTO THE CAB OF THE DOZER, BURYING THE EMP LOYEE FROM THE WAIST DOWN AND TWISTING HIS RIGHT KNEE. THE INJURY DID NOT SEEM SIGNIFICANT AT FIRST BUT HE CONTINUED TO PROBLEMS AND SURGERY RES
EMP AND HELPER WERE APPLYING GUNNITE WITH COMPRESSED AIR SPRAYER WHEN LINE CLOGGED UP COMPRESSION WAS TURNED OFF WHILE THEY ATTEMPTED TO UNCLOG LINE LINE UNCLOGGED UNEXPECTEDLY CAUSING HOSE TO START WHIPPING AROUND EMP LOST BALANCE TRYING TO CONTROL HOSE AND FELL AGAINST LIFTER BAR IN ROTARY DRYER
DEMONSTRATING USE OF ROOF BOLT DRILL TO EMPLOYEES.DRILL STEEL BEING EXTRACTED FROM FINISHED HOLE DISLODGED AND STRUCK SUPERVISOR ON SHOULDER.FRACTURED SCAPULA RESULTED.
MINER ATTEMPTING TO REPAIR RAMSET BRATTICE TOO CONCRETE NAIL GUN DISCHARGED SHEEL WHICH CAUSED PLUNGER TO PENETRATE LEFT HAND WHICH WAS HELD OVER MUZZLE RECEIVED PUNCTURE WOUND AND CHIP FRACT RE OF BONE IN PALM OF HAND NO LOST TIME
EE CAUGHT IN CHAIN & SPROCKET DRIVE WHEN ANOTHER EE STARTED MOTOR. WAS RESTING HAND ON CHAIN AFTER SEPERATING PERSON TO TURN POWER ON SO HE COULD CHECK HIS WORK. DID NOT KNOW 3RD PERSON HAD HE ARD HIM & WOULD START EQUIPMENT.
EMPL STRAINED HIS BACK PULLIN ON HEAVY OBJECT-TIRE MOUNTED ROOF DRILL.HOWEVER-EMPL WORKED 3 MO. WITH NO FURTHER COMPLAINT,MEDICAL FACILITIES DOUBTEXTEND OF DAMAGE AND NEED OF FURTHER INVESTIGA