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EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ON VIBRATING SCREEN DECK. WHEN HE WAS FINISHED WELDING HE RAISED HIS HEAD AN DHIT THE TOP OF HIS HEAD ON THE OVERHEADD STEEL STONE BOX. HE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL AND HAD 6 STITCHES TO CLOSE HIS SCALP WOUND. HE IS GOING BACK TO HOSPITAL FRIDAY FOR A FOLLOW-UP EXAM.
MEN WERE REMOVING BOLTS FROM WEAR PLATES IN PREPARATION OF INSTALLING NEW PLATES INJURED MAN TRIED TO HOLD WORN SHARP BOLT HEAD WITH HIS HAND WHILE ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS LOOSENING NUT BOLT SPUN CUTTING MAN IN RT THUMB TOOK TO ER AT HOSPITAL SOME SUTURES WERE REQUIRED
FRONT END LOADER OPERATOR PARKED HIS LOADER TO HELP MAINTENANCE MAN START A HYDRAULIC PUMP ON THE PLANT THAT HE WAS HAVING TROUBLE WITH. LOADER MAN WAS HOLDING THE LID DOWN ON THE HYDRAULIC TA NK WHEN PRESSURE BUILDUP PUSHED THE LID UP SUDDENLY, PUSHING HIS LOCKED ARM INTO HIS SHOULDER CAUSING A PULLED SHOULDER MUSCLE.
WELDER WAS USIN1 CUTTING TORCH TO BURN A PIECE OF METAL OVERHEAD. A PIECE OF SLAG LANDED BETWEEN HIS CUTTING GLASSES AND EYE BROW, WHEN HE REMOVED HIS GLASSES, THE PIECE OF SLAG DROPPED INTO HIS EYE. 3
MAN WAS OPERATING PORTABLE CRUSHER WHEN A LARGE STONE BECAME WEDGED IN FEED BOX A LARGE STEEL HOOK WITH CABLE WAS LOWERED TO REMOVE THE ROCK THE CABLE CAUGHT ON BOX & OPERATOR GRABBED CABLE TO FREE HOOK WHEN SUDDENLY CABLE SWUNG BACK AGASINST STEEL BOX CATGCHING OPERA TORS RT HAND INBETWEEN CABLE & THE STEEL SIDE SEVERING TIP OF INDEX FINGER MAN WAS TAKEN TO LOCAL HHOSPITAL