EE WAS REMOVING DISCHARGE HOSE FROM WATER PUMP IN PREPARATION OF PULLING PUMP OUT OF PIT. HE LOOSENED HOSE CLAMP & SHOOK HOSE BUT IT WOULD NOT RELEASE. HE LET GO OF HOSE WITH THE INTENTION OF LOOSENING THE CLAMP FURTHER, BUT THE HOSE SUDDENLY CAME OFF OF PUMP ALLOWING MUD & WATER TO SPRAY HIM IN THE FACE AND EYES.
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Showing all 17HE WAS USING COMPRESSED AIR TO CLEAR DEBRIS FROM THE INSIDE OF A DRAGLINE BUCKET IN PREPARATION FOR WELDING. AIRBORNE DEBRIS CAME UP AND UNDERNEATH HIS WELDING HELMUT THAT HE WAS WEARING. A SM ALL PIECE OF METAL IMBEDDED IN HIS EYE AND WAS REMOVED AT THE HOSPITAL.
EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING NORMAL DUTIES AS DOZER OPERATOR BY RIPPING AND PUSHING OVERBRUDEN.AS HE STOPPED FOR HIS LUNCH BREAK HE NOTICED SOME MODERATE PAIN IN HIS BACK.HE CONTINUED WORKING AND A T THE END OF HIS SHIFT HE NOTICED THE PAIN HAD INCREASED.HE INFORMED HIS SUPERVISOR OF HIS CONDITION AND SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION.INJURY WAS DIAGNOSED AS MUSCLE STRAIN.INJURY WAS CAUSED BY TU
EMPL HELPING ROLL DRIVE CHAIN WHEN HAND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN GEARS AND SMASHED AND FX RIGHT INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGER.
OPER DOZER BACK ED OVER LG ROCK JARRING EMP PULLING MUSCLES IN BACK LOWER
GREASING BEARING ON EXHUAST FAN SHAFT ON DRAGLINE EMP TOUCHED BACK OF FINGER TO PULLEY CAUSING LACERATION TO BACK OF MIDDLE FINGEDR ON R HAND ABOVE 1ST JOINT.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING DOZER WHEN HE BACKED OVER A LARGE ROCK, CAUSING A STRAIN TO THE MUSCLES OF HIS LOWER BACK. EMPLOYEE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION OR MISS ANY WORK DAYS UNTIL 7-18-89.
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO APPLY GEAR LUBICANT TO RIGHT SWING GEAR WITH A BRUSH WHILE DRAGLINE WAS IN OPERATION. BRUSH BECAME ENTANGLED, PULLING EMPLOYEES FINGER INTO GEAR.
EMPL WAS PERFORMING MAINTENANCE ON HYDRAULIC HOSE UNDER FLOOR PLATE OF D10 CARWLER TRACTOR STEMA FROM HYDRAULIC FLUID CAUSED 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO EMPL HANDS ARMS EYES AND CHEST
HE REACHED INTO3HIS MECHANIC TRUCK BED TO PICK UP A PART, HIS GLOVE WENT THROUGH THE SCREEN GUARDING HIS BELT ON HIS AIR COMPRESSOR AND PULLED HIS INDEX FINGER INTO THE MOVING BELT.
INJURED WAS CUTTING SKID PLATE OF BOTTOM OF LOADER BUCKET WITH CUTTING TORCH WHEN PLATE FELL IT ROLLED AND LANDED ON LEFT FOOT AND BROKE BIG TOE FOOT PUT IN CAST NOTE STEEL TOE SHOES WERE WORM
I.NAME WATCHING FOR FIRES FOR WELDER IN ENGINE ROOM OF DRAGLINE AND WASNT WELDING WAITED FOR SHORT PERIOD BEFORE PUTTING ON GOGGLES-FLASHBURN -MILD IN EYES.
GOT PIECE OF METAL IN EYE WHILE GRINDING
DUST-SAND-SLAG OR SOMETHING INTO RIGHT EYE, DIDNT NOTICE IT UNTIL NIGHT OF 8-13-84.
CONTRAMALASIA
DUST OR SMALL PARTICAL OF STEEL INTO LEFT EYE.
WORKING IN CLOSE GUARTER AND TRACK ACC ROD TO FROM AND ELECTRIAL AT SAME TAKE A RESULTING IN WELDING FLASH.