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EE WAS RIPPING ROCK. THE DOZER WHICH EE WAS OPERATING WAS PUT INTO REVERSE. WHEN THIS HAPPENED, THE DOZER TEETERED AND JARRED THE EE S UPPER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING IN HIS DRILL, DRILLING BESIDE THE HIGHWALL. WHILE DRILLING, A ROCK FELL FROM THE HIGHWALL, HITTIGN EMPLOYEE'S CAB AND PINNIG HIM INSIDE OF THE DIRLL. THIS RESULTED IN HE AD INJURIES (FRACTURED SKULL), AND LEG AND SHOULDER INJURIES.
EE WAS USING THE WINCH ON TOP OF THE LAUNCH TO PULL CABLE. THE CABLE GOR CAUGHT AND THE HOOK CAME LOOSE, STRIKING THE EE. THE EE'S KNEE WAS STRUCK, INJURING HIS KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERAT ING DOZER AROUND ROCK PORTION OF LARGE ROCK BROKECAUSING SUDDEN MOVEMENT OF DOZER EMPLOYEE STRAINED NECK FROM SUDDEN JOLT
EMPLOYEE WAS RAKING LOOSE MATERIAL FROM UNDER BELT AT CRUSHER. ROCK FELL FROM TOP OF HOPPER, STRIKING EMPLOYEE'S HEAD. RESULTING IN LACERATION TO TOP OF EMPLOYEE'S HEAD.
EE WAS REPLACING A ROLLER ON DOZER A S THE OPERATOR ATTEMPTED TO LOWER THE DOZER EE GOT HIS HANDS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE ROLLER & FRAME
EMPL WAS CHANGING BRUSHES ON BROOM TRACTOR USING AIR IMPACT TOOL. PIECE OF METAL FLEW IN LEFT EYE & WAS EMBEDDED THERE.
DOZER AND PAN WORK ING IN ROCK Y AREA EMP ON PAN DOZER PUSHING PAN, PAN HIT ROCK STOPPED DOZER HIT PAN GIVING EMP JOLT PULLING TENDON IN SHOULDER .
OUR DOZER WAS WINCHING TREES WHERE POND WAS TO BE BUILT. WHEN PULLING TREE, ONE END GOT CAUGHT IN THE GROUND WHICH CAUSED THE OTHER END OF THE TREE TO SWING AROUND. PART OF TREE HIT EMPLOYEE IN THE BACK OF THE KNEE PULLING THE CARTRIDGE.
A ROCK FELL FROM THE HIGHWALL HITTING THE TOP OF THE BROOM THAT INJURED WAS RUNNING, THE SUPPORT OF THE BROOM CAB CAVED IN STRIKING INJURED IN THE HEAD CAUSING A LACERATION IN THE TOP OF H EAD, WHICH REQUIRED 5 STITCHES.
OPERATOR WAS TRAMMING DRILL ONTO DRILL BENCH.OPERATOR WAS TURNING DRILL ONTO DRILL BENCH.AS THE DRILL TURNED THE OPERATOR LOST HIS BALANCE.THE OPERATOR REGAINED HIS BALANCE BY HOLDING TO THE D OOR FRAME.THE DOOR CLOSED CAUSING DAMAGE TO OPERATORS FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS PR9SSURE CLEANING A CAT 777 ROCK TRUCK,USING HIGH PRESSURE(1200PSI) (HOT WATER 180 DEGREES F) FROM OUR TRUCK.EMPLOYEE'S LEFT FOOT SLIPPED UNDER THE SPRAY NOSSEL OF PRESSURE GUN-HO T SPRAY PENETRA7ED LEFT BOOT RESULTING IN 2ND DEGREE BURN ON TOP OF LEFT FOOT.
OPERATOR WAS BA7KING DOZER OTO NEW SET OF TRACKS WHEN A PIECE OF STEEL CHIPPED OFF OF TRACK & STRUCK IN THE ARM
THE BLASTER AND3HIS HELPER WERE LOADING HOLES THEY HAD LOADED ABOVE SEVER THEY WERE IN THE PROCESS OF POSITIONING AUGER FOR ANOTHER HOLE WHEN THE AUGER FELL, THE BLASTER THIRD TO GET OUT OF WA Y BUT WASNT ABL9 TO .