IT WAS REPORTED THAT EE WAS MOVING POWER CABLE OFF OF MOON EE WAS GETTING READY TO THROW POWER CABLE OFF THE MOON & THE 1260 DRAGLINE TOOK ANOTHER STEP THE POWER CABLW WAS PULLED TIGHT & EE HA D A HOLD OF THE CABLE THE POWER CABLE PULLED EE FORWARD & DOWN CAUSING PAIN TO HIS CHEST (IT WAS REPORTED HE RECEIVED A HIATAL HERNIA OR TISSUE TEAR TO CHEST AREA)
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Showing all 6IT WAS REPORTED, THAT MECHANIC WAS WORKING ON #109 HAULAGE TRUCK TORQUING DOWN THE HEAD BOLTS TO 350 LBS. (WITH A TORQUE WRENCH) AND IN THE PROCESS THE RATCHET HEAD SLIPPED. HE FELL BACKWARDS NTIL RATCHET CAUGHT AND TWISTED LOWER BACK AREA. HE WAS SITTING IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE RESULT WAS PAIN TO THE LOWER BACK AREA, WHICH RESULTED IN A STRAIN.
IT WAS REPORTED THAT SHOVEL OPERATOR ON 1ST SHIFT WAS STEAM CLEANING 192M SHOVEL BOOM WITH HOTSY STEAMER. QUICK COUPLING THAT ATTACHES STEAMING WAND TO TRIGGER HANDLE SOMEHOW RELEASED WHEN TRI GGER WAS DEPRESSED & EMPL WAS BURNED ON LEFT LEG& LEFT ARM.
IT WAS REPORTED THAT MEN WERE JACKING IN BODY FILL BOLTS IN SEGMENTS ON 1260 DRAGLINE REPAIR JOB I.NAME PUT NUT ON BOLT AND IMPACT AIR WRENCH TO HELP THE JACK THE BOLT RELIEVED AND IT JUMPED T HROUGH PUSHING THE AIR IMPACT WRENCH UP AGAINST SWING FLOOR THE RESULT WAS I.NAMES LEFT THUMB WAS SMASHED BETWEEN AIR IMPACT WRENCH AND SWING FLOOR WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL AND HAD TO HAVE TEH L
IT WAS REPORTED THAT I NAME ELECTRICIAN 1ST SHIFT WAS HELPING 4 OTHER WORKERS REPAIR PUMP MECHANISM FOR THE PUMP AT THE TIPPLE PREP PLANT THE WORKERS WERE BRINGING THE PUMP SHAFT DOWN IN THE H HOLD TANK WHICH WAS ATTACHED TO A CHAIN AND 14 TON CRANE I NAME WAS TURNING THE 4 IN SHAFT BY HAND TO ALIGN THE FLANGE HOLES OF PUMP TOGETHER THE CHAIN UNRAVELED AND THE PUMP SHAFT FELL 7 TO
MR HEDRICK WAS CLENAING THE AIRLESS PAINT SPRAYER GUN HE HAD BEEN PAINTING THE DIESEL TANKS BEHIND THE SHOP AND WAS USING SOLVENT OT CLEAN AIRLES GUN HE PUSHED THE AIR TRIGGER ON GUN DOWN AND HIS LEFT FINGER WAS IN F RONT OF THE AIR NOZZLE SOLVENT AND PAINT WAS INJECTED INTO HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER CAUSING SEVERE INFECTION TO HAND