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EE CAME OUTSIDE AT END OF SHIFT ON 3/23/05 COMPLAINING KNEE WAS HURTING. WE TOLD EE WORKERS COMP WOULD NOT COVER SORE KNEES. EE CAME BACK TO WORK ON 3/24/05, WORKED ABOUT 3 HRS AND SAID EE HURT BACK SHOVELING AROUND A BELT DRIVE
EMPLOYEE GRABBED A ROCK TO GET IT OFF THE FEEDER WHILE THE FEEDER WAS RUNNING. THE ROCK KICKED UP & FOULED HIS HAND AGAINST THE ROOF, BRUISING HIS HAND AND CUTTING HIS FINGERS.
SCOOP OPERATOR WAS TAKING SCOOP TO BATTERY BARN TO CHANGE BATTERIES WHEN SOME DRAW ROCK FELL IN OPERATOR'S DECK AND ON EMPLOYEE. EMPLOYEE WAS BRUISED ON SOME PARTS OF BODY.
EE RAN OVER A ROCK WITH SCOOP AND IT PUT THE OPERATORS DECK OF THE SCOOP INTO THE ROOF. EE'S SHOULDER HIT THE ROOF AND IT BRUISED HIS SHOULDER.
EE WAS USING SCOOP TO CLEAN UNDER BELT. BELT WAS HUNG IN HIGH TOP AND AS HE SCOOPED UNDER BELT AND BACKED UP FROM HIGH TOP TO LOW TOP, HIS JACKET HOOKED ON A ROOF BOLT PLATE AND IT DRAGGED HIM OFF OF THE SCOOP, BREAKING HIS WRIST.
WE WERE USING A SCOOP, WIRE ROPE AND A PULL BLOCK TO PULL CONVEYER BELT TOGETHER WHEN A CHAIN HOLDING THE PULL BLOCK BROKE LETTING THE WIRE ROPE LOOSE. THE WIRE ROPE PINNED EE AGAINST RIB AND BRUISED HIM.