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MINER DIDNT PROPERLY VENTILATE WORK AREA AS INSTRUCTED.WHEN HE ENTERED WORK AREA ENCOUNTERED AIR WITH POSSIBLY HIGH LEVELS OF OXIDES OF NITROGEN & CO GAS.EXPERIENCED SHORTNESS OF BREATH & HEAD ACHE.TAKEN TO EMERG RM,EXAMINED,TESTED & RELEASE
MINER DID NOT PROPERLY VENTILATE WORK AREA AS INSTRUCTED. WHE HE ENTERED HIS WORK AREA HE ENCOUNTERED AIR WITH POSSIBLY HIGH LEVELS OF OXIDES ON NITROGEN AND CO GAS. HE EXPERIENCED SHORTNESS OF BREATH AND HEADACHE. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE AMADOR COUNTY HOPSITAL EMERGENCY ROOM. HE WAS EXAMINED, TESTED AND RELEASED TO RETURN TO WORK.
SOCKET SLIPPED 4HILE REMOVING NUT AND HIT EMPLOYEE IN MOUTH LACERATING LIP
EXCESSIVE SPEED3- POSSIBLE MECHANICAL FAILURE - POOR JUDGEMENT BY OPERATOR WERE THE CAUSE. OPERATOR SUFFERED BROKEN THIGH BONE AND SEVERELYE MEC DAMAGED KNEE
EMPLOYEE WAS FEEDING ON PLANK THROUGH STATIONARY ROUTER BOARD DICKEDL BACK WHEN A KNOT WAS INCOUNTERED PULLING LEFT HAND WHICH WAS ALREADY PAST THE CUTTING ZONE INTO THE ROUTER BLADES.
EE WAS WLAKING ACROSS SHOP YARD WHEN HE STEPPED ON A ROCK PUTTING A KINK IN HIS BACK. EE CAN RETURN TO WORK OPN LIMITED DUTY. YARD HAS SMALL ROCKS IN IT APPROX 2" IN DIAMETER.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING STRIPS OF WOOD ON A TABLE SAW-THE PIECE OF WOOD HE WAS USING TO PUSH THE WOOD HE WAS CUTTING BROKE AND HIS HAND SLIPPED AND HIT THE SAW BLADE CUTTING HIS FINGER.
SWEEPING FLOOR,PIECE OF METAL BLOWN INTO HIS EYE .EMPL WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.
3"X12"X12\ BOARD FEL HITTING EE IN THE LEG.
I,NAME WAS TRYING TO PUT A LARGE ROTARY DRILL BIT IN THE SIDE BOX OF THE DRILL TRUCK, HE GOT HIS FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN THE TOOL BOX AND DRILL BIT.
I,NAME WAS HIT BY A SET OF COMA-ALONGS CAUSING HIM TO FALL OFF THE SCAFFOLDING.
TRYING TO PULL A PIECE OF EXPANDED METAL FROM UNDER PILE
I.NAME WAS OPERATING FORKLIFT CARRYING A PIECE OF STEEL 24\X6\X1/4" WHILE TRANSPORTING THE STEEL SECTION A GUST OF WIND CAME UP & THE STEEL HIT I.NAME ON THE HEAD SHOULDER & BACK.
ADJUSTING THE JAW ON JAW CRUSHER WAS STANDING ON BELT WRENCH SLIPPED & CAUSED ME TO FALL.
COMING OUT OF SUPPLY ROOM TO WORK ON VEHICLE,STUMBLED AND FELL AGAINST WORK TABLE.
RETURNING INTO TUNNEL AFTER DUMPING ORE ON DUMP APPLIEC BRAKES IN ROUGH SPOT TO SLOW MACHINE FOOT SLIPPED OFF BRAKE PEDAL AND CAUGHT TOE END BETWEEN MACHINE AND DRIFT RIB OF TUNNEL
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING A LIME SLAKER AT A DESIGNATED POSITION AND HE LOST HIS BALANCE FALLING BACKWARD AND HITTING HIS BACK AGAINST A MOTOR HOUSING THE EMPLOYEE RECEIVED A FRACTURED RIB
DRILLING LONG HOLE CAUGHT HAND BETWEEN JACK HAMMER AND FIXED ROCK
CLEANING DRILL DECK WITH PUSH BROOM LEFT SLEEVE CAUGHT IN SPINNING DRILL ROD