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INJURED WAS GOING TO WALK INTO HOLEPLUG BUILDING THROUGH PLASTIC STRIP DOORWAY, CAME BACKING OUT THROUGH CURTAIN AT SAME TIME, STRIKING INJURED WORKER AND KNOCKING HIM BACKWARDS ONTO HIS BACK, CAUSING LACERATION TO BACK OF HEAD AND BROKEN BONE IN LEFT FOOT.
INJURED WAS TALKING WITH FORKLIFT OPERATOR WHILE STANDING ON LEFT SIDE OF FORKLIFT WHEN OPERATORBACKED UP. INJURED'S LEFT FOOT WAS PARTIALLY IN PATH OF LEFT DRIVE FORKLIFT TIRE WHICH BACKED OV ER END OF SAFETY TOE CAP ON HIS SHOE, CAUSING A SEVERE CONTUSION OF LEFT GREAT TOE.
INJURED TWISTED HIS BACK AFTER JUMPING ACROSS A NARROW BUT STEEP GULLY. WHILE SURVYING THE TOPGRAPHIL SURFACE FOR A NEW PIT. THE INJURY WAS FURTHER AGGRAVATED AS HE RODE ACROSS RUGGED TERRAIN IN U-WHEEL DRIVE.
INJURED WAS MOVING LOADED BOX CARS DOWN TRACK, AS HE WAS SETTING RATLCAR HAND BRAKE, THE MOVING CARS COUPLED WITH PARKED LOADS. CAUSING HIS RIGHT FOOT TO SLIP OFF CAR PLATFORM, ONTO CAR COUPLE R.
WHILE INJURED EMPOLOYEE WAS SHRINKWRAPPING PALLET, LIFTTRUCK DRIVER GOT OFF HIS LIFT TRUCK. AS HE DID HE ACCIDENTLY ENGAGED TRANSMISSION INTO FORWARD GEAR, PINNING INJURED'S FOOT BETWEEN PALLE T AND FORK OF LIFTTRUCK.
INJURED CAUGHT HIS LEFT HAND IN PINCH POINT END OF PACKER CONVEYOR WHICH BRUISED HIS HAND.
PACKING #100 BAGS ON MAIN PLANT PACKER BAGS JAMMED UP ON A CONVEYOR EE MOVED BAGS CONVEYOR BELT COASTED BACKWARDS CAUGHT FOOT BETWEEN BAG AND GUARD. TWISTING ANKLE.
EE WAS HELPING LOAD & MOVE OPEN TOP HOPPERS EE & EE WERE MOVING THREE (3) HOPPERS DOWN TRACK WHERE FOUR (4) OTHER HOPPERS WERE PARKED TO GET THEM OUT OF WAY OF LOADING WHEN THE HOPPERS COUPL ED TROY FELL FROM THE BREAK LOCATION ONTO THE T RACK EE LEFT LEG WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE TRACK & THE HOPPER WHEEL AS THE H OPPERS CAME TO A STOP EE WAS TAKEN TO BEELE FOURCHE HOSPITAL THEN TRA
MONITORING EMPTY PALLET MAGAZINE @ PALLETIZER.
I. NAME WAS OPERATING END LOADER, BUCKET WAS SCRAPING CONCRETE PAD WHICH HAS 2 LEVELS LIP OF PAD WAS HIDDEN IN PILE AND LOADER BUCKET HIT LIP OF PAD JARRING OPERATION.
OPERATING LOADER, TRIED TO PICK UP A BIG ROCK. WHEN BUCKET WAS ABOUT 4\ OFF GROUND WEITHT OF ROCCK TIPPED LOADER FORWARD RAISING REAR END OFF THE GROUND. ROCK ROLLED OUT AND LOADER FELL BACKWA BACKWARD THROWING HIM BACK AND FORTH AND HITTING HIS BACK ON THE TOP OF THE EWAT.
REACHING TO T AKE BAG OFF CONVEYOR BELT CAUGHT FINGERS-IN GLOVE- BETWEEN ROLLER & CONVEYOR BELT.