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EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A "GETMAN" VEHICLE WITH HIS HAND "INSIDE" THE STEERING UNIT. TIRE HIT A CHUNK OF SALT CAUSING WHEEL TO "WHIP", HITTING RIGHT WRIST.
WHILE BACKING TOWMOTOR TO TURN AROUND TO GET LOAD OF CEMENT TO SEND IN THE MINE.PALLET WAS LEANINF AGAINST A STACK OF USED PALLETS.WHEN INJURED SHIFTED AND WENT FORWARD,HE FELT SOMETHING STRIK E HIS MIDDLE FINGER,RIGHT HAND. SUTURES REQUIRED
RIDING IN GETMAN WENT THRU CURTAIN IT CAME BACK STRUCK HIM IN EYE AND NOSE
EE STATED HE JARRED HIS BACK WHILE OPERATING W21 FROM NORMAL BOUNCING OF MACHINE.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A GETMAN THROUGH THE OLD WORKINGS IN 5 X E, GETMAN DROPPED THROUGH FLOOR HEAVE AND EE WAS STRUCK IN CHEST WITH STEERING WHEEL.
EMPL WAS ATTEMPTING TO TAKE HAND BRAKE TO DROP LOADED CAR INTO LOWER YARD AS HE APPLIED PRESSURE TO BRAKE WHEEL IT SUDDENLY RELEASED APPARENTLY INJURING RIGHT ARM WITH SUDDEN LOSS OF RESISTANC E.
EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING W-9 CASE TO PUSH SHUTTLE CAR WHICH WAS STUCK IN FC WHILE PUSHING WITH BUCKET, BUCKET SLIPPED UP OVER CAR, TRACTOR TIPPED TO THE SIDE. WHEN MACHINE CAME BACK DOWN EMPLOYEE JARRED INTO SIDE.
EMPL TURNING ON MINE SECTION VENT.FAN. INJ STANDING ALONG LEFT FRONT SIDE OF 375 GETMAN WHEN EMPL -OTHER-STARTED BACKING IT TO FAN.EMPL LOOKING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS WHEN BACKING UP MOTION WA S STARTED.VEHICLE STEERING WHELLO TURNED SO LEFT FRONT WHEEL RAN UP OVER INJ EMPL LEFT FOOT AND ANKLE.
EMPL WAS WORKING IN AREA WHERE EARLIER IN THE DAY THE DRIVE BELTS ON SMALL CONVEYOR HAD BEEN REPLACED AFTER VBELTS WERE REPLACED EMPL DID NOT REPLACE VBELT GUARD EMPL I. NAME WAS SHOVELING IN THIS AREA AND APPARENTLY WHETHER BY SLIPPING OR INADVERANTLY PUTTING HAND IN VBELT DRIVE HAND WENT AROUND DRIVE PULLEY AND TWISTED ARM AND THREW VICTIM UP AGAINST CONVEYOR ON MOTOR HITTING EL
CHECKING FOR LE5K IN RADIATOR O #4 JEEP, RIGHT FINGER STRUCK BY BOLT ON ROTATING ENGINE PULLEY, CAUSED LACERATION TO JOINT OF RIGHT INDEX FINGER. ENGINE WAS RUNNING. SUTURES.
DRIVING VEHICLE3OUT TO WORK AREA WHEN VEHICLE STRUCK A LARGE POT HOLE CAUSING DRIVER TO WRENCH HIS BODY STRIKING HIS BACK ON THE SEAT
LOADING SALT WITH JEFFREY LOADER, WAS DISTRACTED BY HORN FROM SHUTTLE , CHUNK FELL, UNNOTICED FROM CONVEYOR AND STRUCK LEFT HAND, FRACTURING 3RD AND 4TH FINGERS.