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Employee was climbing up and down from a Cat haul truck.
Employee was grading the haul road with a loader. Loaders bucket hit a rock stopping the loader causing employee to hit his head resulting in lacerations to his head.
EE WAS CLEANING FLOOR OF QUARRY AFTER BLAST WITH LOADER, IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THIS HE RAN OVER A LARGE ROCK WITH THE LEFT FRONT TIRE AND WHEN THE ROCK SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER THE TIRE IT JAR RED THE OPERATOR'S LOWER BODY, TWISTING HIM & HE THOUGHT HE STRAINED HIS STOMACH AREA/RIB CAGE.
EE'S LEFT HAND CAUGHT IN CONVEYOR BELT AT HEAD PULLEY. EE CLIMBED OVER A TWO RAIL BARRIER TO REMOVE ROOT, WITHOUT FIRST SHUTTING OFF & LOCKING OUT CONVEYOR SYSTEM. LEFT HAND RECEIVED BRUISING & ABRASIONS. MEDICAL IMPAIRMENT IS UNDETERMINED AT THIS TIME.
LOADING EUCLIDS IN THE QUARRY, RIGHT EYE SUDDENLY BEGAN HURTING. FLUSHED EYE, BUT THAT DID NOT HELP. SENT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM. EE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES & IN ENCLOSED LOADER CAB.
HAULING STONE FROM CRUSHER TO STOCKPILE. TURNING AT STOCKPILE, AND UPSET DUMPTRUCK.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRANSPORTING STONE FROM QUARRY TO CRUSHER, HIT A BUMP IN QUARRY ROAD AND SNEEZED AT THE SAME TIME. EMPLOYEE'S LEFT HAND WAS STEERING TRUCK AND RIGHT HAND WAS SHIFTING TRANSMISSION . FORCE OF SNEEZE WAS IN OPPOSITION TO FORCE BEING APPLIED TO STEERING WHEEL TO MAINTAIN CONTROLOF TRUCK, CAUSING MUSCLE STRAIN TO RHOMBUS MUSCLE UNDER LEFT SCAPULA.
OPERATING FRONT END LOADER/REPETITIVE ROTATION OF HEAD BACKING & LOADING DUMPTRUCKS.