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HOPPER FOR KILN CAR WAS STRUCK..EMPLOYEE ENGAGED HOIST TO MOVE CARS(TRAIN)..STUCK HOPPER WAS FREED AND ALLOWED TO FREE FALL (ROTATE) INTO UPRIGHT POSITION..EMPLOYEE HAD HAND NEAR ONE OF THE LA TCHES AND WAS STRUCK BY IT CAUSING A MASHING TYPE WOUND TO HIS LEFT THUMB.
HELPING REPLACE RAIL T IES IN PLANT YARD TEAM WAS U SING FORK LIFT TO PLACE TIES UNDER RAIL ATTEMPTED TO RAISE RAIL WITH FORKLIFT FORK SLIPPED & STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON FOREHEAD
EMP. DROVE TO AREA WHERE FORMAN WAS TO ASK IF HE NEEDED TO REMAIN ON THE JAB OVERTIME. PREPARING TO LEAVE HE BACKED HIS TRUCK INTO THE REAR OF A PARKED VEHICLE,, BUMPER TO BUMPER, NO DAMGE T O VEHICLES. EMP. DID NT LOOK BEHING BEORE BACKING UP.
EMPL WAS CLEANING CLOSE TO PORTABLE CRUSHER 8" ROCK HAD LODGED IN BELT SYSTEM & WAS JARRED LOOSE BY A NOTHER YARDMAN. ROCK FELL SOME 10 TO 12' & HIT EMPL IN LOWER MIDBACK. X-RAYS FAILED T O REVEAL MORE THAN A BRUISE TO LOWR BACK. DR ADVISES EMPL WILL BE OFF APPROX 2 WEEKS.
EMPLOYEE ALLEGES BOUNCING JARRING HAS CAUSED AGGRAVATION OF A PRE EXISTING CONDITION DISC HERNIATION TO DATE WORKER S COMPENSATION NOT RECONGNIZING CLAIM.
EMPL WAS BRIING STONE INTO CRUSHER & WENT TO GET ANOTHER BUC KET OF STONE FOR CRUSHER WHEN STONE GOT CAUGHT IN JAW OF CRUSHER. HE GOT OFF LOADER & WENT UP TO ASSIST IN GETTING STONE THRU C RUSHER WHEN STONE WAS THROUGH BELT WAS ACTIVATED & EMPL WAS ON ANOTHER VELTR NOT VISIBLE FROM CONTROL PANEL. UPON SEEING HIM COMING UP RETURN BELT FOR SCREEN MACHINE WAS SHUT OFF BY EMPL.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING CO PICK UP WHEN HE WAS HIT BEHIND BY ANOTHER VENDOR PICKUP TRUCK WAS WEARING HARD HAT AT TIME OF ACCIDENT.
EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING IN PICK UP TRUCK AS A PASSENGER PICK UP TRUCK WAS HIT FROM BEHIND BY OTHER PICK UP TRUCK. EMPLOYEE HIT WINDSHIELD AND THEN HEAD WENT BACK AND HIT BACK WINDOW.
INJURED WAS DR3VING SCALING TOWER TO SURFACE WHEN THE 30 TON HAUL TRUCK CAME AROUND A CURVE RUNNING INTO THE SCALING TOWER.
INJURED WAS CLE5NING THE FACE OF THE WORKING AREA WITH THE BUCKET OF THE 988 LOADER WHEN HE HIT A SOLID PIECE OF ROCK CAUSING HIM TO BE THROWN FORWARD INTO THE WINDSHIELD AND STEERING WHEEL.
EMPLOYEE STRAIN9D HIS BACK WHILE PERFORMING HIS NORMAL JOB DUTIES OF LOADER OPERATOR.HE MAY HAVE MADE A WRONG MOVEMENT.(SUDDEN TWIST ETC)WHICH CAUSED THE INJURY.
INJ CLEANING OU7 HEADING WHEN GOING TO FACE HE HIT TOE IN FLOOR WITH LOADER BUCKET.HE CONT TO WORK TIL END OF SHIFT-3 PM.THE NEXT SHIFT HE CAME TO WORK AND STAYED 3 HRS WHEN HE REPORTED WHAT H AD HAPPENED HE 8AID THE JAR HURT HIS BACK.DR LAID HIM OFF REMAINDER OF WEEK.
INJURED WAS HAU5ING LIMESTONE FROM UNDERGROUND MINE TRAVELING UP AN INCLINE WHEN THERE WAS A LOSE OF POWER CAUSING TRUCK TO STOP THEN IT ROLLED BACK DOWN THE INCLINE TURNED OVER IN THE HAULWAY
EMPLOYEE SHOVEL3NG PILE OF STONE-CAUGHT RIGHT SLEEVE OF RT WRIST PULLING SAME INTO TROUGH IDLER.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING THE FORKLIFT WHEN HE FELT A PAIN BETWEEN HIS SHOULDERS.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING A LARGE ROCK OUT OF THE CRUSHER THAT WOULD NOT GO THROUGH USING A STEEL CABLE FRONT END LOADER WHEN THE CABLE BROKE LOOSE STRIKING HIM ON THE RIGHT SIDE AND HIP AREA
LIME GRADER WAS SUBSTITUTING FOR THE KILN DRAWMAN. AT THE END OF THE SHIFT (30 MIN.) EACH EMPLOYEE PREFORMS CLEAN UP TASKS. EMPLOYEE DROVE THE FORK LIFT TO THELIME GRADING PAN TO PICK UP THE SPILLAGE CART. THE FORKS WERE AT A TOO WIDE SPREAD ANDHE WASIN PROCESS OF MOVING THE SLIDE. HIS LEFT HAND SLIPPED ALLOWING THE FORK TO CATCH HIS HAND BETWEEN THE FORK BASE AND SLIDING MAST ON
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING IN THE HYDRATOR AREA WITH THE VACUUM TRUCK. THE HYDRATE PILED UP AND COLLAPSED ON TOP OF EMPLOYEE CAUSING LIME TO GET INTO EYE.
VICTIM AND HELPER WERE ATTEMPTING TO INSTALL SKIRTBOARD ON CONVEYOR BELT USING FORKLIFT TO POSITION AN ANGLE BRACE. VICTIM WAS POSITIONED AT THE FRONT AND TO THE SIDE OF THE FORKS. FORK SLIPP ED OFF ANGLE BRACE CAUSING THE FORKLIFT TO LUNGE FORWARD AND SIDEWAYS WITH ONE FORK STRIKING THE VICTGIM ON THE LEFT THIGH.
FORKLIFT OPERATOR WAS BACKING OFF FROM LOADING A TRUCK AND WAS TURNING AROUND TO GO FOWARD INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS JUST STANDING THERE AND FORKLIFT RAN OVER SIDE OF RIGHT FOOT
HYDRATE PACKER WAS ASSISTING FORKLIFT OPERATOR TO TRANSPORT A PALLET OF BRICK. FINGERS WERE CAUGHT BETWEEN FORKLIFT STATIONARY MAST AND THE SLIDING MAST OFTHE BOOM. SECOND AND THRID FINGERS OF HIS RIGHT HAND WERE LACERATED AT THE FIRST JOIN.