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WHILE RETURNING FROM DUMP SITE, HE MISSED RAMP DUE TO DARKNESS & DUSK. WHEN HE GOT TO THE EDGE OF THE DIRT THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK WENT OVER THEEDGE. THE TRUCK WAS RESTING ON THE DIRT BELOW.
LOW SPEED CLEAN OUT CONVEYER WAS SLIPPING AT HEAD PULLEY. THIS 24" CONVEYER WAS MOUNTED TO THE FLOOR WITH THE TOP SIDE BEING LESS THAN 2 FT HIGHEMPLOYEE STEPPED UP ONTO THE BELT, USING HIS WEIGHT TO APPLY PRESSURE, WHICH STOPPED THE BELTFROM SLIPPING. WHEN BELT STARTED, EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND BOTH FEET WERE CAUGHT AND PULLED UNDER IDLER.
NO ACCIDENT, JUST THE DRIVING OF A HAUL UNIT. BOUNCING AROUND 12 1/2 HRS 9 DAY HAVING TO REACH DOWN AND PLL THE DUMP/ EVEN. NO REAL DATE. IT JUST STARTED HUURTING SO WEN TOT HECHIRO IN SEP TM.
WHILE JESSIE WAS JUMP STARTING A 769 CAT EUCLID, HE WAS JARRED WHEN THE ENGINE STARTED AND LOST HIS BALANCE, FALLING BACKWARDS OFF THE TRUCK, APPROXIMATELY 7 OR 8 FEET, AND LANDED ON HIS FEET.
I NAME WAS WORKING ON LIME SCREW CONVEYOR. HE REMOVED SPRAY NOZZLES WHICH ARE INTO A COUPLING. HE HAD REMOVED TWO OF THE ASSEMBLYS TOOK OUT THE SPRAY MOZZLES AND REPLACED THE ASSEMBLYS WHEN HE WAS PREPARING TO REINSTALL HE NOTICE THE COU ING WAS PACKED FULL OF LIME. WITHOUT THINKING HE STUCK HIS MIDDLE FINGER RIGHT HAND INTO THE PACKED LIME CAUSING HIS FINGER TO CATCH BY THE FLI
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING BAG SUPERFINE OFF OF THE CONVEYOR. HE GOT HIS GLOVE CAUGHT BETWEEN WIPER GUARD AND CONVEYOR BELT, CATCHING HIS LEFT THUMB BETWEEN THE WIPER GUARD AND CONVEYOR BELT.