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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.
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
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.
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.