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DRIVING PICKUP TRUCK TOO FAST FOR ROAD CONDITIONS. HE HIT A RUT WHICH CAUSED HIM TO LOSE CONTROL AND DRIVE UP OVER THE BERM. HE JUMPED OUT THE WINDOW BEFORE THE TRUCK ROLLED OVER THE EDGE AND DOWN 40' SLOPE TO PIT FLOOR. 4/7/06: NO LOST TIME, NO RESTRICTED DUTIES, NO MEDICAL TREATMENT.
EE OPERATING SWEEPER MACHINE. LOOKING DOWN AT BRUSHES ALONG SIDE VEHICLE, RAN INTO A SUPPORT BEAM OVERHEAD. /EE SEEN AT BY DR. RELEASED TO WORK, TOLD SUPV. NO RESTRICTIONS, PAPERWORK SENT TO WRONG ADDRESS. / LATER EE COMPLAINED OF PAIN, RET.TO DR., CONTINUED ON LIGHT DUTY. REPORTED TO MSHA 2 WORKING DAYS LATER. / WHY REPORTABLE - LIGHT DUTY
Employee caught his hand in a troughing roller on the 04-031 Cross Belt Analyzer feed belt. He was inpsecting the belt for alignment when he leaned out over the belt his right glove was caught between the roller and the conveyor belt. He pulled back on his hand and separated the thumb nail from the nail bed.
Employee complained of having a sore back to his supervisor about 9:00. He attended safety/process training from 7:30 to 8:00, drove a sweeper from 8:00-9:00. His back was too sore to drive the water truck at 9:00. Says his back had a "twinge" when he bent over to pick up wheel chock.
EMPLOYEE WAS ADJUSTING THE WIDTH OF THE FORKS ON A FORKLIFT TRUCK AND PINCHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE BACK REST BRACKET AND THE FORK.
EE WAS CLIMBING UP AND DOWN THE LADDER ON THE LOADER AND WHILE OPERATING THE LOADER REPETITIVE BOUNCING WHEN HIS BACK STARTED TO HURT.
EE COMPLAINED OF SORE BACK AFTER FINISHING SHIFT ON A HAUL TRUCK OPERATOR.
COMPLAINED OF SORE BACK AFTER BEING TREATED BY CHIROPRACTOR FOR MORE THAN A MONTH. NO LIGHT DUTY - SAME JOB.
EE WAS REMOVING SANDSHOE FROM BELT, BELT CAUGHT EE'S SHIRT HE LOST BALANCE AND FELL ON LEFT KNEE.
EE WAS OPERATING A 988 FRONT END LOADER HE WAS IN AN AREA WHERE HE SPENT A LOT OF TIME LOOKING OVER HIS SHOULDER.
EE WAS TOSSED AROUND IN THE CAB OF HIS FRONT END LOADER AFTER THE BUCKET WAS STRUCK BY A LARGE BOULDER.
EMPLOYEE REINJURED ELBOW ON 9-11-99 WHEN MAKING A LEFT TURN HE STRUCK HIS LEFT ELBOW ON FRAME OF WATER WAGON CAB.
EMPLOYEE CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN A ROLLER AND THE HEAD PULLEY OF A BELT TRANSPORT CONVEYOR.
WHILE OPERATING THE SCRAPER, DUMPING FILL, THE TRACTOR HIT A BUMP AND THE DRIVER WAS BOUNCED AROUND INJURING HIS LOWER BACK
WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS HEADED BACK TO TRUCK BUNKENS THE BED OF THE TRUCK WAS HALF WAY UP IN AIR HITTING THE WATER PIPE ABOVE HIM BREAKING PIPE AND EMPLOYEE HIT STEERING WHEEL.
WHILE OPERTING THE SCRAPER, DUMPING FILL, HE WASTURNED IN THE SEAT WATCHING. THE TRACTOR HIT A BUMP AND BOUNCED HIM, PULLING MUSCLE IN HIS LOWERLEFT BACK.
DRIVERS LEFT KNEE STRUCK LEFT DOOR DURING OPERATION OF TRUCK (WATER WAGON).
WHILE OPERATING THE WATER TRUCK, THE EE STRUCK ALARGE ROCK WHILE TRAVELING AT SLOW SPEED. HE WASTHROWN FORWARD & STRUCK HIS STERNUM (CHEST) AGAINST THE WHEEL.
DELIVERY TRUCK DRIVER, WAS STRUCK IN THE LEG BY A "PALLET CLAMP'. THE CLAMP CAME LOOSE FROM THE PALLET WHICH WAS BEING PULLED ACROSS THE FLOOR OF THE TRUCK BY A FORT LIFT. REPORTED BY FAX 9/13 /96 TO MSHA - WILLY DAVIS VACAVILLE [ATTACHED]
EMPLOYEE SUFFERED A NECK STRAIN WHILE DRIVING THE HAUL TRUCK FROM THE MILL TO THE YARD STORAGE AREA.
WHILE SHOVELING UNDER THE GRIZZLY, GRAVEL FELL OFF THE BELT AND INTO HIS LEFT EYE.
EE WAS OPERATING A HAUL TRUCK ACROSS A ROUGH SECTION OF ROAD. HE WAS JOSTLED IN HIS SEAT, BOUNCUNG UP AND DOWN. HE WAS WEARING HIS SEATBELT. HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
OPERATING 988B LOADER WITH REPETITIVE ACTION, CAUSING PAIN IN WRIST AND BELOW THE ELBOWS.
WAS UNLOADING EMPTY PALLETS OFF THE TRUCK- STARTED BACK INTO THE WAREHOUSE, WHEN HE FELT A DISCOMFORT IN THE RIGHT EYE. FIFISHED THE DAY AT WORK, CAME TO WORK ON THURSDAY, EYE WAS STILL DISCOM FORT. WENT TO DOCTOR ON 11/15/93.
WORN OUT LINKAGE CAUSING THE EJECTOR CONTROLS HART TO OPERATE.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A LOADED 50-TON CAPACITY CATERPILLAR HAUL (DUMP) TRUCK ON THE HAUL ROAD OF THE BONNY DOON LIMESTONE QUARRY WHEN HE LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AS IT BEGAN TO SLIDE AND THE N OVERTURNED LANDING ON ITS RIGHT SIDE. HEAD CONCUSSION, SCALP LACERATION, MULTIPLE SOFT TISSUE INJURIES. NO RESTRICTED WORK AS EMPLOYEE IS OFF FROM 7-15-93 THROUGH 7-25-93. RELEASED 7-26-93.
CONSTANT LOWERING OF DUMP LEVER IN DUMP TRUCK.
WHILE OPERATING THE SCRAPER, FELT SHARP PAIN IN MIDDLE OF BACK. SET ON DUE TO THE BOUNCING OF THE SEAT.
EMPLOYEE WENT TO RIDE THREE WHEELED VEHICLE, PUT IT IN GEAR WHEN THE THROTTLE STUCK WIDE OPEN THUS CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO RUN INTO THE SHOP WALL AND FLIPPING OVER ON EMPLOYEE, WITH THE HANDLE BARS LANDING ON EMPLOYEE'S CHEST.
WHILE DRIVING CHEVY TRUCK EMPLOYEE HIT LARGE HOLE IN ROADWAY JARRING NECK
WHILE CLEARING FEEDER LEFT INDEX FINGER INJURED ON FEED GATE. BROKE FINGER NEAR JOINT.
OPERATING TEREX 80-C FRONT END LOADER.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING HOUGH 560 FRONT END LOADER, #5373. AFTER HITTING A BUMP IN THE ROAD HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING A SEAT BELT WHILE OPERATING THE LOADER.
EMPLOYEE WAS MONITORING BAGS OF CEMENT AS THEY MOVED FROM THE PACKING MACHINE, ACROSS A SCALE, AND ONTO THE PALLETIZER. A BAG BECAME CUAGHT BETWEEN THE HEAD PULLEY OF THE 3L.916 AND AN IDLER ROLLER. HE ATTEMPTED TO PULL THE BAG FREE WITHOUT SHUTING DOWN THE MACHINERY. HIS HAND WAS PULLED INTO THE PINCH POINT.
WHILE OPERATING THE LOADER, THE EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO SWAT A WASP AND HIT HIS RIGHT ELBOW OF THE WINDOW FRAME OF THE LOADER.
LOAIDNG FULL SAND DOWN INPIT WENT TO SCOOP UP WHEN CAVE IN OCC THUS BURYING FRONT PART OF LOADER KNOCKING OUT THE FRONT AND SIDE WINDOW, LACERATION TO R AND L ARMS
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING IMPACT IDLERS ON THE CROSS CONVEYOR. WHILE TRYING TO REMOVE THE IDLER FROM UNDER THE BELT, THE IDLER JAMMED. WHEN THE IDLER BROKE FREE, IT CAME DOWN AND SMASHED HIS FIN GERS ON THE CONVEYOR FRAME.
WHILE CLEANING UNDER #3 CONVEYOR BELT TAIL PULLEY MUD AND ROCK FLIPPED OFF OF THE BELT AND LANDED IN HIS EYE AFTER CLEANING EYE LEFT SOME ROCK SLIVERS SCRATCHED EYE
THE ACCIDENT IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. FALL OF PERSON FROM MOVING VEHICLE RESULTED IN MULTIPLE FRACTURES. THE CASUE OF THE LOOSE OF THE VEHICLE IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.
EMPL HAD JUST REPLACED FILTER ON TEREX LOADER AND ASK OPERATOR TO START ENGINE AT HIGH RPM THE MAHCINE MOVED FORWARD THROWING EMPL TO GROUND APPROX 4 TO 5'
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS THAT DURING PERIOD OF EITHER 022789 OR 022889 WHILE OPERATING LOADER ON ROUGH GROUND THE STEERING WHEEL SLIPPED OUF OF HIS HAND HE GRABBED IT & STRAINED HIS LEFT SHOULDER
LEADING TRUCKS WITH FRONT END LOADER.WIND BLEW FOREIGN OBJECT INTO RIGHT EYE.
EMPL WAS OPERATING THE BOBCAT CLEAN UP SCOOP IN A ROUGH FASHION JERKY MOVEMENT CAUSED HIM TO TWIST HIS BACK
THE WORK CREW OF I NAME AND W NAME BEGAN WORKING ON CONVEYOR #17 THE CREW HAD SET UP THEIR TOOLS AND WERE STARING TO MAKE A SPLICE ON THE BELT WHEN THE PLANT OPERATOR STARTED THE BELT THE WORK CREW FAILED TO LOCK OUT THE EQUIPMENT BEFORE BEGINNING REPAIRS
WHILE CLEANING UP SPILLAGE WITH BOBCAT,HIT A LIP IN THE ROAD,JARRING EMPLOYEE AND THRUSTING HIM INTO THE SAFETY BAR,CAUSING HIM TO STRIKE HIS CHEST.
EMPLOYEE WAS PACKAGING SACK CEMENT ON A MOVING CONVEYOR. AS EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE BROKEN SACK OF CEMENT FROM ROLLOR CONVEYOR, ROLLOR CAUGHT EMPLOYEES GLOVED HAND. FINGER WAS PULLED BE TWEEN ROLLOR AND DRIVE BELT.