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AN EE OF AN OUTSIDE VENDOR WAS SECURING AN OLD MOTOR GRADER TO A LOW BOY TRAILER FOR TRANSPORT OFF SITE. AN EE OF ANOTHER CONTRACTOR RAN INTO THE AFOREMENTIONED EE WITH A 400 SERIES CATERPIL LAR TRUCK. BOTH INVOLVED PEOPLE NOT EMPLOYED BY BIG-RIVER INDUSTRIES.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING UNDER THE CRUSHER WITH THE BOBCAT. THE EMPLOYEE WENT NEAR THE EDGE OF THE GROUND TO CLEAN AND CROSSED SOME UNLEVEL GROUND. WHEN THE EMPLOYEE CROSSED THE UNLEVEL GROUN D HE FELT HIMSELF ABOUT TO TIP OVER. IN REACTIONTHE EMPLOYEE STUCK HIS HAND OUT OF THE BOBCAT AND GOT IT SMASHED BETWEEN THE BAR AND NEARBY CAT WALK.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO WARN ANOTHER EMPLOYEETHAT WAS ON A FORKLIFT WITH A MOTOR. THE FORKLIFT GOT HUNG ON THE DOOR. THE EMPLOYEE NOTICED THAT THE BOOM AND THE MOTOR WERE HUNG ON THE DOOR AND TRIED TO WARN THE OPERATOR. IN THE PROCESS THE EMPLOYEE'S HAND WAS WAVING BETWEEN THE STUCKMOTOR/BOOM AND THE I-BEAM. THE BOOM CAME LOOSE AND THE EMPLOYEE WAS HIT IN THE HAND.
EE ALLEGES THAT THE SEAT ON THE 613C CATERPILLERSCRAPER CAUSED AN INJURY TO HIS LOWER BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A FORK DEVICE TO TURN OVER A 2000 LB PERILING, WHILE HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF TURNING THE PERILING OVER WITH FORK DEVICE, AN EMPLOYEE ASKED HIM A QUESTION, AS HE TURNED HIS CHHEK TO RESPOND TO THE EMPLOYEE, HE CUT HIMSELFWITHT THE TOP OF THE FORK DEVICE.