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EE WAS DRIVING TRUCK DUMPING HIS LOAD. WHEN HE PULLED THE DUMP LEVER. HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.
EE WAS SWINGING THE BOOM ACROSS THE FACE AND IT STOPPED ON ITS OWN AND SLAMED HIS BACK INO THERIALING AND BENT HI BACKKWARDS.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING 773-B HAUL TRUCK. WAS DRIVING TOWARDS THE SHOT TO GET LOADED. WAS 2ND OR 3RD TRIP INTO THE PIT. HIT A POT HOLE WHICH JARRED HIM. NOTICED SOME DISCOMFORT IN BACK. KEPT OP ERATING TRUCK UNTIL AROUND 7PM AND LOWER BACK STARTED ACHING AND FELT NUMBNESS IN LEFT LEG AND FOOT. DR RECOMMENDED LIGHT DUTY.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING FROM THE PLANT TO THE SHOP WHEN THE EMPLOYEE, FOR NO APPARENT REASON, BECAME UNCONCIOUS. THE VEHICLE HIT A STOCKPILE & A CONCRETE POST.
EMPLOYEE WAS HAULING SAND FROM YARD TO STOCK PILE DOWN IN PIT. WHILE TRAVELING DOWN HAUL RAMP, TRUCK BEGAN TO SLIDE. EMPLOYEE LOST CONTROL OF TRUCK WHILE IT WAS SLIDING AND THE TRUCK ROLLED OV ER ON ITS RIGHT SIDE. HAUL RAMP HAD BEEN WET DOWN TO CONTROL DUST. TRAVELING SPEED OF HAUL TRUCK MAY HAVE BEEN A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR.
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING THE EAST END OF A PILE WHEN THE TOP OF THE WALL FELL ON THE BUCKET OF THE LOADER MAKING THE LOADER BOUNCE 3-4 FEET OFF THE GROUND THEN KNOCKING EMPLOYEE'S HEAD TO THE ROOF OF THE LOADER. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SEAT BELT.
PIT LOADER WAS RAISING BUCKET TO LOAD PIT TRUCK. FRONT WHEEL RAN UP ON A ROCK. TIRE SLID OFF ROCK JERKING LOADER TO SIDE. THE OPERATOR WAS TWISTED IN SEAT. HE HAS A BACK STRAIN. WAS WEARING SE AT BELT.
THIS IS A REOCCURRENCE OF INJURY FROM 8/2/93. THE EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING ON THE FIRST STEP & SLIPPED & FELL. ON 08/19/93 EMPLOYEE AGGREVATED THE INJURY BY DRIVING A 773 CAT TRUCK.
EMPLOYEE USED A PRYBAR TO PUT SKIRT RUBBER ON #29 CONVEYOR WHILE CONVEYOR WAS RUNNING PRYBAR CAUGHT THE CONVEYOR BELT & JAMMED ARM AGAINST CONVEYOR FRAME
THIS IS A REOCCURRANCE OF INJURY FROM 3-12-93. HE RETURNED TO WORK ON 5-3-93 AND WAS RELEASED FROM DOCTOR WITH NO LIMITATIONS. HE REINJURED HIS SHOULDER ON 5-3-93. THE ONLY WORK HE WAS DOING W AS RUNNING A LOADER AND WASHING THE SCREENING PLANT FLOORS.
EE HAD DUMPED HIS LOAD AND HEADER BACK TOWARDS PIT. THE AREA WAS COVERED WITH ABOUT 6" OF WATER. EE HAD RUN OVER INTO THE HOLE WHERE THE WATERLINE WAS BROKEN. HE GOT OUT OF HIS TRUCK AND I SPO KE WITH HIM. HE SAID NOTHING OF BEING HURT. FIVE MINUTES LATER HE COMPLAINED TO ANOTHER EMPLOYEE THAT HIS BACK STARTED HURTING AFTER HE GOT BACK INTO HIS TRUCK. TWO HOURS LATER HE LEFT WORK T
EMPLOYEE WAS INSPECTING THE STONE PLANT WHEN A LARGE ROCK FELW OFF THE WEST SHAKER AND HIT HIM IN THE HEAD. IF BROKE THE BILL OF HIS HARD HAT AND HE BROKEN PART SCRATCHED HIS RIGHT EYE.
HE WAS GOING FROM THE SHOP TO THE SANDPILE AND HE HIT A POT HOLE IN THE ROADWAY THROWING HI SIDEWAYS IN THE LOADER AND HE HURT HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING THE SAND HOPPER FROM SAND STOCKPILED SOUTH OF 96TH ST. AS HE WAS LOADING HIS BUCKET, HE HIT A BURIED PIPE, WHICH JARRED HIM VERY HARD AND HURT HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE THOUGHT HE INJURED BACK BY DRIVING TRUCK.
THISL ACCIDENT WASN'T REPORTABLE WHEN IT OCCURRED, HOWEVER THERE HAS NOW BEEN LOST TIEM DUE TO THE ACCIDENT. IN JUNE EMPLOYEE SAID THE FRAME WHICH THE TRUCK SEAT SITS ON NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED BECAUSE IT ROCKED WHILEHE WAS DRIVING AND CAUSED HIM TO HAVE A MUSCLE STRAIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING MUD AND ROCK OFF CONVEYOR BELT. HE ATTEMPTED TO PUSH A LARGE ROCK OFF. ROCK WAS TOO LARGE TO PUSH OFF WITH BELT IN MOTION AAND LEFT SHOULDER AND ELBOW WERE STRAINED AS A R ESULT.
EMPL WAS LOADING FACE 4W TO 4N WHILE RETRACTING BOOM REACHED FOR WOOD DOWEL CAUGHT LEFT MIDDLE FINGER IN TELESCOPING PART OF BOOM.
EMPL WAS USING 440B BOBCAT LOADER TO CLEAN AREA AROUND PLANT. BUCKET HIT TWO INCH ANCHOR BOLT THAT HAS NOT BEEN CUT OFF FLUSH WITH GROUND LEVEL. IT WAS FOR CONE CRUSHER THAT HAD BEEN REMOVED T WO YEARS AGO. EMPL HIT CHEST ON SAFETY BAR BRUISED CHEST NOTHING BROKEN.
INJURED WAS MOVING 6"X0" MATERIAL FROM UNDER THE RADIAL STACKER WHENT HE LOADER BOUNCED DUE TO UNEVEN SURFACE ADN AS A RESULT A LUMBAR STRAIN OCCURRED.
HAUL TRUCK BACKED INTO CAB OF SECOND HAUL TRUCK CAB DESTROYED OPERATOR OF SECOND TRUCK INJURED INITIAL X RAYS AT HOSPTIAL PROVEWD NEGATIVE EE REPORTED FOR WORK ON 11-20-90 RETURNED TO MED CENT ER 11-26-90 CRACKED RIBS FOUND ON X RAY.
CLEANING PAN OF BELT WHIEL BELT STILL MOVING GLOVED RIGHT HAND GOT PINCHED BETWEEN ROLLER AND BELT DRAGGING HIS HAND BETWEEN BOTH
FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN THE V BELT AND SHIVE AFTER THE CONVEY. STARTED R INDEX FINGERTIP WAS SEVERED BEHIND THE FINGERNAIL R MIDDLE FINGER SUFFERED TENDON DAMAGE
CLEANING UP CONVEY IN PAN STANDING IN FRONT OF CONV DRIPPING AWAY MATERIAL WITH SHOVEL BECAME EWEDGED BETWEEN MATERAIL AND BELT CAUSING SHOVEL WHILE STILL IN HAND TO RIDE UP BETWEEN BELT AND AN IDLER CAUGHT L HAND INJ TO L THUMB
REPETITIVE MOTION FROM SHIFTING GEARS IN FRONT TEND LOADER, SPRAINED WRIST, INVOLVED WEARING WRIST SPLINT FOR WRIST.