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MAKIGN INSPECTION OF AREA (3RD FLOOR OLD ROCK BINS AT DRY PLANT) NOT NORMALLY TRAVELED. WALKING ON WALKWAY (PREVIOUSLY COLLASPED) OVER BINS, STEPPED AND FELL STRAIGHT DOWN 25/30 FEET INTO BIN .
EMPLOYEE WAS TRAINING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE ON OPERATION OF #473 40 TON CRANE CREW CALLED FOR CRANE & EE TURNED & WALKED AWY FROM CAB TO LET EMPLOYEE OPERATE HE EXITED FRONT DECK BY MEANS OF A STEP LADDER SET AGAINST FRONT RT HAND SIDE OF CRANE HE HDA RESACHED SECOND RUNG OF LADDER WITH RT FOOT UPON TAKING NEXT STEP HE MISSED WITH HIS LEFT FOOT CAUSING HIM TO FALL TOWARDS FRONT OF CRANE
EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO CROSS SMALL DITCH BETWEEN C AND B TRACKS. EMPLOYEE TRIPPED ON A ROCK IN DITCH, CAUSING HIM TO FALL. EMPLOYEE RELEASED RAILROAD BAR IN HIS HAND, TO BRACE HIS FALL, THE RAI LROAD BAR LANDED ON TOP OF HIS RIGHT HAND. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING GLOVES.
54736YEE WAS CHANGING OUT CENTER HAMMERMILL ROTATING ELEMENT, AT THE LAST STAGE OF JOB HANGING OFF-SET CHUTE WITH BMC. EMPLOYEE NEEDED TO GET TO OTHER SIDE OF BMC TO RIG COME-ALONG TO CHUTE. S 35775D ON BMC WITH COME-ALONG IN BOTH HANDS, LEFT FOOT SLIPPED OFF BMC CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO STRIKE LEFT LOWER LEG ON BMC.
54736YEE WAS GOING DOWN STEPS TO 2 EAST TUNNEL TO CLOSE GATE ON CHUTE, SLIPPED ON BOTTOM STEP TURNING HER ANKLE.
WALKING SO AT FLOOR LEVEL STEPPED UP WITH ONE FOOT TRIPPED CAUGHT FALL ON HANDS ON GRATING
MOVING SM BLOWER AND HOSE FROM NEAR DRAGLINE, STUMBLED ON ROOT TWISTING R LEG
SLIPPED OFF BLADE ARM OF TRACTOR HURTING BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING 2 1/2" SPRAY WATER HEADER PIPE ON FINISHING SCREEN DECK.WHILE USING 18" PIPE WRENCH,EMPLOYEES FEET SLIPPED ON POLY DECK,CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO FALL ONTO SIDE FRAME OF SCRE EN.EMPLOYEE BROKE FALL WITH RIGHT ELBOW AND STRUCK HEAD ON FRAME SIDE,CAUSING CUT BELOW RIGHT EYEBROW.
WORKING ON D-8 AND SLIPPED OFF TRACK HURTING RIGHT ANKLE.
HE WAS WALKING AROUND CONCRETE EDGE OF THE SOUTH CRUSHER BIN TO OPEN VALVE TO DRAIN BIN. AS HE WAS MOVING AROUND THE BIN HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL. HE TRIED TO CATCH HIMSELF WITH HI S LEFT HAND. HAND HIT CORNER OF CONCRETE SLAB BENDING LITTLE FINGER AND KNUCKLE BACKWARDS.
EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING PUMP FACE PLACE ON PUMP #107 PLATE SWUNG BACK TOWARD THE SUCTION PIPING BUMPING HIS LEFT ELBOW ON SUCTION PIPING HE WAS STANDING ON T HE PUMP SLED RUBBING H IS ELBOW WHE N HE PASSED OUT FALLING BACKWARD STRIKING HIS HEAD ON THE FACE PLATE
IN PROCESS OF LEAVING MACHINE EE S RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED OFF OF CABLE STEP, FULL BODY WEIGHT PUT ON LEFT FOOT.
WORKING ON FRONT OF TRANSFER SLED. BACKED INTO THE PUSHING BLOCK LOSING HIS BALANCE AND FELL TOWARD THE FRONT OF SLED, WHEN TRYING TO CATCH HIMSELF HE HIT HIS LEFT KNEE ON THE DRISCO SUCTION P IPING.
1370 DRAGLINE SCHEDULED REPAIR DAY. EMPLOYEE WALKED TO BACK OF DRAGLINE TO LOOK BEHIND THE DRAGLINE. AS HE CAME DOWN THE REAR WALKWAY AND STARTED TO STEP FROM DRAGLINE TO THE SHOE HE STEPPED I NTO A SPACE BETWEEN THE PLATFORM AND DRAGLINE SHOE. HE FELL HITTING HIS HEAD ON SIDE OF CATWALK.
SLIPPED IN MUD
FELL IN CAR CATCHING L UPPPER BODY BRUISING
WHILE USING CRANE TO PULL A PIECE OF FLAT BAR FROM EYE OF IMPELLER ON P207, EE TURNED AFTER CRANE TIGHTENED UP ON LOAD AND CAUGHT RIGHT FOOT UNDER SEALING WATER LINE CAUSING HIM TO FALL. WHEN HE HIT THE GROUND, HIS HARD HAT FELL OFF AND HIS TEETH STRUCK HIS HART HAT. EE ALSO SCRAPPED HIS RIGHT ELBOW.
EE TWISTED HIS KNEE AS HE STUMBLED OVER A CLETE MARK WHERE THE D/L HAD WALKED. EE FIRST SAW DR ON 12-1-89 BECAME AN INCIDENT REPORTAHBLE 12-20-89.
EMPL HAD JUST FINISHED DUMPING 20' LOGS & HAD CLIMBED UP ACCESS LADDER BETWEEN CENTER & SOUTH DOUBLDECK SCREENS. HE WAS IN PROCESS OF COMING UP THROUGH OPENING & HE SLIPPED & FELL BACK DOWN TH ROUGH OPENING. EMPL FELL ABOUT 8' DOWN TO BUILT UP FEED.
LIFTED CYLINDER HEAD & HURT RIGHT GROIN.
EMPLOYEE CLIMBED UP ON LOCO HANDRAILING TO FILL LOCO SANDBOXES, AFTER POSITIONING HOSE IN SANDBOX AND OPENING VALVE, THE HOSE STARTED TO FALL OUT DUE TO WEIGHT OF SAND IN HOSE. EMPLOYEE TRIED TO REPOSITION HOSE, LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL STRIKING HEAD ON RUNNING BOARD.
EMPLOYEE CLOSED SECONDARY SW OF TRANSFORMER, WHICH HAD BEEN RAISED ABOVE HEAD LEVEL. EMPLOYEE LOST HIS BALANCE AND STEPPED OFF OF TRANSFORMER SLED ONTO SOFT DIRT AND TURNED HIS ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT AS HE WAS BOARDING #7 PAYLOADER, HIS HANDS SLIPPED OFF LADDER AND HE FELL BACKWARDS. HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED OFF STEP AND WENT BEHIND VERTICAL PIPE. WHEN HE FELL TO THE FLOO R HIS FOOT WAS STILL STUCK BEHIND LADDER UPRIGHT
SITTING ON FUEL TRUCK. FELL ON TOP OF FUEL TANK AND HIT BASCK ON LATCH THAT CONNECTS TO THE LID TWISTED BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN THE BACK OF THE SOUTH LOG,CHANGING OUT RECEIVING END GUDGEON.HE WAS MOVING THE THRUST BOX WHICH WAS ON GRATING IN POSITION TO PICK UP .HE WAS MOVING IT AND HIS FOOT THR OUGH A HOLE WHERE A PIPE WAS.HE LOST HIS BALANCECAUGHT HIMSELF ON HIS HANDS.
EE WAS TOOL ROOM TRAILER TO GET CABLE SLING, WHEN HE TURNED TO COME OUT OF TRAILER HE CAUGHT HIS RIGHT FOOT ON DOLLEY CART, CAUSING HIM TO FALL AGAINST TOOL DOOR HINGE CUTTING HIS RIGHT FOREAR M.
I.NAME ASSISTING ANOTHER ON REMOVAL OF BEARING FROM SHOP AREA.WALKING BACKWARDS ACROSS FLOOR,STEPPED ON BOLT,SLIPPED AND DROPPED BEARING ON LEFT LEG AND FOOT.
EMPLOYEE WAS WADDING THROUGH WATER ON THE PLANT FLOOR PICKING UP SAMPLES.HE TRIPPED AND FELL AGINST A SUBMERGED VALVE STRIKING HIS RIGHT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE REPORTS THAT HE WAS INSPECTING BOARDS IN A SPILLWAY WHEN HE STEPPED FROM THE WOODEN STEPS ONTO THE FLOATING WALKWAY HIS FEET SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HIM ON WET PLATFORM CAUSING HIM TO FALL AND STRIKE THE BACK OF HIS RIGHT HAND ON THE GRATING ON THE METAL WALKWAY
EMPL GETTING OFF RR CAR #7 TRACK.AFTER TAKING 2 STEPS FELT LEFT FOOT TWIST.FOOT DIDNT BOTHER HIM BUT WHEN HE PULLED BOOT OFF 5:15AM FOUND KNOT ON SIDE OF LEFT FOOT.
EMPL WAS HELPING FLOAT CREW CHANGE OUT OF 5' SECT OF MATRIX PIPELINE DURING RAIN AND IN HIGH GRASSED WOODED AREA HE WAS PULLING ON PIPE TRYING TO MOVE IT HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON PIPE FLANGE AND CUT HIS R ARM
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING ON 7500 PIP PUMP SLED AND DROPPED HIS WRENCH WHILE CLIMBING BACK DOWN TO RETREIVE HIS WRENCH THE EMPLOYEES FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE STEP BAND HE FELL BACKWARDS IN A SITTING POSITION ONTO THE SLED EMPLOYEE BECAME A LOST TIME ON 8-22-88
EMPLOYEE WAS LEAVING THE DRAGLINE AND AS HE TURNED TO GO DOWN THE STEPS HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE STRUCK HIS RT ELBOW ON THE SHOE HE WAS CARRYIING HIS LUNCH PAIL IN HIS LEFT HAND AND THE STEPS WERE WORN AND WET WITH RAIN
EMPL WAS CROSSING DRAIN WITH GRATING OVER IT & FIRE HOSE ON GRATING. HE STEPPED OVER HOSE & AT SAME TIME LOOKED AWAY FROM WHERE HE WAS STEPPING. HIS LEFT FOOT LANDED ON UNEVEN FLOOR TWISTIN G HIS ANKLE & FALLING,
EMPLOYEE WAS ABOUT TO STEP DOWN FROM THE LEFT FRONT FENDER OF VEHICLE. WHEN HE STEPPED BACK HIS RIGHT METATARSAL GUARD CAUGHT ON THE FENDER, CAUSING HIM TO FALL BACKWARD AND HIT HIS RIGHT SIDE , LOWER BACK ON A STEP.
EMPLOYEE WAS GOING TO GET AIR HOSE ON NORTH WEST SIDE OF DRY ROCK SHED. EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING INSIDE TRACKS IN FRONT OF LEAD FLAGMAN'S DESK, HE TURNED TOWARD NORTH AND TOOK A STEP, HIS FOOT WENT THROUGH THE HOLE IN GRATING THAT IS CUT FR CHAIN TO PULL CAR DOORS OPEN. HOLE IS 6" X 10 1/2".
EMPLOYEE WAS WA5KING UP TO CONTROL SLED TO CHECK MOYNO, HE SLIPPED ON MUDDY GROUND AND FELL STRICKING HIS RIGHT FOREARM ON CORNER OFCONTROL.
EMP WAS CROSSIN1 THRU ACCESS PORTAL IN NUMBER 2 SWING COMPARTMENT. AFTER CROSSING THRU AND STANDING WITH BOTH FEET ON OUTER STEP, HE STEPPED TO DECK WITH R FOOT, THE RIGHT ANKLE TURNED, CAUSIN G HIM TO FALL T2 DECK, RESULTING IN SPRAIN
EMPLOYEE WAS CL3MBING A VERTICAL CAGED LADDER. HE GOT TO THE TOP AND STARTED TO PUT ONE FOOT ON THE PLATFORM WHEN HIS OTHER FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE LADDER RUN AND THE EMPLOYEE FELL APPROX. 12 FE ET. LANDING ON3THE HEEL OF HIS LEFT FOOT AND FELL BACKWARDS ON HIS HIP.
EMPLOYEE WAS ST9PPING DOWN FROM #U,, TRUCK FROM DRIVER'S SIDE, STEPPED TO LOW ELEVATION AND TWISTED RIGHT FOOT.
EMPLOYEE WAS CR2SSING AN AREA WITH SOME ALGAE ON IT PEBBLE LOADOUT OP SHOUTED SOME INSTRUCIONS TO HER WHEN SHE LOOKED UP SHE STARTED TO SLIP AND LOST HER BALANCE AND FELL FACE FORWARD ONTO CON CRETE 3
COMING DOWN STA3RS TO SHOE FOOT HUNG ON GRATING CAUSING I.NAME TO FALL ONTO THE SHOE SOLE OF RT BOOT WAS LOOSE WARNED HIM PRIOR TO ACCIDENT ABOUT SOLE OF HIS BOOT
EMPLOYEE WAS WE5DING D/L, SITTING ON A 5 GALLON BUCKET, LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL BACKWARDS OFF D/L TUB. STRUCK BACK OF HEAD ON A CROSS TIE, FELL APPROX. 6 FEET.
EMPLOYEE WAS HO8ING DOWN AT WASHER BETWEEN CONE FEED SUMP AND EAST DEBRIS PUMP, WATER AND MATRIX OVERFLOWED FROM MATRIX TUB OFF LINE. EMPLOYEE WAS KNOCKED OFF HIS FEET INCURRING A SMALL CUT O N LEFT THUMB AN8 BRUISING LEFT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS WA5KING PIPELINE SLIPPED AND FELL MASHING FINGER BETWEEN WRENCH AND PIPE
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING FROM GANTRY BOOM DOWN TO THE WINCH PLATFORM, HIS LEFT FOOT WENT THROUGH A HOLE IN THE GRATING NEXT TO THE MOTOR INFLICTING INJURIES.
EMPL ASSISTING MAINTENANCE SPLICE C-21 BELT.WHEN HE STEPPED ON BELT,BELT HAD SLACK IN IT,IT GAVE WAY CAUSING HIM TO FALL LANDING ON WRIST BENT BACK UNDER HIS ARM.
EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING 2X4\ UP STAIRWAY TO FLAT METAL CHUTES. AS SHE HANDED THE 2X4\X TO ANOTHER EMPLOYEE TO GIVE TO THE MAN IN THE CHUTE. ONE OF THEM SLIPPED FROM HIS HAND AND FELL ON HER LEFT ARM. THE FELLOW WORKER ASKED IF SHE WAS ALRIGHT AND SHE SAID YES. AT THIS TIME SHE COLLAPSED AND ROLLED DOWN STAIRWAY TO LANDING AREA.
EMPLOYEE WAS RETURNING TO TRUCK FOR PARTS WHEN HE STEPPED IN HOLE IN SLED USED FOR HOOKING TRCTOR TO SLED. FOOT WHET DOWN THROUGH HOLE, EMPLOYEE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL FORWARD CAUSING HIS L EFT KNEE TO BE TWISTED AND EXTENDED IN THE WRONG DIRECTION.