EE WAS UNLOADING HEAVY BOXES OUT OF THE BED OF HIS PICK UP TRUCK. WHEN HE LIFTED A BOX APPROX. 50 LBX HE FELT A PULL IN HIS LOWER BACK.
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Showing all 8EE WAS TAKING A BOLT OUT OF SADDLE ON THE BOOM. HE WAS USING A RATCHET WRENCH. HE WAS TRYING TO BREAK A BOLT LOOSE. WHILE PULLING ON RATCHET THE BOLT BROKE LOOSE CAUSING THE EE TO LOSE BALANCE , HIS ARM STRUCK A PIECE OF STEEL, WHICH CAUSED A LACERATION.
EE WAS GREASING ROCK TRUCK @ END OF DAY. AS HE RAISED UP HE HIT RT SHOULDER ON HOIST CYLINDER. SHOULDER SWELLED UP LATER THAT EVENING. HE THOUGHT THE SWELLING WOULD GO AWAY OVER THE WEEKEND. I T DID NOT. HE HAD TO GO TO THE DOCTOR & IS CURR ENTLY BEING TREATED FOR A BRUISED SHOULDER THAT GOT INFECTED.
EE WAS CHANGING A DRIVE SHAFT ON A CATERPILLAR D-9 DOZER. IT BEGAN TO RAIN VERY HARD. WHEN THE EE FINISHED HIS TASK, HE STEPPED ONTO THE TRACK OF THE DOZER TO EXIT THE MACHINE, THE TRACK WAS W ET, HE SLIPPED CAUSING HIS BACK TO WRENCH.
HI-LIFT OPERATOR WAS LOADING COAL INTO CRUSHER. THE CRUSHER HOPPER BECAME JAMMED. THE OPERATOR TRIED TO FREE SOME LARGE LUMPS OF COAL FROM THE HOPPER WITH A SPUD PRY BAR & STRAINED HIS BACK.
EE WAS CLIMBING DOWN FROM A CATERPILLAR 980 HI-LIFT. WHILE CLIMBING DOWN ONE OF THE CHAIN LINK STEPS BROKE. WHEN THE STEP BROKE IT CAUSED ALL OF THE MAN'S BODY WEIGHT TO PUT PRESSURE ON HIS LE FT LEG, WHICH WAS ON THE STEP BELOW. ALL OF HIS WEIGHT ON ONE LEG CAUSED A PAIN IN HIS LEFT KNEE.
EE MOVED A 55 GALLON DRUM OF OIL ON HIS OWN.
EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ON A CATERPILLAR D-9 DOZER. HE WAS WELDING ABOVE HIS HEAD. THE WEATHER THAT DAY WAS VERY WINDY, THE WIND BLEW A PIECE OF METAL ( A SMALL FLAKE) UNDER HIS HELMET AND IT LAN DED IN HIS EYE.