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VICTIM WAS USING PICK TO CLEAN ROCK OUT OF BIN WHEN HE STRAINED RIGHT SHOULDER.
VICTIM WAS STANDING ON TOP OF FLAT GRATED SURFACE OF LUBRICATION TRUCK FUEL TANK FILLING TANK. WHEN VICTIM ATTEMPTED TO REPLACE FUEL FILLER HOSE OF STATIONARY GROUND TANK, HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND SLIPPED ON THE GRATED SURFACE, FALLING OVERBOARD TO THE GROUND STRIKING RIGHT SHOULDER. FUEL OIL IN FILLER HOSE SPRAYED ON VICTIM'S FACE AND TORSO.
VICTIM WAS PICKING GOB FROM A PORTABLE CRUSHER CONVEYOR BELT WHEN HE TWISTED HIS BACK WHEN THROWING A PIECE OF 60B FROM THE BELT
EMPL WAS REMOVING BOLTS IN SOTRAGE GIN HANDLE WHEN HANDLE SWUNG HITTING VITIM IN LET SIDE OF FACE & BREAKING LEFT FRAME OF GLASSES. NO PHYSICAL INJRY WAS OBSERVED AT TIME.
HE STOPPED THE DOZER AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A TREE LIMB STUCK BETWEEN DOZER BLADE AND RADIATOR GRILL. HE WAS STANDING ON TOP EDGE OF BLADE WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL, STRIKING HIS BACK AND RIGHT LEG ON TOP EDGE OF TRACKS.
MECHANIC WAS ATTEMPTING TO DRIVE OUT PIVOT PIN ON FRONT AXLE OF TRACTOR THE NUT OF THE PIN HAD BEEN CUT OFF WITH GAS TORCHES WHEN VICTIME DROVE OUT PIN HEATED LUBRICATION GREASE SPLATTERED ON VICTIMS FINGER CAUSING 2ND DEGREE BURNS ON L MIDDLE AND INDEX FINGERS
WHEN ADDING A 5 GALLON CAN OF OIL TO DOZER ENGINE, EE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK AFTER STRAIGHTENING HIS BACK UPON COMPLETION OF POURING CAN CONTENTS.
ACCIDENT VICTOM WAS HELPING LOADER OPERATOR CHANGE BUCKET TOOTH ON CAT 988B LOADER WHEN TOOTH KEEPER PIN SPLINTERED CAUSING PIECE OF STEEL TO ENTER VICTIMS CHEST WHO WAS USING SLEDGE TO DRIVE ON PIN.
VICTIM WAS CARRYING A 5 GALLON CAN OF WATER TO PUT IN DOZER RADIATOR WHEN HE SLIPPED ON WET DOZER TRACKS
ACCIDENT VICTIM TRIPPED AS HE WAS EXITING TOOL TRAILER, FALLING TO THE GROUND STRIKING LEFT LOWER LEG ON A DOZER FINAL DRIVE RETAINER RING LATING ON THE GROUND. THERE WAS NO TRIPPING HAZARD IN THE TRAILER.
I.NAME WAS FILLING WATER TRUCK TANK WITH EXTERNAL PUMP FILLER HOSE PULLED OUT OF TANK OPENING TO AVOID GETTING WET I.NAME JUMPED OFF TANK LADDER AND FELL ON PLATFORM BETWEEN TANK AND REAR OF C AB I.NAME DID NOT HAVE KNEE X-RAYED WRIST X-RAY SHOWED SPRAIN
ACCIDENT VICTIM3WAS CHECKING FLUID LEVELS OF ENGINE AND DIFFRENTAIAL WITH ENGINE IDLING AND MACHINE PARKED. VICTIM WAS STANDING ON DOZER PADS AND REACHED THRU CAB DOORWAY TO SHUT OFF ENGINE W HEN VICTIM WAS 8TRUCK WITH PAIN IN LOWER BACK. NO SLIP OR FALL TOOK PLACE.
THE DOZER WHICH3THE ACCIDENT VICTIM WAS OPERTING BECAME DISABLED & OP DISMOUNTED THE MACHINE TO EXAMINE PROBLEM. A SECOND D9 WAS OPERATING ON THE BENCH ABOVE THE DISABLED MACHINE. A FROZEN PIE CE OF DIRT APPR2X 2 1/2' ROLLED DOWN FROM THE UPPER BENCH TO THE LOWER BENCH STRIKING VICTIM IN TH ECALF OF T HE LEGS KNOCKING HIM TO T HE GROUND. THE VICTIM HAD HIS BACK TO T HE UPPER BENCH.
D9G MUFFLER WAS3CLAMPED IN A VISE AND A 6 IN THICK METAL STRAP WAS BEING BRAZED AROUND MUFFLER ACCCIDENT VICTIM WAS BENDING STRAP AROUND CONTOUR OF MUFFLER WITHA CRESENT WRENCH WHEN MUFFLER SP SPRUNG OUT OF V3SE AND STRUCK VICTIM IN FACE CUTTING LIP AND NOSE FIVE STITCHES WERE REQUIRED
ACCIDENT VICTIM3WAS CARRYING A SOLVENT BUCKET THRU NARROW ISLE OF DRAGLINE, WHEN VICTIM STUMBLED AND STUBBED HIS RIGHT FOOT INTO A RISER OF A SET OF STEPS. VICTIM WAS NOT WEARING STEEL TOED SH ES AND LARGE TO9 ON RIGHT FOOT WAS FRACTURED.
VICTIM WAS DRIV3NG TRUCK & STOPPED WHEN HE OBSERVED SOMETHING GETTING HOT. ENGINE WATER TEMP WAS ONLY 180 DEGREES BUT RADIATOR OVERFLOW WAS EMITTING WATER. VICTIM RELEASED PRESSURE ON RAD CAP & WAITED. HE T2EN PROCEEDED TO LOOSEN CAP WHEN HOT STEAM BLEW CAP OFF & HOT STEAM SCALDED HIS FACE RESULTING IN 1ST & 2ND DEGREE BURNS.
ACCIDNTE VICTIM WAS DISMOUNTING DRAGLINE ON WHICH HE W AS THE OILER HE WAS FACING THE MACHINE DISMOUNTING ON THE FACTORY INSTALLED STEP PLATES THE STEPS WERE WET AND SLIPPERY DUE TO OVERNIGHT RAIN VICTIM SLIPPED ON STEP AND FELL TO GROUND LANDING ON VICTIMS SIDE IT WAS NOT DAYLIGHTR AT THE TIME OF ACCIDENT
VICTIM WAS DISCUSSING THE WORK OF THE SHIFT HE WAS BEGINNING W/ THE MINE SUPERINTENDENT. UPON COMPLETING THE CONVERSATION THE VICTIM BEGAN WALKING TOWARD THE DRAGLINE HE OPERATED WHEN HE SL IPPED ON THE MUDDY BENCH SURROUNDING THE DRAGLINE FALLING & BRAKING HIS RT ANKLE.
OPERATOR HAD SHUTT OFF CONVEYOR BELT WHEN HE NOTICED A PIECE OF ROCK CAUGHT BETWEEN THEUNDER SIDE OF CONVEYOR BELT AND STEEL FRAME. CONVEYOR BELT WAS STILL COASTING WHEN OPERATOR ATTMEPTED TO PULL OUT LODGED ROCK, CAUSING HAND TO BE PULLED BY THE BELT TO A PINCH POINT WHERE HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER WAS LACERATED.
MCCLAIN WAS SPLITTING 8INX8IN TIMBER WITH A HAND PICK WHEN PICK STRUCK A METAL PIN CAUSING PICK TO BOUNCE AND STRICK RT FOOT INSTEP PENTRATING BOOT AND ENTERING FOOT PUNCTURE WOUND RESULTED WI TH NO DAMAGE TO MUSCLES OR LIGAMENTS IN FOOT
TRUCK DRIVER WAS WALKING TOWARDS TIPPLE, WHERE TRUCK WAS PARKED UNDERNEATH, WHEN PIECE OF COAL FELL FROM HOLE IN SIDEWALL OF TIPPLE STRIKING VICTIM ON HEAD CAUSING INCISION REQUIRONG 6 SUTURE ES.
OPERATOR WAS BACKING UP DOZER WHEN DOZER ENCOUNTERED UNEVEN GROUND, ONE TRACK DROPPED IN 2 1/2\ HOLE CAUSING OPERATOR TO BE VIBRATED IN HIS SEAT BADLY DUE TO THE FACT OPERATOR WAS T URNED PARTIALLY IN HIS SEAT FOR REAR VEIW HIS RIBS WERE SHOVED AGAINST SEAT, SEAT IS STIFFLY PADDED