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EMPLOYEE WAS GOING TO SERVICE HIS MACHINE. AS HE STEPPED DOWN FROM THE MACHINE HE MIS-JUDGED THE DISTANCE TO THE GROUND. HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL HITTING HIS FACE ON A PROTRUDING PIPE.
EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING AN O-RING ON HIS HIGH LIFT USING A WRENCH, RATCHET AND SOCKET. HE WAS SITTING UNDER THE MACHIN,E HIS LEFT ARM WAS ABOVE HIS HEAD PUSHING THE WRENCH. HIS BACK WAS AGAIN
INJURED EE WAS HELPING MECHANIC REPAIR BROKEN TRACK PIN ON D11 DOZER. HE WAS USING A DIE GRINDER TO CLEAN OUT HOLE IN THE BUSHING WHEN THE WIND BLEW DEBRIS INTO HIS FACE AND RIGHT EYE. AT THAT TIME HE FELT THAT WHATEVER HAD GOOTEN INTO HIS EYE WAS WASHED OUT BY TEARS SINCE IT WAS VERY NEAR THE END OF HIS WORK SHIFT HE WENT HOME. LATER IN THE EVENING THE EYE STARTED BOTHERING HIM
EMPLOYEE WAS CLOSING THE OVERHEAD DOORS AT THE END OF THE SHIFT.LOOSE DIRT AND DEBRIS FELL OFF OF THE DOOR AND FELL ON HIS HEAD,FACE AND IN THE EYES.HE FLUSHED HIS EYES WITH WATER BUT THERE WA S A PIECE LODGED IN HIS LEFT EYE.HE WAS TAKEN TOTHE EMERGENCY ROOM AND HAD A PIECE OF METAL REMOVED.EYEWAS PATCHED FOR 24 HOURS.
INJURY OCCURRED WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING SIDE FRAME OFF D9L DOZER.A TRUCK CRANE WAS BEING USED TO LIFT THE FRAME.EMPLOYEE WAS GUIDING IT TRACK FRAME FROM POSITION ON DOZER WHEN IT CAUGHT ON THE BLADE PUSH ARM.THIS CAUSED THE FRAME TO SWING AROUND AND CATCH HIS FINGER BETWEEN IT AND THE FINAL DRIVE ON THE DOZER.THE RESULT WAS A BROKEN AND CUT FINGER WHICH REQUIRED GOING TO HOSPIT
ON DATE INJURY OCCURED EMPLOYEE WAS BENT DOWN GREASING RIPPER ON THE DOZER. AFTER GREASING ONE SIDE HE TWISTED TO REACH THE OTHER SIDE WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS KNEE. THERE WAS SOME DISCOMFORT AT THE TIME BUT IT DID NOT SEEM TOO SERIOUS. WHEN SORENESS DID NOT GO AWAY BY 11-20-90 HE REPORTED TO THE OFFICE WHAT HAD HAPPENED BUT STILL DID NOT THINK HE NEEDED MEDICAL ATTEN.
ACCIDENT HAPPENED WHILE EMPL WAS USING CUTTING TORCH TO CUT PIN OUT OF END OF HOIST CYLINDER ON 992B. HOT SPARK FROM TORCH BURNT HOLE IN ONE OF PLASTIC HYDRAULIC LINES THAT FEED OIL TO BUCKET POSITIONER. PRESSURE IN LINE CAUSED OIL TO SPRAYOUT & IGNITE BURNING EMPLS ARMS & LEGS. EMPL WAS TAKEN BY CO VEHICLE TO HOSPTIAL. NO DAMAGE WAS DONE TO MACHINE.
WHILE CHARGING DEAD BATTERIES LOCATED INSIDE THE BULLDOZER CAB, THE MECHANIC ENTERED THE CAB TO START THE MACHINE. ONE BATTERY EXPLODED THROWING ACID IN HIS FACE WHICH STARTLED HIM CAUSING HIM TO JERK BACK AND HIT HIS HEAD. HE WAS THEN TAKEN TO BROOKVILLE HOSPITAL TO EYES AND INJURY TO HEAD EXAMINED.
WHILE CLIMBING THE HILL WITH LOADED ROCK TRUCK, EMPLOYEE ENCOUNTERED AN AREA OF THE ROAD THAT HAD WATER SPILLED ON IT BY THE PREVIOUS TRUCK. THE TRUCK SPUN TO A HALT. DRIVER ATTEMPTED TO BACK DOWN THE HILL. THE ROCK TRUCK BEGAN TO SLIDE OUT OF CONTROL. IT RAN UP ON THE SAFETY BARRIERS AND ROLLED OVER ON ITS SIDE. DRIVER BUMPED HIS LEG. DAMAGE TO ROCK TRUCK WAS MINOR, BROKEN MIRROR
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING BESIDE MECHANIC WHILE HE WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER ON A TRACK.WHEN MECHANIC HIT THE TRACK A PIECE OF METAL HIT EMPLOYEE ON RIGHT SIDE OF NECK.AT FIRST HE THOUGHT THERE WA S JUST A SMALL CUT AND HE PUT A BAND-AID ON IT.LATER HE THOUGHT HE COULD FEEL SOMETHING IN THE CUT AND AFTER WORK HE WENT TO THE DR..HE HAD X-RAYS WHICH TAKEN SHOWED A SMALL PIECE OF METAL TH
OPERATOR BACKED3ROCK TRUCK OVER THE END OF FILL HE WAS MAKING TO BE USED A S A ROAD. THE TRUCK WHEN IT WENT OVER THE EDGE TIPPED UP ON BACK WHEELS SILLING THE LOAD AND THEN SPINNING SIDEWAYS IT CAMT TO RES7 AT THE BOTTOM OF THE FILL A DISTANCE OF APPROX. 20 FT OPERATOR AT FIRST SHOWED NO SIGNS OF INJURY BUT AFTER ABOUT 1 HR. COMPLAINED OF DIZZINESS AND FELLING FAINT. HE WAS TAKEN
OILER ATTEMPTED TO OIL TRAVEL CHAIN WHILE MACHINE WAS WORKING-OPERATOR DID NOT KNOW THAT OILER WAS OFF THE MACHINE. OPERATOR SWUNG MACHINE STRIKING THE OILER.
OPERATOR PULLED MACHINE UP TO THE RAMP LEADING DOWN TO THE BENCH. APPARENTLY HE TOOK THE MACHINE OUT OF TRAVEL, LEAVING IT IN NEUTRAL WITHOUT ENGAGING DIGGING DOGS TO HOLD IT. HE THEN ATTEMPTE D TO SWING THE BOOM WHICH RESULTED IN THE MACHINE MOVING ON ITS OWN. THE MACHINE THEN RAN DOWN OVER THE FACE OF THE CUT AND LANDED ON THE PIT FLOOR. THIS RESULTED IN THE OILER BEING THROWN CL