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WAS RAISING TARP THAT COVERS LOADED COAL TRUCK BY PUSHING ON ARM OF TARP.WHEN TARP CAUGHT A LUMP OF COAL THROWING IT OFF OF TRUCK STRIKING VICTIM ON HEAD CAUSING SMALL CUT OVER LEFT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING DOZER HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF WET PUSH ARM OF DOZER AND LANDING ON GROUND ON HIS LEFT LEG TWISTING HIS KNEE.
EE WAS USING A HAND GRINDER AND CARLESSLY GOT HIS HAND INTO THE GRINDING WHEEL. IT WAS AN ACCIDENT THAT HAPPENED AND COULD NOT HAVE BEEN PREVENTED.
THE DRILLER WAS WALKING ACROSS THE DRILLB ENCHA DN ACCIDENTALLY STEPPED INTO A SMALL HOLE. THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED BECAUSE HE WAS NOT WATCHING WHERE HE WAS WALKING. WHEN HE STEPPED INTO THE HO LE HE PULLED HIS BACK CAUSING DISCOMFORT IN HIS LOWER BACK.
A JACK WAS BEING USED IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION TO PRESS METAL PLATE DOWN TO BE WELD. THE JACK BECAME DISLODGED AND STRUCK THE INJURED PARTY IN THE HEAD. HE WAS DAZED AND 2 FALSE TEETH WERE KNO CKED OUT.
INJ CLIMBING UP ON DOZER PUSH ARM,LOST FOOTING AND FELL.FELL STRAIGHT DOWN AWAY FROM DOZER AND LANDED ON HIS FEET.THE SHOCK FROM THE FALL CAUSED CALF OF LEFT LEG TO GO NUMB.
INJ PARTY WAS HELPING UNLOAD BARRELL OF WATER FROM PICKUP. BARRELL WAS MOVED APPROX 3 TO 4'. BARREL WAS ROLLED & TILTED BUT NEVER FULLY LIFTED. INJ PARTY INFORMED FOREMAN 6 AM ON DAY 4/30/91 T HAT HE HAD PULLED BACK DAY BEFORE.
TRIP OVER PIECE OF METAL WHILE CARRYING A PIECE OF METAL HIS VIEW WAS OBSCURBED RESULTING IN TRIPPING OVER A PIECE OF SHARP METAL.
ON MONDAY OCT 22 AT 6 AM THE DOZER OPERATOR ATTEMPTED TO CLIMB ONTO THE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT HE OPERATES. IT HAD RAINED IN THE EARLY AM HOURS CAUSING MUD TO STACK UP ON THE PUSH ARM OF THE DOZER . WHEN THE OPERATOR STEPPED ON THE MUD HE LOST HIS FOOTING FALLING APPROX. 2 FEET TO THE GROUND. LANDING ON HIS FEET AND HANDS HE TWISTED HIS BACK CAUSING SOME DISCOMFORT. BY THE END OF THE S
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING SECTION OF DRAGLINE TUB WHEN PIECE OF MUD FELL HITTING HIM IN BACK.
INJURED PARTY WAS LIFTING PIECE OF METAL WITH ANOTHER MAN WHEN BACK WAS HURT. EMPL TWISTED HIS BACK CAUSING NERVE TO BE PINCHED. ITEM BEING LIFTED BY TWO MEN WEIGHED APPROX 55 LBS.
BREAK OUT WRENCH PINNED EMPLOYEE'S HEEL AGAINST BRACE ON DRILL PLATFORM.