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EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE TO OPEN THE PELLET MILL DOOR. WHILE DOING THIS TASK HE HURT HIS BACK. HE STATED HE WAS USING A PRY BAR TO OPEN THE DOOR, THE BAR SLIPPED AND HE STUMBLED FORWARD BUT DID NOT FALL.
EE STATED HE WAS USING A 5FT PRY BAR TO REMOVE ADEFECTIVE IMPACT ROLLER ON THE BELT LINE. HE PLACED THE BAR IN THE FRAME OF THE ROLLER & APPLIEDDOWN FORCE AS HE DID THE ROLLER TURN OVER, HE LO ST CONTROL OF BAR. THE BAR CAME AROUND WITH THE ROLLER & FRAME & STRUCK HIM IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD & NECK. MRI RAN EE--AWAITING RESULTS
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS ASSISTING A FELLOW EMPLOYEE TO REMOVE THE FEED CHUTE DOOR OF THE PELLET MILL. HE STATED THE DOOR WAS HEAVIER THAN HE EXPECTED AND HAD TO LOWER IT QUICKLY. AS HE DID HE F ELT A TWINGE IN HIS LOWER BACK. COMPLETED SHIFT DIDN'T REPORT INCIDENT TILL NEXT REGULAR SCHEDULED SHIFT.
EMPLOYEES WERE REPLACING A BELT WIPER. WHILE REMOVING THE WIPER IT BECAME STUCK. A PRY BAR WAS USED TO DISLODGE STUCK PART. THE PRY BAR BEING USED BY A SECOND EMPLOYEE SLIPPED CAUSING THIS EMP LOYEE TO STUMBLE. HE FELL INTO THE INJURED EMPLOYEE CAUSING HIM TO FALL INTO BELT STRUCTIRE, INJURING HIS HEAD.
CONVEYER BELT WAS FROZEN TO SKIRT RUBBER. EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING CHUTE AND HIT HIS HAND ON CATWALK. EMPLOYEE COMPLETED SHIFT AND WENT TO DOCTOR NEXT DAY. X-RAY TAKEN OF HAND, NO FRACTURE NOR A BNORMALITY TO BONES.
EE PARKED THE WATER TRUCK AND WAS EXITING THE EQUIPMENT. EE STATED THAT WHEN HIS LEFT FOOT TOUCHED THE GROUND HE FELT A PAIN IN LOWER LEFT SIDE OF HIS BACK. EE FINISHED SHIFT AND WENT TO DOCTO R NEXT DAY.
DURING A CLEAN-UP OPERATOR, SUBJECT BECAME OVERCOME DUE TO HEAT. AS A PRECAUTION, SUBJECT WAS TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE TO THE HOSPITAL FOR EVALUATION.
WHILE WASHING DOWN BELT, EMPLOYEE FELL APPROX 3 1/2 FT FROM PLATFORM TO LOWER PLATFORM. EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO THE SCALP ABOVE THE LEFT EAR.
EE WAS GETTING INTO DITCH TO PULL CABLE. AS HE ENTERED, HE STEPPED ON A ROCK, TWISTING HIS ANKLE.
EE WAS HOLDING THE BUCKET LEVER ON 988 END LOADER WHILE DRIVING TO FIRE COAL STOCKPILE WHEN HE HIT A 8-10" DITCH WHICH PITCH HIM FORWARD AND JAMMED HIS WRIST.