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EMPLOYEE BENT OVER TO LIFT 40 FT ROLLED WATER HOSE TO MOVE IT TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION
WHILE INSTALLNG3NEW TRACK RAILS ON CAT DOZER, THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS POUNDING OUT KINKS IN THE TRACKS. WHILE POUNDING A PIECE OF STEEL CAME OFF AT THE AREA BEING STRUCK AND LODGED IN THE EM PLOYEES LEFT FO9EARM.
I.NAME WAS STEPPING BACK FROM THE SECONDARY CRUSHER WHICH WAS ABOUT TO BE MOVED WITH THE DOZER. HE TRIPPED OVER A SMALL BOULDER WHICH HE HIMSELF HAD PLACED NEARBY TO BE USED TO BLOCK THE WHEEL S OF THE SECONDARY ONCE IT WAS IN PLACE. HE FELL TO HIS RIGHT AND IN THE PROCESS BROKE HIS RIGHT LEG
I NAME WAS SHOVELING ROCK OUT FROM UNDER THE CONVEYOR BELT ON THE PRIMARY CRUSHER FEEDER WHILE THE BELT HAD BECOME PLUGGED. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE HIMSELF FROM UNDER THE FRAMEWORK, HE RAISE D UP AND STRUCK HIS BACK ON THE FRAME OF THE CRUSHER SUFFERING A BRUISE TO THE RIGHT HIS AND LOWER BACK AREA.
THIS WAS I,NAME FIRST DAY BACK ON THE JOB FOLLOWING THE WINTER LAYOFF. HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LIFT OR PUSH SOME HEAVY LOADING BLOCKS BY HAND TO HELP A SAND PLANT MOVE EQUIPMENT TO A NEW LOCATION AND EVIDENTLY INJURED HIS BACK. AT FIRST, THE DOCTOR SAID IT WAS AN AGGRAVATION OF A 1983 NON-JOB RELATED INJURY TO HIS BACK WHICH REQUIRED SURGERY. WE JUST RECEIVED INTO FROM THE DOCTOR THAT
MR FREESE WAS SIMPLY CLIMBING UP THE LADDER TO GET INTO A RENTED CAT LOADER (FRONT-END) HE FELT SOMETING PULL IN HIS BACK. HE SUFFERED MUSCLE SPASMS ACCORDING TO THE MEDICAL DIAGNOISIS.
STEPPING OUT OF DUMP TRUCK TO START CONVEYOR OUT OF BIN IN ORDER TO LOAD TRUCK.LANDED WRONG ON RIGHT LEG CAUSING INJURY TO RIGHT HIP AND LOWER BACK.MAY BE DAMAGE TO DISCS-IS CURRENTLY IN TRACT ION.
THE INJURED SUFFERED A GRADUAL DEVELOPMENT OF TENDONITIS OF THE LEFT ARM FROM OPERATING A SCRAPER OVER A PERIOD OF TIME. CONSTANT USE IN STEERING THE MACHINE IS THE PROBABLE CAUSE.
CHANGING HAMMERS IN HAMMERMILL STANDING ON TOP OF SECONDARY PLANT USING LINK BELT SHOVEL BUCKET TO HELP.BUCKET SLIPPED 6-8 \\ STRIKING EMPL ON TOP OF HARD HAT.CAUSED EMPL TO LOSE BALANCE AND FALL,RECEIVED 12 STITCHES.
MR LYONS WAS STANDING AND WATCHING ANOTHER WORKER GRINDING SOME STEEL HE GOT A SMALL PIECE OF STEEL IN HIS LEFT EYE HE WAS NOT WEARING SAFETY GLASSES AND WAS IN VIOLATION OF COMPANY POLICY