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EE WAS NUMBERING EQUIPMENT AND FOUND 2 NUTS LAYING ON THE GROUND THAT HE HAD DROPPED EARLIER. WHEN THEY WERE WORKING ON CRUSHER THOUGHT HE WOULD CLIMP UP AND PUT THEM ON. SNOWED THAT DAY. HE S LIPPED WENT TO CATCH HIMSELF, PULLED SHOULDER OUT OF JOINT. POSSIBLE FRACTURE TO BALL SOCKET.
EMPLOYEE TWISTED BACK WHILE CLIMBING DOWN STAIRS FROM WASH PLANT.
EE WENT OU AT 10PM TO TRAIN NEW SCALE GIRL. WENTTO SCALE HOUSE SEARING SHOWER SHOES TRAINED GIRLWALKING OUT TO HER CAR STEPPED IN DEPRESSION IN ROAD AND TWISTED ANKLE & BROKE IT.
WET SNOW ON GROUND SLIPPED AND TWISTED KNEE
EE HAD SURGERY ON ANKLE 5 YEARS AGO. WAS HELPING SURVEY. TWISTED ANKLE & REAGRIVATED OLD INJURY WILL NEED SURGERY ON ANKLE.
ROCK ROLLED OFF OF HILLSIDE HITTING 10 WHEELER DUMP TRUCK BELONGING TO HARPER EXCAVATING.
LEAVING FILL WITH SCRAPER, POSSIBLY HIT BUMP, LOWER BACK STARTED HURTING.
WERE WETTING SCREEN ON CRUSHER SCREEN HUNG OF & EE WAS USING A PRY BAR TO ADJUST SCREEN DROPPED INTO PLACE PINCHED EE FINGER
STRAINED BACK WHILE LIFTING A 15" ROCK TO ROLL INTO LOADER.
OPERATING SCRAPER, HIT BUMP COMIN GOT OF CUT. PULLED MUSCLES IN NECK.
SLIPPED ON LADDER, BUMPED KNEE.
PINCHED FINGER UNDER SCREEN CLOTH CUTTING LEFT INDEX FINGER ON SCREEN.
EMPLOYEE LOST FOOTING/BALANCE & FELL BACKWARDS ONTO FLOOR
UNHOOKING AIR LINE WHEN IT PARTED IT HIT MECHANIC IN FACE. SMALL CUT TO BRIDGE ON NOSE, BROKEN GLASSES AND SCRATCHED EYE.
988B CAT LOADER FEEDING SHOT ROCK INTO CRUSHER SPILLED A ROCK OVER FRONT OF BUCKET AND OPERATOR RAN OVER ROCK CAUSING LOADER TO PITCH & SPRAIN/STRAIN BACK.
HAUL TRUCK WAS BACKING INTO POSITION TO BE LOADED BY FRONT END LOADER. TOO CLOSE TO LOADER AND HIT LEFT ARM OF LOADER. JOLT CAUSED BACK STRAIN. VERY COLD DAY- COLD MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO INJU RY.
HE WAS WORKING RELOCATING A SMALL OFFICE TRAILER. THERE WAS WATER THAT HAD DRAINED FROM AN ADJACENT BUILDING THAT HAD CREATED A POOL OF WATER. HE TRIPPED AND FELL FORWARD LANDING ON A PIECE OF REBAR. THE PIECE OF REBAR ENTERED HIS RIGHT EYE SOCKET, BETWEEN HIS EYEBALL AND NOSE. HE HAD BEEN WEARING SAFETY GLASSES, THEY HAD FELL OFF IN THE FELL.
LOWERING UNDER CONE BELT TAIL PULLEY WITH CABLE WINCHES. BAR SLIPPED OUT OF RATCHET FITTING AND STRUCK ME IN THE MOUTH.
WHILE WORKING AROUND THE SCREENING PLANT A 6INCH ROCK BOUNCED OFF THE SCREEN FALLING APPROX 8FT HITTING WORKER ON THE LOWER LEFT SIDE OF BACK
DRILLING A HOLE & HAD JUST REACHED THE PRESCRIBED DEPTH. I PROCEEDED TO RETRIEVE THE PIPE OUT OF THE HOLE & AN AIR-BLAST CAME UP THROUGH THE DRILL-TABLE, SHOOTING DEBRIS INSIDE THE CAB. I TURN ED TO AVOID THE BLAST & A ROCK HIT ME IN THE MOUTH, BREAKING FRONT TOOTH.
HE WAS STANDING ON DOZER TRACK FUELING THE DOZER. A SECOND DOZER PULLED UP TO FUEL ALSO, WHEN IT STRUCK THE FIRST DOZER TURNING THE TRACK HE WAS STANDING ON. THIS UNEXPECTED MOVEMENT CAUSED HI M TO LOSE HIS BALANCE AND FALL, INJURING HIS TAILBONE.
THE JAW CRUSHER WAS PLUGGED AND DAN WAS MOVING THE ROCK WHEN IT ROLLED AND MASHED HIS FINGER