WAS MOVING ELECTRIC STARTERIN SITCH HOUSE. THE STARTER GOT UNBALANCED. HE PUSHED HIS LEFT LEG OUT HITTING HINGES ON OLD STARTER CUTTING ONE INCH ON HIS LEFT CHIN BONE.
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Showing all 14DRILLER ATTEMPTING TO ROLL ROCK AWAY FROM DRILL "SOMETHING POPPED IN HIS BACK"
EE ATTEMPTING TO CLEAN OUT PIPE WITH AIR HOSE HIT AIR HOSE VALVE, LOST CONTROL OF HOSE & INJURED LEFT CALF.
WHILE THE OPERATOR OF A 245 CAT HOE WITH A TERMENTOR TX300 ROCK BREAKER ATTACHMENT WAS BREAKING ROCK IN THE PIT A LONG SLIVER OF ROCK BROKE OFF, PIERCING THE PLEXIGLASS SAFETY GLASSES. STRIKIN G THE OPERATOR ON THE RIGHT EAR.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLOSING DOOR ON CHUTE WHEN DOOR HANDLE HE WAS HOLDING CAME DOWN AGAINST FRAME ON CONVEYOR & MASHED RIGHT LITTLE FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS LOOSENING BOLTS ON SCREEN IN CRUSHER. PULLING DOWNWARD USING RATCHET & SOCKET [PULLING DOWN WITH ONE HAND]. DRIVE PORTION OF RATCHET BROKE STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN MOUTH. CUT LIP & SE RIOUSLY LOOSENED 2 FRONT TEETH. HAD THE BE PULLED [EXTRACTED].
LOADER OPERATOR INADVERTENTLY HIT HAUL WITH BUCKET CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO HIT HEAD AGAINST BACK OF CAB
WORKING ALONG W5LL DRILLING, WHEN EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL APPROX. 15 FEET ONTO SHOT ROCK.
EMPLOYEE WAS HA4MERING AND HAMMER RICOCHETED AND HIT EMPLOYEE IN THE NOSE
I.NAME ATTEMPTE8 TO PICK UP 80#-100# PIECE OF METAL. STRAINED -PUULED MUSCLE- IN LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PLACE A PART WEIGHING APPROX. 100 LBS INTO A BOBCAT BUCKET. THE BUCKET WAS ON THE GROUND A PULLEY ON THE PART SLIPPED AND M ASHED EMPLOYEE S THUMB ON HIS LEFT HAND.
I.NAME WAS HELPING TO PUT A CABLE AROUND A ROCK THAT WAS JAMMED IN THE BIN. THE LOADER MAN ACCIDENTLY BUMPED THE LEVERS AND THE CABLE FLEW UP AND CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN THE ROCK AND THE CABL
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING SMALL PIECES OF SCRAP IRON WEIGHING IN EXCESS OF 50 LBS AND PUTTING THEM IN A LOADER BUCKET. EMPLOYEE ALLEGEDLY INJURED HIS LOWER BACK.
MR HALL WAS WALKING OVER UNEVEN GROUND. HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON THE EDGE OF A RILL. HE FELL WITH LEFT LEG TWISTED UNDER BODY RESULTING IN THE FRACTURES.