Installing drill steel in rig
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Showing all 10TURNING ROTOR WHEN A DUCT TUBE SLID OUT & PINCHED FINGERS BETWEEN TUBE & TOOTH.
INSTALLING ROLLERS ON A CONVEYOR LINE.
CUTTING CONVEYOR BELT TO RELAYS.
DESCENDING LADDER EE FELL. FAILURE TO MAINTAIN 3 POINT CONTACT.
WHILE SETTING CONCRETE BLOCKS FOR THE RAMP TO THE WEST SIDE OF THE JAW, THE HOOK BEING USED TO LIFT THE BLOCKS SLIPPED. THE BLOCK LANDED ON THE BOTTOM ROW OF BLOCKS AND ROLLED OFF, PINNING EE TO THE GROUND AND BREAKING HIS RIGHT LEG BELOW THE KNEE.
INJURED WAS EXITING THE TRACK MOUNTED SCALING MACHINE. HE JUMPED OFF THE TOP OF THE TRACKS TO THE CONCRETE SHOP FLOOR DAMAGING HIS ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT SHOES WERE TIGHT AND DOING LIFTING.
OPERATING ENGINEER WAS PUTTING A 10 FT ROUND STEEL IN RACK OF LM401 HYDRAULIC DRILL AND FELL BACKWARD WITH STEEL STRIKING HIS LEFT FEMUR BONE ON HIS LEG CAUSING A LARGE ABRASION WITH SOME SWEL LING AND ERTHEMA TO THE LEFT UPPER FEMUR AREA. HE WAS ACCOMPANIED TO PROVENA MERCY CENTER IN AURORA, IL WHERE HE WAS X-RAYED AND GIVEN CRUTCHES TO KEEP HIS FULL WEIGHT OFF HIS LEFT LEG.
TWO MEN WERE CHANGING CRUSHER LINERS. A PLATE BEING FASTENED INTO POSITION SLIPPED AND FELL ON INJURED'S RIGHT FOOT, BREAKING THE 4TH TOE.