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EE STEPPED ONTO WORKBOAT FLOOR & SPRAINED LEFT ANKLE.
EMPL WAS PICKING UP STEEL BED IN SCREEN AND PULLED LOWER BACK
WHILE DRILLING HOLES IN MARSP LINING MATERIAL A PIECE OF MATERIAL FLEW INTO AND BECAME EMBEDDED IN EMPLOYEES RT EYE
EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING HARD ON GEAR SHIFT TO TRY TO FREE MACHINE FROM BEING STUCK. HE JAMMED HIS RIGHT WRIST.
OPERATOR WAS ASSISTING PERSONNEL FROM MILLVILLE IRON WORKS HE WAS ON ONE END OF A 12 IN I BEAM HELPING TO LINE IT UP SO IT COULD BE WELDED WHEN EMPLOYEE PICKED HIS END OF THE II BEAM UP HE FEL T A SHARP PAIN IN HIS RT SIDE
EMP WAS ASSISTING IN INSTALLATION OF A PULLEY ON A STACKER, HE WAS GUIDING THE PULLEY INTO POSITION WHEN THE CHAIN LIFTING THE PULLEY BROKE LOOSE FROM THE BUCKET HOOK OF FRONT END LOADER
2 OPERTORS, ONE OPERATING 966 OADER ONE OPERATING A SCRAPER WAGON PARKED THEIR MACHINES SIDE BY SIDE, OPPOSIT DIRECTIONS FOR ACONVERSATION. EMP STEPPED FROM CAB OF SCRAPER ONTO STEP UP LADDE OF 966 LOADER. AFTER CONVERSATION EMP STARTED TO STEP BACK INTO THE SCRAPER CAB AND AT SAME TIME THE 966 L OADER OPERATOR STARTED HIS LOADER, IT STARTED TO
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING PUSHING OFF LARGE LUMPS OF FROZEN CLAY FROM FEED BELT CONVEYOR TO PREVENT THEM FROM GOING INTO THE WASH PLANT. A LARGE LUMP OF THE MATERIAL FELL ONTO THE EMPLOYEE S FOOT.
EMP WAS ASSISTI3G IN THE INSTALLATION OF CROWN BAR RUBBER ON SCRREN DECK. HE WA SUSING A 1/2 IN X 4 IN LONG PIECE OF PIPE TO FORCE BAR RUBBER IN P OSITION. PIPE SLIPPED AND END OF PIPE CAME UP AND HIT EMP IN 3THE MOUTH
EMPLOYEE BECAME3INVOLVED IN ROUGH PLAY WITH ANOTHER EMPLOYEE, HE FELL AGAINST THE CORNER OF WORK TABLE AND STRUCK HIS HEAD.
EMPLOYEE AND FE5LOW EMPLOYEE WERE CARRYING A VIBRTOR TO THE AREA OF THE FEED HOPPER, PREPARING FOR THE INSTALLATION OF THE SAME. EMPLOYEE LOST HIS BALANCE AND STRUCK HIS SHOULDER AGAINST THE W ALL OF THE FEED3HOPPER.
EMPLOYEE WAS CL3MBING UP THE STEPS TO ENTER THE CAB OF A 633 CAT SCRAPER WAGON. EMPLOYEE SAID HIS FOOT WAS WET AND HE SLIPPED ON THE STEPS.
EMPLOYEE WAS BR9AKING UP AND DISLODGING LARGE CLAY LUMPS IN THE SYNTRON FEED BOS HIS RT FOOT WAS POISITIONED BETWEEN A CLAY LUMP AND A BAR IN THE SYNTRON FEED BOX A FELLOW EMPLOYEE ASSISTING I N THE BREAKING 6P OF THE LUMPS APPARENTLY PRESSURED THE LUMP AGAINST I.NAMES FOOT CAUSING IT TO BE PINCHED BETWEEN THE LUMP AND THE BAR
EMP WAS ASSISTI3G IN CLEANING OUT OF HEAD FEED BOX. A LARGE TREE STUMP HAD BEEN FED INTO THE BOX. WITH ASSISTANCE OF FELLWO EMP THEY HAD PLACED THE STUMP ON THE NEARBY WALKWAY, AS THEY START TO PUCH THE STU4P OVERBOARD, PART OF THE STUMP PROJECTING OUT HIT EMPLOYEE
EMPLOYEE AFTER 7LEANING OUT THE SIMPLICITY SCREEN HEAD BOX WAS PREPARING TO TURN ON A WATER VALVE.FELLOW EMPLOYEE WITHOUT WAITING FOR AN ALL CLEAR SIGNAL,TURNED ON THE POWER TO THE FFED BELT O N WHICH THE EMP5OYEE WAS STANDING AND CAUSED THE EMPLOYEE TO LOSE HIS BALANCE AND THREW HIM INTO THE FEED BOX.
EMPLOYEE WAS LO5DING A 4'X12" PIECE OF H-BEAM INTO A BUCKET OF A FRONT END LOAER.AFTER THROWING THE METAL IN THE BUCKET, IT BOUNCED BACK AND DROPPED TO THE GROUND.
EMPLOYEE WAS RE4OVING A BOLT FROM A CABLE CLAMP WITH A RATCHET WRENCH.THE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF THE BOLT AND CAME UP AND HIT EMPLOYEE,STRIKING A FORNT TOOTH.
EMPL FREEING HA3DLE OF VISE AS HE PULLED ARM BACK HE FELT SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS MO5ING A 6'X20' TABLE INPOSTION UNDER A HOIST TO MAKE REPAIRS ON A PULLEY. WHILE MOVING THE TABLE HE STEPPED ON A PIPE LAYING CLOSE BY AND HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND TWISTED HIS LEG.
EMPLOYEE WAS CU7TING A 10 INCH DIA PIPE WITH A TORCH STANDING ON A WALKWAY ABOUT 11 FT ABOVE GBRXX GROUND. PIPE WAS ON THE SAME LEVEL AS WALKWAY. EMPLOYEE HAD ALREADY CUT A SECTION AT A LOVER LEVEL. THE PIP9 SECTION WITH 1, INCH DIA VALVE ATTACHED STARTED MOVING TOWARDS EMPLOYEE AND THEN PLUNGED TO THE GROUND. EMPLOYEE REALIZING THE PIPE STARTED TO MOVE SIDESTEPPED ON THE WALKWAY,
I.NAME WAS STOC5PILING CONCRETE SAND MATERIAL. HE LOOKED TO THE LEFT & THE RIGHT, BUT NOT IN THE REAR. WHEN BACKING UP THE LOADER HE STRUCK A ARTICULATED DUMP TRUCK THAT WAS PASSING BY ON TH E PLANT ROADWAY1 STOCKPILE IS APPROX 36' FROM ROADWAY
EMPLOYEE SITTIN1 ON AN I-BEAM,ATOP A STEEL STRUCTURE,USING AN ACETYLENE TORCH.CUTTING OUT PIECES OF STRUCTURE.EMPLOYEE'S FOOT SLIPPED AND KNOCKED ACETYLENE TORCH AGAINST HIS LEFT LEG.
EMPLOYEE WORKIN1 ON THE DISMANTLING OF STEEL STRUCTURE. FOREIGN OBJECT FLEW INTO EMPLOYEE'S LEFT EYE.
EMPLOYEE REACHE8 INTO TOOL DRAWER FOR A WRENCH & JAMMED LEFT HAND.
EE WAS HOLDING 5 4'X3' PIECE OF LINATEX WHILE ANOTHER EE WAS CUTTING OUT A PIECE OF LIATEX FOR CHUTE LINING. THE KNIFE SLIPPED FROM EES HAND & LANDED ON EES AHND.
EMPL ASSTING IN3REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION OF SET OF CONVEYOR ROLLERS ON ASPHALT HORIZONTAL CONVEYOR.
FOUR SCRAPERS W5GONS WERE TRAVELING THE PLANT HAUL ROAD, 3 WERE GOING NORTH, ONE GOING SOUTH. THE THIRD SCRAPER SIDESWIPED THE ONE SCRAPER TRAVELING SOUTH. CONDITIONS AT TIME WERE DUSTY BECAUS E OF HEAVY EQUI1MENT RAISING THE DUST. THE THREWW SCRAPER WAGONS TRAVELING NORTH WERE OUTSIDE CONTRACTOR.
EMP WAS ASSISTI3G IN REMOVING A P12438HE25 BEND PULLEY AFTER REMVOING THE BOLTS EMP WAS PULLING THE BEND PULLEY FROM THE CONVEYOR FRAME BY GRASPING THE BEARING END OF THE PULLEY THE PULLEY DRO DROPPED SUDDENL2 AND PINNED EMPLOYEES LEFT HAND AGAINST THE FRAME AND BEARING OF BEND PULLEY
TWO EMPLOYEES, I.NAME & I. NAME 2 WERE CLOSING THE PLANT GATE. I.NAME WAS PROPELLING THE PIPE STYLE GATE BY WALKING & PUSHING WITH HIS BACK NEXT TO THE GATE. I.NAME 2 WAS BENDING OVER PICKING UP THE CHAIN & LOCK T O SECURE THE GATE. AS THE GATE WAS CLOSING IT STRUCK I,NAME 2
OPERATOR WAS STOCKPILING USING A FRONT END LOADER, WIND HAD BEEN BLOWING AND PICKED UP SOME GRIT AND THE GRIT BLEW INTO OPERATORS RIGHT EYE AND THE EYE BECAME IRRITATED
EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING THE DREDGE OPERATOR IN THE LOADING OF A ROW WORK BOAT ON TO A \80 CHEV. PICK-UP TRUCK. I.NAME LOST HIS FOOTING ON THE UNEVEN GROUND.
EMPLOYEE WAS BURNING OFF BOLTS OF A 966 CAT FRONT END LOADER CUTTING EDGE. WHEN STARTING TO BURN OFF THE LAST BOLT, THE BOLT SNAPPED ANDTHE CUTTING EDGE FLEW OFF & STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON THE RIGHT FOOT.
EMPLOYEE WAS TURNING THE V-BELTS OF A SHAFT ON A 66" SAND SCREW BY HAND TO GET TO BOLTS THAT WERE TO BE REMOVED FOR NEEDED REPAIRS. EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS BACK IN SO DOING.
I NAME USING A CUTTING TORCH WAS CUTTING OFF A 18 DIA SHEAVE OFF A 3-7-16" SHAFT A PIECE OF HOT METAL OR SPARK FELL ON I NAME S LEG SHOE AND BURNED THROU ONTO HIS INSTEP.
EMPL ASSISTING INSTALLATION OF NEW SCREEN DECK FOR 48\\ X 12\ TRIPLE DECK VIBRATING SCREEN.FELLOW EMPL I.NAME SAW I.NAME FALL BUT DOESNT KNOW WHY HE FELL OR WHAT CAUSED HIT TO FALL. I.NAME FEL INTO RECEIVING HOPPER AT BASE OF SCREEN.
LIFTING BAGS ON PALLET MOVED WRONG WAY