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EMPLOYEE WAS BACKING AN INGERSOL AIR TRACK AIR COMPRESSOR UP A SLOPE. THE AIR COMPRESSOR SLID SIDEWAYS AND THE EMPLOYEE BACKED UP AND FELL INTO AN EMBANKMENT. THE EMPLOYEE BRUISED AND SCRAPEDHIS RIGHT HIP. HE WILL BE ON LIGHT DUTY FOR APPROX 1 WEEK.
CLEANING SAND FROM UNDER FEEDER BELT ON POWER SCREEN. EMPLOYEE WAS BLOWING LAST BIT OF SAND FROM BENEATH BELT. OPERATOR NOTIFIED EVERYONE THAT HE WOULD RESTART POWER SCREEN. INJURED EMPLOYEE F AILED TO SHUT GAURD PANEL AND CONTINUED BLOWING SAND FROM BENEATH BELT. WHEN BELT STARTED, INJURED EMPLOYEE GOT AIR HOSE CAUGHT UNDER BELT AND DRUG HIS ARM OVER ROLLER.
WAS OPERATING CRUSHER IN PIT, BOARD ON WALKING CAME LOOSE DUE TO VIBRATION FOOT GOT WEDGED BROKELEFT ANKLE.
HE WAS DRIVING A TRUCK DOWN A STEEP INCLINE. HE SAID THE DOOR CAME OPEN AND HE FELL OUT HE WAS NOT WEARING A SCRATCH AS IS REQUIRED.
AMARILLO POLICE WAS USING ONE OF MILLIGAN ABONDAN PITS TO DESTROY SOME EXPLOSIVES. THIS PIT IS 2.5 MIES FROM MILLIGAN'S OPERATION. THEY LET NE GET AWAY STARTING GRASS FIRE. MSHA MINE INSPEC TOR WAS PRESENT AT THE TIME OF ACCIDENT. FIRES STARTED 2:30PM OUT 3:45PM.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON REPAIRING BEARING IN ROLL CRUSHER. WHILE WALKING ON RUNNING GEAR FRAME A GUST OF WIND HIT HIM CAUSING HIM TO STEP BACKWARDS. HE STEPPED OFF BACK OF FRAME AND FELL APPRO X. 4' TO THE GROUND. EMPLOYEE BROKE HIS ELFT ARM.
INJURED WAS TIGHENTING BOLT ON CONVEYOR. WRENCH SLIPPED OFF OF BOLT CAUSING WRENCH TO WEDGE RIGHT INDEX FINGER TO BE CUT ON CONVEYOR FRAME.
UNSAFE SPEED DRIVER NEG CURVE AT UNSAF SPEED CAUSING LOAD OF ROCK TO SHIFT IN TRUCK BED WHICH IN TURN CAUSED TRUCK TO LAY OVER ON DRIVERS SIDE OF TRUCK.
WAS DRIVING ON CRUSHER ROAD AND A CALF RAN IN FRONT OF HIM.TO AVOID HITTING IT HE RAN UP THE EMBANKMMENT AND TURNED TRUCK OVER.NO INJURIES NOTED AT THAT TIME SECOND DAY HE HAD LOW BACK PAIN F FROM BEING TOSSED AROUND IN THE CAB.
WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO CAHNGE SHOES IN THE IMPACT CRUSHER AND STRAINED HIS AMUSCLES IN BACK.
DOOR ON BIN STU7K. FREED DOOR AND IN DOING SO CAUGHT LEFT LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN DOOR AND FRAME MASHING LITTLE FINGER.
WAS SPINNING ST5ND ON THE JAW CRUSHER, WAS TOO HEAVY AND GOT OUT OF BALANCE AND CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN STAND AND JAW
STEPPED OFF OF 5OADER ONTO RCK, TURNED ANKLE. WHEN SWELLING STARTED HE WENT DOCTOR AND HAD IT X-RAYED.A PIECE OF NAIL EMBEDDED IN FOOT, WHICH WAS REMOVED.
WAS REMOVING BR5CE IN IMPACT, THE HAMMER ROTATED BACKWARDS AND PINNED HIS LEFT FOOT BETWWEN HAMMER AND CRUSHER WALL
WAS USING PRY B5R BAR SLIPPED AND HIT SHIN SWELLING AND BRUISING OF SHIN NO TIME WAS LOST FROM JOB
IT WAS RAINING 5ND HE STEPPED FROM POWDER TRUCK ONTO A WET BUMPER AND SLIPPED, FELL TO THE GROUND AND TWISTED HIS KNEE.
WAS PULLING UP 8CREENS AT CRUSHING PLANT AND STRAINED MUSCLES IN B ACK