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EE NOTIFIED PLANT MANAGER DURING LUNCH PERIOD THAT HIS LOWER BACK WAS HURTING. SORE BACK - NOTHING SERIOUS & FINISHED SHIFT OPERATING A HITACHI EX300 BACKHOE-EXCAVATOR. NEXT MORNING WED. JULY 17 BACK WAS STILL SORE. REQUESTED TO SEE DOCTOR. SENT TO DOCTOR.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING DISMANTLE AND MOVE 36" FIELD TRUSS/CONVEYOR TO ANOTHER PART OF PIT. A HYDRAULIC CRANE WAS LIFTING 60' SECTIONS OF CONVEYOR. TAG LINES WERE ATTACHED. AS THE CONVEYOR WAS LI FTED THE CONVEYOR SWUNG AROUND TOWARD EMPLOYEE. EMPLOYEE MOVED OUT OF THE WAY QUICKLY SPRAINING RIGHT KNEE.
EE WAS RESETTING E STOP (SAFETY SWITCH) AFTER CONVEYOR HAD STOPPED. HE WAS PULLING HIMSELF UP ON CONVEYOR FRAME AND SLIPPED, AND FELL INTO SKID LOADER BUCKET THAT WAS BELOW HIM. CONVEYOR WAS 3 -4' OFF GROUND.
EE WAS ENTERING LUNCH ROOM DOOR TO EAT AND WIND WAS BLOWING STRONGLY. HE GRABBED THE OUTSIDE OF THE DOOR TO CLOSE IT WITH HIS LEFT HAND AND THE WIND BLEW IT SHUT STRIKING HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGE R BETWEEN THE METAL DOOR AND METAL DOOR JAM BROKEN FINGER.