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EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING FROM A D&L DOZER ONTO A CAT D6 DOZER THAT HEOPERATED & HE SLIPPED FELL & LANDED ON H IS RT SIDE UPON THE TRACKS OF THE D8L DOZER THE GROUND OF THE D8L INTERCEPTED HIS FA LL & THE RESULT WAS A FX OF RIBS
EMPLOYEE WAS ADJUSTING A LIGHT PLANT EQUIPPED WITH A TELERUPING & ADJUSTING STANDARD WITH THE MANUAL HAND CRANE THIS IS A REGULAR PART OF HIS JOB THAT HE DID IN EACH SHIFT HE WORKED THIS ONE PARTICULAR INCIDENT HE FELT PAIN IN HIS RT ELBOWTHE RESULTING INJURY WAS DIAGNOSED AT AN ELBOW SPRAIN
EMPL WAS ATTEMPTING TO PEN SLIDING WINDOW IN SCALE HOUSE IT APPARENTLY JAMMED A BIT SO WITH EXTRA FORCE BY HER SLIP OF HAND & BALANCE WAS OFF & SHE FELL TOWARD WINDOW HAND & ARM CATCHING FALL AGAINST WINDOW CAUSED WINDOW TO BREAK & 2 LACERATIONS ON RT ARM.
EMPLOYEE WAS SIZING A PIECE OF RUBBER USING A SHARP HICUTTER KNIFE. THE RUBBER BELTING IS TOUGH MATERIAL TO CUT IN THIS FASHION SO EXTRA FORCE IS REQUIRED. A SLIP OF HAND RESULTED IN A CUT (ST AB) TO BACK OF LEFT HAND.
EMPL ATTEMPTED TO THAW FROZEN BELT BY WALKING UP BELT WITH TORCH ON WAY DOWN BELT WITNESS SAW HIM SLIP OFF BACKWARDS BUT DID NOT SEE HIM HIT GROUND. AFTER FALLING APPROX 12' IT APPEARS HE LAND ED FACE DOWN ON ROW OF ECOLOGY BLOCKS. FACIAL FRACTURES OF BROW CHEEK & UPPER PALATE AS WELL AS LEFT FEMUR RESULTED.
EMPLOYEE WAS RETURNING TO WORK FROM AN OFFSITE LUNCH AND PARKED HIS AUTO IN DESIGNATED AREA.WHILE WALKING FROM PARKING AREA TO LOADER HE ENCOUNTERED A CAR THAT HAD OVERPARKED AND BLOCKED A WAL KWAY BY PULLING CLOSE TO AN OFFICE TRAILER TONGUE.HE JUMPED UP ON THE TRAILER TONGUE AND THE TOP OF HIS HEAD HIT AN AIRCONDITIONING UNIT MOUNTEDON THE TRAILER.A LACERATION TO THE TOP OF HIS H
EMPLOYEE HAD A NEED TO SPLICE 2 WIRES IN ORDER TO BARE WIRE INSULATION HAD TO BE STOPPED OFF AND THERE WAS ACCOMPLISHED WITH A POCKET KNIFE. IN SEPARTING THE WIRE CABLE, HIS POCKET KNIFE SLIP PED AND CUT TIP OF FINGER ON LEFT HAND.
EMPLOYEE I. NAME WAS OPENING A WATER CONTROL GATE OPERTED BY A CRANK STYLE WINCH, IN RELEASING THE WATER, THE CRANK HANDLE FREE WHEELS; HIS HAND SLIPPED OFF THE CRANK HANDLE AND IN ITS FREE WH EELING STATE, IT SMACKED HIS RIGHT HAND AND FRACTURED THUMB.
EMPL WAS ADJUSTING JAW CRUSHER WITH SPRING LOADED BOLT BOLT WAS RELEASED BY SPRING HUNG UP ON THREADS OF BOLTS, EMPL LEANED OVER SPRING TO HEAR SOME DIRECTION, HIS LEFT HAND RESTED ON SPRING & IT SUDDENLY RELEASED SMASHING HIS LEFT INDEX & MIDDLE FINGER.
HE HAD JUST COMPLETED A SMALL QUARRY SHOT (BLAST) AND WAS EXAMINING THE ROCK QUALITY BY WALKING THROUGH THE BLAST AREA. BLUE CLAY HAD OVERLAID THE ROCK AND A BIT OF MOISTURE MIXED WITH THIS CL AY CREATED A HAZARDOUS SURFACE (SLIPPERY). HE SLIPPED ON A ROCK AND IN CATCHING HIMSELF FROM THE FALL, GRABBED A HOLD OF A JAGGED, SHARP EDGE OF OUR BASALT ROCK, SLICING HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FING
REPLACING SET 2F LEAF SPRING ON PH180 45TON HAUL TRUCK INJURY OCCURRED WHEN EMPLOYEE WAS GUIDING SPRING INTO PLACE IN TIGHT QUARTERS & SPRING CAME INTO CONTACT WITH MAIN FRAME WHILE EMPLOYEE S LEFT HAND WA8 GUIDING THE SPRING CRUSHING THE 3RD-4TH DIGITS ON LEFT HAND
EMP WAS LOADING3LARGE ROCK ONTO CUSTOMER DUMP TR OF ROCK FROM THE LARGE ROCK BROKE OFF AND SHOT BACK AT THE OPERATOR, WENT THRIOOUGH THE PROTECTIVE SCREEN CLOTH OVER THE CAB WINDOW AND STUCK H HIM IN THE LEFT3EYE. THE WINDOW WAS OPEN (FLIPPE D UP) ON THE KOMTSU BACKHOW DUE TO INTENSE HEAT 80 DEGREES AND DUSTY CONDITIONS OPERATOR WANTED TO BE MORE COMFORTABLE
EMPLOYEE I,NAME3WAS UNPLUGGING A CONVEYOR SYSTEM MOVING 4"X8" ROCK- AFTER COMPLETING THE JOB, SOME OF THE 4"X3" ROCK WAS ON THE GROUND, I,NAME TRIPPED OVER A ROCK AND FELL ON ANOTHER, NOT REAL LY KNOWING HE H5D CUT HIS LEG-LATER HE REPORTED TO A MEDICAL CENTER FOR ASSISTANCE. INJURY WAS 2CM LACERATION TO FIBIA ON RIGHT LOWER LEG.
I NAME WAS GRIN8ING ON PIECE OF EQUIPMENT PARTS AND PIECE OF METAL OR SOME OTHER FOREIGN BODY WAS THROWN INTO RT EYE. IN NAME WAS WEARING PROTECTIVE LENSES AT THE TIME BUT THE METAL GOT UNDE NEATH THE LENSE3AND BECAME LODGED IN EYE NOT A REAL SERIOUS INJURY BUT AND IRRITATION ONE
I.NAME DISMOUNT3NG LOADER ..STEPPED ON ROUND COBBLE AND TWISTED ANKLE RIGHT.BACKING DOWN LADDER WITH 3 POINT CONTACT BUT SIMPLY STEPPED ON ROCK HE DIDNT SEE.
I NAME HAS OPER5TED A PH180 45 TON HAUL TRUCK SINCE HIS EMP AT THIS QUARRY IN 1981 HE WAS COMPLETING A 4 POINT TURN TO ALIGN HIMSELF WITHA CAT 245 FRONT SHOVEL, THE ENGINE DIED AND SECONDS LAT LATER THE TRUCK3WENT OUT OF CONTROL SO HE JUMPED OUT, LANDED IN A PILE OF SAND AND GRAVEL AND SUMMERSALTED BACKWARDS, APPARENTLY STRAINING NECK MUSCLES, HE APPEARED OK AND SAID HE DID NOT WAN
A TOOTH FROM A 4ACHINE ENTERED THE JAW BUT DID NOT PASS THROUGH. HE EXPECTED IT TO PASS AND THAN PROCEEDED TO SHUT DOWN AND PICK THE METAL OFF THE BELT. HE DID NOT PART SO HE PEERED OVER THE PROTECTIVE RAI5ING INTO THE JAW AT THE SAME TIME A PIECE OF METAL CHIPPED FROM THE JAW AND WAS THROWN OUT OF THE JAW CRUSHING SHORT. A PIECE OF STEEL HIT AND LACERATED HIS RIGHT CHEEK.
EMPL I.NAME GRE5SING HEAD PULLEY ON COVEYOR WITH BELT SCRAPER ATTACHED FOR SELF CLEANING.SCRAPER BAR FLIPPED-WE ASSUME FLEXCOR? CAUGHT IT-WHILE I.NAME GREASING AND STRUCK HIM ON SIDE OF LEFT K NEE CAUSING SEV9RE PAIN AND SWELLING.
I.NAME WAS OPER5TING A CRANE USED TO REDUCE LARGE ROCK TO A MARKETABLE SIZE. AS THE 6000# DROP CROSS HIT THE LARGE ROCK, A CHIP OF FLYROCK FROM 35' AWAY PENETRATED THE SAFETY SCREEN AND PUNCTR UED LEFT EYE. H9 SAYS A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR TO THIS ACCIDENT WAS INTENSE FOG, HE DIDNT SEE THE FLY ROCK IN THE FOG
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING LOWER SHAFT TO REPLACE ROLLER, SLIPPED OR LOST HIS BALANCE WHILE INSTALLING THE ROLLS AND TWISTED HIS BACK.
EMP WAS ON THE TRACKS OF A HITACHI EXCAVATOR IN NORMAL COARSE OF FUELING AND OILING AND SLIPPED FROM WET TRACK SURGACE AND FELT TO GROUND HITTING TAILBONE THE TEMP WAS MID 30 AND DARK CADMAN ROCK HAD SCHEDULED A CHRISTMAS PARTY AT 7 PM THAT EVENING