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EE WAS ON THE FLATDECK REMOVING A SCREEN WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN UNDER HIS RIGHT ARM NEAR HIS RIB CAGE.
EE WAS INJURED WHILE TRYING TO LIFT LINE BORE MACHINE INTO PLACE TO PERFORM REPAIRS AS NEEDED TO 4600 MANITOWOC CRANE.
TRIPPED BY RE-CYCLE PUMP & LANDED ON RIGHT HAND THERE WAS SOME UNSTABLE GROWTH(ROCKS) CAUSING HIM TO SLIP & FALL
WHILE TIGHTENING SCREEN BOLTS, HE PULLED ON RATCHET IN SUCH A MANNER THAT IT PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK.
IN PROCESS OF LOADING CAT HAULAGE TRUCK, EMPLOYE EINADVERTANTLY GRABBED THE WRONG LEVER INT EH 980 LOADER CAUSING MACHINE TO TIP VIOLENTLY CAUSING A WHIPLAST EFFECT TO OPERATOR.
EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF ADDING MOTOR OIL TO D-8 DOZER WHEN THE HANDLE ON THE MACHINE HE WAS USING FOR SUPPORT BROKE CAUSING HIM TO FALL BACKWARDS OFF THE MACHINE AND LAND ON HIS BACKSID E. THIS FALL CAUSED HIM BACK PAIN.
WHILE IN THE MECHANIC'S SHOP, CLOSING THE OVER HEAD DOOR, THE DOOR CAME OFF OF ITS TRACK CAUSING IT TO FALL ON THE EMPLOYEE, HITTING HIM ON THE BACK OF THE HEAD AND NECK.
EMPL CHECKING OIL IN SPEED REDUCERS ON CRUSHING PLANT.WHILE STANDING ON THE COUNTERWEIGHT OF JAW HIS WEIGHT SHIFTED CAUSING HAND AND THUMB TO BE PINNED BETWEEN IT AND FRAME OF JAW.
WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF RUBBER BELTING, HIS HAND SLIPPED AND ACCIDENTLY STABBED HIMSELF.
HE WAS LIFTING OXYGEN TANKS INTO THE BGACK OF A TRUCK HE MUST HAVE PULLED MUSCLES
EE WAS USING COMPRESSED AIR HOSES WITH NOZZLE TO CLEAN EQUIPMENT PARTS AIR STREAM DEFLECTED AND CARRIED FOREIGN PARTICLE INTO LEFT EYE NO EYE PROTECTION WAS IN USE.
TWO MEN LIFTING SCREEN CLOTH HIT FINGER BETWEEN SCREEN CLOTH AND RAILING.
EMPL CUTTING RUBBER BELTING,KNIFE SLIPPED AND WENT INTO EMPL LOWER LEFT LEG LEAVING A GASH ABOUT 1" LONG 3/4"DEEP.STITCHES INSIDE AND OUT -TOTAL OF 5.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING ON TRACKS OF NORTHWEST MODEL 95 DRAGLINE IN PREPARATION TO ENTER MACHINE TO OPERATE WHEN HE SLIPPED ON TRACKS DUE TO ICY CONDITIONS OF SAME AND FELL BACK TO GROUND. HE LA NDED ON HIS FEET BUT THE IMPACT OF THE LANDING CAUSED EMPLOYEE'S BACK INJURY. THE INJURY HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED AS BACK STRAIN LUMBAR.
DRIVING AN E-2 OUT INTO A BROKEN BOLT IN BACK HOE TRACK FRAME WITH A BALL PEEN HAMMER WHEN A PIECE OF METAL BROKE OFF E-Z OUT & FLEW INTO HIS RT EYE