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EMPLOYEE WAS DESCENDING LADDER FROM ROD DECK PLATFORM WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE & FELL APPROX 6' TO GROUND.
EE WAS DRIVING DOWN INTO PIT AREA WITH LOAD OF WATER WHEN BRAKES FAILED JUMPED FROM TRUCK LOT CONTINUE INTO BANK WHERE CAME TO REST.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO MOVE SOME ROCK AROUND WITH A PRY BAR & HPD HIS HAND LAYING ON ANOTHER & ANOTHER ROCK. SLID DOWN ON HIS LITTEL FINGER-LEFT HAND, IT CUT & POSSIBLY BROKE HIS FINGER.
PRYING ON ROCK WITH PRY BAR STUCK INJAW CRUSHER THE BAR SLIPPED HIT SM CUT ON HEAD
EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO REMOVE A ROCK THAT WAS LAYING BETWEEN A HEADPULLEY AND DEFLECTOR CHUTE WHILE THE CONVEYOR WAS RUNNING WITH A PICE OF METAL AND A ROCK CAME OFF THE CONVEYOR AND PUSHED HI S FINGER BETWEEN THE PULLEY AND DEFLECTOR PLATE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLOSING HTE GATE ON THE 3/4 ROCK, BUNKER AND A SMALL ROCK CHIP BOUNCED OFF THE TRUCK AND GOT IN HIS EYE.
EMPL STRINGING OUT WELDING LEADS AND SLIPPED OFF TRUCK AND STRUCK ANOTHER TRUCK AND CUT HIS LIP.
ELECTRIC BURNS ON HANDS AND FEET. POSSIBLE CONCUSSION, POSSIBLE LOSS OF TOES, PROBABLE IMPAIRMENT OF LEFT HAND. OCCURRED IN OFFSITE STORAGE AREA. LITTLE TOE AMPUTATED, LEFT HAND IMPAIRMENT, OT HER INJURIES. OSHA RESPONSIBILITY.
CONDITIONS NORMAL NO SPECIFIC CAUSATIVE FACTOR EMPL WAS USING SHOVEL TO REMOVE SOME LOOSE MATERIAL FROM UNDER CONVEYOR WHEN LEFT SHOULDER BEGAN HURTING.
EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING FROM A BUNKER TRUCK, SLIPPED ON RUNNING BOARD AND FELL AGAINST RUNNING BOARD. EMPLOYEE FELT SHE MAY HAVE HAD SOME OIL OR GREASE ON HER SHOES FROM EARLIER IN THE DAY.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A LOADER. HE WAS OBSERVED BY FOREMAN TO BE OPERATING EQUIPMENT ERRATICALLY, WAS RELIEVED BECAUSE OF EXTREME FATIGUE AND TOLD TO CLOCK OUT. EMPLOYEE BECAME INCREASINGLY D ISORIENTED, WAS DETAINED AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE SUMMONED. EMPLOYEE DIAGNOSED AS HAVING A STROKE, WAS COMATOSE AT HOSPITAL. INJURY NOT CLEARLY JOB-CONNECTED.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING LEVER TO OPERATE BUNCKER GATE. WHILE PULLING BACK ON LEVER, SLIPPED ON LOOSE GRAVE, FALLING BACK AGAINST PROTRUDING BOLT. INJURY WAS DIAGNOSED AS CONTUSION TO LOWER BACK, SP RAIN TO LEFT SHOULDER.
WAS ATEMPTING T2 JAR SOME ROCKS LOOSE FROM GRIZZLEY WITH PRY BAR. THE ROCKS BROKE LOOSE ALL AT ONCE AND HIS RT LEG WAS PINNED BY THE PRY BAR
WHILE SHOVELING3SAND IN HARD WIND, HE RECEIVED A SMALL PIECE OF METAL INTO LEFT EYE. THE PIECE OF METAL WAS IMBEDDED INTO EYE. HE DID NOT ADVISE HIS SUPERVISOR UNTIL 11 20 87 THINKING IT WOU WOULD GO AWAY.3EMP WAS WEARING REQUIRED GOGGLES AT TIME OF INJURY
EMPLOYEE WAS AT7EMPTING TO GET OUT OF WATER TRUCK AND IN DOING SO,HE SLIPPED ON THE RUNNING BOARD AND FELL TO THE GROUND FLAT ON HIS BACK.SCHEDULED TO RETURN TO WORK ON 07/06/87.
HE WAS SHOVELIN1 WASH SAND AND EXPERIENCED A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK
THE EMPLOYEE WA8 WELDING ON A DOZER WITH A WELDING HOOD ON. A PIECE OF SLAG GET UNDER HIS HELMET AND HIS GLASSES AND BURNED HIS RIGHT EYE. HE WAS SEEN AT THE HOSPITAL AND RELEASED FOR FULL DUT Y THE NEXT DAY.3
FOREMAN AND OTH9R EMPLOYEES WERE PUTTING A NEW SCREEN ON THE ROCK PLANT. HE WAS TOLD TO REMOVE SCRAP METAL FROM THE #6 BELT. ALL PERSONNEL WENT BACK TO THE GROUND INCLUDING HIM. THE LOCKOUT WAS TAKEN OFF 5ND THE CONVEYOR WAS ACTIVATED. HE CLIMBED BACK UP AND WAS ON THE BELT WHEN IT STARTED. HE JUMPED TO THE PLATFORM AND STRAINED HIS LOWER LIMBAR.