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BEHIND SHOP AT SCRAP PILE LOADING SCRAP HAMMERS AND ANVILS(WORN OUT CRUSHER PARTS) FOR SALVAGE. PICKING ITEMS UP AND THROWING THEM INTO LOADER BUCKET. STEEL PIECE CHIPPED OFF AND WENT INTO LOW ER RIGHT CALF.
GETTING OFF D-8 DOZER STEPPING DOWN FROM YOKE AND FOOT TRIPPED AND LANDED HARD ON GROUND.THE NEXT MORNING LEFT LEG WAS SORE AND STIFF.
EMPLOYEE WAS ON JAW REAR CLEANING WEDGES, FOOT SLIPPED AND CATCHING SELF TO PREVENT FALL EMPLOYEE NOTICED BURNING FELLING IN BACK EMPLOYEE CONTINUED WORKING WITH DISCOMFORT UNTIL 7-14-94 & FIN ALLY WENT TO UROLOGIST THINKING HE HAD A KIDNEY STONE.
WAS LOADING WASHED 3/4 STONE FROM BELT-USED HAND RAIL TO FALL HIMSELF OUT OF TRUCK TO PLATFORM & FELT TINGLE IN THE LIGHT HALF OF BACK ABOVE THE BELT DISCOMFORT CONTINUSED UNTIL ABOUT 10:00 AM CONTINUED STANDING ON PLATFORM & LOADING TRUCK TIL NOON THEN WENT TO DR.
EMPLOYEE DISMOUNTED FROM LOADER & STEPPED ON A NAIL & IT PENETRATED HIS FOOT EMPLOYEE WENT TO DOC & RECEIVED A SHOT & RETURNED TO WORK EMPLOYEE WORKED A DAY #2 & ON DAY #3 HIS FOOT WAS HURTING & DR PUT HIM IN HOSPITAL HAD INFECTED FOOT
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING SCREENS IN #1 SCREEN & SCREEN SLIPPED & EMPLOYE HIT ELBOW ON SCREEN FRAME CAUSING PINCHED NERVE IN ELBOW.
HIT ELBOW WHILE CHANGING OIL ON #2 SCREEN & 30 MIN LATER WAS USING HAMMER TO BREAK A ROCK HUNG IN BACKHOE/HAMMER AT JAW CRUSHER NOTICE PAIN & SWELLING IN ELBOW
WAS CHANGING FILTER ON TEREX TRUCK AND FOREIGN OBJECT FELL INTO EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS ST5NDING ON TOP OF PULLY GUARD TO USE SLEDGE HAMMER TO TIGHTEN BOLT ON CRUSHER AND STEPPED BACKWARD TO SWING HAMMER AND MISSED FOOTING AND FELL APPROX. 4 FEET LANDING BETWEEN PU LLY GUARD AND F5N GUARD WITH RIGHT SIDE OF BACK STRIKING AGAINST PULLY GUARD.
EMP CLIMBED TO 2UTSIDE OF RETAINING WALL TO HOLD METAL PLATE IN PLACE TO BE WELDED PLATE SHIFTED AND EMP FELL APPROX 16 FT TO GROUND