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ROCK CRUSHER IMPELLER HIT LEG. BROKEN LEFT LOWER LEG AND TOES.
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON BACK OF TRUCK AND CUTT ING A BEARING FROM A BELT PULLEY ON CRUSHER. HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND REACHED UP TO THE PULLEY TOCATCH HIMSELF. HE PIERCED PALM ON THE RIGHT HAND ON LOOSE METAL FILLINGS.
SLIPPED ON ROCK PILE AND TWISTED RIGHT LEG AT KNEE AND ANKLE. DID NOT REPORT AT TIME OF ACCIDENT ON 5/2/90. REINJURED LEG ON MAY 9, 1990 BY WALKING AROUND CRUSHER AND HITTING RIGHT LEG ON TONG UE OF CRUSHER. DOCTOR HAS ASKED FOR X-RAYS OF KNEE TO DETERMINE IF INJURY IS SEVERE. AT THIS TIME DIAGNOSED AS SPRAIN OF KNEE.
WHILE LOADING CRUSHER WITH ROCK, A STEEL TOOTH FROM DRAGLINE BUCKET WAS ACCIDENTALLY LOADED. WHEN TOOTH WAS EJECTED FROM CRUSHER, PIECES OF ROCK FLEW OUT AND ONE PIECE HIT LEFT EYE.
A CHAIN WAS CAUGHT IN SOME WOOD CRIBBING. VICTIM WAS PULLING ON IT TO FLIP IT LOOSE AND IT RECOILED BACK AND HIT HIM IN THE MOUTH CHIPPING A FRONT TOOTH. THERE WAS NO LIFE-THREAT OR WORK TIME LOST.