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EE REPORTED THAT HE STRAINED HIS NECK WHILE LOADING WOOD PLANKS INTO SCOOP BUCKET.
WHILE ROCK DUSTING BELT LINE, ROCK DUST GOT INTO EE'S EYE. IT BOUNCED OFF RIB & WENT IN HIS LT. EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING AN S & S 488 SCOOP TO REPOSITION IT. HIS SUPERVISOR HEARD THE SCOOP POWER UP THEN SHUT DOWN. HE CALLED TO THE EMPLOYEE & WHEN HE DIDN'T HEAR AN ANSWER, HE WENT TO THE SCOOP AND FOUND EMPLOYEE PINCHED BETWEEN SCOOP AND ROOF
EMPLOYEE STEPPED UNDER THE FORKS OF THE FORKLIFT AS THEY WERE BEING LOWERED TO REATTACH THE ROPE USED TO PULL WIRE.
AT 32 X CUT IN RETURN ROOF FELL ABOUT 6'HIGH, 20'LONG & 20'WIDE. NO ONE WAS INJURED AND NO EQUIPMENT WAS CAUGHT. MOVED STOPPING LINE OVER & BREAKERED IT OFF. WE ARE NOT GOING TO CLEAN ROOF FAL L UP. (AIR IS TRAVELING IN RIGHT DIRECTION.)
WHILE PUTTING BELT TOGETHER, CHAIN BROKE AND HIT HIM ON THE HAND.