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EMPLOYEE WAS HAULING PIT ROCK UP TO CRUSHER, HE WAS LEAVING PIT WITH A LOADED TRUCK AND DID NOT FOLLOW THE TRAVEL ROUTE WE ESTABLISHED. HE RAN THE TRUCK THROUGH A LOW SPOT IN FLOOR OF PIT. THE FRONT SHOCK ON TRUCK CAME APART. EE CLAIMS HE HIT HIS HEAD ON ROOF OF CAB.
AT THE END OF THE DAY EE STOPPED TO CLOSE THE GATE AT THE PLANT ENTRANCE. WHILE PULLING THE GATES TOGETHER TO LATCH THEM, EE STATED THAT HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE WENT HOME AND LATER WENT TO THE DR. TO GET HIS BACK CHECKED. THE DR. PRESCRIBED SOME MEDICATION AND PUT THE EE ON RESTRICTED DUTY.
EMPLOYEE WAS SWINGING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO DISLODGE A WHEEL ON A STACKER CONVEYOR. HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS LEFT UPPER ARM.
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO OPEN THE HOOD OF THE VOLVO HAUL TRUCK. HE SPRAINED HIS LEFT SHOULDER WHILE TRYING TO RELEASE THE HOOD.