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EMP WAS STEPPING OFF A SAMLL TRACK LOADER WHEN HE REACHED GROUND HE EXPER. A PAIN IN HIS LEFT HIP. HE STEPED OFF THE WRONG WAY.
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING UNDER A LODING HOPPER CLEANING A TAIL PULLEY WHEN A ROCK FELL FROM A LOADER BUCKET HITTING EMPLOYEE IN THE BACK BRUISED BACK AND LEG
EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THAT WHILE DRIVING EULID HAUL TRUCK, PIT AREA HAD LARGE POT HOLES AND THE RIDE WAS VERY ROUGH & BUMPY WHICH RESULTED IN INJURY TO MID BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PIT AREA DISCONNECTING CHAIN FROM BUCKET OF LOADER. WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OUT OF THE BUCKET, CHAIN SWUNG AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN THE MOUTH. EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED INJURY TO TEETH.
AT LOADOUT AREA GOING UP STAIRS TO RETRIEVE SAMPLE FROM BIN, EMPLOYEE HAD TEST CYLINDER IN HAND, HE LOST HIS FOOTING; AND, IN AN ATTEMPT TO KEEP FROM FALLING OFF STEPS, HE TWISTED LEFT KNEE AN D MID-LOW BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING CRUSHER, PLACING SPINDLE SHAFT INTO PLACE. ANOTHER PERSON LET GO OF THE CRUSHER SHAFT AND IT DROPPED STRIKING EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS AT IRWINDALE PLANT REPAIRING CONVEYOR LINE. WHILE PICKING UP ROLLER (WHICH WEIGHS APPROX. 75#), EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED INJURY TO LOW BACK.
WHILE AT IRWINDALE ON CRUSHING DECK WORKING ON PLUGGED SEVEN FOOT CRUSHER CHANGING POSITION OF ADJUSTING RAMS, EMPLOYEEHS LITTLE FINGER GOT PINCHED BETWEEN RAM BARREL AND RAM BRACKET.
WHILE ADJUSTING MASTER CLUTCH ON 71B BANKDRAG CRANE, CLUTCH WAS LOOSE AND IT SNAPPED AND CAUGHT EMPLOYEE'S LEFT INDEX FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS AT IRWINDALE PIT PLANT MOVING LARGE ROCKS AWAY FROM CONVEYOR. A ROCK WEIGHING APPROX. 30# FELL THREE FEET OFF OF CONVEYOR BELT AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE'S LEFT HAND.
EMLOYEE WAS LIF7ING LARGE ROCK OUT OF TRAILER AND FAILED TO GET OUT OF TRAILER BEFORE LIFTING THE ROCK WITH THE CRANE PIT TRAILER DOORS SLAMMED SHUT PINNING HIS LEGS
SEE ATTACHED-US3NG TRUCK-2 AXLE-DUMPING SAND.WHILE BACKING UP SLIGHT INCLINE,UNKNOWN TO EMPL REAR AXLE TIRE WAS FLAT.EMPL RAISED BED TO DUMP LOAD THE REMAINING PART WAS IN TAILGATE AND IT CAUS ED TRUCK TO TIL7 AND TURN OVER ONTO PASSENGERS SIDE.EMPL CLIMBING OUT OF CAB JUMPED OUT OF DRIVERS SIDE AND SUSTAINED MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS TO LOW BACK LEFT LEG AND HIP.
SEE ATTACHED-US3NG BOOM TRUCK TO MOVE BELTS FOR PLANT REPAIR.STEPPING OFF BOOM TRUCK RIGHT FOOT MISSED STEP SLIPPED AND TO PREVENT HIMSELF FROM FALLING TO THE GROUND HE PLACED ALL WEIGHT ON LE FT KNEE. 3
A GREASE PUMP WAS BUMPED AND FEELOVER STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON FOREHEAD CAUSING A LARGE CUT-IT HAD JUST BEEN RETURNED FROM GETTING REPAIRED AND WAS SET AGAINST TO THE WALL IN THE SHOP.
I WAS REACHING FOR STARTER BUTTON FOR FEEDER CONVEOR AND WAS STANDING AT THE END OF IT AND IT TURNED ON PINCHING MY TOE.