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A ROCK FELL FROM THE FACE OF THE QUARRY WALL AND LAND ON TOP OF RAMS AT THE WINDSHIELD BREAKING THRU EE WHILE HOLDING ONTO THE STEERING WHEEL WAS STRUCK IN THE HAND.
INJURED HAD HOOKED A CHAIN TO A ELECTRIC BIN MOTOR THAT WAS ATTACHED TO A 980 LOADER BUCKET TO RAISE THE MOTOR TO PLACED ON THE BIN. WHILE HOLDING THE CHAIN THE MOTOR WAS RAISED AND WHEN IT C LEARED THE GROUND IT SPUN, STRIKING HIS HAND AGAINST THE BUCKET EDGE.
SLIPPED & BRUISED KNEE ON WATER PUMP WHILE FABRICATING FRAME
INJURED REPORTS THAT A HOSE PLUG THAT HAD VIBRATED LOOSE STRUCK HIM IN THE FACE,BREAKING HIS SAFETY GLASSES.
HE REPORTS THAT HE FELL FROM THE ACCESS LADDER OF A LOADER WHILE WORKING DURING A RAINY EVENING.
INJURED HAD INSPECTED PIT AREA TO ASSURE NO ONE WAS AROUND PRIOR TO SHOT,NOTIFIED BLASTER THAT AREA WAS CLEAR,AND WITHDREW TO A SAFE LOCATION.UNSEEN GEOLOGICAL CONDIDTIONS IN THE SHOT ALLOWED AN UNEXPECTED AMOUNT TO FLYROCK TO SCATTER.HIS VEHICLE WAS HIT BY PIECES OF FLYROCK AND A PIECE ALSO STRUCK HIM IN THE HEAD,CAUSING MINOR INJURY,
WHILE CHANGING THE TEETH ON AN ENDLOADER BUCKET I NAME USED A HAMMER AND PUNCH TO REMOVE THE PIN HE THEN REPLACED THE TOOTH AND USED A HAMMER TO DRIVE THE NEW PIN IN WHILE STRIKING THE STEEL P IN WITH THE HAMMER THE PIN CHIPPED AND THE FRAGMENT OF STEEL LODGE INTO THE UPPER THIGH OF HIS R LEG
WHILE REMOVING ROCK MATERIAL FROM UNDERNEATH THE SCALE, EMPLOUYEE CRAWLED UNDER TO RETRIEVE MATERIAL AND TWISTED HIS BACK PULLING IT OUT.
WHILE SHOVELING LIME MATERIAL FROM UNDER CONVEYOR A FROZEN CHUNK OF MATERIAL FELL FROM BELT STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN LEFT LEG.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING END LOADER AT PIT, WHEN HE LOST CONTROL AND THE LOADER TIPPED OVER ANDROLLED SEVERAL TIMES. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO LOADER. EMPLOYEE SUFFERED BROKEN PELVIS, COLLARBONE & THU MB.
EMPLOYEE REMOVED CAP FROM HYDROLIC RESERVOIR ON AIR COMPRESSOR WHILE ENGINE WAS RUNNING THE CAP FLEW OFF AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN THE FACE HE SUFFERED LIP LACERATION AND LOST SEVERAL TEETH