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EE WAS CHANGING A TIRE ON A TRUCK - TURNED TO REACH FOR IMPACT WRENCH - TWISTED LEFT KNEE.
WAS BREAKING UP CONCRETE IN A NON- MINING AREA WIHT A TRACK HOE ( TEARING DOWN AN OLD DRYER)
EMPLOYEE STEPPED OFF OF SCRAPER AND TURNED RIGHT ANKLE.
EE WAS CUTTING HOSE WITH BOX KNIFE, KNIFE SLIPPED OFF HOSE AND CUT ARM.
EMPLOYEE WAS LUBRICATING BUCKET ON 966 D LOADER AND PRESSURE HOSE BURST AND BUCKE TPULLE DBACK AND PINED EMPLOYE BETWEEN BUCKET AND TIRE.
LOADER OPERATOR WAS TRAVELING FORWARD AT A LOW SPEED WHILE LIFTING A LOADED BUCKET. THE LIFT LEVER STUCK IN THE LIFTING POSITION, AND WHEN THE BRAKES WORE APPLIED, THE LOADER NOSED OVER AND R ESTED ON BUCKET.
EMPL WAS OPERATING DOZER IN REVERSE, WAS TURNED AROUND IN SEAT WHEN HE PLACED DOZER IN FORWARD GEAR & JOLTED HIMSELF WHEN THE TRANSMISSION GEAR ENGAGED.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING WITH OTHER MINING EMPLOYEES TO REPLACE THE PADDLES ON A SCRAPER.A PADDLE SLIPPED AND AMPUTATED THE DISTAL JOINT(A PORTION OF) THE INDEX FINGER.
EE TEMPORATILY WORKING FOR OSHA SIDE OF PLANT LEFT SIDE BEGAN HURTING AFTER LIFTING SIDEBOARDS FOR DRAYAGE TRUCK. EE WAS TRANSPORTING BRUICK FROM OLD CENTRAL REGION VARD TO NEW LOCATION. EE RE PORTED INJURY 12-20-90 AND WAS CHECKED BY THE CODR DIAGNOSED AS POSSIBLE APPENDICITIS OR MSUCLE STRAIN, BUT MORE SYPTOMS RELATED TO APPENDICITIS. AFTER WEEK EE RECHECKED BY DR AND DIAGNOSED A
I,NAME WAS LOADING THE SCRAPER, WHEN A PIECE OF SHALE BROKE OFF AND WAS SPINNED OUT FROM UNDER THE TIRE CAUSING THE TIRE TO FALL INTO THE HOLE LEFT BY THE PIECE OF SHALE JARRING HIM AROUND IN THE CAB.
EMPL HOLDING SLEDGE HAMMER NEXT TO HEAD AGAINST SIDE LINK ON ELEVATOR CHAIN.ANOTHER EMPL WAS HAMMERING ON PIN HOLDING LINKS OR CHAIN TOGETHER WITH SLEDGE HAMMER.MISSED PIN HITTING I.NAME ON BA CK OF LEFT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS DIGGING OUT THERECLAIMER WITH SHOVEL AND HIT HIS FINGER ON A PECE OF ANGLE IRON ON THE SIDE OF RECLAIMER.
WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO INSTALL A DEFLECTOR PLATE ON THE SHUTTLE CONVEYOR THE DEFLECTOR WAS BROUGHT CLOSE TO THE RUNNING CONVEYOR THE CONVEYOR GRIPPED THE PLATE AND HIS HAND PULLING T HEM DOWNWARD CAUSING SEVERE LACERATION
EMP EXITING TRUCK HE FELT SOMETHING ON HIS RIGHT HAND, WITHOUT LOOKING HE BRUSHED HIS HAND OF. ABOUT ONE HOUR LATER HE NOTICED 2 BLISTERS ON HI SFINGER. AT THE END OF DAY HE REPORTED SOMETH ING STINGING HIM. AFTER HE WENT HOME HIS HAND STARTED SWELLING AND RED STREAKS APPEARED HE WENT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AROUND 10:00 PM AND WAS TREATED FOR AN INSECT STING.
EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING D-8 DOZER TO THE LEFT SIDE OF CAB.HIOS FOOT SLIPPED OFF CAUSING HIM TO FALL FEET FIRST TO THE GROUND.WHEN HE HIT THE GROUND HE FELL BACKWARDS ONTO THE DOZER TRACK.INJU RY WAS ABRASION TO HIS BACK AND A MINOR CUT TO THE RIGHT INDEX FINGER.EMPLOYEE FAINTS AT THE SIGHT OF BLOOD.HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AND TREATED FOR SHOCK.
EMPLOYEE SLIPPED OFF OF MACHINE WHILE PERFORMING MAINTENANCE ON THE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.SURFACE OF MACHINE HAD WATER AND OR OIL FILM ON IT MAKING IT SLIPPERY.
FIVE YOUTHS TRESPASSED ONTO ACME PROPERTY ONBIKES. THEY CAME OT ONE OF THE PONDS AND I,NAME AGE 16 DECIDED TO SWIM. HE ENTERED THE WATER AND DEVELOPED CRAMPS, TWO TO THE OTHER BOYS TRIED TO SA VE HIM BUT COULD NOT. HE DROWN IN APPROX. 10 FT OF WATER. HOT SPRING COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPT. INVESTIGATED THE DROWNING.
EMPLOYEE WAS ST9PPING DOWN FROM CAB OF LOADER TO GROUND WHEN HE STRAINED HIS KNEE
EMP WAS CUTTTIN1 AND STRIPPING WIRES ON HIS TRUCK RADIO HE WAS USING POCKET KNIFE IT SLIPPED CAUSING IT TO CUT ACROSS HIS RT FOREFINGER THE LACERATION REQUIRED 3 STITCHES
AN OPEN FALME NATURAL GAS LINE WAS USED TO SUPPLY HEAT TO A FEEDER TO ELIMINATE FREEZING MATERIALS GAS FLAME WENT OUT AND WHEN RE LIT NATUARL GAS EXPLODED CAUSING A SECTION OF ANGLE IRON TO ST OPERATOR ON RIGHT LEG CAUSING A BONE FRACTURE