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EMPLOYEE WAS MO5ING RAILROAD TIES WITH ANOTHER PERSON.THE PERSON HELPING DROPPED HIS END WITHOUT WARNING THE EMPLOYEE.WHEN THE HELPER DROPPED HIS END, THE EMPLOYEE WAS STILL HOLDING ONTO HIS E ND AND THIS CAU8ED THE INJURY.
EMPLOYEE STEPPE8 THROUGH A HOLE IN THE BED OF TRUCK AND FELL SIDEWAYS STRIKING HIS HEAD ON A BEARING AND SHAFT OF A CONVEYOR PULLEY.
EMPLOYEE WAS RE4OVING 36 INCH CONVEYOR TROUGHING ROLLER FROM FIELD CONVEYOR 2. THE ROLLER FLIPPED OVER, PINCHING THE EMPLOYEE S FINGER BETWEEN THE ROLLER AND THE CONVEYOR FRAME.
EMPLOYEE WAS TA5ING A 3/4" BOLT OUT OF THE FRAME AND BASE OF SCREEN. HE WAS PUSHING UP ON THE BOLT WITH THE FIRST FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND. THE BOLT CAME OUT,HIS FINGER WENT INTO THE HOLE CAUSI THE INJURY. 3
REPLACING COLUMN BEAMS IN THE SAND PLANT USING COFFING HOIST TO RAISE BEAM INTO PLACE, COFFING HOIST HOOKED INTO (EYE BOLT). EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LINE BEAM UP TO GO INTO PLACE. THE EYE B LT BROKE ALLOWING BEAM TO FALL STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON THE RIGHT FOOT CAUSING FRACURE (CHIP) OF RIGHT FOOT.
DELIVERING CAN 2F ETHER TOOTHER EMPLOYEES WORKING AT LOWER ELEVATION.TRIED TO WALK DOWN INCLINE SLIPPED AND SLID DOWN INCLINE AND FELL OVER EDGE LANDING FEET-FIRST ON LEFT FOOT.BROKE HIS LEFT LEG . 3
EMPLOYEE WAS ST9PPING FROM SHORE ONTO THE DREDGE DECK. HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED ON THE DECK CAUSING HIS KNEE TO GIVE WAY AND SPRAINED HIS KNEE.
EMPL CLIMBED ON7O PIT TRUCKBED WHICH WAS SITTING ON THE GROUND FOR REPAIRS TO UNHOOK LIFTING CABLES.THE EMPL SLIPPED AND FELL OFF THE BED STRIKING HIS HEAD ON THE GROUND.
EMPLOYEE WELDIN1 LINERS IN CRUSHERS AND SAID HE GOT FLASH BURN FROM REFLECTION OF WELDER.
I NAME WAS DOIN1 ARC WELDING ON PIT CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. RECEIVED FLASH BURNS TO BOTH EYES.
EMPLOYEE WAS US3NG A 60 LB AIR HAMMER TO BREAK OUT CONCRETE DETERATION SO NEW CONCRETE COULD BE POURED EMPLOYEE GOT HIS FINGER BETWEEN TOP OF WALL AND HAMMER HANDEL
EMPLOYEE WAS CL9ANING CONVEYOR. WHEN GETTING OFF CONVEYOR HE STEPPED ON WALKWAY AND SAID HE TWISTED ANKLE.
I AND TWO OTHER3EMPLOYEES WERE TAKING THRUST BEARINGS OUT OF WEST SIDE OF BUILDING. WE HAD THE BEARINGS HANGING ON THE TROLLEY BEAM WITH A CHAIN HOIST, THE BEARINGS WERE PUSHED OUT TO THE END OF THE BEAM, WH3CH HANGS OUT THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING, WERE TRYING TO HOOK IT TO THE LOADER BUCKET AT WHICH TIME THE BEAM BROKE AND THE BEARINGS FELL UNTO THE LAKE AND BEAM HIT THE SIDE OF THE
EMP WAS GETTING3OUT OF THE TUB OF THE MARION 7400 DRAGLINE
WE WERE USING A3SPUD BAR TO CLEAN ROCKS BETWEEN TAILPULLEY & CONVEYOR BELT. EE STUCK HAND BETWEEN CONVEYOR BELT & TAILPULLEY TO PULL OUT ROCK. ROCK SLIPPED & PINNED HAND BETWEEN CONVEYOR BE LT & TAILPULLEY1 FRACTURED THUMB ON RIGHT HAND PEELED OFF SKIN ON RING FINGER OF RT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS CL9ANING SCALE THAT HAD FORMED UNDER LINER PLATE THAT HAD BEEN CUT OUT OF HOPPER. EMPLOYEE WAS USING A SAFETY LINE AND BELT AS HE WORKED BUT THE SAFETY LINE CAME APART AND HE FELL ABOUT 5 FT. 3
EMPLOYEE STEPPE8 ON ICE WITH RT FOOT CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS LEFT KNEE
EMP WAS CHANGIN1 DUMP CABLE FOR THE BUCKET ON 9W SHOVEL. HE WAS KNOCKING THE WEDGE OUT OF PIN WHEN A PIECE OF METAL WENT IN HIS LEG IMBEDDING ITSELF IN HIS LEG
EMPL WASHING OU7 KOHLMAN LOADER WHEN SMALL STONE CHIP CAME UP AND STRUCK HIM IN EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS US3NG A LONG BAR TO POKE FROZEN MATERIAL OUT OF TUNNEL GATE HIS HAND WENT TOO FAR UP THE CHUTE AND T HE GATE CAME DOWN ON IT
EE WAS CLIMBING3OFF THE 773 CAT REAR DUMP TRUCK WHEN HE SLIPPED OFF THE STEPS & FELL TO THE GROUND AOUT 4'. EE WAS NOT CAUTIOUS WHEN CLIMBING OFF THE TRUCK.
EMPL OPERATING 8OZER WEEDS BLEW FROM ENGINE FAN IN HIS FACE.PARTICLES OF WEEDS WENT INTO HIS EYE.
EMPL CUTTING WI3DOWS FROM SHEET OF PLEXIGLASS TO BE USED IN DREDGE.A CHIP GOT BEHIND HIS GLASSES AND INTO HIS EYE.EMPL FELT HE HAD REMOVED PARTICLE AT THE TIME AND DIDNT REPORT IT UNTIL 12-15- 86 WHEN IT STAR7ED GIVING HIM PROBLEMS AND WAS SENT TO DR AT THE TIME.
UNPLANNED DETON5TION WHILE FATALLY INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS IN PROCESS OF LOADING BLASTING AGENT EXPLOSIVE INTO BOREHOLE 5000 #6 FUSE CAPS WERE BEING DESTROYED AND HAD BEEN LOADED INTO SOME HOLES PRIOR TO UNPLA3NED DETONATION UNKNOWN AND IMPOSSIBLE TO DETERMINE IF #6 CAPS WERE IN THE HOLE THAT DETONATED UNPLANNED EXCLUSIVE OF THE FUSE CAPS THE NORMAL LOADING PROCEDURE AND PRODUCTS GIV
EMPLOYEE WAS RE4OVING LEAF SPRING BOLTS FROM REAR END OF DUMP TRUCK USING BREAKER BAR & SOCKET HIS FINGER BECAME JAMMED BETWEEN TRUCK FRAME & BAR-INJURY TO RT INDEX FINGER
EE DID NOT REPO9T INJURY UNTIL APPROX 5 WEEKS LATER EE CLAIMED HE WAS LIFTING THE GEAR UNDER THE TRUCK & FELT A SHARP PAIN.
EMP WAS IN THE 1ROCESS OF R EMOVING WIRE ROPE FROM THE STORAGE SPOOL, WHEN HE UNFASTENED THE ONE END IT FLEW UP STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE IN THE FACE
EE RECEIVED WEL8ING FLASH BURN TO HIS EYES WHEN HE TRYED TO WATCH ANOTHER EE PERFORM SOME WELDING. EE RECEIVED A SMALL FLASH BURN TO HIS EYES.
WHILE EXITING F9OM CAB OF PIT TRUCK HE WAS OPERATING HIT KNEE OF RIGHT LEG ON THE DOOR FRAME.
WHILE WAKING TO3EXIT OF UNDERGROUND, EMPLOYEE TRIPPED OVER POWER CABLEFOR THE JUMBO DRILL. FALL THEN OCCURRED SPRAINING RIGHT WRIST.
EMPLOYEE WAS HE5PING THE ASST PLANT OPERATOR CHANGE A SCREEN ON A 4X10 AC RIPL-FLO SCREEN HE WAS TIGHTENING A CLAMPING RAIL BOLT THE HEAD OF THE BOLT TURNED IN THE CLAMPING RAIL LETTING THE RA CHET HANDLE COM9 DOWN AND IT CAUGHT HIS RT THUMB BETWEEN THE RACHET HANDLE AND A CONVEYOR FRAME
I.NAME WAS WELD3NG IN A NEW PIECE OF PUNCH PLATE SCREEN ONTO THE UPPER GRIZZLIES & HE SLIPPED WHEN HE WAS WELDING FROM THE UPPER GRIZZLIES TO THE SHELF BETWEEN THE TWO SETS OF GRIZZLIES & SPRA INED HIS KNEE 3
LIFTING LINK AR4 ON TRUCK USING PRYBAR-1 1/2 HOIST, LINK ARM FELL FROM POSITION-LINK ARM SLIPPED FROM SLOT AND SKINNED FINGERS.
LIFTING ELECRTI7 RINGS FROM DRAGLINE WHICH WERE TO BE REPAIRED.
EMPLOYEE WAS US3NG SHOVEL TO CLEAN ROCKS FROM FLOOR-ROCK FELL FROM CONVEYOR ABOVE STRIKING EMPLOYEES LEFT LITTLE FINGER.
THE OILER AND I3NAME WERE REMOVING THE FACE PLATE FROM THE 20" DREDGE PUMP. THE DREDGE LADDER WASN'T ON THE BOTTOM AS IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN AND IT TILTED THE DREDGE HULL FORWARD 5 DEGREES TO 10 DEGREES. WHEN 4E REMOVED THE LAST BOLT THE FACE PLATE SWUNT OUT OF THE PUMP AND HIT ME AND KNOCKED ME OFF THE WALKWAY OVER THE PUMP WELL.
TRYING TO REMOV9 ONE PIECE OF METAL WITH ANOTHER STACKED ON TOP OF IT THE TOP ONE FELL OVER AND CAUGHT END OF MIDDLE FINGER RESULTING IN SEVERAL STITCHES
I NAME AND I NA4E WERE WASHING DIN A DRUM OF MAGNETITE INTO THE SUMP I NAME WAS HOLDING DRUM AND I NAME WAS WASHING IT OUT OF THE DRUM I NAME LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL ON H IS RT ELBOW AND L LEFT KNEE WHEN 7HE DRUM MOVED AWAY FROM HIM
EMP WAS UNPLUGG3NG CRUSHER TUNNEL HOPPER USING 3 FT CROWBAR HE WAS HIT WITH CROWBAR WHICH HE WAS USING TO PRY ROCKS LOOSE IN F EEDER ROCKS BROKE LOOSE LETTING CROWBAR FLY BACK STRIKING HARD H HAT AND EYEBROW3
SUBJECT EMPLOYE9 HAD TAKEN SAMPLE OF CURRENT PRODUCTION MATERIAL AND WAS WALKING DOWN OF STOCKPILE LOST HIS FOOTING AND HIS BODY REACTION CAUSED HIS KNEE TO TWIST. REASON FOR DELAY IN SUBMISSI OF THIS REPORT3IS THAT EMPLOYEE SEEMED TO BE ALRIGHT. DURING THE REMAINING OPERATING SEASON THE KNEE BECAME AGGREVATED MORE AND MORE. DR RECOMMENDED SURGERY MISCROSOPIC AT THE TIME 1-13-87.
CUTTING LOADER 6UCKET POINT FROM SHORT HEAD C RUSHER USING TORCH, WEARING CUTTING GOGGLES, RESPIRATOR. HOT STEEL DROPPED ON LEFT WRIST ON OUTSIDE OF ARM APPROX 2" FROM HAND
WHILE KNOCKING 9OCKS THROUGH THE SCREENS A PIECE OF DEBRIS (METAL) ENTERED LEFT FOREARM REMOVING ROCKS FROM TOP SCREEN ON WEST TOWER IN ORDER TO REMOVE SCREENS A HAMMER AND PUNCH WERE BEING U USED 3
MAN WENT INTO A3SCFREEN TO CHANG SCREEN CLOTH WHILE HE WAS REMOVING THE CLAMPING BARS HE CAME IN CONTACT WITH A SHARP PIECE OF ANGLE IRON & HE CUT HIS UPPER ARM HE REQUIRED SOME STITCHES TO CL OSE THE CUT 3
EMPL AND ANOTHE9 EMPL WELDING PATCHES ON LARGE PUMP SHELL AT SAME TIME.RECD WELDING FLASHES EITHER BY HIMSELF OR FROM OTHER EMPL.CANNOT REMEMBER RECEIVING FLASH SO DOESNT KNOW EXACT TIME.
EMPLOYEE BENT O5ER AND PICKED UP A ROLL OF WIRE ROPE AND STRAINED HIS BACK.
CONTUSION LEFT 3NDEX FINGER AND FRACTURE OF LEFT MIDDLE FINGER.FINGER WERE CAUGHT WHEN OPENING DOOR OF TRUCK.
EMP WAS ASSISTI3G IN CUTING OF TREES ON HILLSIDE AT OFFICE TRAILER HE WAS NOT HANNDLING THE CHAIN SAW JUST HELPING MOVE TREES HE SLIPPED ON ROCKS LANDING ON HIS BUTTOCKS AND SPRAINING HIS BA
EMP WAS USING A3LONG PRY BAR TO APPLY TENSION TO MOTOR SO V-BELTS WOULDNT SLIP WHILE STARTING SHAKER SCREEN, BAR SLIPPED PINCHING FINGER BETEEN BAR AND FRAMEWORK
EE ALLEGES POSS3BLE EXPOSURE TO TOXIC FUMES.
I.NAME WAS CHAN1ING SCREENS ON A 6 X 16 SCREEN HE BENT OVER TO LIFT UP ONE WIRE SCREEN PANEL HE INJURED HIS BACK WHILE LIFTING 1 SIDE OF THE SCREEN