WHILE OPERATING A FRONT END LOADER HE WAS DIGGING INTO A STOCKPILE GETTING A BUCKET OF STONE UPON DOING THIS HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK SHOULDER AND NUMBNESS IN R ARM
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Showing 50 of 69PLACED SHAFT FROM DOZER ON BENCH IN SHOP. SHAFT STARTED TO FALL TRIED TO PREVENT FALL PC OF METAL BROKE OFF SHAFT ENTERED L FOREARM
WAS CHANGING A TIRE ON THE TIRE CHANGING MACHINE.WHILE PUTTING TIRE ON THE RIM THE BAR SLIPPED HITTING RIGHT LITTLE FINGER.
ANOTHERR MAN WAS USING AIR HOSE ON DECK ABOVE EMPL AIR BLEW DUST INTO AIR & INTO EMPLS EYES.
WALKING FROM OLD PRIMARY TO LUNCH ROOM SLIPPED ON ICE AND FELL HURT BACK AND HEAD
WHILE SERVICING #63 CAT LOADER STEPPING OFF OF MACHINE STEPPED ON RUBBER FLAP THEN FELL TO THE GROUND APPROX 6 1/2'
OPERATING A LOADER WHEN A ROCK FELL OUT OF BUCKET AND LOADER RAN OVER IT CAUSING LOADER TO BOUNCE CAUSING LOW BACK PAIN
WHILE PULLING HEAVEY HAND SPLITTER UPWARD FROM THE GROUND TO THE TOP OF THE ROCK TO BE SPLIT RECEIVED UPPER STERNUM PAIN
ARSON FIRE OF OFFICE. BURNED TO GROUND.
PICKING UP TROUGHING ROLLERS TO BE PLACED ON A PICK-UP TRUCK AND FELT PAIN IN GROIN.
LOADING SHOT ROCK TO HAUL TRUCKS WITH FRONTEND LOADER STRUCK A ROCK WITH LOADER BUCKET JARRING EMPLOYEE THUS STRAINING MUSCLE IN RT.SIDE
WHILE INSTALLING SIDE PLATES ON 19B WASH SCREEN EMP HAD JUST HOOKED UP A COME A LONG TO PULL SIDE PANEL INTO POSITION. AS HE TURNED TO GET ANOTHER, HE SLIPPED ON F RAME WORK AND FELL
WHILE RE LINING319-B FEED CHUTE, HOOK FROM HOIST SLIPPED AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ABOVE RIGHT EYE CAUSING LACERATION.
WHILE REMOVING 8CREEN FRAME FROM S-1 HE STEPPED ON A CORNER OF THE FRAME AND THE FRAME SLIPPED AND ROLLED ON TOP OF HIM.
WHILE STOCKING 8TEEL PLATE IN THE WELDING AREA, BUMPED KNEE ON PIECE OF STEEL.
WHILE CLIMBING 8OWN OFF OUR NEW CRUSHER, HE STEPPED OFF THE LAST STEP, HIS FOOT HIT THE GROUND, CAUSING HIM TO HURT HIS LEFT ANKLE.
I.NAME WAS GRIN8ING A CHISEL WHEN A G RINDING PARTICLE STRUCK THE BRIDGE OF HIS NOSE AND WENT ACROSS INTO HIS LEFT EYE
HE WAS PULLING 5 BEARING ON COUNTER WEIGHT SIDE OF SCREEN. HAD TO USE A JACK TRY TO FREE BEARING. IN DOING THIS JACK FELL OFF HITTING HIM IN THE RIGHT ELBOW, AND SHOULDER.
WHILE EXTRACTIN1 THE DARTA SPLITTER, THE ROCK SEPARATED AND HE FELL BETWEEN THE TWO PIECES.
WHILE HAND SPLI7TING RIP RAP (ROCK), THE OVERHANG HE WAS STANDING ON GAVE WAY, CAUSING HIM TO FALL APPROX. 11 FT.
MIXING CONCRETE3FOR POLES HE WAS PUTTING IN T HE GROUND. HE WAS PUTTING A LOT OF DOWN PRESSURE ON THE HOLES HE WAS USING TO MIX THE CONCRETE, CAUSING INJURY.
THE INJURED WAS3SHOVELING MATERIAL FROOM UNDERNEATH A CONVEYOR. HE TURNED TO DUMP THE SHAOVEL AND FELT A PULL IN RIGHT GROIN AREA.
WHILE CUTTING T2E TOP OFF A PLASTIC BUCKET WITH A KNIFE, THE KNIFE CAME IN CONTACT WITH LEFT THUMB, CAUSING LACERATION SUTURE REQUIRED
WHILE PUTTING A3SHOCK ABSORBER ON A SEAT OF A EUCLID TRUCK, THE SEAT WAS PUT IN THE UP POSITION. IT FELL, AND CAUGHT THE TIP OF HIS RT INDEX FINGER.
CONTRACTOR EXPR9SSLY INSTRUCTED AND SUBCONTR AGREED ON PM OF 6-11-87 THAT EXCAVATION REQUIRED WOULD BE BENCHED AS REQ BY 30 CFR SECTION 56.3001 ET SEQ.NEVERTHELESS SUBCTR OWNER AND EMPLS COMME NCED PROJECT AT30730 AM 6-12-87 AND EXCAVATED A TRENCH 3'-3.5'WIDE BY 10'DEEP X 55'LONG FOR INSTALLATION OF 1'DIA CMP SEDIMENT POND OUTFALL.THE TRENCH WAS VERTICAL,NOT SUPPORTED AND CONTRARY
ACCUDENT OCCURR9D AT STANDARD SLAG COMPANY'S CAMBRIA QUARRY(MSHA ID NUMBER 3607394).CONTRACTOR EXPRESSLY INSTRUCTED AND SUBCONTRACTOR AGREED ON THE EVENING OF JUNE 11,1987,THAT THE EXCAVATION FOR THIS PROJE7T WOULD BE BENCHED AS REQUIRED BY 30 C.F.R. SECTION 56.3001 ET. SEQ. NVERTHELESS,SUBCONTRACTING COMPANY OWNER AND EMPLOYEES COMMENCED THE PROJECT AT 7:30 A.M. ON JUNE 12,1987,A
EMPLOYEE WAS UN1LUGGING SYMONS CONE CRUSHER. HE HAD TO GET INSIDE OF THE CRUSHER TO FREE THE OBJECT. USING A COME A LONG TO MOVE THE MANTLE WHERE THE PLUG UP WAS. WHEN PLUG UP WAS FREE, THE M ANTLE MOVED AND3PINCHED THE EMPLOYEE AGAINST THE CRUSHER WALL.
EMPLOYEE CONTAC7ED POSION IVY WHILE CUTTING WEEDS ALONG TRACKS NEAR OUR MAIN OFFICE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CL3MBING DOWN LADDER AT BOOT END OF A20. A PIECE OF ANGLE IRON HE WAS USING AS A HAND HOLD GAVE WAY. HE FELL AND INJURED RT LEG AND SCRAPED HIS BACK AND LEGS.
WHILE DUMPING H3S LOAD OF STONE, A FOREIGN OBJECT FLEW INTO HIS EYE THROUGH HIS OPEN WINDOW.
EMP WAS TRYING 7O CLEAR A PLUGGED HOPPER WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER. WHILE HITTING THE HOPPER OVER HIS HEAD WITH THE HAMMER, HE STRAINED HIS BACK
WHILE CLEANING 8PINDLE WITH A RAG, EMPLOYEE PICKED UP A STEEL PARTICLE IN HIS PR. INDEX FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS WA5KING TO HIS CAR HE SLIPPED ON THE SNOW FELL CAUSING HIM TO BRUISE HIS LEFT LEG
EMPLOYEE ALLEDG9DLY HURT BACK WHILE RUNNING HIS COMMERCIAL LOADER HE IS REPORTING THIS ACCIDENT ON 5-26-87
WHILE CLIMBING 2FF THE CRANE HE SLIPPED ON THE TRACK OF THE CRANE CAUSING HIM TO HIT HIS LEFT KNEE
MELTING GOLD AN8 SILVER CONCENTRATE WITHOUT ADEQUATE VENTILATION.
MELTIN GOLD AND3SILVER CONCENTRATE WITHOUT EDEQUATE VENTILATION.
EMPLOYEE WAS TI1HTENING V-BELTS AND MOTORS, USING A HYDRAULIC JACK AND A 4X4 PLANK. IN DOING THIS, THE 4X4 PLANK SLIPPED AND HIT HIM ON THE TOP OF HIS HEAD, INJURING HIS NECK AND RIGHT SHOULD ER. 3
MOVING LOADER I3TO PILE AT REGULAR PACE AND TURNED TO REACH FOR LEVERS TO OPERATOPERATE LOADER WHEN SOMETHING PULLED IN NECK OR SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS WA8HING STONE UNDER A-2 CONVEYOR. HE WAS PULLING THE HOSE ALONG AND IN DOING SO, HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.
EE AND EMPLOYEE3EE HAD ONE HOLE DRILLED AND SPLITTER IN THAT HOLD. EE WAS DRILLING ANOTHER HOLE AND EE WAS GETTING 2ND SPLITTER READY FOR HOLE BEING DRILLED EE STEPPED ON SIDE OF ROCK BEING SP LIT AND IT BROK9 OFF THROWING HIMSELF AND PULLING EE WITH DRILL OFF THE ROCK.
EMPLOYEE I NAME3AND ANOTHER I NAME WERE DRILLING & S PLITTING RIP RAP.THEY HAD ONE HOLE DRILLED AND SPLITTER IN THAT HOLE.PEDRO WAS DRILLING ANOTHER R READY FOR HOL9 BEING DRILLED.I NAME STEPPED ON SIDE OF ROCK BEING SPLIT AND IT BROKE OFF.THROWING HIMSELF & PULLING I NAME WITH DRILL OFF THE ROCK.I NAME RECEIVED NECK AND BACK INJURIES.
UPON JUMPING TO3GROUND LEVEL, EMP TURNED HIS R ANKLE RESULTING IN A FRACTURE AND TORN LIGAMENTS AND MUSCLES, GROUND LECEL APPROX 3 FEET
I.NAME AND ANOT2ER EMPL CARRYING LADDER TO STORAGE.WHILE POSITIONING LADDER I.NAME BACKED UP AND FELL OFF LEVEL THEY WERE AT ONTO ANOTHER LEVEL.8-10'.INJURED BOTH LEGS AND RIGHT KNEE BRUISES N O GUARDRAIL IN 1LACE THUS CAUSING FALL.
REMOVING POLE F9OM PILE COWORKER DROVE BACK OVER PILE WITH LOADER CAUSING A POLE TO FLIP OVER ONTO LEFT LEG
EMPLOYEE BACKED3THE 992 LOADER UP TO THE 11 FT LEDGE STEPPED FROM THE LOADER TO THE SHOT LEDGE, THEN FELL BETWEEN THE SHOT LEDGE AND THE UNSHOT LEDGE AND INJURED HIS LEFT LEG. ABRASIONS AND SP RAINED ANKLE. 3
EMPLOYEE WAS RETENSIONING SCREEN PANELS WITH A COME-A-LONG PROVIDED WITH THE SCREEN,WHEN HE FELL 81/2FT.BETWEEN STRUCTURE CROSS MEMBER AND SIDE OF OLD SCREEN.HE RECEIVED NUMEROUS ABRASIONS &F BUMPS ON RT. ELBOW,ARM & LEGS.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN THE LADDER OF #67 EUCKID TRUCK.HE SLIPPED ON THE LADDER AND SCRAPED AND BRUISED HIS RT.RIB CAGE AND SCRAPED RT.ELBOW.
OPENING HEAVY DOOR-APPX 500 LBS -TO TRAILER.AS HE SWUNG IT OPEN,WIND CAUGHT IT AND HE CONTINUED TO HOLD ONTO DOOR CAUSING SPRAIN TO RIGHT ARM.EXPLOSIVES TRAILER.
REBUILDING CUTTER DISCHARGE CHUTE,CUTTER CHUTE MOVED A HALF CYCLE AND SQUEEZED RIB CAGE AND SHOULDERS AGAINST SIDE OF HOPPER.RIB CAGE AND SHOULDERS SQUEEZED -PINNED.