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WELDING HAMMERS AND INHALED SMOKE FROM WELDER CONGESTION TO LUNGS AND DIZZINESS
I.NAME WAS UNSTOPPING #1 CONE CRUSHER AFTER COMPLETING THE JOB HE STEPPED DOWN AND SLIPPED AND FELL ON PLATFORM BRUISING KNEE LEG AND ANKLE X-RAYS WERE TAKEN
ROCK FELL OFF SIDE OF LOADER BUCKET HIST TIRE & THEN HIT EMPL ON LEFT ARM.
I.NAME WAS CHANGING THE DRILL STEEL A PIECE OF STEEL FROM A COUPLING FLEW OFF AND HIT HIS RT ARM JUST BELOW HIS ELBOW
LATCH ON TAIL GATE JAMMED. GOT HIS FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN CYLINDER ROD AND TAIL GATE ARM
WHILE HAULING MATERIAL (SHOT ROCK) OPERATOR HIT A DIP IN THE ROAD & LOST CONTROL OF HAUL UNIT WHEN HE RAN INTO THE BERM THER TRUCK WENT UPON & OVER THE BERM INTO 15FT TO 20FT OF WATER LATER IN VESTIGATION SHOWED THAT THE STEERING ON THE TRUCK WENT OUT
LODGED ROCK HAD PLUGGED PRIMARY CRUSHER EMPL USING SLEDGE HAMMER TO BUST ROCK TO UNPLUG PRIMARY CRUSHER PIECE OF ROCK STRUCK FRONT TEETH CHIPPING PART OF UPPER FRONT TOOTH OFF
EMP CAME IN AT 9:00 AM HE STARTED SERVICING DRILL AFTER SERVICING DRILL HE PROCEEDED TO HELP ASSEMBLE THE DOZER BALDE THEN EMP SAID HIS RIGHT ARM WAS CRAMPING. SUPER. SENT EMP TO HOSPITAL
HE WAS REPLACING THE BUCKET ON A 275 B MICH. LOADER. TRYING TO ALIGN PENS, HE WAS USING A PRY BAR. THE PRY BAR SLIPPED AND SLAPPED THE TOP OF HIS FOOT.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING A 10X25 TIRE THE INNER RIM OF THE TIRE WOULD NOT COME OUT EMPLOYEE LAID THE TIRE AGAINST HIS UPPER LEGS HE USED A 2 LB HAMMER TO DRIVE THE INNER RIM OUT OF TIRE THE RIM FELL OUT OF THE TIRE FALLING ONTO HIS LEFT FOOT IT MASHED HIS BIG TOE AND BROKE 3 BONES BEHIND THE 1ST JOINT OF HIS BIG TOE EMPLOYEE RECEIVED A CAST BELOW HIS KNEE ON HIS LEFT LEG
EMP. WAS DRILING WITH AIR TRACK ON LEDGE AND ROCK FELW AND STRUCK EMP. IN LEFT EYE. EMP. WORKED REST OF DAY AND FELT DISCOMFORT THAT NIGHT,, RETURNED TO WORK NEXT DASY AND TEN WENT TO DOCTOR.
HE WAS HAMMERING ON SHEET OF METAQL & MISSED IT & HIT HIS LEFT KNEE CAP. HE HAD FRACTURED KNEE & PUT SPLINT ON IT.
EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING HAMMERS FOR HAMMER MILL FROM BOBCAT BUCKET WHEN A LOUD NOISE STARTLED HIM, CAUSING MOMENTARY LOSS OF CONCENTRATION. EMPLOYEE JERKED CAUSING HIS HAND TO ECOME TRAPPED BET WEEN BUCKET AND HAMMER. HE CHIPPED THE BONE IN HIS LEFT HAND PINKY FINGER.
THE INJURED WAS ON CLEAN UP DUTY WHILE PALNT WAS SHUT DOWN.HE WAS SHOVELING MATYERIAL FROM UNDER CONVEYORS ON 05-20-88.THE NEXT MORNING HE AWOKE AND WAS SENT TO THE DOCTOR HE WAS RELEASED FROM THE DOCTORS CARE ON 05-25-88.
EMPLOYEE WAS USINGA CUTTING TORCH TO CUT STEEL FOR FEEDER.MOLTEN STEEL DROPED IONTO HIS BOOT CAIAUSING A SECOND DEGREE BURN TO THE TOP OF HIS RIGHT FOOT.
HE WAS HAMMERING BEARING OFF SHAFT WHEN SLIVER OF METAL CAME OFF PUNCH & WENT INTO HIS LITTLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND. FINGER REQUIRED FOUR SUTURES.
DRILLER WENT TO DR CAME BACK WITH A RETURN TO WORK SLIP BUT HAD TO BE OFF AT 3-9-88 FOR A HERNIA OPERATION WHICH HE STATES HAPPENED ON THE JOB APPROX 3 YRS AGO NO ACCIDENT REPORT HAS BEEN FILE D HE IS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE IND NATIONAL GUARD
LARGE STONE WAS WEDGED IN JAW CRUSHER.EMPLOYEE WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO BREAK THE STONE.THE HAMMER GLANCED OFF THE STONE,STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE ON THE TOP OF HIS RIGHT FOOT CAUSING A BAD BR UISE.
EMPLOYEE WAS LEAVING SHOP THROUGH SMALL ENTRANCE DOOR AT THE SAME TIME ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS OPENING LARGE SHOP DOOR TO TAKE LOADER OUT. WHEN OPENING LARGE DOOR IT GOES PAST SMALL ENTRANCE DOOR . EMPLOYEE GOT INDEX FINGER CUT OFF AT 1ST JOINT AND MIDDLE FINGER MASHED ON LEFT HAND.
EMPL CLEANING S2OP BLDG.,LIFTED HALF-EMPTY BARREL OF OIL & RUPTURED GROIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS WA5KING TO SHOP WHEN HE FELL TO THE GROUND WITH AN APPARENT HEART ATTACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS TA5ING A BAG OF TRASH FROM THE OFFICE TO A BARREL AT THE REAR OF OFFICE. THERE WAS A ROCK OR OTHER FOREIGN OBJECT ON THE STEP, UNSEEN BY EMPLOYEE WHEN SHE STEPPED ON IT. THIS CAUS ED A LOSS OF BA5ANCE AND ULTIMATELY THE FALL.
EMPLOYEE WAS ST6FFING INSULATION IN A CRACK BETWEEN LOADER CAB AND CAB MOUNT BYDASH PANEL LOADER HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD CAUSING CAB TO BOUNCE, CATCHING EMPLOYEES FINGER.
EMP WAS POURING3AMONIA NITRATE INTO THE POWDER MONKEY, ANDD SLIPPED, FOOTING WAS NOT SECURE
AFTER LOADING B5GS OF ANFO IN BACK OF TRUCK INJURED RODE ON TOP OF BAGS A SHORT DISTANCE TO THE CAPS HOUSE WHEN BAGS SLID CAUSING INJURED TO FALL FROM BACK OF VEHICLE INJUREDS HEAD HIT THE MI NE FLOOR CAUSIN1 A LACERATION TO THE FRONT LEFT SIDE OF HEAD
EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING EUCLID WATER TRUCK UNDERGROUND. HE PULLED INTO PATH OF 35 TON MACK HAULER. HAULER HIT LEFT SIDE OF WATER TRUCK, BENDING DOOR INTO EMPLOYEE'S LEFT ARM.
AFTER I.NAME PU7 SHOT OFF ROCKS HAD FALLEN IN ROADWAY HE STOPPED TO REMOVE ROCKS AND STRAINED HIS BACK.
I.NAME AT PUG M3LL CLEANING HEAD PULLEY.TOLE EMPL TO START CONVEYOR BLET.I.NAME HAD WIRE BRUSH IN RIGHT HAND IT WAS BEISDE FRAME OF HEAD PULLET WHEN BELT WAS TURNED ON IT JERKED WIRE BRUSH INT O HEAD PULLEY W3TH RIGHT HAND WENT BETWEEN CONVEYOR BELT AND PULLEY.IT CUT MIDDLE FINGER AND BRUISE HAND MIDDLE FINGER NEED SUTURES.
EMPL TRAVELING 6NDER CONVEYOR BLET TO CUT WATER DOWN USE FOR DUST CONTROL.ROCK CAME OFF BELT COLLIDING WITH HARD HAT.AS ROCK HIT HAT THE BAND BROKE,HAT PUSHED DOWN ON HIS BROW CAUSING LACERATI ON TO FOREHEAD.4 STITCHES NEEDED AND ALSO TETNUS SHOT.
HE WAS GETTING 3NTO R-35 TRUCK TO BEGIN DAYS WORK. HE HAD WATER COOLER IN RT HAND HE WAS GOING UP LADDER WITH LEFT HAND ON THE HANDRAIL WHEN WATER COOLER SWUNG TO HIS REAR CAUSING HIS L EFT KNEE TO TWIST. 3
EMPL DRILLING F2R SHOT,LOADED SHOT WITH AMONIA NITRATE AND DYNAMITE,COMPLAINED OF NUMBNESS IN FACE AND ARM BEFORE NOON AND WENT TO DR PUT IN HOSPITAL FOR OBSERVATION.
EMPLOYEE WAS WE5DING ON THE NEW CONSTRUCTION SITE. STRUCTURE IN A BASKET OF A CHERRY PICKER. LEVER KNOCK HIM AROUND CAUSING HIS HAND TO GET CAUGHT AND TORE AWAY MEAT ON HIS THIRD FINGER.
I NAME WAS CUTT3NG A PIECE OF METAL WHEN SMALL PIECE SHIFTED CAUSING IT TO PINCH LEFT LITTLE FINGER.
LOADER OPERATOR3WAS HELPING START UP OF PLANT. HE WAS ENGAGING THE CLUTCH ON THE PRIMARY CRUSHER WHEN THE LEVER BROKE CAUSING HIM TO LOOSE HIS AXX BALANCE AND STUMBLE APP 6 FT DOWN A SLOPE WHE RE HE FELL ON H3S KNEE AND ELBOWS.
AS EMP HAD FINI8HED AIRING UP TIRE AND WAS PREPARING TO GAUGE FOR AIR PRESSURE, THE RIM SPLIT AND STRUCK HIM IN THE FOREHEAD. TWO LACERAITONS WERE IN EMPLOYEES FOREHEAD AND 32 STITCHES WERE REQUIRED 3
I,NAME WAS HITT3NG ON A PEN IN THE REAL END UNIT, WHEN A FRAGMENT OF METAL HIT HIM JUST BELOW THE LEFT EYE. THE CUT WAS CLEANED OUT AND WAS THOUGHT TO BE TAKEN CARE OF THE CUT NEVER LEALED UP AND WAS SENT T2 HANG IT CHECK OUT. A SMALL PIECE OF METAL WAS REMOVED.
HANDING 2 GAL C5N OF OIL UP TO HIGHLIFT OPERATOR
EMP WAS CLEANIN1 HOLES - PREPARING TO LOAD SHOT - A ROCK FELL - APPROX 3' LANDING ON SAFETY HAT OF EMPLOYEE WENT TO HOSPITAL FOR X-RAY NO INJURY- RETURNED TO WORK, PRESCRIPTION MUSCLE RELAXERS
EMPLOYEE WAS SC5LING A PIECE OF ROCK HIT THE BASKET ON THE STRATO TOWER. AND THROWING EMPLOYEE OVER AGAINST THE RAIL OF THE BASKET.
EMPLOYEE WAS CL9ANING OUT HOLES TO LOAD SHOT,AND STRAINED HIS BACK PRYING ON A ROCK.
EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING D8 CAT DOZER TO STRIP, THE HYDRAULIC HOSE BURST AND OIL BLEW ON HOT MANIFOLD, CAUSING A FIRE, WHICH BLEW BACK ON THE EMPLOYEE, CAUSING 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS ON HIS FA CE, HEAD. HE WA8 ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL ON 2-15-87. HIS DEPARTMENT WAS NOT WORKING THE WEEK OF 2-16-87-2-20-87 DUE TO WEATHER CONDITIONS AND NOT SURE WHEN WILL BE ABLE TO REUTURN TO WORK BECAUS
EMPLOYEE WAS IN3THE PROCESS OF SPLICING A CONVEYOR BELT WITH POCKET KNIFE. THE KNIFE SLIPPED THERE BY CUTTING AN ARTERY IN THE LEFT THIGH
EMPL PUT TOO MU7H PRESSURE ON OBJECT HE WAS PUSHING STRAINING HIS BACK.
EMP WAS HELPING3REMOVE AND REPLACE ELECTRIC MOTOR ON #3 CONVEYOR WHEN HE STRAINED MUSCLES IN UPPER RT RIB CAGE
EMP WAS BACKING3PAYHAULER ONT STOCKPILE STOCKPILE GAVE WAY CAUSING PAYHAULER TO TURN ON ITS SIDE
EE WAS HELPING 9EMOVE HAMMER FROM A HAMMERMILL. HE WAS HOLDING AN IRON BAR WHILE ANOTHER WORKER WAS HITTING THE BAR WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER. THE BAR WAS STRUCK A GLANCING BLOW CAUSING THE BAR TO JUMP MASHIN1 EES RIGHT LITTLE FINGER AGAINST THE HAMMERMILL.
EMPLOYEE WAS LI0TING BUCKET TILT LINK ON H-90E LOADER SO THE PIN COULD BE REPLACED TO HOLD IT INOT POSITION THE TILT LINK SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HANDS AND FELL CATCHING HIS LEFT HAND AGAINST THE B UCKET CAUSING L5CERATIONS TO LEFT INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGERS
I NAME HAD STEP1ED UP INTO 988B CAT LOADER BUCKET APPROX. 2 FT OFF THE GROUND TO LOOSEN A CHAIN FROM THE TOP OF THE BUCKET TO THE IMPACT CRUSHER THE CHAIN WAS WRAPPED AROUND THE TONGUE OF THE
CLEANING RIP RA1 MACHINE, TRIED TO PICK UP ROCK, CAUGHT BETWEEN ROCK AND STEEL BAR.
EMPLOYEE WAS STARTING DRILL DOZER WHEN THROW OUT HOUSING BROKE FORCING CLUTCH LEVER INTO GROIN AND ABDOMEN