EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ON A NEW SAND PLANT WHEN HECAME IN CONTACT WITH POISON IVY. IT SPREAD OVER BOTH OF HIS FARMS AND HIS UPPER CHEST.
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Showing all 45EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING SOME ANVILES FOR SPOKANE CRUSHER FROM THE GED OF A PICK UP & T HROWING THEM ON THE GROUND ABOUT 2 HOURS LATER THE EMPLOYEE HAD PAIN IN HIS BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING SOME SCREEN CLOTH IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION WHILE A FELLOW EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING HIM. THERE WAS NO LIFTING AT ALL. HE SAID HE TWISTED OR STRAINED HIS BACK.
EMPL BENT DOWN TO PICK UP GUARD RAIL AND STRAINED HIS BACK LIFTING THE RAIL.
EMPLOYEE WS REPLACING BEARING ON #39 CONVEYOR BELT ON TAIL PULLEY. BEARING HOUSING BROKE AND CAUGHT RIGHT HAND BETWEEN SHAFT AND FRAME. CUT PALM OF HAND AND CHIPPED BONE IN RIGHT THUMB.
EMPL REMOVING GEAR BOX FROM CONVEYOR WITH SLEDGE HAMMER,HIT SHIN WITH HAMMER.HAD TO HAVE 3 STITC
EMPL GOT HOT AND STARTED HAVING HEADACHES. Y
EE STOPPED EUCLID TO GET A PLATE OFF OF THE HAUL ROAD AND NEVER SET HIS PARKING BRAKES. EUCLID STARTED TO ROLL, EE RAN TO GET IN AND THE DOOR HIT HIS ARM. CAUSING BRUISE AND SWELLING.
EMPLOYEE WAS IN SHOP WORKING ON HAMMER. EMPLOYEE LIFTED HAMMER WITH THE CRANE IN THE SHOP. CHAIN SLIPPED AND BREAKER DROPPED ON HAND WHILE TRYING TO PUT BLOCKS UNDERBREAKER.
EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING SKIRT BOARD RUBBER ON PLANT WHEN KNIFE SLIPPED & CUT LEG EMPLOYEE HAD TO HAVE A TETNUS SHOT
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING UP AROUND SHOP YARD, WHEN HE STEPPED UP ON BUMPER OF TRUCK AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED & HIS RIGHT KNEE HIT BED ON TRUCK. SPRAINING RIGHT KNEE.
EMPL STANDING ON RECEIVING BOX ON CONE CRUSHER AND REACHED TO GET MED BALL BUT WHEN ROCK FELL AND CUT RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THUMB AND FOREFINGER.
WORKING ON CONE AT 42 WIND WAS BLOWING SAND BLEW IN EMPLOYEES LEFT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS REFUELING PIT PUMP AT PLANT 42 A BOULDER ROLLED DOWN AND ACROSS EMPLOYEES RIGHT FOOT CAUSING SWELLING AND BRUISING.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING EUCLID ON 10-11-88 WHEN THE PLANT WENT DOWN AND HE MADE AN ATTEMPT TO WALK TO WALK DOWN A SLOPE OF THE HEADER BANK WHEN HIS ARTIFICIAL LEG BUCKLED AND CAUSED HIM TO SLIP AND FALL DOWN THE SLOPE.
EMPLOYEE WERE LIFTING A BATTERY OUT OF BATTERY CASE OF A EUCLID. THE STRAPS THT ARE PROVIDED ON THEENDS OF THE BATTERIES. ONE BROKE LETTING THE BATTERY FALL TO ONE SIDE AND BREAKING EMPLOYEE S LEFT FOOT.
EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING UP SWIVEL BASE ON 6 X 16 SECREEN MOTOR TO INSTALL V-BELTS THE BAR THAT HE WAS USING FOR LEVERAGE SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER UNDER THE EDGE OF MOTOR BASE
MOVING FLOATING ROLL ON 4030 TRIPLE ROLL FOR ADJUSTMENT WHEN THE HYD RAM BUSTED THE UBOLTS THAT SUPPORTED IT THIS CAUSED A PIECE OF METAL THAT WAS LOOSE TO FALL AND HIT HIM IN THE BACK
HE WAS LIFTING A BULL GEAR COVER - HE LOST HIS FOOTING AS HE WAS PICKING IT UP AND HIS WEIGHT CAME DOWN ON THE COVER WITH HIS ARM UNDER IT CAUSING HIS ARM TO GET BRUISED.
THE MAN WAS ON HIS KNEES SHOVELING MATERIAL OUT FROM UNDER CONVEYOR WHEN HE TURNED TO THROW THE MATERIAL HE PULLED MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER RIGHT BACK.
DRIVING WEST ON US 84, WHEN A PICK-UP STRUCK HIM IN THE REAR IOF VEHICLE CAUSING HIS HEAD TO GOTHRU THE REAR GLASS ON THE TRUCK. THE OTHER PICK-UP WAS DRIVING APPROX. 60 MPH, MAN WAS BELIVED TO BE DWI.
GRABBED A PIECE OF METAL THAT WAS JUST TRACK WELDED. WELD BROKE AND HE PULLED METAL INTO THE FACE.
WAS WORKING OUT IN SHOP, GOT TO HOT HAD SHORTNES OF BREATH, UP SET STOMACH. HAD DIZZNESS. LAID DOWN FOR AWHILE. PEACHES BATHED HIM DOWN WITH COLD WATER AND GAVE HIM LIQUIDS.
FLASH BURN ON E2ES FROM BUILD UP WELDER.
HAMMER CAME OFF OF HANDLE-STRIKING HIS RIGHT KNEE.
EMP WAS CUTTING3A PIPE AT THE PLANT WHEN THE PLANT GAVE WAY CAUSING OBJECTS SUCH AS SCREENS AND IRON TO FALL STRIKE EMPLOYEE IN RIB AREA AND ON THE HEAD
IN MASABI HAMMERING ON BOULDER & TWISTED WRIST.
WELDING ON ROLL2R, REACHED ACROSS ROLLOR TO START ANOTHER WELD, SHIRT CAUGHT ON FIRE COULD NOT GET SHIRT OFF. BURN ON BACK.
WAS PUTTING SKIRT BOARD HOOKER ON TOP OF CONVEYOR GAURD ON BACK OF TAIL PULLEY. HE WAS TRYING TO BALANCE HIMSELF TO JUMP DOWN & HIS WEDDING BAND GOT HUNG ON WIRE, PULLING SKIN OFF THAT FINGER.
CLEARING ROCK OUT OF JAW, SWINGING BREAKER BAR & HIT HAND ON METAL ON SIDE PLATE.
PLANT MAINTENANCE-SLIPPED ON A PIECE OF ROCK & FELL. TWISTED RIGHT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS PU5LING ON A WATER PIPE AND SUBSEQUENTLY STRAINED HIS BACK.
EMPL DRIVING EU7LID IT BECAME STUCK IN MUD,ANOTHER EMPL I.NAME ASSISTED IN GETTING HIM UNSTUCK BY HOOKING WINCH CABLE ONTO EUCLID AND PULLING HIM OUT WITH DOZER,CABLE BROKE CAUSING EUCLID TO J UMP BACKWARDS C5USING I.NAME TO STRIKE HEAD ON JUARD RAIL.
WHILE WORKING O3 A WATE RPUMP, EMPLOYEE SLIPPED OFF SUCTION HOSE ON PUMP STRIKING HIS HEAD ON A LOG AND HIS LEFT LEG ON A PIPE ON THE WATER PUMP.
EE WAS WORKING 2N GRAVEL TRUCK WITH OTHER EES. I.NAME ATTEMPTED TO STRIKE A BAR WITH A HAMMER & SUBSEQUENTLY MISSED THE BAR STRIKING EE-I.NAME- IN THE HEAD & LEFT EAR.
EE WAS DRIVING A HAUL UNIT DOWN ROAD TO PIT & DID NOT SEE THE DITCH. WHEN HEE HIT THE DITCH IT THEN THREW THE HAUL UNIT & DRIVER INTO ANOTHER DITCH. BECAUSE HE WAS TOSSED AROUND INSIDE THE H AUL UNIT INJURY WAS CAUSED WHEN HE STRUCK THE INSIDE OF THE CAB. EE SUSTAINED LACERATIONS TO THE BACK OF THE HEAD & OVER LEFT EYE BROW.
EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING A BAR WHILE A PIN WAS BEING DRIVEN INTO A DRAGLINE CHAIN. WHEN THE HAMMER STRUCK THE BAR A PIECE OF THE HAMMER STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE IN THE HEAD.
EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING RAIL TRACK WHICH HAD SLIPPED OFF ON THE EUCLID HOPPER HE WAS USING A PIECE OF PIPE AS A LEVER TO LIFT THE RAIL INTO PLACE WHEN HIS HAND SLIPPED OFF AND THE PIPE STRUCK H IM INTHE RIGHT RIB SECTION.
EMP WAS ATTEMPTING TO KNOCK A CROW FOOT OFF OF A DRAGLINE BUCKET WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER WHEN A PIECE OF THE METAL FROM THE HAMMER STRUCK HIM IN CHEST
EE WAS COMING DOWN LADDER ON TO THE WALKWAY OF THE #2 BELT WHEN HIS KNEE GAVE WAY & HE TWISTED IT. EE WAS ABOUT TO GREASE #2 BELT.
WHILE PRIMING WATER PUMP & PUTTING PUMP BACK INTO WATER A CHAIN STRUCK EMPLOYEE SEVERAL TIMES ON THE LEFT LEG
AFTER WORKING ON FRONT END LOADER, EMPLOYEE RUBBED LEFT EYE WITH HIS HAND AND GOT GOREIGN BODY IN EYE.
OVERHEATED RADIATOR EXPLODED WHEN CAP WAS REMOVED THROWING SCALDING WATER ON EMPLOYEES BACK ARM AND LET BURNING SAME
CHANGING SCREENS AT PLANT SHOOT FELL HITTING ENPLOYEES LEFT LEG AND ARM
WORKING ON DRAGLINE, STEPPED ON CABLE AND FELL. RIGHT ARM HIT GUARD RAILS ON DRUM CUTTING RIGHT ARM.