CRUSHER OPERATO9 WAS USING LOADER TO CLEAN AROUND CRUSHER.WAS BACKING DOWN INCLINE WHEN BREAKLINE BROKE.LOADER CONTINUED DOWN INCLINE TILL IT IMPACTED WITH DIRT PILE.LOADER TURNED OVER ON SI DE,OPERATOR REM5INED IN CAB.OPERATOR BRUISED LEFT HIP AND SPRAINED LEFT THUMB.
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Showing all 4OPERATOR WAS OP9RATING HOE-RAM BREAKING BOULDERS ROCK CHIP FLEW OFF BOULDER HIT RAM ARM CYLINDER RICHOCETTED OFF CYLINDER FLEW INSIDE WINDOW OF CAB AND STRUCK OPERATOR BELOW LIP LEFT SIDE CAUS ING LACERATION 9EQUIRING 2 SUTURES TO CLOSE
EMP WAS TRYING 7O CLEAR A JAMMED STONE FROM TAIL MOTION OF CONVEYOR, HE HIT STONE, STONE MOVED, RIGHT RING FINGER GOT JAMMED B ETWEEN HAND SLEDGE HANDLE AND TAIL MOTION
EMPLOYEE WAS IN VICINITY OF GRINDING OPERATOR. WIND PICKED UP FINE PIECE OF METAL AND LODGED IT IN EMPLOYEES LEFT EYE. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES AT THE TIME. EMPLOYEE SUFFERED CORNIE L LACERATION OF LEFT EYE.