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EE WAS CHANGING BUCKET TEETH ON THE 10-609 AMERICAN DRAGLINE. HE HIT THE TEETH WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER, A SMALL PIECE OF STEEL SPLINTERED OFF THE TOOTH & LODGED ITSELF INTO HIS LEG.

EE LACERATED LEFT THUMB WITH A RAZOR KNIFE WHILE RESPLICING A 3.0 CONVEYOR BELT.

MAKING A NEW BELT CURTAIN FOR ROD DECK, USING A HOLE SAW TO MAKE BOLT HOLES. AS EE WAS TRYNG TO REMOVE BELT PLUG FROM THE HOLE SAW USING A SCREWDRIVER IT SLIPPED AND WENT INTO HIS RIGHT HAND.

EE WAS KNEELING DOWN ON TOP OF A 2"RUBBER LINER THAT HE WAS CUTTING WITH A UTILITY KNIFE. THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND HE LACERATED THE SIDE OF HIS RIGHT KNEE.

EE WAS WORKING THE BACK OF A SERVICE TRUCK OFF LOADING SCREENS. THE HOOKED EDGE OF A SCREEN CAUGHT EE'S GLOVES PULLING HIM DOWN. WHE HE LANDED, THE HOOKED EDGED OF THE SCREEN PENETRATED HIS R IGHT HAND.

SCRAPING MATERIAL OFF GRIZZLEY ON POWERSCREEN, GOT OFF LOADER TO SHOVEL OUT TAIL PULLEY UNDER GRIZZLEY. WHEN HOPPER WENT EMPTY THE VIBRATION INCREASED AND A 6" TO 8" CLAY BALL FELL OFF THE SID E OF THE GRIZZLEY AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE ON THESIDE OF THE HEAD.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING WITH HAND TOOLS (WRENCHES) DOING CLEAN UP AFTER COMPLETION OF HEAD PULLEY-GEAR BOX WORK ON SECONDARY BELT.

CARRYING TABLE EDGE LINERS TO CANICA DESK WHEN A SHARP PAIN OCCURRED AT RIGHT ELBOW WHEN SETTING TWO EDGE LINERS DOWN ON CONICA DESK.

WORKING ON STARTER BOX FLASH BURNS TO RIGHT AND LEFT HANDS, FACE AND STOMACH.

EE WAS CUTTING A BOLT WITH A TORCH WHEN THE HOT BOLT FELL INTO A CRACK IN THE EE'S BOOT.

EE WAS INSTALLING A GRIZZLY BAR IN THE SCALPER. USED CRANE TO RAISE BARS UP TO THE SCALPER & THEN MOVED THEM INTO PLACE BY HAND WITH HELP FROM ANOTHER PERSON.

EE WAS CLOSING FEED DOOR ON C-1 MAIN FEEDER WHEN HANDSLIPPED ACROSS THE SIDE RAIL AND CUT THE EE'S FINGER. 3RD FINGER RT HAND.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING PVC PIPE 3" AND 4" FROM NEAR THE BATCH PLANT TO THE PIT TO HOOK UP TO A WATER PUMP. ALL OF THE PIPE HAD TO BE CUT AND LOADED ON A TRUCK THEN UNLOADED AND PLACED WHERE NEEDED. AFTER A COUPLE OF HOURS, HIS BACK BECAMEVERY SORE AND STIFF.

EMPLOYEE WAS TRIMMING BACK THE RUBBER & PLASTIC ON ELECTRICAL WIRES TO INSTALL LUGS AS EMPLOYEE WAS TRIMMING WIRES THE KNIFE SLIPPED & EMPLOYEE CUT HIS MIDDLE FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING THE KNIFE IN HIS RT HAND & THE WIRESIN HIS LEFT HAND

EMPLOYEE WAS EMPTYING A BUCKET OF TESTED MATERIALS WHEN HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK EMPLOYEE WAS BENT OVER SLIGHTLY DUMPING BUCKETS OF TESTED MATERIALS WITH AN UNDERHAND THROWING MOTION BUC KETS WEIGHTED APPROX 25LBS

EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING DG WITH BULLDOZER, BACK OVER A ROCK AND HIT HIS SHOULDER AGAINST THE BACK OF THE DOZER.

THE CONE CRUSHER FEED HOPPER WAS PLUGGED WITH ROCK, EMPLOYEE WAS USING A LARGE STEEL PRY BAR TO LOOSEN ROCKS WHEN HE STRUCK HIS ELBOW ON THE SIDE OF THE HOPPER.

EMPLOYEE WAS FUELING A 4X4 WATER PUMP. WAS CARRYING FIVE GALLONS OF FUEL TO THE PUMP WHEN HE SLIPPED AND TWISTED HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING BUCKET TEETH ON 992 LOADER. A PIECE OF THE TOOTH BROKE LOOSE WHEN IT WAS STRUCK WITH A HAMMER, A METAL PIECE FLEW OFF ADN STRUCK EMPLOYEE'S ARM.

EMPLOYEE STATES THAT WHILE AT WORK, HE HAS BEEN HAVINGA TIMGLING AND NUMBNESS IN BOTH HANDS AND ARM.

EMPLOYEE HAD JUST FOLDED BACK HEAD END OF CONVEYOR WHILE DISCONNECTING THE SLINGS FROM UNDER THE CONVEYOR THE CONVEYOR FELL SOME MORE WITH THE EMPLOYEE UNDER IT TRAPPING HIM IN BETWEEN HEAD P ULLEY SECTION & CONVEYOR FRAME HE WAS SITTING ONHEAD PULLEY GUARDS (1 /4IN STEEL) FELL ON HIS SHOULDER

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING TEETH ON BUCK, ONE WOULD NOT COME OFF. HE HIT THE TOOTH FROM BEHIND AND PART OF THE TOOTH SPLINTERED AND LODGED IN HIS ARM.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING AN EIGHT INCH BY 3/4" BOLT WITH A 3/4" WRENCH. HE PULLED HARD WITH HIS FEET UP ON THE CENTER WALL, INJURING HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE WS CHANGING A 5/8 RUBBER SCREEN IN THE HEWITT ROBINS SHAKER IN THE SECONDARY PLANT TOWER. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS ON ONE END OF THE SCREEN ATTEMPTING TO DISLODGE FROM TRAY. EMPLOYEE WA S BENT OVER SCREEN, PULLING UP ON SCREEN, WHILE A SECOND PERSON WAS USING PRY BAR TO DISLODGE SCREEN. AS EMPLOYEE PULLED UP ON THE SCREEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AREA.

HE WAS TRIMMING THE END OF A SIDE RAIL WITH CUTTING TORCHIN THE HEWEITT ROBBINS SCREENS. AFTER CUTTING, HE USED A PRY BAR TO REMOVE THE PIECE OF METAL, AS HE WAS PRYING HOT SLAG FLEW OFF AND GOT INTO HIS LEFT EYE.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING CANICA PARTS OUT OF A 55 GAL DRUM (ER-33 FEED CONE). HE COULD NOT PULL THE PART OUT WITH THE BARREL UPRIGHT. HE THEN LAYED THE BARREL ON ITS SIDE. AS HE PULLED THE LOWER PART OUT, HE DID NOT NOTICE A PART ON TOP THAT HAD NOT FALLEN OVER. THIS PART FELL ON HIS RIGHT THUMB.

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING FROM UNDER 7.1 CONVEYOR AT HEAD SECTION BEHIND COUNTERWEIGHT WHEN HE CRAWLED UNDER THE BELT TO GET DIRT HE COULDN'T REACH. HE STARTED SHOVELING WHEN THE HANDLE OF THE SH OVEL CAUGHT IN THE RETURN ROLLER BEHIND HIM AND JERKED THE SHOVEL FROM HIS HANDS AND THE SHOVEL BLADE HIT HIM.

A COLLAPSE OF THE SOUTH END OF THE .370 MANUFACTURED SAN RECLAIM TUNNEL OF APPROX. 25' OCCURRED ON MAY 6TH.

WHILE LIGHTING CUTTING TORCH FOR REPAIRMAN, A BACKFIRE IN TORCH CAUSED HOSE TO BURST NEAR LEFT WRIST. THE FLAME BURNED A SMALL AREA OF THE WRIST BELOW THE THUMB PAD. THE TORCH WAS FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON REMOVING THE SPEED SWITCH RETURN ON 5.1 CONVEYOR. HE WAS USING THE CUTTING TORCH, CUTTING OVER HIS HEAD. AS HE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF SLAG WENT INTO HIS RIGHT EAR.

REPLACING DOOR IN CHUTE, FELT PAIN IN MIDDLE OF BACK

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON THE SECONDARY CANICA VSI CRUSHER & WAS STOCKPILING PARTS FOR SERVICE HE STRAINED HIS WRIST PULLING PARTS FROM A 55 GAL BARRELL

EMPL LIFTING WATER PUMP BY THE HANDLE.THE PUMP OVERTURNED,SQUEEZING AND BENDING LEFT RING FINGER BETWEEN PUMP BODY AND HEAD.

EE WAS WALKING DOWN STAIRS FROM SECOND FLOOR TO PICK UP TOOLS FOR SCREEN JOB. HE MISPLACED HIS FOOTING ON 1 INCH CRUSHED ROCK ON STAIR TRED, AND TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE.

EE WAS DOING CLEANUP AND PICKED UP A LARGE PIPE ON CATWALK AND NOTICED BELT TRANINING WAS OFF. REPOSITIONED TROUCHING TRAINER, WALKED TO END OF CATWALK BY TAIL PULLEY AND STRUCK RETURN ROLLER BRACKET PIPE CAUGHT BETWEEN ROLLER AND BELT A SWUNG OTHER END OF PIPE AROUND, SMASHING EE S HAND AGAINST EDGE OF STRUCTURAL STEEL.

EMPL WAS CLEANING PUG MILL WITH LONG HANDLED SCRAPER. LEFT HAND HIT SIDE OF ONE OF BLADES.

EMPL WAS CHANGING 1/4 DRUM OF GREASE ON PIONEER CRUSHER. GREASE WAS IN BUCKET OF 980 LOADER & RAISED TO LEVEL NEEDED HE THEN MOVED IN BUCKET OF 980 LOADER & RAISED TO LEVEL NEEDED. HE THEN MOV ED DRUM FROM LOADER BUCKET WHEN HE FELT PAIN SHOT FROM BACK DOWN BOTH LEGS.

HE WAS WORKING WITH ANOTHER EMPLOYEE, REPLACING A TROUGHING ROLLER. BOTH EMPLOYEES WERE HOLDING THE ROLLER AND TURNING IT OVER. THE OTHER EMPLOYEE PUSHED HARD BEFORE HE WAS READY, TRAPPING HIS HAND BETWEEN THE ROLLER AND THE CONVEYOR.

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING READY TO SERVICE THE SWITCH FOR THE CANICA CRUSHER. HE FAILED TO DEENERGIZE THE ELECTRICAL SWITCH, AND THE MAIN GEAR EXPLODED.

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING THE TUB LINES ON CRUSHER. HE WAS REMOVING WORN PARTS FROM UNDER THE ANVIL RING. THE EMPLOYEE REMOVED MORE PARTS THAN NEED, CAUSING THE ANVIL RING TO DROP. THE RING FELL O NTO THE EMPLOYEE, WHO WAS PINNED BELOW IT FOR APPROX. 10 MINUTES.

EE WAS DISASSEMBLING SHAKER BEARING WHEN HE DROPPED A SMALL COUNTERWEIGHT ON THE TOP OF HIS RIGHT FOOT.

EMPL WAS SHOVELING MATERIAL AROUND CONVEYOR IN SECONDARY PLANT & FATIGUED RIGHT SHOULDER & ARM.

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING UP WHILE RUNNING A GRADER, AND IT HIT A ROCK AND JARRED HIS LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS TRIMMING SKIRTING OF THE KOLMAN RECLAIM CONVEYOR, WAS HOLDING THE BACK SKIRTING WITH HIS LEFT HAND CUTTING WITH HIS RIGHT HAND WHEN THE KNIFE SLIPPED OFF THE RUBBER AND PUNCTURED HIS LEFT HAND ON THE TOP BETWEEN HIS THUMB AND 2ND INDEX FINGER.

EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING ON TABLE ON TOP OF ROCK CRUSHER WHEN THE GRINDER SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HANDS AND TRAVELLED UP HIS ARM PAS AND OVER HIS GLOVES.

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING A SERVICE TRUCK WITH 54" SAND SCREW FLIGHTS (CAST IRON), A PIECE OF ONE OF THE FLIGHTS BROKE OFF AND WENT INTO HIS LEFT EYE.

EMPLOYEE WAS TRUCING TO HAMMER OUT T-BAR. THE HAMMER BOUNCED OVER AND LACERATED HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN THE NEXT T-BAR.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING CUTTING TORCH TO CUT OUT SNUBBER PULLEY AND A PIECE OF HOT SLAB WENT INTO HIS RIGHT EAR CANAL. EMPLOYEE HAD TO LAY UPSIDE DOWN TO CUT PULLEY OUT.

EMPL WAS MAKING REPIARS TO THE CEDAR RAPIDS WASH SCREEN WHEN THE WELDING LEADS GOT WRAPPED AROUND THE WELDER UPON CLIMBING ON THE BACK OF THE TRUCK TO UNWRAP THE LEAD EMPL LOST FOOTING AND STU CK R HAND OUT TO CATCH HIMSELF BUT STUCK IT DIRECTLY THROUGH THE FAN GUARD INTO THE WELDERS FAN

HELPING CHANGE INPELLARS IN CRUSHER STRAINED BACK LIFTING PARTS