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INJURED WAS REM2VING A CHUTE FROM A POCKET USING AN ACETYLENE TORCH THE CHUTE WAS SUPPORTED BY AN OVERHEAD CRANE ADN CHAIN SO THAT IT WOULDNT FALL TO THE GROUND WHEN CUT LOOSE INJURED WAS WOR KING BETWEEN TH9 CHAIN AND A HANDRAIL LOCATED ON THE POCKET WHEN CHUTE WAS CUT LOOSE THE CHAIN AND CHUTE SWUNG BACK AT INJURED STRIKING HIM IN THE JAW AND PUSHING HIM INTO THE HANDRAIL
WHILE USING A 7UTTING TORCH TO REMOVE A PIECE OF IRON THE INJURED ACCIDENTLY DROPPED THE TORCH AS HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE A PIECE OF WIRE THAT WAS OBSTRUCTING HIM WHEN HE DROPPED THE LIT TO RCH IT FELL INS3DE HIS RT LEATHER WELDING GLOVE CAUSING 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS ON HIS RT LOWER ARM TORCH SHOULD BE SHUT OFF WHILE DOING SOMETHING ELSE
ATTACHMENT: HAU5ING ORE FROM PIT TO CRUDE STOCK PILE ADJACENT TO PLANT.SHIFTED TRUCK INTO REVERSE,ENGINE STALLED LEAVING TRUCK WITHOUT PRIMARY STEERING OR BRAKING POWER.TRUCK BEGAN TO ROLL FOR WARD DOWN STOCK1ILE RAMP...JUMPED ONTO FROZEN STOCKPILE,DISLOCATED SHOULDER & BEGAN TO ROLL DOWN RAMP...STEEP ANGLE CREATED BY RIGHT TIRES GOING UP SIDE OF BERM..CAUSED TRUCK TO ROLL OVER TO
THE INJURED REC9IVED ANELECTRICAL ENTRANCE BURN ON THE LEFT SHOULDER WITH EXIT BURNS ON THE LEFT WRIST AND HAND AS A RESULT OF CONTACTING AN EMERGIZED ELECTRICAL SWITCHGEAR EQUIPPED WITH AN 80 VOLT GROUND CI9CUIT BREAKER. THIS OCCURRED AT A SWITCH HOUSE THAT SUPPLIED POWER TO PIT OPERATIONS. AT THE TIME OF INJURY, INJURED WAS CONNCECTING SHOVEL POWER CABLE TO SWITCH HOUSE WITHOUT F
INJURED CUT HAND WHILE REMOVING A BEARING FROM A SHAKER SCREEN. IN ORDER TO REMOVE THE BEARING A PIPE WAS INSERTED INTO THE BEARING HOUSING AND THE PIPE WAS LIFTED BY A GRAB HOOK FROM AN OVERH EAD CRANE. AS THE BEARING WAS BEING REMOVED THEGRAB HOOK SLIPPED AND MOVED ALONG THE PIPE HITTING THE INJURED\S HAND.
INJURED HURT HIS B ACK WHILE CHANGING OIL ON HIS TRUCK WHILE AT HOME. HE CLAIMS THAT PRIOR TO HIS INJURY HIS BACK WAS SORE. HE FEELS THAT THIS WAS JOB RELATED SORENESS ALTHOUGH HE NEVER FILED AN INJURY REPORT PRIOR TO HIS HOME INJURY NOR COULD HE IDENTIFY A SPECIFIC WORK INCIDENT THAT CAUSED HIS B ACK SORENESS
INJURED & WITNESSS WERE DISMANTLING A FRESHWATER PIPLINE TO FACILITATE DRAINAGE OF THE LINE. THE DISCHARGE OF WATER FROM PIPLINE CAUSED THE SURROUNKING AREA TO BECOME FLOODED. BECAUSE INJURE D DID NOT WEAT RUBBER BOOTS, HE ATTEMPTED TO REMAIN DRY BY LEAPING FROM ONE DRY ATEA TO ANOTHER. IN DOING SO, HE TORE MUSCLE IN CALF. KNEE HIGH RUBBER BOOTS WOULD HAVE ALLOWED INJURED TO WAS