EE WAS REMOVING BOLTS FROM STONE CRUSHER WITH RATCHET FELT PAIN IN RIGHT SHOULDER.
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Showing all 27EE WAS WORKING ON GEAR BOX OIL PAN ON SCRAPER. WHILE INSTALLING DRAIN PLUG, HE REACHED UP TO SCREE THE DRAIN PLUG IN, WHEN MATERIAL FELL FROM AREA OVERHEAD INTO HIS LEFT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING TIRES ON TRUCK AND IN THE PROCESS OF INSTALLING A RIM SPACER ONTO HUB. HE WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO TAP SPACER ONTO HUB. WHILE SWINGING THE HAMMER WITH HIS LEFT HAND ON THE HANDLE END AND HIS RIGHT HAND ON THE HANDLE ABOUT 6" FROM THE HEAD. HE MISSED THE SPACER & PINCHED HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN HAMMER HANDLE & SPACER CUTTING THE SKIN & TEARING NAI
EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO UNBOLT A V-BELT GUARD FROM ITS SUPPORT BRACE SO IT COULD BE REMOVED. HE HAD HIS LEFT HAND RESTING ON THE BRACE, WHEN PULLING OUT THE B0LT WITH HIS RIGHT HAND. WHEN THE B OLT WAS PULLED, THE GUARD DROPPED AN 1 1/2" & LANDED ON THE END OF EMPLOYEE'S THUMB.
EMPLOYEE WAS ADJUSTING THE CLUTCH OF A TRUCK WHEN HE CAME UP FROM UNDER THE TRUCK, HE FORGOT THAT THE CAB DOOR WAS OPEN AND CUT HIS HEAD. REQUIRING 5 STITCHES.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO LOOSEN UP A BEARING, WHENHE ACCIDENTLY HIT PART OF THE BEARING WHICH CAUSED A PIECE OF METAL TO PENETRATE HIS LEFT HAND BELOW HIS THUMB.
ROBERT WAS POKING STONE IN A CRUSHER. THE CHUTE WAS PLUGGED UP, SO HE STUCK THE POKER IN THE CHUTE TO BREAK A HOLE IN THE STONE, WHEN HE DID THIS, THE POKER GOT STUCK, AND WHEN HE TRIED TO PU LL IT OUT, HE PULLED A BACK MUSCLE.
PRYING A HEAVY SNUB ROLL OFF SUPPORT BLOCKS, THE CRANE WAS HOLDING THE WEIGHT OF THE SNUB ROLL BUT WHEN THE ROLL WAS PULLED OFF THE SUPPORT BLOCKS IT KICKED OUT, FLIPPING THE PRY BAR UP INSTAN TLY, CAUSING IT TO HIT THE I-BEAM ABOVE. HIS HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BAR HANDLE AND THE STEEL I-BEAM.
AFTER LOADING PAYHAULER, EMPLOYEE STEPPED FROM PLATFORM TO TRUCK SLIPPING ON PLATFORM & FELL TO THE GROUND BETWEEN THE TRACK & PLATFORM
SCREEN CLOTH ON WASH PLANT SPLIT AND IN PROCESS OF CHANGING IT EMPLOYEE PULLED MUSCLE IN RIGHT SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A HAND WIRE BRUSH TO CLEAN AREA OFF THAT HE WAS GOING TO WELD WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING GO INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.
EMPLOYEE STEAM CLEANING PARTS WHEN HE WAS DONE HE USED THE WAND TO CLEAN HIS LEFT BOOT OFF W/THEM STILL ON HIS FT. WHEN HE STARTED TO CLEAN HIS RT. BOOT & RAIN SUITLEG OFF HE MUST HAVE HAD WA ND ABOVE BOOT TOP & THE STEAM MELTED RAIN SUIT &THE STEAM BURNED RIGHT LEG CALF.
WELDING IN KNEELING POSITION, PIVOTED TO RIGHT WHILE ON KNEE AND FELT PAIN ACROSS LOW BACK DOWN INTO LEFT LEG.
WHILE WALKING STEPPED ON A STONE AND TWISTED R KNEE.
SLIDING WATER PUMP AND MOTOR ON FRAME THE MOTOR SLIPPED OFF ON R M IDDLE FINGER
INJURED WAS WALKING BACK TO HIS TRUCK THRU FUEL ISLAND WHEN HE SAW A FUEL CAP ON THE GROUND,HE BENT DOWN TO PICK IT UP WHEN HE STOOD UP HE HIT HIS HEAD ON THE CORNER OF AN ANGLE IRON BRACE,LAC ERATING HIS SCALP.
HOLDING A STRIKER WRENCH, ANOTHER WAS TAKING BOLTS OFF WHEN THE HAMMER BOUNCED OFF WALL HITTING LITTLE FINGER ON THE RIGHT HAND.
AFTER EARLY AM SNOW AND BEFORE THE CLEAN-UP PEOPLE GOT TO THE STAIRS,EMPL WAS LEAVING QUARRY OFFICE AND SLIPPED ON THE ICE AND NOW COVERED STAIRS AND FELL DOWN THE STAIRS HURTING HIS BACK.
TRIPPED OVER HOSE AND HIT HEAD ON SIDE OF COMPRESSOR.
LIFTING SCREENS AND TIGHTENING BOLTS ON SCREEN CAUSED BACK PROBLEMS.
HE WAS HOLDING THE STRIKING WRENCH USED TO TIGHTEN THE CRUSHER BOLTS, WHILE ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS HITTING IT WITH THE SLEDGE HAMMER. EMPLOYEE MISSED THE STRIKING END OF THE WRENCH AND HIT INJU RED'S FIGNERS.
ENTERING CRUSHING CHAMBER TO INSERT AN EYE BOLT FOOT SLIPPED LOST BALANCE AND FELL BACKWARDS ON HIS BACK AGAINST THE EDGE OF THE HOPPER
WHILE THE EMPLO2EE WAS WALKING THROUGH CRUSHING PLANT TO A JOB HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON SANDED ICE WHICH CAUSED HIM TO FALL AGAINST THE CONVEYOR FRAME CAUSING A BRUISED RIGHT LEG.
HE WAS HELPING TO CHANGE A WIRE CLOTH SECTION WHEN HE LIFTED THE WIRE CLOTH TO PUT IT ON THE SCREEN HE FELT A PAIN IN THE ABDOMIN AREA
EMPLOYEE HAD A BAR IN YOKE OF DRIVELINE ATTEMPTING TO ROTATE DRIVESHAFT WHEN THE BAR SLIPPED AT THE SAME TIME HE WENT FORWARD AND HIT HIS HEAD ON THE DRIVESHAFT
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OUT OF QUARRY DUMP TRUCK BODY SLIPPED ON EITHER THE BODY FLOOR OR THE STEP LADDER.
STARTING TO DRIVE KINGPIN BEARING CUP INTO FRONT HOUSING OF PAYHAULER 12 WITH HAMMER AND STEEL S/ CHIP FROM BEARING CUP BROKE AWAY AND HIT EMPL IN FOREHEAD.