EE ALLEGED THAT A ROCK HIT HIM BEHIND LEFT EAR AT BASE OF SKULL WHILE SHOVELING ROCKS OUT FROM UNDER JAWS.
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Showing all 19MEPLOYE EALLEGES BACK STRAIN WHILE IN ENDUMP THAT WAS BEING LOADED IWTH BOULDERS. EVIDENTLY ON E OF THE BOULDERS JARRED THE ENDUMP.
EMPLOYEE HANDLING CREOSOTE TIMBERS- CREOSOTE BURNS TO ARMS.
EMPLOYEE HELPIN GRAIL CREW PULL SPIKES AND PUT SPIKES IN WAS USING SLEDGE HAMMER ALL DAY. THAT EVENING WHEN HE GOT HOME HIS MUSCLES TIGHTENED IN HIS BACK.
EE WAS HELPING TO CHANGE THE RAIL ROLLER ON THE BELT UNDER THE RIP PLANT AND TWISTED HIS BACK PUTTING THE TAIL ROLLER IN.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING UP AROUND THE PLANT, HE BENT OVER TO PICK UP A PIECE OF METAL & FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TOKNOCK A BOOM CYCLINER PIN OUT OF A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT. WHILE USING THE SLEDGE HAMMER HIS BACK STARTED HURTING.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING BETWEEN TRAIN CARS TO CHECK THEM PRIOR TO LOADING & AS HE WAS GETTING DOWN HE SLIPPED ON A PATCH OF ICE & FELL STRIKING HIS CHEST ON A PLATFORM ON THE END OF THE RAIL CAR
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING IN A LOADER BUCKET IN ORDER TO REACH THE SHAFT TO BE CUT OFF OF LOAD SECTION OF CONVEYOR. A PIECE OF SLAG CAME OFF SHAFT AND WENT INTO HIS RIGHT EAR.
EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING TRUCK ON PASSENGER SIDE TO CHECK IF HE WAS GETTING A FLAT. HE DISMOUNTED TRUCK AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL ABOUT 18" HITTING HIS HIP ON A FLAT ROCK.
EE WAS SHOVELING UNDER THE JAW CRUSHER BELT ANOTHER EE WAS FEEDING THE CRUSHER A ROCK WEIGHING APPROX. 20 LBS HIT EE IN THE CENTER OF HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING BESIDE RIP PLANT, CLIMBED ON A PILE OF ROCKS TO GET OUT AND HIT HIS LEG ON THE SIDE OF A TELEPHONE POLE.
SHOVELING FEEDER ONE FLATS FELL HIT L ARM
EE ON HIS KNEES SHOVELING UNDER TAIL PULLEY, TWISTED WHILE SHOVELING AND FELT SOMETHING POP. LEFT UPPER BACK STRAIN.
DROPPED SHAFT ON L THUMB
EMPLOYEE DRIVING PIN IN WITH HAMMER AND HIT HIS LEFT THUMB.
CUTTING LINER AND PIECE OF STEEL WENT UNDER SAFETY GLASSES AND GOT INTO LEFT EYE.
EMPLOYEE LIFTING HOOD OFF OF ENGINE. HOOD SLIPPED AND CUT RIGHT FINGER.
THE EE WAS FATALLY INJURED WHEN HE APPARENTLY FELL ONTO A MOVING CONVEYOR BELT THAT RAN IMMEDIATELY UNDER AN EL JAY ROLLERCONE WHILE HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF INVESTIGATING A PROBLEM WITH SAID ROLLERCONE. HIS INJURIES APPARENTLY RESULTED WHEN HE WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE MOVING CONVEYOR BELT & FRAME OF THE ROLLERCONE.