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THE EMPLOYEE ST5TES HE WAS BREAKING OVERSIZED ROCK WITH A DROPBALL WHEN THE BOOM CABLE BROKE APPROXIMATELY 14 INCHES FROM DEAD END. THE BOOM FELL APPROXIMATELY 60 FEET TO ROCK PILE WITH SHEAVE END BENDING OVE9 ROCK.
THE EMPLOYEE ST5TES HE WAS STANDING ON THE GORIUND PLACING ANVILS IN HOLDER BY HAND. THE ANVIL HOLDER TO THE RIGHT HAD A SHARP EDGE ON IT. WHEN THE EMPLOYEE LOWERED THE ANVIL INTO THE SLOT NEX T TO IT HIS THU4B CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE SHARP EDGE.
EMPLOYEE STATES3THAT HE WAS OPERATING A DUMP TRUCK HAULING STONE TO THE PUG MILL WHEN HE RAISED THE BODY OF THE DUMP TRUCK HE NOTICES THAT THE CHAIN ON TAILGATE WAS CAUGHT SO HE TRIED TO PULL CHAIN OUT & CAU1HT HIS FOREFINGER BETWEEN CHAIN & TAILGATE WHICH TORE OFF HIS FINGERNAIL
EMPLOYEE STATES3THAT HE WAS STANDING IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION HOLDING RUBBER STRIP IN HIS LEFT HAND HE WAS TRIMMING RUBBER STRIP WHEN RAZER KNIFE SLIPPED OUT OF RUBBER STRIP & MADE CONTACT WITH HIS LEFT HAND L5CERATING PALM OF HIS LEFT HAND
EMPLOYEE STATES3THAT WHILE STANDING NEXT TO & OVER THE CONVEYOR BVELTS TRYING TO PLACE A 2INX4IN PIECE OF WOOD AT DISCHARGE END OF THE FIRST CONVEYOR WHILE CONVEYORS WERE IN OPERATION EMPLOYEE S FINGERS WERE 1INCHED BETWEEN MOVING CONVEYOR & PIECE OF WOOD LOSING TIPS OF THIRD & FOURTH FINGERS ON LEFT HAND
EMPLOYEE STATES3WHILE STANDING NEXT TO & OVER CONVEYOR BELTS HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PLACE A 2INX4IN PIECE OF WOOD AT DISCHARGE END OF FIRST CONVEYOR WHILE CONVEYORS WERE IN OPERATION EMPLOYEES F INGERS WERE PIN7HED BETGWEEN MOVING CONVEYOR & THE PIECE OF WOOD
THE EE STATES T2AT HE WAS SQUATTING UNDER THE TRUCK CHECKING REPAIRS ON THE POWER TAKEOFF PUMP. HE COULD NOT TELL IF THE ROUND SHAFT WAS TURNING SO HE TOUCHED THE SHAFT WITH HIS LEFT HAND. HI S THIMB WAS CAU1HT BETWEEN THE 2 SHAFTS ON THE POWER TAKEOFF PUMP. IT TORE OFF HIS NAIL & SLIGHTLY FRACTURED HIS THUMB ON HIS LEFT HAND.
WHILE HAULING L2AD FROM PIT 1 ON HORSE-SHOE TURN STEERING LOCKED UP CAUSING TRUCK TO GO UP BANK AND OVERTURN ON ITS RIGHT SIDE.EMPL TOSSED ABOUT IN TRUCK CAUSING LACERATIONS AND BRUISES ON BAC K OF HIS HEAD A3D ON HIS LEFT THIGH.
EMP STATES HE W5S TIGHTENING DRILL BIT IN THE DRILL HIS HAND SLIPPED OFF HITTING THE TABLE EDGE AND CUTTING THE THIRD FINGER ON RIGHT HAND
EMPLOYEE STATES3THAT HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF EXITING THE DRIVERS SIDE OF THE PICKUP #1555 WHEN HIS RT FOOT SLIPPED ON THE MINE FLOOR THE SLIP CAUSED HIM TO TWIST HIS RT ANKLE
CLEANING UP ACC3DENTAL MATERIAL OVERFLOW.SHOVELING MATERIAL INTO WHEELBARROW AND TRANSPORTING IT ACROSS PLANT TO OPEN DOOR.PATH EMPL TOOK WITH BWHEELBARROW PASSED UNDER CONVEYOR BELT -AREA WIT H 4' HEIGHT CLE5RANCE.LOW HGT CAUSED EMPL TO BEND FORWARD WHILE PUSHING WHEELBARROW.TRIPPED OVER HOSE,LOSING CONTROL OF BARROW AND STRAINED HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE STATES3HE WAS GETTING OUT OF WATER TRUCK FACE FORWARD WHEN HE APPARENTLY SLIPPED & TRIED TO CATCH HIMSELF WITH HIS LEFT HAND. HIS LEFT HAND CONTACTED THE FAN ON THE MOTOR THAT PUMPS T HE WATER, SEVER9LY LACERATING HIS LEFT FOREFINGER.
EMPLOYEE STATES3THAT HE WAS STANDING ABOVE DIVERTER VALVE TO REMOVE PLATE & GASKET FROM BETWEEN DIVERTER VALVE & CONVEY LINE FLANGES PLATE & GASKET BOTH HAVE TABS ON EACH SIDE EXTENDING OUT PA ST DIAMETER OF 0LANGE FOR INSTALLATION OR REMOVAL AFTER REMOVING PLATE THE ONE TAB ON THE GASKET WAS PULLED IN BETWEEN FLANGES BY DUST COLLECTORFAN CONVEY LINE I PRIED THE FLANGES APART WITH
EMPLOYEE STATES3HE WAS USING A JACK HAMMER TO REMOVE A SMALL SECTION OF ASPHALT LOCATED AT THE TOP STEP TO THE EMPLOYEES CLOCKROOM WHEN HE LATER FELT SORENESS IN HIS NECK, BACK AND HAD HEADACH ES. 3
EMPL OPERATING 5OADER WHEN ENGINE SHUT OFF.THEN LOADER STARTED TO DRIFT BACKWARDS OUT OF CONTROL DOWN 25% GRADE.AFTER STRIKING DRAINAGE DITCH LOADER TURNED OVER ON ITS SIDE.OPERATOR THROWN INS IDE OF CAB CAUS3NG MULTIPLE INJURIES.
EMPLOYEE STATES3THAT HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PUSH TWO 50 LB BAGS OFF A CONVEYOR BELT AT EYE LEVEL HEIGHT ONE OF THE BAGS FELL BACKWARDS EMPLOYEE LOST CONTROL OF THE BAG AS A RESULT THE INDEX FING ER ON THE EMPLO2EES HAND WAS EXTENDED IN THE WRONG POSITION
EMPLOYEE STATES3HE WAS STACKING LOG WASHER TEETH ON A WOOD PLANK. HE STEPPED INTO THE BOARD TO GET INTO THE LOG WASHER AND THE PLANK BROKE UNDER HIS WEIGHT. THE TEETH SLID DOWN THE BROKEN PL ANK AND JAMMED 2IS FOOT AGAINST THE CATWALK.
EMPLOYEE STATES3THAT HE WAS STANDING ON LEFT CATWALK OF TRUCK, AT THE PARKING AREA IN THE QUARRY. WHILE ENTERING THE CAB OF THE TRUCK HE WAS HOLDING THE HAND RAIL WITH HIS LEFT HAND AND HAD HI S LUNCH BOX IN 2IS RIGHT HAND. I,NAME STEPPED TO ENTER THE CAB AND LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL 8' LANDING ON HIS LEFT ARM AND SIDE FRACTURING THE ELBOW AND WRIST ON HIS LEFT ARM.
EMPLOYEE STATES3THAT HE WAS CARRYING LOG WASHER TEETH FROM ELEVATOR TO STORAGE PLACE ON LEDGE NEXT TO STAIRS. HE HAD JUST STORED THE TEETH ON THE LEDGE AND TURNED TO WALK BACK UP THE STEPS. HE DIDN'T LIFT HI8 FOOT HIGH ENOUGH AND TRIPPED, FALLING FORWARD, AND STRIKING HIS KNEE AGAINST THE STEP.
EMPL OUT OF TRU7K FILLING IT WITH WATER. I.NAME STEPPED ON RUNNING BOARD LEANED IN TRUCK AND TURNED OFF PUMP ENGINE.EMPL BEGAN TO STEP BACK TO GROUND-LEVEL WITH LEFT FOOT,RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED OF F RUNNING BOARD3WHICH WAS WET FROM SPRAY BAR.HAND SLIPPED FROM HANDLE-ALSO WET.STRUCK HEAD ON GHROUND DURING FALL.
EMPL MAKING RIG2T HAND-TURN WITH SAID VEHICLE PRIOR TO BACKING INTO DRIVEWAY WHEN HE STRUCK ROCK WITH LEFT FRONT TIRE CAUSING STEERING WHEEL TO SPIN OUT OF CONTROL STRIKING RIGHT THUMB WITH SU PPORT SPOKE. 3
EMPLYEE STATES 2E WAS IN STANDING POSTION WITH BEARING HOUSING IN HANDS AND WAS PREPARING TO REMOVE SHAFT BY DROPPING HOUSING ON SECTION OF BOARD PLACED ON FLOOR. WHEN HOUSING WAS DROPPED ON FLOOR, HE HELD 2IS HANDS INSIDE BEARING HOUSING OPENING AND PACKING FLANGE. SHAFT CAME LOOSE AND FLANGE SLIPPED UPWARD LOOSE SHAFT.
EMP HAD HIS LEF7 HAND ON THE DOOR FRAME AND R HAND ON THE HAND GRIP ON THE SIDE OF THE CAB OF THE TRUCK. HIS RIGHT FOOT WAS ON THE TOP RUNG OF THE LADDER WHEN THE LADDER KICKED UNDER THE CATWA LK AND THE EMP5OYEE FELL TO THE GROUND
EMPLOYEE STATES3HE WAS WELDING SKIRTING BACK IN PLACE WHEN A PIECE OF SLAG FROM WELD FELL INTO CREASE OF PANTS BURNING THROUGH AND FALLING DOWN INTO BOOT.
EMPLOYEE STATES3THAT HE WAS LAYING ON THE BOTTOM DECK OF THE SCREEN, REMOVING THE SIDE PLATES. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE HIMSELF FROM THE SCREEN HE CONTACTED THE SHARP EDGE OF THE HEAD OF A S IDE RAIL BOLT W3TH HIS RIGHT FOREARM, RESULTING IN A LACERATION TO HIS RIGHT FOREARM.
WALKING THRU WO2DS SURVEYING TTIPPED OVER LOG THAT WAS COVERED WITH THICK OVERBRUSH.
EMPL RAISING TR6CK BODY AND HEARD AIR LEAKING.HE OPENED TRUCK DOOR TO LOOK OUT AND WIND BLEW DOOR SHUT ON HIS HAND.
LOADER HE WAS O1ERATING SLIGHTLY TURNED.WHEN HE TURNED WHEEL,FRONT OF LOADER STARTED SHAKING VETRY BADLY THIS CAUSED HIM TO JAR HIS BACK.
THE EMPLOYEE ST5TES THAT HE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF 1/2"JELLOID PLATE FROM AN 8'X12'PLATE.A SECTION OF THE PLATE HAD BEEN CUT,BUT DID NOT COME FREE.IN THE ATTEMPT TO BREAK IT.FREE THE LARGE SEC N OF THE PLATE 8LIPPED OFF THE RACK AND CAME DOWN,ABOUT 3"AND HIS FOOT WAS UNDER THE PLATE.
THE EMPLOYEE ST5TES THAT HE WAS KNEELING ON A WALKWAY WITH A BUCKET IN FRONT OF HIS KNEES USING A POCKET KNIFE TO CUT SLITS IN SIDES OF PLASTIC LID ON GREASE BUCKET. WHILE POKING THE KNIFE BLA DE IN SMALL OPE3INGS IN LID PUSHING DOWNWARD WITH FORCE, THE KNFIE CUT THROUGH PLASTIC WEB DOWN INTO THE EMPLOYEE S RIGHT LEG ABOVE HIS KNEE.
EMPLOYEE STATES3THAT HE HAD PREVIOUSLY WASHED THE SHIRT IN A SOLVANT TO REMOVE GREASE FROM IT. WHEN HE LIT THE TORCH, IT EITHER CONTACTED THE SHIRT OR IGNITED THE FUMES GIVEN OFF BY THE SOLVE NT. THE SHIRT 3GNITED INSTANTANEOUSLY AND ENGULFED FRANKS ENTIRE LEFT ARM.
EMPLOYEE STATES3THAT WHILE SITTING IN THE SEAT AND ENGAGING THE MASTER CLUTCH, THE DRAG RELEASED UNEXPECTALY AND STRUCK HIM IN THE SHIN.
EMPLOYEE STATES3THAT HE WAS GOING FOR PARTS WHEN HE STEPPED OFF THE BOTTOM STEP ONTO THE GROUND COVERED WITH ICE AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE.
EMP STATES HE W5S TRASNPORTING A 55 GAL DRUM OF 56% ACETIC ACID TO THE ACID PUMP STATION WITH A DRUM HAND TRUCK WHEN HE ACCIDENTLY CAUGHT HIS BABY FINGER BETWEEN THE HAND TRUCK HANDLE AND TH LID OF THE DRUM3HEATER BOX CAUSING THE LACERATION TO HIS BABY FINGER
EMPL STANDING IN FRONT OF ELEC PANEL IN BATCH ROOM CHANGING SWITCH WITH RIGHT HAND ON TOP OF COVER LID AND LEFT HAND UNDER LID WHEN HINGE BROKE,SMASHING FINGER BETWEEN LID AND BOTTOM LIP ON EL EC PANEL
EMPL WAS IN STANDING POSITION.LUMP OF MATERIAL WAS WEDGED IN GATE,EMPL TOOK SHOVEL HANDLE TO FREE IT.BELT CAUGHT END OF STICK FORCING HANDLE TO CATCH THUMB AND FORCED HAND INTO X-MEMBER CUTTIN G THUMB.
HE WAS KNEELING NEXT TO THE TRACK OF THE SHOVEL HOLDING A STEEL BAR WHICH WAS BEING USED TO DRIVE THE PIN WHICH HOLDS CHAIN TOGETHER THE OPERATOR OF THE SHOVEL WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO STR IKE THE BAR AND THUS DRIVE THE PIN THROUGH THE CHAIN LINK WHILE STRIKING THE STEEL BAR THE SLEDGE HAMMER GLANCED OFF THE HEAD OF THE BAR AND STRUCK I NAME IN THE LOWER RIGHT SIDE OF HIS SAFET
HE WAS STANDING ON RACK LEVEL SIDE OF FORK TRUCK LUBING RACK TILT PINS PIN ON THE SIDE WAS LUBED AND PRECEEDED TO LUBE OTHER SIDE MECHANIC REACHED ACROSS BETWEEN TRUCK FACE AND RACK BAR TO LUB
HE WAS HANDING FILTERS TO COWORKER FROM A STEP LADDER TO TOP MEZZANINE. WHILE HANDING CO WORKER THE LAST FILTER, THE LADDER SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDERNEATH HIM CAUSING HIM TO LAND ON HIS BACK ON S HOP FLOOR.
EMLOYEE STATES 8HE WAS RETURNING TO GUARD HOUSE WHEN SHE HIT HER LEFT LEG ON THE CORNER OF THE GUARD HOUSE ON THE CONCRETE.
EMPL STANDING IN FRONT OF DIESEL MOTOR WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CRANK START MOTOR WITH BOTH HANDS.DIESEL ENGINE KICKED BACKWARD CAUSING SUDDEN JERK TO EMPL LEFT SHOULDER AND BACK,PULLING MUSCLES.
EMPL REPRIMING 10\\ FREDERRICK IRON AND STEEL QUARRY PUMP.HE NOTICED PUMP HAD LOST ITS PRIME.HE WALKED UP TO PUMP ON EAST SIDE OPENED RELIEF VALVE ON TOP OF PUMP TO RELEASE WHAT AIR IT CONTAIN ED.THEN TOUCHED STOP BUTTON STOPPING PUMP IN ORDER FOR IT TO FILL UP WITH WATER SO IT COULD BE RESTARTED.HE STOOD 15\ AWAY ON WEST SIDE OF PUMP WHEN SUCTION LINE BLEW OFF AND HOT WATER BLEW B
EMPL REPLACING TOOLS IN TRUCKS TOOL CHEST AND LOST HIS BALANCE.TRIED TO STOP FALLING,LEFT HAND SLIPPED OFF TRUCKS SIDE CABINET DOOR AND WAS CUT BY SAME.
EMPL FEEDING JAW CRUSHER AND LARGE ROCK HUNG IN CRUSHER.HE LOWERED WEDGE BETWEEN ROCK AND CRUSHER TO FREE UP ROCK.PRESSURE ON WEDGE CAUSED WEDGE TO COME LOOSE AND FLY OUT OF CRUSHER.HE HAD HAN D HOLDING CABLE TO OTHER END OF WEDGE.CABLE PULLED HAND INTO FACE AND KNOCKED OFF HARD HAT.WHEN WEDGE CAME BACK DOWN IT HIS HIM ON TOP OF HIS HEAD.
EMPL GETTING READY TO WASH OUT SHORT BELT UNDER PRIMARY CRUSHER NOTICED SHAKER MOTOR BELT HANDING DECIDED TO CUT IT OFF.WITH GLOVES ON HE STARTED TO CUT BELT.WHEN KNIFE CUT THRU BELT IT ALSO C UT THRU GLOVE AND RIGHT THUMB.
EMPL PULLED 20\LEVER BACK AND SET PROP UNDER END OF IT,OPENING POT ON BIN.HE TURNED AROUND W/BACK TO LEVER FACING TRUCK.THE PROP VIBRATED OUT FROM UNDER LEVER,LEVER CAME FORWARD HITTING EMPL I N BACK OF HEAD KNOCKING HELMET OFF AND PUSHING HEAD FORWARD INTO MAIN SUPPORT BEAM CUTTING FOREHEAD.
EMPL REMOVING GUARD ABOUT 8\LONG AND IT SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HANDS AND CAME DOWN ON HIS RIGHT ARM.
STANDING ON 3RD STEP OF ALUMINUM STEP-LADDER LOADING DRILL HOLE WITH ANFO WHEN LADDER SLID ON WET FACE OF 60-1 HEADING CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO GROUND ON LEFT BUTTOCKS AREA.
HE WAS SCALING DOWN LOOSE MATERIAL FROM THE FACE W/A CHIPPING HAMMER GUN WHENT HE AIRLINE ATTACHED TO THE GUN FLEW OFF AND STRUCK HIS SAFETY GLASSES. SEVERAL PIECES OF THE SAFETY GLASS ENTERED HIS EYE AND A SHARP POINT ON THE FRAME OF THE GLASSES LACERATED HIS CHEEK.
EMPL PLACING ACETYLENE TANK ON SIDE OF WELDING MACHINE.LIFTING BOTTOM OF TANK WITH RIGHT HAND HOLDING TOP OF TANK IN LEFT ARM PLACING BOTTOM OF TANK ON THE RACK.THE TANK SLIPPED OFF OF THE RAC K CATCHING FINGER BETWEEN TANK AND RACK.