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EMPLOYEE WAS RE8TACKING BAGGED PRODUCT WHEN HE LIFTED A BAGS TO PUT ON TOP.EMPLOYEE FELT A PULL IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS MO5ING WHEELBARROW FULL OF MATERIAL AND WHEN HE MADE A TURN THE WHEELBARROW TILTED AND EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS UPPER BACK WHILE TRYING TO KEEP IT UPRIGHT.
EMPLOYEE HAD CL3MBED DOWN TO ORE HOPPER AND WAS WALKING TOWARD THE MILL CONTROL ROOM WHEN HE REACHED THE #1 ATTRITION CELL HE SLIPPED IN WET CLAY AND TWISTED HIS BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS CU7TING A SHEET OF STAINLESS STEEL USING A HAND HELD ELECTRIC GRINDER THE WHEEL HUHG UP IN THE CUT CAUSING THE GRINDER TO KICK BACK THUS THE SIDE HANDLE STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN THE LE FT HAND 3 THIGH
EMP JUMPED FROM3PICKUP TRUCK WITH TOOLS IN BOTH HANDS AND RESPIRATOR AROUND NECK THE RESPIRATOR HUNG UP IN THE TOOS AND WHEN EMP STRAIGHTENED UP THE RESPIRATOR CAME LOOSE FLEW UP STRIKING EMP IN THE TEETH 3
EMP WAS STARTIN1 A RECYCLE PUMP. AT #4 HOLDING TANK. A DISCHARGE LINE LAYING OVER A HAND RAIL ABOVE EMPLOYEE MOVED WHEN EMPLOYEE OPENED A VALVE CAUSING A CLOD OF MATERIAL TO DISLODGE CAUSING I T TO FALL STRIK3NG HIM ON LEFT FOREARM. BRUISING SAME
EE WORKING TOO 0AST & NOT IN A SAFE MANNER.
EMPLOYEE SHOVEL3NG SAND AND TWISTING HIS LOWER TORSO WHILE DOING SAME.
WET CLAY AROUND3SCRUBBER AND CARELESSNESS OF EMPLOYEE
NEW EMPLOYEE AN8 HE FAILED TO USE DISMOUNTING STEP IN THE SIDE OF THE FORKLIFT AND DISMOUNTED IN ONE LONG STEP DOWN AND TWISTED AS HE LANDED IT HAD BEEN RAINING AND WORKING AREA WAS WET
EMPLOYEE DID NO7 FOLLOW LOCK OUT PROCEDORES-WHEN INSTALLING A 48V STARTER SWITCH,SYSTEM WAS OPERATING AND EMPLOYEE TOUCHED GROUNDED CONTROL BOX WITH A WIRE CAUSING ARC.
EMPLOYEE WAS GR3NDING A RUBBER COVER ON #1 SIZING SCREEN WHEN SOME RUBBER DEBRIS GOT HIN HIS EYES,HE WAS WEARING A WELDING HOOD AND SU LY GLASSES BUT WHEN HE PAUSEY AND RAISED HIS HOO D.SOME JPARTICL9S FELL FROM HIS HAIR INTO HIS EYES.
A PUMPING SYSTEM WAS ENERGIZED SENDING A SURGE THROUGH A 6 IN WET SAND LINE WHICH TRAVELS ALONG A MAJOR STEEL STRUCTURE THE 6 IN LINE BROKE SENDING ONE END FALLING 14 FT STRIKING TWO EMPLOYEE S ONE EMPLOYEE WAS NOT INJURED THE OTHER I.NAME RECEIVED A BLOW TO THE BACK OF HIS HEAD AND SHOULDERS KNOCKING HIM UNCONCIOUS HE WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR OBSERVATION
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING HIS TRACTOR-TRAILER COMBINATION HEADED NO.BOUND WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE HEADED SO.BOUND VEERED INTO NO.BOUND LANE RAMMING TRACTOR-TRAILER HEAD ON EMPLOYEE (DRIVER) WAS INJURE D BY HIS HEAD STRIKING WINDSHIELD CAUSING TWO SERIOUS LACERATIONS TO HIS RT FOREHEAD & SKULL DRIVER WAS NOT WEARING SEATBELTS PROVIDED
TRUCKDRIVER PERFORMING LOADING TASK HE DOESNT DO EVERY DAY-CLAY HAULING.SHOES PARTIALLY COVERED WITH SLIPPERY CLAY-MUD.EMPL FAILED TO USE HANDHOLDS ABOVE,LOWER HIS CENTER OF GRAVITY AND OTHERW ISE REALIZE POTENTIAL HAZARDS OF WORKING & WALKING ATOP 13\6\\ TRAILER. ...FELL FROM TRAILER CAUSING CRACKED LEFT KNEECAP AND OTHER INJURIES TO LEFT ARM.
EE WAS MOVING IN A HURRIED PACE ATTEMPTING TO MOUNT STAIRS. HE SLIPPED & GOUGED HIS RIGHT KNEE CASUING A SERIOUS INJURY WHEN HIS KNEE STRUCK THE EDGE OF THE STAIRS TEARING THE SKIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING NUTS ON BIG BIRD GEAR BOX BY USING 15" CRESCENT WRENCH AND STRIKING THE SAME WITH A 12 LB HAMMER, WHEN EMPLOYEE STRUCK THE CRESCENT WRENCH THE HAMMER BOUNCED UP AND CAM E DOWN PINCHING HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN THE HAMMER HANDLE AND THE HANDLE OF THE CRESCENT WRENCH
MR PRUETT WAS HOLDING A BOLT IN PLACE WITH HIS LEFT HAND WHILE DRIVING A BOLT INTO CONCRETE WITH A 2# BALLPEEN HAMMER THE HAMMER SLIPPED OFF THE BOLT AND MASHED HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER
ROLLERS ON MAST ON FORKLIFT STUCK IN UP POSITION AND EMPLOYEE REACHED IN THROUGH THE MAST AND PUSHED THE RAM FORWARD AND THE FORKS FELL PINNIN
EMPLOYEES WERE NOT USING PROPER TOOLS FOR JOB BEING DONE ALSO SHOULD HAVE ANCHORED END OF ROPE TO A RAILING.