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HE WAS WORKING ON LEDGE HELPING TO LOAD A SHOT. HE BEN TDOWN AND FELT SOMETHING POP IN HIS NECK. HE WASN'T EVEN LIFTING ANYTHING.
A ROCK WAS LOEDGE ON THE PRESCREEN, WHILE TRYING TO PRY IT LOOSE IT FELL, BBOUNCED AND HIT HIS FOOT ABOVE STEEL TOE OF SHOE.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO GREASE A HINGE PIN ON A DUMP TRUCK. THE FITTING WAS PLUGGED WITH LIME, AND WHEN THE EMPLOYEE PUT PRESSURE ON THE GREASE GUN, IT RUPTURED THE HOSE CAUSING THE GRE ASE TO COME OUT THE SIDE OF HOSE.
THE DRIVE LINE ON A TRUCK BROKE, SO THEY TOOK A PULL CABLE & ATTACHED TO THE DOZER, WHILE DOING THIS THE TRUCK ROLLED AHEAD & HIT EMPLOYEE.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO DISLODGE A ROCK THAT WAS STUCK IN THE THROAT OF THE IMPACT BREAKER. A SMALL ROCK CHIP FLEW OUT OF THE BREAKER, STRIKING THE LEFT EYE OF THE EMPLOYEE.
26450ROCK BECAME LODGED IN THE IMPACT BREAKER, THE DOOR WAS OPENED IN ORDER TO RELEASE THE ROCKS. WHEN HE SHUT THE DOOR HE SLAMED HIS FINGER IN THE DOOR.
CREW HAD EMPLOYED THE CAT 998 LOADER TO ELEVATE SCREENING PLANT IN ORDER TO MOVE THE DOLLIES UNDER THE PLANT APPARENTLY SOME MUD HAD STUCK TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE LOADER BUCKET T HE EMPLOYEE WALKED UNDER THE RAISED BUCKET TO TRIP THE FIFTHWHEEL LOCK A CHUNK OF MUD FELL OFF THE BUCKET STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE ON HIS HEAD CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO THE GROUND INJURING HIS HIP & SHOULDER EM
UPON ARRIVING AT WOR SITE EMPL GOT OUT OF TRUCK & WALKED TO SHOP BUILDING. BAT SWOOPED DOWN & BIT HIM ON UPPER ARM BELOW SHOULDER BACK SIDE OF ARM. BAT FLEW AWAY SO EMPL MUST TAKE ANTIRABIES S HOTS. THESE WERE STARTED IMMEDIATELY AT LOCAL HOSPITAL.
HE WAS ASSISTING WITH REPLACEMENT OF HEAD PULLEY BEARING ON IMPACT BREAKER. CAT 980 ENDLOADER WAS BEING USED WITH CHAIN BEARING. AFTER REPAIRS WERE COMPLETED CHAIN WAS PLACED IN LOADER BUCKET. UNKOWN TO LOADER OPERATOR EMPL WAS ALSO IN LOADER BUCKET LOADER OPERATOR BACKED AWAY FROM WORK AREA & TILTED BUCKET DOWN CAUSING EMPL TO FALL ABOUT 6'. EMPL'S LEFT ELBOW WAS FRACTURED.
HE WAS HAOLDING ONTO THE HAND RAIL ON TOP OF THE TRUCK CAB WITH HIS LEFT HAND WHEN HE HIT A BUMP.THE DUMP BOX BOUNCED,PINCHING THE INDEX FINGER AND MIDDLE FINGERS OF LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE HAND RAIL AND THE DUMP BOX.
HE WAS HELPING A CUSTOMER REMOVE EXCESS ROCK FROM TAIL-GATE OF TRUCK. CUSTOMER OPENED TAIL-GATE, HE CAUGHT THE CONTROL CHAIN, AND THE TAILGATE CAUSED A PINCH POINT WITH THE CHAIN. THE MIDDLE FINGER OF THE RIGHT HAND WS BROKE NIN 4 PLACES, INCLUDING THEKNUCKLE ONT HE TOP OF THE HAND. HE POSSIBLY WILL LOOSE THE FINGER.
HE WA HELPING PUT A BRACE ON PLANT DISCHARGE CONVEYOR. WE WERE USING THE ENDLOADER WITH A CHAIN TO LIFT THE BRACE IN PLACE. TWO MEN WERE ON THE GROUND HOLDING ONE END OF THE BRACE. HE WAS O N THE PLANT CUASED THE OTHER END TO GO UP. THE CHAIN CAME UNHOOKED AND THE BRACE FELL, STRIKING HIM ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE STOMACH.
THREE MEN WERE PUTTING A DOOR LINER GRATE IN THE HAMMERMILL WHEN ONE OF THEM SLIPPED & FELL TAKING GRATEDOWN WITH HIM GRATE HIT HIM IN THE INSIDE OF THE RT.KNEE CAUSING PAIN & IMMEDIATE SWELL ING IT HAD RAINED ON THE 2(TH BUT AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT THE GROUND WAS DRY TEMPERATURE WAS IN HIGH 60 & DID NOT CONTRIBUTE TO THE ACCIDENT
EMPLOYEE WAS IN3A TRUCK,A WASP FLEW IN,HE SWUNG AT IT AND JAMMED HIS LEFT THUMB ON THE OVERHEAD "HEADACHE" BOARD.
2 MEN WERE WORK3NG ON THE V-BELT DRIVE OF THE CONVEYOR ONE MAN THOUGHT THE 2ND MAN WAS CLEAR OF THE CONVEYOR AND TURNED ON THE ELECTRIC POWER THE SECOND MANS RT HAND WAS DRAWN INOT THE PULLEY HIS HAND AND 0INGERS WERE BRUISED FROM THE PRESSURE OF THE PINCHPOINT NO SUTURES REQUIRED NO BROKEN BONES