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EMPL SLIPPED & FELL DESCENDING EMBANKMENT TO WORK ON #1A CONVEYOR DURING RAINY WEATHER CONDI-TIONS.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING THE ENGINE OIL LEVEL OF SCRAPER #974 WHILE FUELING THE FRONT ENGINE, WHEN THE DIESEL PUMP NOZZLE CAME OUT OF THE TANK FILLER NECK AND SPRAYED HIM.
54736YEE HAD HIS LEFT FOOT ON THE UPPER EAST SIDE OF #1A SAND CLASSIFIER BOX TO STEP OUT WHEN HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED BACK DOWN INTO THE CLASSIFIER AND STRUCK AGAINST THE LOWER FLIGHT SECTION CA 42957 HIS ANKLE TO TWIST.
54736YEE WAS REPLACING 2A CONVEYOR RUBBER SKIRTING WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE CONVEYOR FRAME AND HE FELL TO THE SAME LEVEL LANDING ON HIS RIGHT SIDE AGAINST THE CONVEYOR FRAME.
65007-11-92 EMPLOYEE CALLED IN TO REPORT THAT HE INJURED HIMSELF 07-10-92 WHEN HIS RIGHT KNEE BUMPED AGAINST #1 CONVEYOR HEAD PULLEY HANDRAIL.
EMPLOYEE WAS ON LEVEL GROUND ROLLING UP A 60' SECTION USED CONVEYOR BELT,WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK PUSHING THE ROLL OF BELTING FROM THE REAR.
EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING EYE PROTECTION WHILE INSIDE #1B SCRUBBER PAN REMOVING WORN SIDE PLATES DURING HIS SHIFT FROM 2:30PMTO10:30PM ON 05-28-92HE REPORTED BEING UNAWARE HE SUSTAINED AN INJURY & HAD JNO SYMPTOMS FROM HIS LEFT EYE UNTIL HE AWOKE THE MORNING OF 05-29-92
EMPLOYEE TILTED A 1'X4'X1/4" STEEL PLATE ON END AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO LIFT IT OFF THE SHOP PAD CUTTING TABLE WHEN HIS RIGHT ELBOW BECAME DISLOCATED.
AS EMPLOYEE STEPPED DOWN TO THE GROUND FROM THE LAST RUNG OF THE LUBE TRUCK LADDER,HE TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE ON THE UNEVEN GROUND SURFACE BELOW.
WHILE MAKING REPAIRS,EMPL WAS PULLING ON V-BELT DRIVE OF #1A ROCK WEMCO CLASSIFIER TOWARDS HIMSELF TO GET PROPER ALIGNMENT OF BULL & PINION GEARS.WHEN V-BELT SPUN FREE,FINGER BECAME CAUGHT IN SHEAVE PINCH POINT.
EMPLOYEE RIGHT BOOT BECAME STUCK WHILE STANDING IN MNUD TO PERFORM WORK ON THE SETTLING POND PIPE. AS HE LIFTED HIS LEG THE RIGHT FOOT REMAINED PLANTED CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON A 30" X 30" UINSECURED STEEL PLATE WHICH BECAME COUNTER WEIGHTED FROM STEEL BEING UNLOADED BY A FORKLIFT. AS EMPLOYEE STEPPED OFF THE PLATE IT FLIPPED OUT FROM UNDERNE ATH HIM AND CAUSED HIM TO FALL TO THE SAME LEVEL AND STRIKE HIS BACK AGAINST A 6" BEAM.
EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING DOWN 28" FROM A DOZER ARM AND HIS RIGHT FOOT LANDED ON THE TOP OF A 1" AIR HOSE HE WAS USING TO POWER HIS IMPACT GUN, CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS RIGHT ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A PORTRA POWER TO LINE UP BOOM SHEAVE BORE ON A 38B BUCYRUS ERIE CRANE PORTRAPOWER HEAD WAS PUSHING AGAINST THE SIDE OF THE BOOM WITH A CHAIN ATTACHMENT & CHAIN WRAPPED AROU ND THE BOOM POINT EMPLOYEE STOPPED THE PUMPING TO INSPECT THE BORE ALIGNMENT WHEN THE PORTA POWER HEAD SLIPPED OUT OF POSITION & STRUCK HIM
EMPLOYEE WAS PLACING A 6' LONG 2" X 12" WOODEN PLANK UNDER #1A CONVEYOR BELT TO REPAIR BROKEN LACINGS WHEN A SMALL SILVER ENTERED THE MIDDLE FINGER OF HIS RIGHT HAND.
EE REPORTED ON 7-19-91 THAT HE INJURED HIS BACK ON 7-18-91 CARRYING A COME A LONG 150 YEARDS TO 1 TOWER HE AWOKE THE MORNING OF 7-20-91 FEELING PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AND LEFT LEG AT WHICH POI NT HE WENT FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT.
EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING DOWN FILLING #16 CONVEYOR GEAR BOX WITH OIL USING ONE GALLON CONTAINERS WHEN HE STARTED TO FEEL SOME PAIN IN H IS BACK AFTER FILLING THE GEAR BOX WITH OIL HE TOOK HIS SCHE DULED BREAK THRU OUT WHICH THE PAIN INCREASED TOTHE POINT WHERE HE WAS UNABLE TO RETURN TO WORK
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING STEEL TO BE CUT INSIDE THE HEAD PULLEY PAN OF #18 CONVEYOR. HE WAS BRUSHING THE STEEL WITH HIS WELDING GLOVE AND THE WIND BLEW A PIECE OF RUST INTO HIS LEFT EYE.
EE INSTALLED HIS LOCK OUT LOCK ON 21A CONVEYOR TO PREFORM A BELT SPLICE. WHILE HE WAS WORKING ON THE SPLICE A SECOND EE TRIED TO START 22 CONVEYOR. BECAUSE THE CONVEYORS WERE MISLABLED 21A CON VEYOR WAS ENERGIZED AND MOVED FIVE FEET.
EMPLOYEE'S FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN HAMMER HEAD AND TOP EDGE OF ROAD SIGN WHILE HAMMERING POST INTO THE GROUND.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING CORNER OF RUBBER SCREEN CLOTH SECTION AND WAS ABOUT TO START DRAGGING IT ON CONCRETE SURFACE WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
HOLDING HEAD OF CUTTING EDGE BOLT LOCKED IN PLACE IMPACT WRENCH ON NUT CAUSED BOLT TO SPIN AND CUT THROUGH GLOVE IN PALM OF R HAND
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING TOP PULLEY SECTION OF FUEL ISLAND AIR HOSE COUNTERWEIGHT PIPE WHILE STANDING ON FORKLIFT WORK PLATFORM.PULLEY SLIPPED FROM RIGHT AHND AND TIP OF LEFT INDEX FINGER WAS CAU GHT BETWEEN RETURN CABLE WHICH WAS ATTACHED TO PULLEY AND TOP OF COUNTERWEIGHT PIPE.
EMPLOYEE HAD ADJUSTMENT LOCK POST OF CONE CRUSHER TURN UNKNOWINGLY WITH TAPER KEY INSERTED AND PINCH FINGER TIP OF LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN HOPPER BOWL AND TAPER KEY WHILE HE WAS REACHING WIT H RIGHT HAND TO PICK UP HAMMER TO TIGHTEN TAPER KEY.
LIFTED HOOD TO CHIP SLAG AND SLAG FLEW IN L EYE
PULLING BOTH HANDS AWAY FROM STEEL CUTTING L EBLOW BUMPED SPRAY BAR BEHIND HIM, LIT TORCH IN L HAN D TO ENTER GLOVE OF R HAND AND BURN WRIST
AIR HOSE GLAD HAND FITTING TWISTED LOOSE FROM 1" IMPACT GUN,BREAKING SAFETY WIRE AND STRUCK EMPL ON RIGHT SIDE OF HIS FACE.
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING MATERIAL OFF SC7 CONVEYOR AT TAIL PULLEY WITH ONE FOOT ON THE BELT AND THE OTHER FOOT ON REAR TAIL PULLEY GUARD. GUARD BROKE CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO LOSE HIS FOOTING AND FAL L 4' TO GROUND.
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING IN UNAUTHORIZED AREA ON A WOODEN PLANK 8FT HIGH WITHOUT A SAFETY LINE WASHING OUT PC2C HEAD PULLEY PAN WHEN HE SLIPPED HE HIT HIS BACK AGAINST A PIECE OF ANGLE IRON AS HE FELL
EMPLOYEE SAID HIS HIS BACK FELT SORE AFTER SHOVELING #2 FEEDER AND THEN WAS LATER AGGRAVATED WHEN LIFTING GUARD FROM #P-2 CONVEYOR. INJURY NOT REPORTED UNTIL 2/26/90.
WHILE USING IMPACT GUN, EMPLOYEES LEFT HAND WAS OVER CUTTING EDGE BOLT HEAD. WHEN IT BROKE LOOSE, IT SPUN AND CUT HIS MIDDLE FINGER.
EMPL RIGGING CABLES FOR DOZER TO PULL 100' PORTABLE CONVEYOR.AREA WAS VERY WET & MUDDY.EMPL TOOK A STEP,RUBBER BOOT STUCK IN MUD.EMPL FELL FORWARD AND PULLED CALF MUSCLE IN LEFT LEG.IN 45 MIN PAIN SEEMED TO RUN UP & DOWN ENTIRE LEG.
EE WAS CHIPPING WELDING SLAG WITHOUT WEARING HIS SAFETY GLASSES.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING ONE SIDE OF 50 TON FLOOR JACK WITH HELP OF CO-WORKER ON OPPOSITE END WITHOUT FIRST STRETCHING BACK MUSCLES
EMPL DESCENDING CATWALK #7 CONVEYOR.LOST HIS BALANCE AND SLIPPED ON CATWALK .EMPL SPRAINED RIGHRT HAND.THINKS HE MUST HAVE BUMPED HAND BY REACHING FOR HANDRAIL TO STOP HIS FALL BUT DOESNT REME MBER HITTING IT.EMPL DIDNT KNOW UNTIL 2 HRS LATER THAT HAND WAS SPRAINED.
WASHING FLOOR OF FEEDER USING WATER HOSE PULLING HOSE AROUND TO WASH FLOOR SLIPPED ON WET FLOOR.
EMPL WAS REPOSITIONING A LIGHTING STAND FOR WORK ON THE CONVEYOR THE LIGHT STAND IS APPROX 65LBS TO REPOSITION THE STAND THE MEPL WAS DRAGGING IT WHILE DRAGGING THE STAND HE FELT SUDDEN PAIN I NLOWER BACK
EE WAS SHOVELING BUILT UP MATERIAL FROM UNDER P-3 CONVEYOR WHILE SITTING ON HIS KNEES. EE TURNED RIGHT TO THROW MATERIAL OFF SHOVEL AND STRAIN HIS BACK.
MATERIAL IN SCREEN PAN SLID DOWN CAUSING HIM TO LOOSE FOOTING AND HIT LOWER R. LEG AGAINST SIDE OF PAN.
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING SAND FROM UNDER 4SA CONVEYOR NEAR 18 GATE WHEN SOME SAND STUCK TO THE END OF HIS SHOVEL BLADE AS HE WAS TRYING TO EMPTY IT CAUSING HIM TO OVER EXTEND & STRAIN HIS MIDDLE BACK
EMPL WAS KNEELING AT DISCHARGE END OF #2A SCREEN AFTER DRAINING OIL FROM SCREEN. EMPL HAD 5 GAL BUCKET ABOUT 3/4 FUL OF OIL APPROX 31 LBS. EMPL PUT ONE HAND ON WALKWAY PLATFORM & SET BUCKET OF OIL ONPLATFORM WITH OTHER HAND. HE FELT PAIN INLOWER BACK WHEN SETTING BUCKET ON PLATFORM.
EMPLOYEE HAD REMOVED A LINK FROM A DRIVE CHAIN ON A SMALL FEEDER, AND WAS IN PROCESS OF RECONNECTING THE CHAIN. THE EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING UP THE LINK WITH LEFT HAND & HAMMERING IN THE LINK WITH HIS RIGHT HAND. THE CHAIN SLIPPED AND THE EMPLOYEE HIT THE TIP OF HIS FINGER WITH THE HAMMER.
EMPL WAS PERATING TD-40 DRESSER DOZER AT APPROX 1:00 PM EMPL WHILE PERATING DOZER FELT PAIN IN RIGHT SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING A TRACK ADJUSTMENT CYLINDER FROM THE LEFT SIDE OF A DRESSER TD-40 DOZER THE CYLINDER IS MADE WITH A SQUARE END AT THE BACK AND THE DOZER A SQUARE HOLE AT THE BOTT OM OF THE FRAME. WHEN PULLING ON THE CYLINDER OUT OF FRAME SQUARE END DROPPED INTO HOLE PINCHING EMPLOYEES INDEX FINGER BETWEEN CYLINDER AND FRAME.
EMPLOYEE CALLED WORK THE NEXT MORNING AFTER HIS SHIFT HAD FINISHED HE HAD SORENESS IN HIS MID BACK THE EMPLOYEE HAD TAKEN UP A CRUSHER SHOVELED UNDER A CONVEYOR BELT AND RUN A SMALL DOZER DUR ING HIS SHIFT HE DOES NOT RECALL ANY INCIDENT HURTING HIS BACK BUT FELT THA T ONE OF THE ABOVE ACTIONS CONTRIBUTED TO THE SORENESS
EMPLOYEE WAS DESCENDING A LADDER FROM ENGINE PLATFORM OF A CAT 637D SCRAPER WHEN HE REACHED SECOND RUNG FROM FLOOR LADDER SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HIM EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS LEFT SHOULDER LADDER WAS NOT EQUIPPED WITH SAFETY SHOES WAS NOT A CO.LADDER & HAD BEEN BORROWEDD BY EMPLOLYEE FROM THE VEHICLE OF ANOTHER EMPLOYEE THE 637D IS EQUIPPED WITH AN ACCESS LADDER
EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING IN THE ADJUSTMENT OF A 4 1/4 FT NORDBERG STATNDARD CONE CRUSHER EMPLOYEES WERE ADJUSTING THE CRUSHER WITH A HAND CHAIN HJHOIST THE CHAIN BROKE AND HIT ONE OF THE EMPLOYE S IN THE LOWER RT LEG CAUSING CONTUSIONS AND LACERATIONS TO THE LEG
EMPLOYEE IS A WATER TRUCK DRIVER HE HAD STOPPED HIS TRUCK AND WAS CLIMBING DOWN OFF OF THE TRUCK WHEN HE STEPPED TO THE GROUND HE STEPPED ON A LOOSE MOUND OF DIRT ANDT WISTED HIS ANKLE
THE EMPLOYEE ST5RTING UP THE CRUSHING CIRCUIT AND HAD ALRADY STARTED CONVEYOR. THE EMPLOYEE NOTICED THE CONVEYOR BELT WIPER HAD SOME MUD STICKING TO IT. THE BELT WIPER IS MOUNTED TO THE UNDE RSIDE OF THE BE5T AND HAS A COUNTER WEIGHT ARM SATTACHED TO KEEP THE WIPER TIGHT AGAINST THE BELT. THE EMPLOYEE LIFTED THE COUNTER WEIGHT ARM AND DROPPED IT TO KNOCK THE MUD OFF THE WIPER. W
EMPLOYEE WAS CA9RYING A 10 FT PIECE OF 3/4 INCH X 2 INCH STEEL BAR APPROX 51 LBS INTO 1 SCRUBBER FOR MAINTENANCE. WHILECARRYING THE PIECE OF BAR INTOT HE SCRUBBER, THE EMPLOYEE FELT PAIN IN HI S LOWER BACK. 3