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CARRIAGE ROLLER UNDER CRUSHER WAS STUCK. ATTEMPTING TO BREAK LOSE WITH A PRY BAR, WHILE DOING THIS CAUSED MUSCLE STRAIN IN ABDOMEN.
PER EE STADNING ON DOZER TRACKS BENT OVER TO RETRIEVE FUEL HOSE, TWISTED BODY AND BACK TO PICK UP. THIS PRESENTED BODY IN A TWISTED POSITION, CAUSED PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
GREASING TAIL PULLEY ON SHAKER BOX, STEPPED DOWN OFF OF CONVEYOR BELT ONTO UNEVEN ROCKY GROUND. UNSTABLE FOOTING CAUSED EE TO TWIST, CAUSING PAIN IN RIGHT HIP OR LOWER BACK.
RUBBER MAT WITH UTILITY KNIFE, ON UNEVEN SURFACE. UTILITY KNIFE SLIPPED, DUE TO PRESSURE APPLIED TO KNIFE HIT LEFT THIGH CAUSING LACERATION. RQUIRED STITCHES IN WOUND.
REMOVING BOLTS FROM TAIL PULLEY BEARING WITH WRENCH. SHOULDER ON BOLT HEAD WAS ROUNDED OR WRENCH SLIPPED OFF OF BOLT CATCHING SMALL FINGER OF LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE FRAME OF THE EQUIPMENT AND T HE WRENCH.
WLAKING ON NORTH SIDE OF FEEDER BELT, MAKING PREPARATIONS FOR MOVING FROM THIS SITE. SLIPPED ON ICE COVERED BY SNOW. INCIDENT HAPPENED ON 2-23-94, WAS NOT DIAGNOSED BY DR. UNTIL 3-24-94 WHEN E E'S DISCOMFORT DID NOT ABATE.
USING 9/16" WRENCH REMOVING AIR LINE FITTING, JAW OF WRENCH BROKE. FORCE BEING USED CARRIED LEFT WRIST AND ARM FORWARD HITTING METAL OBJECT CAUSING LACERATION.
USING HAMMER AND PUNCH BAR TO REMOVE LINER WEDGE PINS-EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO HIT PUNCH BAR WITH HAMMER MISSED, HAMMER CONTINUED ON PAST PUNCH BAR CATCHING FINGER BETWEEN HAMMER HANDL AND PUNCH BAR.
EMPLOYEE IN DOING NORMAL JOB OF REMOVING DEBRIS FROM SCREEN DECK HAD RETRIEVED A ROCK.WHILE STILL IN EMPLOYEES HAND TOP SCREEN DECK,WHICH MOVES UP AND DOWN CAME UP CATCHING FINGER OF LEFT HAND BETWEEN DECK AND ROCK.
PUTTING DOWN HIGH PRESSURE LINE WHEN CLAMP ON AIR HOSE CAME LOOSE ALLOWING AIR HOSE TO BECOME DISCONNECTED HOSE THEN STRUCK BETWEEN THE LEGS I NAME DID GO TO DR AT GOLDEN MEDICAL CLINIC HE WAS DIAGNOSED TIWH CONTUSIONS N THE TESTICALS
I NAME WAS REMOVING THE PULLEY GUARD TO CHECK BELTS HE REMOVED THE BOLTS FROM TOPTO BOTTOM CREATING A SITUATION WHERE THE GUARD ROTATED ON THE LOWER BOLT STRIKING HIS HARD HAT WHICH CAME DOWN CAUSING A LACERATION ON THE NOSE HE WAS TREAT EDBY A PHYSICIAN & RELEASED TO DUTY
ADJUSTING ROLLS ON CRUSHER WITH BREAK OVER BAR REDUCER SOCKET COMBINATION PUTTING TENSION ON THE ADJUSTMENT BOLTS REDUCER BROKE AND THE BAR HIT HIM IN R KNEE
CAUGHT THUMB OF RIGHT HAND N TIRE WHEN RAISING REACHING TO REMOVE LOOSE WOOD FROM CATWALK ON MAIN CRUSHER. HE WAS TREATED AT THE MEDICAL CENTER FOR CONTUSION OF THE RIGHT THUMB AND RELEASED TO DUTY WEARING A THUMB SPLINT.
EMPL WAS CLEANING OFF GREASE ZERK FOR SERVICING FOREIGN PARTICAL ENTERED LEFT EYE. EMPL WENT FOR MEDICAL ATTENTION & WAS RELEASED TO DUTY. ACCORDING TO EMPLOYER SAFETY GLASSES WERE REMOVED TO SEE BETTER. PROPER GLASSES ARE BEING PROVICED BYCOUNTY AT NO EXPENSE TO EMPLEES &WERE REMOVED TOTALLYAT DISCRETION OF EMPL.
HIGH GUSTING WINDS & AIRBORNE PARTICLES WERE PRESENT AT TIME EMPL WAS UNHOOKING DRAIN HOSE AT END OF SHIFT. CHIP OF ROCK WAS BLOWN INTO EYE. HE WAS ATTENDED BY DR ON 2/13 GIVEN EYE DROPS & RET URNED TO WORK.
INSTALLING PLATE ON CRUSHER IN AREA ATTEMPTING TO HOLD PLATE FOR TACK WELDING IT SLIPPED AND HIT IN MOUTH CHIPPING 2 TEETH. MOUTH CONTUSION
HH WAS REPAIRING A CRUSHER CONVEYOR BELT WITH A FLEXCO BELT SPLICER. HE WAS WORKING IN CRAMPED GQUARTER WITH A HAMMER AND CHISEL WHEN HE SLIPPED AND HIT HIS HAND. HE WAS ATTENDED BY A PHYSICIA N AND DIAGNOSED AS CONTUSION AND SUPERFICIAL ABRASION OF THE LEFT HAND. A SPLINT WAS PUT ON AND HE RETURNED TO WORK.
MOVING & LIFTING SELF CONTAINED PORTABLE WATER PUMP WEIGHING APPROX 50 LBS AT POND TO DRAW WATER FOR CRUSHER. IN PROCESS OF LIFTING HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER LEFT SIDE & WAS TAKEN TO CLINIC FOR ME DICAL ATTENTION.
HH WAS GRINDING METAL WITH A PORTABLE GRINDER. HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES WITH SIDE SHIELDS. A FOREIGN FRAGMENT FROM THE GRINDING DID ENTER THE RIGHT EYE. HE WAS ATTENDED BY A PHYSICIAN AT THE CONIFER MEDICAL CLINIC AND RETURNED TO WORK.
REMOVING LOCK NUT ON DRIVE GEAR ON SECONDARY CRUHSER, THE HANDLE BROKE ON THE SOCKET HITTING I NAME IN THE JAW RESULTING IN FACICAL CONTUSIONS FRACTURED TEETH AND BRIDGE REPLACEMENT.
HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO DISENGAGE FIFTH WHEEL PIN ON CRUSHER FEEDER. APPARENTLY THE PIN WAS STUCK AND REQUIRED EXCESSIVE TENSION ON THE LEVER. THE PIN RELEASED UNEXPECTEDLY, CAUSING A BACKLASH TO THE LEFT ARM AND SHOULDER. TREATED AT FAMILY MEDICAL CENTER AT GOLDEN FOR STRAIN AND NOT ALLOWED TO RETURN TO FULL ACTIVITY.
I,NAME WAS REMOVING MATERIAL NEAR SUPPORT BLOCKS FOR THE FEEDER. AS HE STEPPED DOWN ON THE SHOVEL, IT TURNED AND TWISTED THE WRIST OF HIS RIGHT HAND. THIS RESULTED IN A CONTUSION/SPRAIN OF THE RIGHT WRIST. HE WENT TO A MEDICAL CENTER ON 5/12 AFTER WORK. ON A 5/15 REINSPECTION, HE WAS RELEASED TO DUTY FOR 5/16.
I NAME WAS WORKING AT REPLACING A BEARING AT A HIGHLY INACCESSABLE LOCATION ON A RETURN CONVEYOR TO THE SECONDAR6Y CRUSHER HE TWISTED SLIGHTLY FELT A PAIN IN H IS NECK& RT SHOULDER AREA HE WAS ATTENDED BY HIS OWN PHYCISIAN LATER THAT EVENING WHO GAVE HIM SOME MEDICINE & HE RETURNED TO WLRK THE FOLLOWING DAY ON APRIL 11 HE WAS SENT TO A CUNTY DESIGNATED PROVIDER MEDICAL WHERE HE WAS
WHILE WELDING, PIECE OF METAL OR SLAG GOT UNDER WELDING HOOD. WENT TO DOCTOR FOR REMOVAL.
CLEANING CRUSHER SCREENS & PLATFORM ON PRIMARY CRUSHER WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER
DESCENDING LADDER FROM CONTROL SHACK WHICH IS MOUNTED ON TRAILER TO GET TO GROUND PUT BALL OR FOOT INSTEAD OF INSTEP ON ROUND STEP & SUFFERED MUSCLE SPRAIN IN LOWER RT.LEG FROM PRESSURE/MOVE MENT
CLEANING ROCK F9OM CONVEYOR BELT FALLING ROCK GLANCED & STRUCK HIM BEHIND RT.EAR CAUSING LACERATION & BLEEDING HE WAS TAKEN TO A PHYSICIAN & RELEASED TO FULL DUTY
TRYING TO MOVE 6AR-TWISTED BACK .SUFFICIENT PAIN -WENT TO FAMILY URGENT CARE CLINIC.SHOULD BE RELEASED TO FULL DUTY 9-2-86.
SOMETIME DURING3THE DAY OF THE 19TH, A ROCK WAS EVIDENTLY LODGED IN THE CORNEA OF THE RIGHT EYE. LATER IRRITATION CAUSED I NAME TO BE ATTENDED BY A PHYSICIAN ON THE 21ST.
EMPLOYEE WAS LI0TING TIMBERS USED FOR SHORING INTO LOADER BUCKET. IN PROCESS OF LIFTING, SUFFERED SEVERE PAIN IN LOWER BACK SUFFICIENT TO BE ATTENDED BY PHYSICIAN.
EMPLOYEE WENT T2 GET OUT OF THE LOADER SLIPPED ON STEP AND FELL TO THE GROUND
WHILE CLIMBING 8ONW THE CRUSHER LADDER THE EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL TO THE GROUND THIS RESULTED IN A SPRAINED LEFT ANKLE AND HAIRLINE CRACK IN BONE
TWO EMPLOYEES WERE CARRYING A CRUSHER SCREEN ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES DROPPED HIS SIDE OF SCREEN RESULTING SUDDEN CHANG IN WEIGHT CAUSED A V-TYPE LACERATION ON MIDDLE FINGER OF EMPLOYEES RT HAND
WHILE CHANGING BITS ON A LOADER BUCKET ONE OF THE BITS FELL ON THE INSTEP OF EMPLOYEES LEFT FOOT
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING OFF CRUSHER WHEN HE FELT A PULL IN HIS LOWER BACK THIS PAIN BECAME WORSE OVER THE WEEKEND