EE PULLED BACK MUSCLE WHILE TRYING TO REMOVE FILTER FROM LOADER. FILTER WAS STUCK AND WOULD NOT TURN. EE STRAINED PULLED MUSCLE TRYING TO UNLOOSEN THE FILTER.
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Showing all 26EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OFF LOADER, HAD A JUG OF WATER SITTING ON TOP OF FUEL TANK. HE WAS STANDING ON BOTOM STEP HOLDING TOP STEP WITH RIGHT HAND. GRABBED WATER JUG IN LEFT HAND AND LOST BALANCE , FALLING AROUND TO THE RIGHT. HIS WEIGHT PULLEDHAND AGAINST RAIL AND INJURED HAND. EMPLOYEE WAS TOO SHORT TO REACH JUG FROM GROUND SO HE CLIMBED LOADER STEPS. HE FRACTURED ULNA/USING SPLINT.
WORKER WAS REPLACING FAN BELTS ON A HAUL TRUCK. HE APPARENTLY WAS USING A SCREWDRIVER TO GET THE BELTS OVER THE PULLEY AND BUMPED THE STARTER TO ROLL THE BELT ON. HOWEVER, THE MOTOR STARTED. T HE LEFT THUMB WAS SEVERED JUST PAST THE NAIL AND APPROX. ONE HALF OF THE LEFT INDEX FINGER WAS SEVERED.
HAMMERING WEDGES ON CONE CRUSHER, MISSED WITH HAMMER AND STRUCK HAND ON BRACE SUPPORTING PART OF THE EQUIPMENT.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A WAQTER HOWSE & LOST HIS FOOTING IN WET SOIL WHILE FALLING HE TRIED TO BREAK THE FALL WITH HIS RIGHT HAND & CUT IT ON A PIECE OF METAL LYING ON THE GROUND COVERED WITH MUD
EE LOST FOOTING AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED BETWEEN CONE CRUSHER AND CAT WALK INJURING LEFT SHIN.
EMPLOYEE CLAIMED THAT HE WAS REMOVING RADIATOR CAP FROM RADIATOR & HE FELT PAIN IN RT HAND EMPLOYEE CLAIMED THAT HIS HAND CRAMPED & COULDNT STRAIGHTEN FINGERS
ON 06-21-95 EMPLOYEE QUIT-06-22-95 EMPLOYEE CALLED AND REPORTED THAT HE HAD HURT HIS SHOULDER ON 06-17-95 WHILE WORKING ON CONE CRUSHER ON SATURDAY 06-17-95.EMPLOYEE REPORTED THAT HE HAD HURT HIS SHOULDER WHILE USING A SLEDGE HAMMER.
PLANT EMPLOYEES WERE DISMANTLING A 6IN WATER PUMP EE WAS WATDCHING EMPLOYEES DISMANTLE THE WATER PUMP HE WAS CAUTIONED BY TWO EMPLOYEES TO STAY CLEAR OF FRONT PLATE EE BRUSHED UP AGAINST PLATE & IT FELL ON HIS FOOT
EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING BY AUTOMATIC WELDER, BUILDING UP ROLL CRUSHER. HE WAS WEARING WELDING HELMET AT THE TIME BUT WAS NOT WEARING GLASSES UNDER THE HELMET HOOD TO PROTECT HIS EYES FROM THE BRIGHT FLASH OF NIGHT.
BACKED D-8 DOZER OFF EDGE OF BANK.
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OUT OF A EUCLID TRUCK AND LOST HIS FOOTING & HIT LEFT KNEE ON VEHICLE.
EE WAS BREAKING A LARGE PARTICLE OF GRAVEL THAT GOT STUCK IN GRIZZLE OVER HOPPER AND A PIECE OF GRAVEL FLEW UP AND HIT LEFT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS PLACING A 1/4" X 24" X 36" STEEL PLATE IN PLACE ON TOP DECK AT 6" X 16' HEWITT-ROBBINS SCREEN. STEEL PLATE'S PURPOSE IS TO PROTECT TOP DECK FROM AGGREATE FLOWING ON IT FROM CONVEY OR BELT.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING A SHOUT THAT EMPTYS ON CONVEYOR BELT & STEPPED DOWN TO GROUND & TURNED HIS RT ANKLE
FEEDER STOPPED UP A WITH A CLOD OF AGGREGATE EE PICKED UP AN ADJUSTABLE WRENCH TO KNOCK OUT THE CLOD. BELT CAUGHT WRENCH AND MASHED EE S THUMB AGAINST FEEDER OPENING.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING TEETH ON L-320 LOADER BUCKET BY USING A SLEDGE HAMMER AND PIECE OF METAL FROM ONE OF THE TEETH HIT EMPLOYEE IN NECK.
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OUT OF TRUCK LEFT FOOT SLIPPED OFF STEPS OF TRUCK & HE INJURED LEFT KNEE
EMPLOYEE WAS HAMMERING SCREENCLAMP BAR IN PLACE AND HUNG RIGHT HAND THUMB NAIL ON ANGLE IRON.
EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING IMPELLER OF PUMP HIS WRENCH SLIPPED EMPLOYEE LOST BALANCE AND HE HIT HIS HEAD ON MOTOR OF PUMP.
55061S ASSISTING PLANT OPERATOR REPAIR A CONVEYOR BELT. EE SPRAINED HIS BACK WHEN HE P ICKED UP A PIECE OF STEEL.,
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING A BOLT FROM REAR OF PICK-UP. HE WAS LEANING AGAINST TAILGATE, LOST FOOTING AND HIT LEFT SIDE OF PICK-UP, HURTING HIS RIBS.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING SCREENS ON 5 X 16 EL-JAY SCREEN AND HE LOST HIS FOOTING. WHEN EMPLOYEE LOST HIS BALANCE ALL OF HIS WEIGHT CAME DOWN ON HIS LEFT HAND.
EMPLOYEE BENT OVER TO PICK UP ROOTS AND CLAYBALLS OFF GRIZZLY OVER HOPPER AND SPRAINED HIS BACK.
EMPL REPORTED TO SUPERVISOR THAT HE HAD PAIN IN LEFT SHOULDER & NECK AREA. EMPL HAD OPEN HEART SURGERY IN 4UNE, 1988. EMPL WAS CONCERNED SO HE WENT TO SEE DOCTOR. DR STATED THAT COULD BE CA USED BY BLEEDING OR MUSCLE PUYLL. EMPL STATED HIS DR STATED THAT DISCOMFORT WAS NOT JOB RELATED.
EMPLOYEE WASON TOP OF SCREEN TO REMOVE A ROCK, HE TRIPPED AND FELL BETWEEN BRACE OF MOTOR AND BELT GUARD WITH ALL HIS WEIGHT LANDING ON RIGHT ELBOW (EQUIPMENT WASNOT IN OPERATION).