HE WAS UNLOADING A 250' ROLL OF 4" PLASTIC PIPE WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND WAS BENT OVER BACKWARDS.
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Showing all 12EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING A PIECE OF STEEL FROM A PILE WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.
HE WAS DRILLING A RD IN A RAISE. 5 HOLES WERE NEEDED TO FINISH WHEN A SMALL ROCK FELL FROM THE FACE AND HIT HIS RIGHT KNEE. HE ALSO TWISTED HIS KNEE. THIS CAUSED HIS KNEE TO SWELL UP AND RESUL TED IN PULLED MUSCLES. THIS KNEE HAD BEEN HURT SEVERAL YEARS BACK.
EE WAS BARRING DOWN HIS RAISE AND A ROCK STRUCK HIM ON THE FOOT.
INDIVIDUAL HAD INSTALLED UPRIGHT TIMBER STULLS-HAD JUST FINISHED DIGGING A HITCH-MEASURED AND CUT THE STULL WHEN STANDING THE STULL A PIECE FELL FROM THE BACK AS THE STULL HIT THE GROUND AND S TRUCK THE INDIVIDUAL ON THE WRIST CUTTING HIS LEWRIST.
BARRING DOWN AFTER BLAST AND WAS CUTTING OFF SOME DAMAGED WIRE STRUCK WITH ROCK FROM MUD SLIP KNOCKED HIM DOWN COVERED PART OF LEGS
I.NAME WAS GOING TO THE HOSPITAL FOR A PHYSICAL WHEN HE HAD A PAIN IN HIS EYE. HE HAD THEM CHECK IT OUT AND RUST WAS FOUND. WASN'T AWARE OF WHAT HE WAS DOING TO GET IT. POSSIBLY BARRING DOWN.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN TO TURN OFF SWITCH WHEN HE STRUCK HIS FOREHEAD ON A LIGHT FIXTURE CAUSING HIM TO JERK HIS NECK BACK THEREFORE HE DEVELOPED A WRENCHED NECK.
EMPLOYEE PULLING TANGLED WIRE OUT OF GARBAGE PILE WHEN HE PULLED HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING TIGHTNESS OF BOLTS WITH A WRENCH WHEN THE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF A BOLT AND SMASHED HIS RING FINGER AGAINST THE BASE OF A CONE CRUSHER.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING A HOLE THROUGH TIMBER WHEN THE DRILL KICKED BACK AND HIT HIS UPPER RIGHT LIP.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS SCALING THE ACCESS DRIFT TO HIS HEADING AND WHILE BARRING DOWN ON ONE ROCK, ANOTHER ROCK CAME DOWN DIRECTLY ABOVE HIS HEAD OUT OF HIS SIGHT. IT STRUCK HIS FACE THEN BOTH LEGS BUT DID NOT PIN HIM DOWN.