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WHILE LAYING OUT A BLAST, A BLASTER WHEN WALKING WENT OVER A 36 FT FACE, WHEN THE GROUND BELOW HIM GAVE WAY. HE RODE THE MATERIAL DOWN TO THE FLOOR WHERE HIS HEAD STRUCK A ROCK CAUSING INJURY.
WHILE SHOVELING DIRT. DIRT BECAME STUCK ON THE SHOVEL. EE TRIED TO REMOVE THE DIRT, DISLOCATING SHOULDER.
EE WAS FILLING A GENSET RADIATOR EE WAS CLIMBINGDOWN OFF THE TRAILER WHEN HIS GLOVED LEFT HAND STRUCK A BROKEN INTERIOR PANEL CAUSING A TEAR TOTHE GLOVE AND A LACERATION TO HAND/
EE WAS CUTTING A BOLT LOOSE FROM A TRUCK. BOLT BECAME FREE AND HIT EE IN THE UPPER LIP.
EE WAS HAND STACKING AN IDLER ONTO A RACK BODY TRUCK, THE IDLER SLIPPED PINCHING THE EE'S HAND CAUSING A LACERATION.
EE WAS OPERATING THE 375 BULLDOZER ATTEMPTING TOPUSH DOWN A 15 FT HIGH WALL. EE HOOKED THE FACE WITH THE DOZER'S BLADE CAUSING THE HIGH WALL TO COLLAPSE ON THE DOZER AND THE OPERATORS COMPARTM ENT.
EE WAS MAKING RELIEF CUTS INTO BIT TO TAKE PRESSURE OFF OF THE BIT WHEN IT BECAME AIRBOURNE AND STRUCK THE EE S HAND CAUSING A COMPOUND FRACTURE.
A WING FROM THE JAW WAS RIGGED AND GOING TO BE LOADED ON A FLATABED FOR TRANSPORT. WHILE THE JAW WING WAS BEING LIFTED, THE RIGGING CAME LOOSE UNDER THE PRESSURE OF THE LIFT SRIKING AN EE IN THE HEAD.
EMPLOYEE WORKING 2ND SHIFT WAS OUT IN THE SPARE PARTS YARD IN THE DARK EQUIPED WITH A FLASLIGHT. EMPLOYEE DID NOT HAVE THE FLASHLIGHT TURNED ON.WHILE WALKING THRU THE YARD, EMPLOYEE TRIPPED AN D FELL INTO IDLER PULLEY.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A PRY BAR TO SLIP SKIRTING INTO PLACE ON CONVEYOR PRYBAR SLIPPED EMPLOYEES LEFT HAND HIT AN ANGLE IRON SUPPORT
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A UTILITY RAZOR KNIFE TO STRIP WIRE KNIFE SLIPPED & CUT EMPLOYEES RIGHT HAND LACERATION REQUIRED FOUR (4) SUTURES
EMPLOYEE WAS STARTING A CUT WITH A HO KNIFE OF SOME RUBBER BELTING. EMPLOYEE WAS MOVIGN HIS HAND BEHIND THE HOT KNIFE. THE KNIFE CAME OUT OF THE RUBBER AND WAS PUSHED UPWARD WITH HIS RIGHT HA ND AND CROSSED OVER HIS LEFT HAND CAUSING LACERATION REQUIRING 7 STITCHES.
EE WAS ASSISTING OTHER EE LIFTING A ROLL OF V BELT.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A WELDER,SOCKET SLIPPED FROM DRAIN PLUG CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO FALL FORWARD CUTTING LEFT AHND INDEX FINGER'S KNICKLE.LACERATION REQUIRED THREE SUTURES.
DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE CAUSING VEHICLE TO ROLL FORWARD IN REVERSE.ENGINE STALLED CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING,VEHICLE WENT PARTIALLY OVER EMBANKMENT.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING FINGER GATES IN THE CHUTES. EMPLOYEE STRUCK FINGER GATE WITH A HAMMER CAUSING PIECE OF METAL TO FRAGMENT OFF. THE FRAGMENTED PIECE OF METAL LODGED ITSELF IN THE UPPER L IP ON THE RIGHT SIDE.