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EE WAS REAPRIING A FROZEN PUMP HOSE. HE WAS TRYING TO CUT THE HOSE WHEN HIS KNIFE SLIPPED OFF HOSE, CAUSING EE TO CUT HIMSELF ON THE UPPER RT. LEG.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING FROZEN ROCK OUT OF A JAW CRUSHER WITH A PICK.
EE HAD JACKED UP A TRUCK TO REPLACE A WHEEL, HE WAS PLACING BLOCKS UNDER TRUCK TO BLOCK IT UP WHEN HE STRAINED THE MUSCLES IN HIS BACK.
WELDING
REPAIRING PRIMARY CRUSHER, REPLACING METAL BARS IN CRUSHER. [LIFTING]
EE WAS GRINDING ON STORAGE BIN GETTING IT READY TO WELD, WHEN SOME RUST FROM THE BIN FLEW IN HIS EYE.
WELDING ON SCREENING SHOOTS & SLAG POPPED IN HIS EYE.
EE CLIMBING BACK INTO LOADER & CLOSED DOOR ON FINGER.
TRYING TO BREAK LOOSE A BOULDER LODGE IN CRUSHER, WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER.
EE WATCHING HAUL TRUCK DUMPING IN CRUSHER ROCK CAME OFF TOP OF LOAD, HIT GUARD RAIL BOUNCED OFF & HIT EE.
TRIPPED OPENING GATE - FELL TWISTING KNEE.
SPRAINED LOWER BACK WHILE LIFTING A PIECE OF METAL IN PLACE IN THE PRIMARY CRUSHER.
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING INTO HIS HAUL TRUCK WHEN HE RACKED HIS WRIST ACROSS THE EDGE OF THE DOOR AND A METAL BURR ON THE DOOR CUT HIS WRIST.
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVLEING LIME FROM UNDER TE MAIN BELT LINE HWEN HE HIT SOME HARD MATERIAL AND JAMMED HIS SHOULDER.
EE WAS MAKING REPAIRS TO THE BELT LINE. HE RAISED HIS HEAD UP AND HIS HARD HAT HIT THE LINE AND JAMMED HIS NECK MUSCLES.
EE FELL FROM THE DRILL AND LANDED ON HIS RIGHT HEEL.
EE WAS CHANGING THE BELT ON THE SCREENS. HE WAS PULLING ON THE RUBBER BELT, AND PULLED A MSUCLE IN HIS GROIN AREA.
WEATHER CONDITONS WERE ICY ON THE MORNING OF 12/28. EE HAD EXITED FROM HER PERSONAL VECHILE AND SLIPPED AND FELL ON THE ICE AS SHE WAS STARTING TO WORK.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING AROUND CHECKING THE MILL OPERATION WHEN WIND BLEW DUST PARTICLES IN HIS RT EYE
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING BINS TO LOAD THE STOCKPILE TRUCKS. WHEN HE PULLED THE LEVER TO OPEN A BIN, HE DISLOCATED HIS SHOULDER.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING THE PRIMARY CRUSHER, CRUSHING LIMESTONE, WHEN THE CRUSHER JAMMED BECAUSE OF A BOULDER. THE EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO DISLODGE THE BOULDER WITH A PRY BAR. THE PRYBAR SLIPPED AND HE TWISTED HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING 55-GAL BARRELS OF WASHING CHEMICAL.
EMPLOYEE WAS IN PROCESS OF CHANGING THE HAMMERS IN THE HAMMER MILL. HE WAS DRIVING A BOLT & FELT HIS LOWER BACK PULL.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A WATER PUMP OUT OF THE PIT. HE STEPPED ON A ROCK, LOST HIS FOOTING FELL ONTP HIS RIGHT KNEE.
EE TRIPPED ON AN ELECTRIC HOIST STAND.
LOWERING CONNECTING WIRE OFF THE 40' LEDGE EMPLOYEE LOST FOOTING & SKIDDED DOWN THE SIDE OF LEDGE TO FLOOR. FELL TO RIGHT SIDE BRUISING LEFT SIDE RIBS & HIP.
THE EE HAD BEEN TRYING TO FREE A BOLDER FROM THE PRIMARY CRUSHER AFTER HE RETURNED TO THE CRUSHER HOUSE HE NOTICED A SLIGHT IRRITATION IN HIS RIGHT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS HOISTING DOWN THE DUST CONTROL SYSTEM ON THE DRILL & GOT HIS RT FOOT UNDERNEATH THE SYSTEM RESULTING IN TWO BROKEN BONES IN HIS RT FOOT
ROCK HUNG IN PRIMARY CRUSHER. HE WAS TRYING TO DISLODGE THE ROCK BY TURNING IT ON AND OFF. HE LOOKED OVER THE SIDE OF THE CRUSHER WITH IT TURNED OFF AND THE ROCK WAS STILL SHAKING. ONE FLEW UP AND HIT HIM ON THE FOREHEAD ABOVE HIS LEFT EYE
EMPLOYEE WAS HAMMERING ON A WORE OUT UJOINT TO BREAK IT LOOSE FROM THE DRIVE YOKE, SO HE COULD REPLACE IT.
THE MILL WAS SHUT DOWN FOR THE LUNCH PERIOD. THE CRUSHER OPERATOR ASKED THE SUPERINTENDER TO LOOK AT THE BELT FROM THE PRIMARY CRUSHER SCREENS TO THE SECONDARY CRUSHER TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE O F SPILLAGE FROM THE BELT. THE SUPERINTENDENT GOT UP ON THE CONVEYOR AND FELL OFF, 14 FEET TO THE GROUND.
EMPLOYEE HAD WELDED ON A LOADER BUCKET AND WAS GRINDING DOWN.
INJURED EMPLOYE EAND A FELLOW EMPLOYEE WERE REPAIRING A PUMP HOSE THAT WAS DAMAGED BY FALLING ROCK (EARLIER IN SIFT DURING RAIN) WHEN LOOSE ROCK FELL FROM THE HIGH-WALL AND STRUCK BOTH EMPLOYE ES. THE FELLOW EMPLOYEE, WAS WATCHING THE HIGHWALL AND MOVED TO AVOID AN INJURY. ROCK HIT INJURED'S LEFT ARM.
54736YEE WAS DRIVING A PIT TRUCK. HE TURNED ON THE CAB FAN & LOOSE PARTICLES BLEW INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.
55061S ASSISTING REPAIRING THE MOTOR OF A 980B FRONT END LOADER. HE WAS PRYING THE MOTOR OVER WITH A LARGE PRY BAR. WHEN THE MOTOR MOVED, THE PRY BAR SLIPPED AND THE EE LEFT INDEX FINGER WAS M 24128ED BETWEEN THE HOOD AND THE PRY BAR.
EE LIFTED A 50 LB BAG OF ANFO FROM THE GROUND IN ORDER TO POUR INTO THE HOLE TO LOAD A SHOT. AS HE DID SO, HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE HAD JUST WATERED DOWN THE ROADWAY IN ORDER TO KEEP DOWN THE DUST AND WAS CLIMBING DOWN FROM THE LADDER ON THE WATER TRUCK AND PULLED HIS LOWER BACK MUSCLES.
ON THE EVENING OF 3-17-92, THE EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ON THE CRUSHER HAMMERS. WHEN HE ARRIVED HOME AFTER WORK, HIS EYE WAS IRRITATED. HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR AND THE DOCTOR REMOVED A FOREIGN OBJEC T FROM HIS RIGHT EYE.
TWO EMPLOYEES WERE ATTEMPTING TO MOVE AN ELECTRICAL PUMP FROM THE PIT USING A CHAIN THAT WAS ATTACHED TO THE LOADER BUCKET INJURED EMPLOYEE I NAME CAUGHT HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE CHAIN & THE LOADER BUCKET WHICH RESULTED IN THIS INJURY THE EMPLOYEE IN THE LOADER I NAME WAS IN THE LOADER AT THE TIME & DID NOT WITNESS THE ACCIDENT
I.NAME HAD BELT STOPPED AND WAS REACHING WITH HANMER TO HIT ROLLER.THE ROLLER WAS ALMOST TOO HIGH TO REACH.AS HE STRETCHED AND SWUNG AT ROLLER HE MISSED ROLLER AND FEET SLIPPED CAUSING FALL AN D LANDED ON RIGHT SIDE.
INJURED WAS USING A 35-TON WABCO TRUCK TO HAUL CRUSHED MATERIAL FROM THE BINS TO THE STOCKPILE. HE HAD STEPPED FROM THE TRUCK TO THE WALKWAY TO PULL THE HYDRAULIC VALVE TO OPEN THE BIN DOORS. AS HE TURNED HIS BODY TO REACH FOR THE LEVER, HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS UPPER TO MIDDLE BACK.
INJURED WAS CLEANING THE WALKWAY AND OPENING TH EPRIMARY CRUSHER ACCESS DOORS IN PREPARATION FOR THE CRUSHER INSPECTION. AS HE PULLED ON THE ACCESS DOOR, HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.
INJURED WAS BUILDING UP AND HARDFACING A SECONDARY CRUSHER'S HAMMERS. A PIECE OF WELD SLAG POPPED OFF THE HAMMER AND FLEW BEHIND HS WELDING HOOD AND GLASSES AND LODGED IN HIS LEFT EYE.
PLACING CAN OF ANTI FREEZE ON LOADER IN PREP WINTERIZE LIFTED IT TO SET IT ON WALKWAY HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK
PIT TRUC HAD SPILLED LARGE ROCKS IN ROADWAY. EMPL WAS HELPING REMOVE ROCK FROM ROADWAY. AS HE PICKED UP ONE OF ROCKS HE FELT BURNING SENSATION IN GROIN AREA.
EE WAS USING 1/4 INCH WELDING RODS TO REBUILD THE CRUSHER HAMMERS WHEN MOLTEN SLAG AND OR METAL DROPPED FORM THE HAMMERS AND FELL ON HIS LEFT FOBOOT BETWEEN THE METATARSAL COVER AND THE SHOE S TONGUE. IT BUTNED HIS LEFT INSTEP BEFORE HE COULD REMOVE HIS BOOT.
EMPLOYEE HAD HELPED LOAD A SHOT AND WAS CLEANING UP IN PREPARATION TO BLAST. AS HE REACHED TO GET A SHOVEL, HE FELT A PAIN AND A BURNING SENSATION IN HIS LOWER BACK.
STANDING ON CONV FRAME STEPPED DOWN LOST FOOTING FELL 5 FT
ROCK DUST
THE EE WAS USING A BAR TO PRY A BOULDER LOOSE. SAMLLER MATERIAL HAD LODGED ON THE SLOPED HOPPER WALL A ROCK APPROX. SLID DOWN AND HIT HIS RIGHT FOOT.