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EE WAS IN HOPPER TRYING TO BREAK UP A LODGED ROCK WHEN A ROCK FROM TOP BIN BELL LANDING ON HIS RIGHT FOOT. STEEL TOE SHOES TOOK MOST OF THE IMPACT BUT TOP PART OF FOOT WAS SKINNED & BRUISED [C ONTUSION OF L. FOOT.]
THE PLANT WAS NOT OPERATING DUE TO RAIN. EMPLOYEES WERE CLEANING UP AROUND YARD, CUTTING WEEDS, BRUSH AND TRIMMING TREES. THE EMPLOYEE THREW A TREE BRANCH INTO THE BED OF A DUMP TRUCK, HIT THE TOP SIDE OF HIS LEFT HAND ON THE BED OF THE TRUCK AND FRACTURED THE LEFT 4TH METACARPAL.
3 EES WERE MOVING A WATER PUMP TO CONNCT IT TO A PICKUP. ONE EE FELL AND DROPPED HIS SIDE OF THE WATER PUMP TONGUE CAUSING IT TO FALL ON THE HAND OF THE OTHER EE AND BADLY SMASHED HIS INDEX FI NGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND. EE WAS TAKEN TO ER, XRAYED & TREATED. 15 STITCHES, RETURNED TO WORK LIGHT DUTY SEVERAL DAYS.
ROLLER ON CONVEYOR WAS STUCK. EMPLOYEE DID NTO TURN CONVEYOR OFF HE PICKED UP A NEARBY BOARD 1' BY 4" OR SOME THING AND STRUCK THE BOARD UNDER ROLLER TO LOSEN IT. THE CONVEYOR KICKED THE BOAR D BACK HITTING THE EMPLOYEE ON THE CHEEK & MOUTH. SIX STITCHES WERE TAKNE TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE FACE AND SERVAL INSIDE THE MOUTH.
EMPLOYEE WA SIN THE IMPACTOR TRYING TO BREAK A LARGE BOULDER WHICH HAD PLUGED THE ROTOR. WHEN EH SWAN A 8 LB SLEDGE HAMMER WHICH HIT HTE LEDGE IN THE IMPACTOR, RICOCHETE BACK ONTO THE TOP OF HI HEADD. CAUSING A LACERATION WHICH REQIRED 3 STITCHES. X-RAYS WERE TAKEN ON THE SKULL. EMPLOYEE WSA RELEASED AND RETURNED BACK TO WORK FOLLOWING DAY.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A AIR COMPRESOR HOSE FROM THE HHEEL OF A 1/2 TON CHEV PICK UP TRUCK. JUMPED FROM THE HEEL OF THE TRUCK TO THE GROUND ND INJURED HIS RIGHT ANKLE.
HAMMERMILL BECAME CLOGGED.PLANT WAS SHUT DOWN THREE EMPLOYEES WERE WORKING TO UNCLOG IT.TWO EMPLOYEES WERE HOLDING HAMMERS UP WITH STEEL BAR AND EE WAS CLEANING UNDERNEATH.THEY THOUGHT HE WAS CLEAR AND LET THE HAMMER DOWN ON TOP OF LEFT HAND WHICH CAUSED REDNESS AND PAIN.HE WAS SENT TO HOSPITAL.
INJURED HAD JUST JUMP STARTED THE RUNNING WELDER WHEN HE SLIPPED AND STARTED TO FALL INTO THE FEEDER.THE RIGHT HAND WAS FULL OF JUMPER CABLES,SO HE REACHED OUT WITH HIS LEFT HAND TO CATCH HIMS LEF AND GOT THREE FINGERS INTO FAN BLADE.
PUSHING ON LARGE BOULDERS FELT SOMETHING GIVE IN LOWER BACK PAIN BEGAN AND CONTINUED FOR SEVERAL DAYS THEN WAS LIFTING ON SCREEN 4-4-91 AND PAIN WORSEDED TO INTOLERABLE INTERSIT ACCORDENT WAS REPORTED AT THIS TIME.
THE EMPL WAS ASSISTING MAINTENANCE IN REPLACING GEARS ON THE CRUSHER HE AND TWO OTHER MEPLS WERE LIFTTING THE GEARS INTO PLACE WHEN HE FELT A STING AND BURNING SENSATION IN THE R GROIN AREA NE XT DAY THERE WAS A LARGE EGG SIZED VERY HAR VERYTENDER AND WARM SWELLING IN THE R SCECTAL SAC BEHIND THE TESTICAL