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EMPLOYEE WATCHED THE WELDER BEING OPERATED RESULTING IN A BURN TO HIS EYES.

CARRIED OXYGEN BOTTLE FROM RACK TO SHOP. EXPERIENCED PAIN IN GROIN AREA.DIAGNOSED AS A HERNIA REQUIRING SURGERY 6-25-92.

PRESSURIZED FROZEN PROCESS LINE WITH AIR BEHIND THE BLOCKAGE. TO FORCE ICE OUT OPEN END OF LINE. EMPLOYEE STEPPED IN FRONT OF OPEN END AS ICE BLEW FROM LINE. ICE STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE FRACTUR ING HIS RIGHT LEG.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING FURNACE LINING WHEN JACK HAMMER SLIPPED CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO FALL AGAINST STEE HORN CUTTING FOREARM

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING PVC PIPE ON LEACH PAD AND STEPPED IN A RIPPER RUT TWISTING KNEE.

THE SPADE PART OF A SHOVEL WAS IN THE TAIL PULLEY OF A CONVEYOR BELT WHILE IT WAS RUNNING.THE EMPLOYEE WAS WATCHING IT TO SEE IF IT WAS GOING TO WORK ITS WAY OUT.I SOMEHOW WEDGED JUST RIGHT CA USING IT TO FLY OUT HITTING THE EMPLOYEE IN THE FACE CAUSING LACERATIONS TO THE NOSE AND LEFT SIDE OF FACE.

DOING PRESHIFT LIME IS ADDED SOME DROPPED OVER END OF FILTER IN HIS EYES

EMPL WALKING ACROSS PIT FLOOR AFTER CLIMBING DOWN OFF LOADER.STEPPED ON ICY AND/OR SLICK AREA.FEET CAME OUT FROM UNDER HIM AND HE LANDED ON HIS BACK.STRAIN OR PULLED MUSCLES IN HIS BACK.

LARGE BOULDER WAS IN BANK WHERE WORK WAS BEING PERFORMED. BUCKET TEETH WAS PLACED UNDER BOULDER & PRESSURE WAS APPLIED. TEETH SLIPPED OFF BOULDER CASUING LOADER TO BOUNCE. THIS CASUED WHIPLASH MOTION TO NECK OF EMPL. DR SUGGESTED FEW DAYS REST WITH FULL DUTY RELEASE DATED 9/4.

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO POSITION HIMSELF IN THE OPERATORS COMPARTMENT WHEN HE SLIPPED ON SOME ICE LOCATED ON NARROW WALKWAY ALONG SIDE THE DOOR ON DRIVERS SIDE. HE CAUGHT HIMSELF BY GRABBIN G THE ROCK GAURD ABOVE CAB PUTTING A STRAIN ON HIS LEFT ARM.

IN PROCESS OF DUMPING USED FLOOR DRY OUT OF WHEELBARROW. IT BECAME UNBALANCED AND STARTED TO TIP SIDEWAYS. EMPL TRIED TO STOP IT & THIS PUT STRAIN ON BACK. HE IS TO BE OFF AT LEAST TWO WEEKS WITH THERAPY.

WIND BLEW PARTICLES OF DIRT AROUND SAFETY GLASSES. BEFORE DIRT WAS REMOVED IT SCRATCHED THE EYE.

I,NAME WAS REPAIRING RAISERS, USED FOR SPRINKLING LEACH PAD, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE PIPE MACHINE AS FAR AS INVESTIGATION GOES, THE SECTION OF PIPE, (RISER), WAS INSTALLED CROOKED IN THE MA CHINE. EMPLOYEE THEN STEPPED ON PEDAL TO START HE MACHINE. THE FORWARD REVERSE SWITH WAS IN THE OFF POSITION SO EMPLOYEE LEANED OVER SUPPORTING HIMSELF WITH HIS RIGHT HAND ON THE MACHINE AND

EMPL WAS HELPING NIGHT SHIFT MECHANIC CHANGE WEAR PLATES ON LOADER BUCKET. HE CARRIED WEAR PLATE OVER FROM WHAREHOUSE & WHEN HE WAS SITTING IT DOWN ONTO FLOOR HE CAUGHT SORE FINGER NAIL UNDER IT. HE THEN TRIED TO REMOVE HAND TO FAST & PULLED MUSCLES IN ARM. RECEIVED MEDICAL ATTENTION TO INSURE PROPER CARE WAS BEING TAKEN.

EMPL WAS LOADING BOBCAT ONTO FORKLIFT TO TRANSPORT TO SHOP FOR REPAIRS. GUSTS OF WIND BLEW FRAGMENTS INTO EYE. SENT IN FOR MEDICAL ATTENTION TO INSURE CONTAMENANTS WERE REMOVED.

HE WAS ON LEACH PAD WORKING ON LEACH LINES. A GUST OF WIND BLEW CONTAMINENTS INTO LEFT EYE. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES. MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS GIVEN TO INSURE PROPER CARE.

I.NAME WAS CLIMBING INTO BLADE BUMPED HIS HEAD ON WINDOW ADJUSTMENT WHICH WAS PROTRUDING OUTWARD. THIS CAUSED EXTRA STRAIN TO STOP FROM FALLING BACK OUT OF CAB AND TO PULL HIMSELF ON IN.

HE WAS STEPPING DOWN OFF OF SERVICE TRUCK WITH LARGE AIR FILTER IN HIS HAND. HE SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH LEFT HAND. THIS REBROKE A BONE IN HIS THUMB THAT HAPPENED OFF THE PROPERTY 7-8 W EEKS PRIOR TO THIS. WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL BUT COULD NOT GET IN TO HAVE IT SET UNTIL THE FOLLOWING DAY.

I.NAME WAS RE-POSITIONING A WEAR PLATE IN THE TAL CHUTE OF A CONVEYOR BELT. WHEN THE PLATE MOVED IT CAUGHT I.NAME'S FINGER BETWEEN END OF CHUTE AND WEAR PLATE. FINGER REQUIRED STITCHES. DR. WA S WORRIED ABOUT INFECTION.

HE WAS PUMPING CEMENT TO UPPER SYLO WHEN WIND BLEW REAGENTS INTO LEFT EYE. SAFETY MEDICAL ATTENTION TO WASH EYE OUT.

HE WAS DRILLING SMALL HOLES IN AN OIL PAN TO STOP CRACKS FROM SPREADING WHILE WELDING ON IT. THE DRILL BIT BROKE AND A PIECE OF IT CAME UP UNDER HIS WELDING HELMET AND HIT HIS EYE. A MARK ON H IS EYE COULD BE SEEN SO SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION. TREATMENT CONSISTED OF ANTIBIOTIC AND PATCH.

HE WAS AT THE OUTSIDE GARBAGE BIN EMPTYING TRASH. NO SAFETY GLASSES WERE WORN AND PARTICLES WERE BLOWN IN HIS EYE WHEN HE DUMPED THE SMALL CONTAINER INTO THE BIN. MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS RECEIVE D TO INSURE PARTICLES WERE COMPLETELY REMOVED. FOLLOW UP VISIT TO EYE DR. THE NEXT DAY.

AFTER INVESTIGATION IT WAS FOUND THE RETORT WAS NOT ELIMINATING ALL OF THE MERCURY. THEREFORE WHEN IT WAS PULLED OUT AND WHILE BEING FIRED IN FURNACE MERCURY VAPORS WERE PRESENT IN ATMOSPHERE. AS A RESULT MERCURY LEVELS BECAME HIGH IN I.NAME AND HE HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THIS AREA UNTIL RETORT HAS BEEN TAKEN CARE OF AND MERCURY LEVEL HAS BECOME NORMAL.

AFTER INVESTIGATION IT WAS FOUND THE RETORT WAS NOT ELIMINATING ALL OF THE MERCURY. THEREFORE WHEN IT WAS PULLED OUT AND WHILE BEING FIRED IN FURNACE MERCURY VAPORS WERE PRESENT IN THE ATMOSPH ERE. AS A RESULT MERCURY LEVELS BECAME HIGH IN I.NAME SO SHE HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THIS AREA UNTIL RETORT HAS BEEN TAKEN CARE OF AND MERCURY LEVEL HAS BECOME NORMAL.

CLEANING LIGHTS ON TRUCK SLIPPED FELL 8 FT TO GROUND . L LEG BUCKLED UNDER HIM CAUSING INJ TO KNEE WET AND MUDDY. DR REC. SURGERY ON 4-13-89

SHE WAS WASHING THE FLOOR OFF IN PROCESS WITH HIGH PRESSURE WATER HOSE. SHE WAS NOT WEARING EYE PROTECTION AND FOREIGN PARTICLES SPLASHED BACK IN HER EYES. AFTER RINSING WITH WATER THEY STILL FELT IRRITATED SO MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS RECOMMENDED. EYES WERE FLUSHED WITH MEDICATION AND ANTI-BIOTICS.

EMPLOYEE WAS IN AN AWKWARD POSITION, DUE TO SURCUMSTANCES OF JOB, WITH ARM EXTENDED OVERHEAD WHILE LAYING ON SIDE. HE WAS APPLYING TENSION TO A PRESSURE SPRING ON BRAKE ASSEMBLY WHILE MACHANIC INSTALLED KEEPER.

IT WAS RAINY COLD AND MUDDY WHEN HE TURNED TO HAND DOWN THE SECOND PIECE OF GLASS TO EMPLOYEE ON THE GROUND. HE LOST HIS FOOTING ON THE TIRE HE WAS STANDING ON AND HAD TO JUMP OFF TO KEEP FROM FALLING.

MIXING LIME IN 4IXING TANK. LINE FILTERED IN BEHIND GLASSES CAUSING IRRITATION TO RIGHT EYE.

EMP WAS CLENAIN1 CRUSHING SCREEN WITH A JACK HAMMER, HE THEN MOVED FORWARD TO CLEAN A PORTION OF THE CHUTE, HE PULLED CHUTE DOOR UP AND BEGAN TO CLEAN AROUND THE DOOR, THE DOOR BEING UNSECUR CAME DOWN STRIK4NG THE EMP

EMP WAS OPERATI3G A 988 CAT LOADER DURING ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS. SNOW AN DMUD THE EMP BEGAN TO CLEAN THE FRONT WINDSHIELD AF THE LFOADER BY HAND, LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL

EMPLOYEE WAS CL9ANING OUT AN ORE CHUTE THAT HAD BEEN ELECTRICALLY LOCKED OUT THE EMPLOYEE HAD TRIED SEVERAL TIMES TO DISLODGE SEVERAL ROCKS THAT HAD WEDGED INTO THE CHUTE AFTER THIS HAD FAILE D EMPLOYEE PART3ALLY ENTERED THE CHUTE AND BECAME WEDGED BETWEEN THE ROCKS AND THE SIDES THE EMPLOYEE WAS FREED AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS IN REMOVING THE ROCKS

WHILE OPERATING3A L OADER AN OIL LEAK UNDER THE DASH STARTED RESULTING IN A FIRE CAUSING INJURY TO THE EMPLOYEES ARM

EMPLOYEE WAS DI9ECTING THE MOVEMENT AND LOCATION OF A PICKUP WHILE HOLDING THE DRAW BAR OF A TRILER IN DOING SO THE EMPLOYEES THUMB BECAME THE STRIKING PLANE BETWEEN THE TRAILER AND THE TRU TRUCK 3

EMPL STOCKING P3PE AND 1 SECTION DISLODGED FALLING.EMPL TRIED TO CATCH SECTION CAUSING LACERATION TO HAND.

CLEANING CV-07 CHUTE JUMPED FROM TAIL PULLEY TO GROUND PULLED LIGEMENTS LEFT ANKLE

THE EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THAT WHILE PUTTING A HEAD ON THE 988B LOADER THE HEAD GOT AWAY FROM THEM AND SMASHED FINGERS OF HIS RIGHT HAND.

TRUCK SPUN OUT ON 90 DOWN HILL TURN ON THE PIT HAUL ROAD. DRIVER HAD JUST MADE TRIP ON DRY ROAD. WATER TRUCK SOAKED ROAD JUST BEFORE ACCIDENT.