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EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING WHEEL ON CLINE TRUCK ADN ACCIDENTALLY SPRAYED OIL IN LEFT EYE.
HE HAD GOTTEN OUT OF THE LOADER & WAS GETTING BACK IN WHEN THE DOOR STARTED TO CLOSE HE TRIED TO STOP THE DOOR FROM CLOSING & IT CAUGHT HIS HAND IN THE DOOR CAUSING CUTS TO THE HAND
49933ING TAIL HOLES INTO THE GROUT HE SLIPPED AGAINST IT CUTTING HIS ARM
EMPL RUNNING A LOADER WHEN ROCK SLIPPED OFF FORKS AND EMPL HIT LEG ON STEERING WHEEL.LEFT LEG BRUISED LEG.
WHILE RUNNING SLOT DRILL, AIRHOSE CAME OFF (CUPPLING STILL ATTACHED), WHIPPED AROUND AND HIT LEFT LEG IN ANKLE AREA.
HE WAS SHOVELING DUST AND WHEN HE TURNED TO PITCH THE SHOVEL OF DUST HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN TOP OF SHOULDER.
WENT TO TURN BURNER OFF SLIPPED ON TRAC FELL TWISTING ANKLE
STEPPED IN SOME OIL & GREASE CAUSIGN SHOES TO BE SLIPPERY. STEPPED ON GRANITE, SLIPPED AND FELL ON LEFT WRIST.
PICKING DRILL UP. THE DRILL SWUNG BACK AND PINNED EE UP AGAINST THE WALL.
WORKER WAS REPAIRING SOME HOLES IN ROOF. HE STEPED ON A PIECE OF SKY LIGHT AND IT COLAPSED WITH HIM CAUSING HIM TO FALL 1L-15FT.
THE INJURY OCCURED WHILE THE PERSON WAS HELPING ALIGN AND LEVEL AN AUTOMATIC BURNER UNIT THAT WAS STILL ATTACHED TO A MOVIL CRANE. THE INJURED PERSON WAS USING A WOODEN 4 X 4 APPROX 5 FT LONG TO LIFT ONE SECTION OF TRACK SO THAT WOODEN BLOCKS COULD BE PLACED UNDER IT. THE 4 X 4 WAS RESTING ON A SMALL ROCK, AND WHEN HE HAD THE TRACK PICKED UP, THE ROCK SHIFTED. THE WEIGHT OF THE
EE WAS HOLDING A PIECE OF 1/4" ANGLE IRON IN LEFT HAND SO EE COULD DRILL A HOLE IN IT. THE DRILL BIT HUNG IN THE IRON. IT SPUN THE STEEL CUTTING FINGER.
SLIPPED IN THE MUD AND FELL AND HIT HIS FACE ON THE CORNER OF THE BURNER.
I.NAME WAS PUTTING IN DOG HOLE WHEN BIT BROKE AND CUT HIS HAND.
CLIMBING ON BLOCK AND DRILL SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND. 10-15 POUND DRILL DROPPED FROM A DISTANCE OF 1-1 1/2 FT UPON LEFT INDEX FINGER.
HOLDING PUNCH BEING HIT BY HAMMER, HIT ON TOP OF LITTLE FINGER ON R HAND
STANDING ON ROCK ABOUT 4 WHEN HE STEPPED OFF HJESTEPPED ON A SMALL ROCK WHICH TURNED OVER CAUSING HIM TO TURN HIS ANKLE AND HIP.
WORKER SLIPPED ON MUDDY FLOOR OF WORKING AREA,FELL & BRUISED HIP AND/OR BACK.WAS ABLE TO GET UP AND WALK AROUND BUT APPEARED TO BE IN PAIN.
WORKER WAS DRILLING DOG HOLE WITH JACKHAMMER WHEN SMALL ROCK CHIP HIT HIM IN EYE. WAS NOT WEARING SAFETY GLASSES AT TIME.
DOGGING LOAD DOWN WAS REMOVING PIPE FROM DOG DOG CAME OUT OF LOCK POSITION CAUSING PIPE TO HIT HIM IN THE MOUTH
WHILE GETTING A TOOL OUT OF A TOOL BOX THAT IS MOUNTED IN A TRUCK THE LID SWUNG OPEN AND HIT HIM IN THE HEAD.
EMPL STATED THAT HE PICKED UP ON THE BLOCK AND FELT A SHARP PAIN INHIS BACK WHILE WORKING ON LEDGE NO 1
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING A FELLOW EMPLOYEE TO MOVE SOME PIECES OF GROUT FROM AROUND THE WORK AREA IN #6 LOC. WHILE LIFTING A PIECE OF GRANITE, I.NAME CO-WORKER DROPPED HIS END OF THE LOAD CAUSING HIM TO MASH HIS FINGER UNDER THE GRANITE PIECE.
INJURED WAS LEVELING MACHINE AND BRUISED THE BACK OF HIS RIGHT HAND.
HE WAS INSIDE OF ENGINE HOUSE, A ROCK STRUCK THE TIN BUILDING WHERE HE WAS SITTING AGAINST THE WALL. THE METAL THAT WAS CUT PUSHED AGAINST HIS HEAD CUTTING HIM.
EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE WAS HELPING TO REMOVE SOME PIECES OF GROUT MATERIAL FROM AROUND THE WALKAREAS OF THE #3 HOLE WORK SITE,WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS ABCK.HE CONTINUED WORKING,FINISHED SHIFT .AND FELT DISCOMFORT AT NIGHT.HE DID NOT REPORT ACCIDENT ON DATE OF OCCURRENCE AND THE DOCTOR'S TREATMENT WAS FOR STRAIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING DRILL BITS WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF STEEL STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN HIS LEFT EYE. HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.
I WAS CENTER PUNCHING SOME 3/4"DRILL BITS WITH A CARBIDE CENTER PUNCH. WHEN I HIT THE CENTERPUNCH, THE CARBIDE SHATTERED AND THE PIECES WENT IN MY LEFT RING FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING A SPARE TIRE INTO THE BED OF A PICKUP T RUCK WITH THE AID OF TWO OTHER MECHANICS WHEN HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN H IS BACK
EMPL WAS REMOVING TRANSMISSION FRONT HAUL TRUCK WHICH WAS LOCATED IN MAINTANENCE SHOP. WHILE REMOVING MOUNTING BOLTS HE ALLEGELY PULLED MUSCLE IN NECK.
TRACK DRILL WAS BEING MOVED FROM ONE LOCATION TO ANOTHER BY 992-B LOADER. INJURED PERSON WAS STEADING DRILL AND SIGNALED OPERATOR TO LOWER IT TO GROUND. THE FRILL WAS LOWERE ONTO HIS FOOT CAUS ING BRUISE, HE WAS WEARING SAFETY SHOES.
THIS MAN WAS GRINDING 8' PIECE OF STEEL WITH CARBIDE ON END. CARBIDE GOT HUNG IN WHEEL JERKING STEEL DOWN CATCHING HAND BETWEEN STEEL & GUARD.
REMOVING HOOD FROM TRUCK WHEN HOOD TIPPED HE LAID HAND ON IT TO BECOME DOOR CAME DOWN ON HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING WEDGES WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER WHEN HE MISSED A WEDGE,THUS STRIKING THE SOLID ROCK WHICH CAUSED THE AHMMER TO BOUNCE BACK STTRIKING HIM IN THE HEAD.THE AHMMER KNOCKED HIS SAF ETY HATT OFF LACERATING FOREHEAD 8 STITCHES WERE NEEDED.
EMPL PUTTING DRILL ON OTHER SIDE OF ROCK.SLIPPED & FELL UP AGAINST ROCK HITTING LOWER RIGHT RIBS.
PUTTING JACK HAMMER HOLE IN ROCK ROCK FELL ONE WAY AND HE JUMPED BACK OTHER WYA TWISTING MUCLE IN LEG.
HE WAS CLEANING SMALL PIECES OF ROCK OUT OF CHANNEL AND WAS CUT ON BACK OF LEFT HAND.
PULLED MUSCLE IN RIGHT HIP.
EMPLOYEE STUMBED AND FELL AS HE TRIED TO BREAK FALL WITH ARMS,FRACTURING LEFT WRIST.EMPLOYEE WAS ON LEVEL GROUND.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING AROUND JOB SITE WHERE HE STEPPED NTO A POT HOLE SPRAINING HIS ANKLE.
I. NAME WAS DRIVING WEDGES AND HIT LOWER RIGHT LEG WITH HAMMER. HE DID NOT REQUIRE MEDICAL ATTENTION, BUT WAS OUT OF WORK FOR ONE DAY.
MOVING A LATTER PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING A GRANITE SAWBLOCK ONTO A TRUCK WHEN THE BLOCK SWUNG AROUND AND CAUGHT EMPPLOYEE'S LEFT ELBOW BETWEEN THE TRUCK BODY AND THE BLOCK CAUSING INJURY TO ELBOW.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON GRANITE LEDGE, AND AS A FELLOW EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING STEEL WEDGES WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER,A PIECE OF STEEL CAME OOF ONE OF THE WEDGES AND STRUCK IN RIGHT EAR CAUSING MINOR INJURY.
EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING AN OXYGEN BOTTLE FROM A TRUCK WHEN THE BOTTLE SLIPPED AND LANDED ON HIS FINGER AND ALSO A SMALL PIECE OF STONE CAUSING THE CUT TO HIS FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING UP SMALL CHUNKS OF GRANITE AND THROWING THEM INTO A GROUT PAN WHEN HE SPRIINED HIS BACK.
HEAVY WINDS WERE BLOWING ON DAY OF INJURY EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING A HOLE IN GRANITE WITH A JACKHAMMER WHILE THE CRANE WAS LIFTING EMPTY CHAIN HOOKS OUT OF QUARRY AND THE WIND FORCED THE BOOM OF CRANE AROUND IN THE DIRECTION OF EMPLOYEE CAUSING THE CHAIN HOOKS TO BUMP EMPLOYEE NO THE HEAD.
HEAVY WINDS WERE BLOWING ON DAY OF KNJURY. EMP WAS DRILLING A HOLE IN GRANITE WITH JACKHAMMER WHILE THE CRANE WAS LIFTING EMPTY CHAIN HOOKS OUT OF QUARRY AND THE WIND FORCED THE BOOM OF CRANE AROUND IN DIRECTION OF EMP CAUSING THE CHAIN HOOKS TO BUMP EMP ON THE HEAD
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A WEDGE IN GRANITE WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF METAL CAME OFF WEDGE AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN RT LEG
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE A SMALL PIECE OF STONE (GROUT) WHEN HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS ABCK.