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WORKING ON DUMP TRUCK. PULLING ON 3/4" END WRENCH, WRENCH SLIPPED OFF NUT CAUSING WRENCH TO STRIKE EE ON THE MOUTH.
CLEANING UP A DOORWAY AREA. A THRUST ROLL WAS ON A BROKEN PALLET. EMP ATTEMPTED TO LIFT AND SLIDE ROLL ONTO A USABLE PALLET.
FLIPPING JIB ON THE CRANE, BOOM SWUNG CAUSING HIM TO LOOSE HIS BALANCE AND FALL APPROX 8 FT.
INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS, HEAD OF BOLT TWISTED OFF LETTING THE 5/8 X 5' BOLT FALL DOWN HITTING HIS LEFT LOWER ARM
EE AND ANOTHER EE WAS ON A CATWALK NEAR THE ROOF PULLING A MOTOR UP WITH A ROPE. TEMPERATURE WAS HIGH, BECAME TOO HOT.
WLEDING DISCHARGE CHUTE ON TORNADO SCREEN. (SEVERAL WELDERS WERE WORKING IN SAME LOCATION) WELDER BURN TO EYES.
SHOVELING SPILLAGE FORM STORAGE BINS. WORKING INA BENT OR STOOPED POSITION. SORENESS TO LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLOSING MANHOLE ON TANKER TRAILER AND IN THE PROCESS OF CLIMBING OFF THE TANK STEPPED ON SOME LOOSE WET GRIT AND SLIPPED.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING AN AXEL ON 966 LOADER. PUSHING AXEL IN PLACE AND CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN GEAR AND END STOP OF AXEL.
REPLACING GEAR BOXES ON SCREW CONVEYOR. PRY BAR FELL FROM OVERHEAD STRIKING EE ON LEFT FOOT BEHIND STEEL TOE ON BOOT.
RUNNING TO SHUT OFF FEED BELT THAT WAS DUMPING ON THE GROUND GROUND WAS UNLEVEL TWIST ED RIGHT KNEE
HAULING OUT OF MINE. GAS PEDAL STUCK AS HE WAS MAKING A CURVE IN THE MINE. RAN INTO A STONE PILLAR.
MOUNTING TIRE ON GRADE ALL LIFTING TIRE STRAINED LEFT SHOULDER
HAULING ROCK TO CRUSHER - GETTING OUT OF CAB OF EUCLID, CUT MIDDLE FINGER LEFT HAND ON ROUGH PLACE ON DOOR.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO LOAD CHANNEL IRON.
EE STARTED SHIFT 700 AM, GOT POWDER TRUCK FROM THE SHOP. THE TRUCK HAD BEEN SERVICE L.E. CHANGE OIL, FILTERS, SEPERATED AIR INTAKES FOR POWDER UNTI AND COMPRESSOR, INSCREASED RPM OF POWER UNIT TO AID OIL PRESSURE. EE WENT TO THE MINE GOT HIS LAMP, WENT UNDERGROUND CHECK 3 FACES THAT WERE TO BE SHOT THIS SHIFT. WENT CHECKED PREVIOUS SHOTS AND AREA. LEFT NEW MINE RAMP WENT TO MAGAZIN
PUSHING BOLT THROUGH HOLE ON HAMMER MILL. HOLDING BOLT WITH LEFT HAND, IMPACT HAMMER ACCIDENTLY STARTED CAUSING BOLT TO SPIN. LACERATION TO 1ST FINGER LEFT HAND REQUIRING STITCHES.
EMPL WAS DRIVING PERSONAL VEHICLE FROM WEST MINE WHERE HE HAD TAKEN LOADER FOR NIGHT. HE WAS BLINDED BY SUN. NEXT THING HE KNEW HE HAD HIT EUCLID WHICH HAD ALMOST COME TO COMPLETE STOP. ROIAD WAS 45' WIDE WHERE ACCIDENT OCCURED. EMPL WAS ON WRONG SIDE OF ROAD AT TIME OF ACCIDENT.
I,NAME WAS IN THE POWDER TRUCK BUCKET LOADING HOLES. THE HYDRAULIC HOSE BROKE MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO LOWER THE BUCKET. I,NAME TOOK ANOTHER HOSE TO SLIDE DOWN TO THE GROUND. AS HE WAS LOWERING HIMSELF DOWN HE SLIPPED HITTING THE GROUND WITH A JOLT.
I NAME TOOK HIS3EUCLID TO THE GARAGE FOR REPAIR, HE WENT TO 4 HOLE TO PICK UP ANOTHER EUCLID. HE DUMPED A PARTIAL LOAD THEN CHECKED TO SEE IF BED WAS CLEAN AND DROVE OFF WITHOUT LOWERING DUMP BED. HE DROVE 3NTO OPENING OF CAVE WITH THE BED UP.
NOISE FROM BLAS7.
DAILU RAINSTORM8 IN AREA WATCH POSTED TO OBSERVE FOR LIGHTNING NONE SEEN A SINGLE BOLT OBSERVED XXXX AREA A PREMATURE DETONATION OCCURED 060686 440PM POWDERMAN & HELPER IMMEDIATELY EVACUATE MI NE NO PERSONS I3JURED NO EQUIP DAMAGED INVESTIGATION ON 060786 FOUND 4CARS W TOREN AREA EXPOSED-FACE WIRING DAMAGED-XXXFACE REWIRED & SUBSEQUENTLY DETONATED 1100AM 060786
BRUISE ON TOP OF RIGHT LEG.RUNNING BACKHOE TRIMMING COLLIN ROCK FOLLOWED BOOM DOWN AND HIT HIM ON TOP OF RIGHT LEG.
CLEANING UP AROUND SCREEN WHEN SHOVEL HIT BELT AND HIT HIM IN THE RIBS WITH THE HANDLE
I.NAME PULLING BROKEN STEEL OUT OF HOLE,AFTER STEEL CAME OUT IT FELL ON TOP OF LEFT FOOT.