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MAIN POWER FEED(480V0 TO PLANT CROSSED LEGS AND CAUSED EXPLOSION-EMPLOYEE WAS IN POWER HOUSE CHECKING POWER TO ANOTHER SYSTEM WHEN EXPLOSION OCCURRED.WAS USING ALL SAFETY EQUIPMENT-INSULATED G LOVES-SAFETY GLASSES-HARD HAT-LOCAL SYSTEM DE-ENERGIZED.
EMPLOYEE WAS CROUCHED AND ATTEMPTED TO LIFT A BULK NOT HEAVY ITEM,MUSCLE SPASM TO LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS APPLYING TORQUE TO A LARGE WRENCH-IT SLIPPED OFF NUT-EMPLOYEE LOST BALANCE AND FELL BACKWARD AGAINST CATWALK AND HANDRAIL-BRUISING RIBCAGE AND SHOULDER.
INDIVIDUAL WAS REACHING W/ SHOVEL INTO FILTER POND TO GET MUD FOR CAPPING SHOT OVERSTRETCHED & PULLED MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK.
EMPL WAS ASSITING ANOTHER EMPL ROLL DISCH BOOK OVER TO WELD ON IT. BOX ABOUT 3'X3'X1'-1 1/2 STEEL. OVERHEAD CRANE AVAIL & NOT USED. EMPL FELT CALF OF LEG POP & COULD BARELY WALK.
EMPL WAS FUELING 66E JUMPED FROM FUEL TK BACK TO 666E WHEN HE DID THIS HE SLIPPED & FELL CAUSING MAJOR HEMATOMA TO LEFT HIP & THIGH AREA.
EMPLOYEE ALLEGES WHILE LOADING MATERIALS HE WALKED TO REAR OF TRUCK TO CHECK LOAD. UPON RETURNING TO CAB DOWN HILL APPROACH, SLIPPED AND FELL HURTING BACK IT WAS RAINING.
EMPLOYEE ALLEDGES HE WENT TO CLEAN OUT CHUTE, TRIED TO STAND ON TOOL BOX MOUNTED ON TRUCK BODY, SLIPPED AND FELL TWISTING ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE ALLEDGES HE EXPOERINCED BACK SPASMS AFTER SPREADING CONCRETE WITH A BROOM.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A STEEL BAR TO BREAK FROZEN MUD AND ICE OUT OF THE PRIMARY SCREEN DISCHARGE SHUTE. A LARGE CHUNK OF THE MATERIAL BROKE OFF AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE ON THE LEFT LEG.
EMPL USING HAND SHOVEL CLEANING OUT SPILLAGE FROM UNDER RIP RAP PLANT CONVEYOR TAIL PULLEY SICE/// SECTION.STANDING ON PILE OF SPILLAGE AND SLIPPED DISLOCATING RIGHT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING 74TD EUCLID IN THE PIT. ANOTHER OPERATOR NOTICED OIL COMING OUT FROM UNDER THE EMPLOYEE'S ENGINE, AND MOTIONED TO HIM TO CHECK HIS TRUCK. EMPLOYEE STUCK HIS HEAD OUT O
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN THE MAINTENANCE SHOP USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO LOOSEN THE END OF THE TIE ROD FROM THE TRUCK. WHEN HE HIT THE TIE ROD WITH THE SLEDGE HAMMER, A PIECE OF METAL EITHER FROM OM THE HAMMER OR THE TIE ROD, STRUCK HIM IN THE RIGHT EYE.
SECONDARY WAS R6NNING WET MATERIAL WHICH WAS CHOKING UP CHUTES, AND BINS IN THE PRIMARY SCREEN TOWER. EMPLOYEE HAD TO GET UP IN THE BED OF THE TRUCK TO USE A SHOVEL TO UN CLOG THE BIN UNDER T HE PRIMARY SCRR9N. AFTER HE FINISHED UNCLOGGING THE BIN HE GOT DOWN OFF THE TRUCK, AS HE WAS STANDING NEAR THE TRUCK, CONVEYOR CHUTE ON TOP OF THE TOWER CHOCKED UP, AND STONE CAME OVER THE SI
EMPLOYEE WAS WO9KING UNDER THE BELLY PAN OF NORTHWEST 80D SHOVEL AND GREASE DRIPPED OIN EYE.
EMPLOYEE MOUNTE8 TRUCK AND SAT DOWN IN PASSINGER SEAT. HE ATTEMPTED TO CLOSE THE DOOR WITH HIS RIGHT HAND BY GRABBING THE SIDE OF DOOR, WHEN DOOR DID SWING SHUT, IT PINNED HIS MIDDLE AND RING FINGERS BETWEE3 THE DOOR AND DOOR JAM.
EMP WAS OPERATI3G A 71TD EUCLID MOVING STOCK MATERIAL TO THE SATELLITE PLANT HE NOTICED A BURNING SMELL AND SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE DASH GHE USED A FIRE EXTINGUISHER TO PUT OUT A SMALL ELE FIRE AFTER THE 3FIRE HAD COOLED DOWN HIS FOREMAN TOLD HIM TO CHECK OIL LEVEL ON EUCLID AS HE STARTED TO PULL HIMSELF UP ON THE FRONT BUMPER HIS FOOT SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HIM AND HE FELL TO
EMPLOYEE WAS CH5NGING SCREEN PANELS ON THE DISTER SCREEN. HE WAS USING A ROPE TO HOIST THE SCREEN PANELS FROM THE GROUND TO THE CATWALK ON THE DEISTER SCREEN APPROX. 40 FT IN THE AIR. AS HE WA S PULLING ON TH9 ROPE, HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS GROIN AREA. ACCIDENT NOT REPORTED UNTIL TWO WEEKS LATER.
EMPLOYEE WAS US3NG EUCLID TO TRANSFER FUEL FROM EUCLID TO TRACK VEHICLES DUE TO THE FUEL TRUCK BEING DOWN. HE WAS INSIDE THE CAB OF THE EUCLID AND OPENED THE PASSINGER DOOR TO THCECK ON HOW MU FUEL WAS LEFT 3N THE TANK. AFTER HE CHECKED THE TANK HE ENTERED THE CAB AND AS HE REACHED OUT TO CLOSE THE DOOR, HE GOT HIS FEET TANGLED IN THE HOSE OF THE FUEL PUMP WHICH WAS INSIDE THE CAB
EMPLOYEE WAS HE5PING TO INSTALL A PORTABLE CRUSHER AND HOPPER UNIT. EMPLOYEE WAS USING A PRY BAR TO GET WING SECTION OF BIN IN PLACE TO INSERT A PIN. AS EMPLOYEE WAS APPLYING PRESSURE TO PRY B AR, THE SECTION3DROPPED SUDDENLY CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO LOSE HIS BALANCE, AND FALL ABOUT 10 FT TO THE GROUND.
EMPLOYEE WAS WA5KING DOWN THE HILL FROM THE SECONDARY CONTROL HOUSE TO GREASE THE CAGEMILL. EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON A ROCK AND SPRAINED HIS RIGHT ANKLE.
EMP WAS HELPING3MECHANIC REPAIR ROCK GUARDS ONA 977-L LOADER BY HOLDING THEM IN PLACE WHILE MECHANIC WELDED THE GUARDS IN PLACE
FOOT SLIPPED WHILE DESCENDING LADDER.
THERE WAS A ROCK CAUGHT AT THE PRIMARY CRUSHER, EMPLOYEE WAS USING A CHAIN HOIST TO GET THE ROCK LOOSE. HE HAD HIS HAND ON THE CHAIN TO GUIDE THE HOOK TO THE ROCK. WHEN BRINGING CHAIN UP TO LO OSEN THE ROCK HE DIDNT NOTICE HOW CLOSE HIS HAND WAS TO THE TOP OF THE CHAIN HOIST AND HIS FINGER WENT BETWEEN THE CHAIN AND THE PULLEY TEARING THE SKIN OFF OF HIS FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND
HE WAS REPLACING A BUCKET TOOTH SHANK ON UNIT #112, BEING HELPED BY GENE WEDDLE AND BEN BRANDENBURG. THIS IS A MODULAR LIP ASSEMBLY AND HAS A NUMBER OF PIECES. THE MEN HAD CLEANED ALL THE PIEC ES OF DIRT, DUST, CASTING FLAWS, ETC. TO AID IN REPLACEMENT. IN FACT, THE WEAR CAPS SLID INTO PLACE EASILY. THE TOOTH SHANK WOULD NOT SLIP INTO PLACE AND NECESSITATED JWL\S TAPPING IT INTO PL
EMPLOYEE TRIPPED OVER HYDRAULIC CYLINDER WHILE CARRYING PLANETARY GEAR ASSEMBLY. ASSEMBLE FELL ON LEG.