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EE DROPPED A PIECE OF DUNNAGE ON HIS FOOT.
WHILE SPLITING A BLOCK WITH WEDGES IT OPENED CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE AND FELL. THE END OF THE WEDGE PUNCTURED HIS LEG.
WHILE MOVING BURNER MAST ASSEMBLY THE MAST TIPPED FOREWARD CATCHING FINGER BETWEEN RAIL & ROLLER
DRY GROUND- SHE WAS WALKING DOWN DRIVEWAY TO PUNCH IT AND SLIPPED AND FELL.
EE WAS GRINDING STEEL ROD ON GRINDING WHEEL. HIS GLOVE WAS CAUGHT IN WHEEL AND CUT HIS HAND.
THE EE WAS DISEMBARKING HIS LOADER WHEN HE FELL ONTO HIS RIGHT LEG. THE EE COMPLAINED OF A STRAIN TO HIS HAMSTRING AND LOWER BACK.
WHILE RUNNING HIS DRILLING RIG THE EE NOTICED HIS DRILL SPEED WAS TOO SLOW. HE ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR THE DRILL BUT DID NOT SHUT OFF THE AIR. HIS GLOVE GOT CAUGHT ON THE DRILL ROD AS IT SPEED UP. THIS CAUSED HIM TO TWIST HIS HAND AROUND THE DRILL ROD PULLING LIGAMENTS AND CUTTING HIS LEFT HAND SUPPORT FINGER.
THE LOADER OPERATOR WAS MOVING A PIECE OF STONE IN FRONT OF THE EMPLOYEES DRILLING RIG. THIS DISLODGED A PIECE OF STONE ON WHICH ONE OF THE LEGS WAS SITTING CAUSING THE DRILLING RIG TO FALL OV ER. WHILE FALLING OVER THE DUST COLLECTOR CAN HIT THE EMPLOYEE AROUND THE RIGHT SCAPULA.
EMP WAS KNOCKING A BIT ONTO A DRILL ROD. RAISED THE ROD TO HIT IT ON THE GROUND. WHEN HE KNOCKEDTHE ROD ON THE GROUND HE PINNED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE ROD AND THE GROUND. THE EMP HAD TWO ABRAS IONS ON RIGHT HAND MIDDLE FINGER. HE REQUIRED NINE STITCHES.
EMP WAS STARTING A DRILL HOLE WITH HIS DRILLING RIG. PIECE OF ROCK CAME UP UNDER SAFETY GLASSES AND IMBEDDED ITSELF ON EYEBALL AT CORNEA REGION. THIS LEFT AN ABRASION ON CORNEA OF LEFT EYE.
INJUREY
EMP WAS PUTTING A NEW BIT ON 24' DRILL STEEL. INDOING SO HE HELD BIT WITH RIGHT HAND AND DRILL STEEL IN LEFT HAND HITTING STEEL AND BIT DOWN SLIGHTLY. HE PUT FINGER BETWEEN BIT AND SURFACE CAU SING FINGER TO BE BROKEN.
USING UTILITY KNIFE CUT PIECE OF WOOD TO GET OUTA DRILL BIT. WHILE SHARPENING A STICK, EE CUT LEFT FOREARM WITH UTILITY KNIFE
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A HAND HELD JACKHAMMER FOR APPROXIMATELY 4 TO 5 HRS THE DAY OF INJURY. AT 1:00 HE TOLD THE SUPERVISOR HIS WRIST WAS VERY SORE, BUT HE SAID HE COULD CONTINUE. ON 4-3-96 H E SAID HIS WRIST WAS STILL SORE. THE SUPERVISOR ASSIGNED HIM NOT TO DRILL BUT PRESSURE WASH EQUIPMENT.
LIFTING A DRILL STEEL APX 65 LBS AND HE STRAINED A MSUCLE IN HIS BACK. HE REPORTED HIS PAIN TO HIS LEAD MAN SEE ANNEX 1.