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EE BELIEVES HE HIT HIS ELBOW ON HAND RAIL WHILE SHOVELING MATERIAL OFF OF CATWALK CAUSING HEMOTOMA OF RIGHT ELBOW.
INJURED WAS SHOVELING MATERIAL FROM AROUND TAIL PULLEY WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN LOWER BACK RESULT ING IN LUMBAR STRAIN.
HE WAS TRAVELING APPROX. 25 MPH IN LOADED BELLY DUMP. HE HIT A DIP IN THE HAUL ROAD CAUSING HIM TO HIT HIS HEAD ON STEERING WHEEL. EXCESSIVE SPEED AND FAILURE TO CONTROL VEHICLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING SCREEN CLOTH @ WASH PLANT. AS HE WAS PULLING SCREEN INTO POSITION HE CUT HIS INDEX FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND. REQUIRED STITCHES.
EE SLIPPED AND FELL BACK HITTING HIS TAIL BONE ON A PIECE OF CONCRETE. RESULTING IN A CONTUSION TO TAIL BONE.
EE WAS CLEANING N.A. TUNNEL. AS HE LIFTED WHEELBARROW TO MOVE, HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
EE WAS HAULING MATERIAL IN HAUL TRUCK FROM PIT. AS HE APPROACHED A CURVE IN ROAD, HE BOUNCED IN CAB AND FELT A TWIST IN LOWER BACK.
I NAME WAS STANDING ON BACK OF FLATBED MECHANIC TRUCK REPAIRING A PULLEY ON THE ABC STACKER WHEN HE TURNED TO FACE REAR OF TRUCK HE STEPPED INTO A H OLE IN THE BED OF THE TRUCK CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE & FALL OFF OF THE TRUCK
REMOVING A DRIVING GEAR FROM VIBRATING UNIT ON FEEDER.COUNTERWEIGHT SHIFTED AND AS GEARS MOVED,PINCHED HAND THROUGH WORK GLOVES AND CAUSED FRACTURE TO LITTLE FINGER RIGHT HAND BETWEEN KNUCKLE AND FIRST JOINT.SIMPLE FRACTURE.
HE WAS REMOVING A ROCK FROM BEHIND THE SIDE WEAR PLATE ON THE PAN FEEDER. HE WAS USING A PRY BAR TO PRY PLATE AWAY FROM ROKS. AFTER ROCKS WERE REMOVED, THE PLATE SPARNG BACTHING HIM BETWEEN THE BAR AND SIDE OF FEEDER WALL.
EMP WAS LIFTING THE MAIN SHAFT AND IMPELLAR FROMM WIEMAN PUMP HOUSING, WHEN HW FELT A MUSCLE PULL AND SORENESS IN HIS LOWER BACK.