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EE AND COWORKER WERE CHANGING SCREENS AND LIFTED SCREEN OVER A RAIL. EE TOLD COWORKER TO LET GO OF SCREEN AND WHEN IT DROPPED EE WRENCHED HIS BACK.
USING CUTTING TORCH ON METAL, A PIECE OF THE METAL FELL AND HIT AN AEROSOL CAN, CAUSING THE CAN TO EXPLODE.
CLIMBING OFF LOADER, FOOT SLIPPED OFF LADDER.
JAW CRUSHER WAS NOT TAKING FULL FEED. EE EXITED LOADER TO CHECK CRUSHER CHAMBER AND AFTER NOTICING A TREE ROOT INSIDE, CLIMBED DOWN, LOCKED IT OUT AND CLIMBED BACK UP ON PLATFORM TO FREE ROOT. HE HAD DIFFICULTY, SO CLIMBED IN JAW AND SLID DOWN, CATCHING BOOT AND LODGING LEF IN JAW. TWISTED LEFT KNEE AND HEARD IT POP.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING AIR CONDITIONED FRONT END LOADER FOR MOST OF HIS WORK SHIFT. HE GOT OUT AND BEGAN SHOVELING BY THE CRUSHER AND WAS OVERCOME BY HEAT.
CREW WAS CHANGING CONE LLINER, PLACIDO PUT FINGER IN HOLE TO REMOVE A SHIM AND THE LINER FELL AND CUT OFF PORTION OF RIGHT INDEX FINGER 1 ST JOINT.
WHILE SHOVELING AROUND FEEDER, EE STEPPED BACK AND STEPPED ON ROCK, TWISTING ANKLE ON RIGHT FOOT.
WHILE CLEANING THE TAIL SECTION OF A PIT CONVEYER, A ROCK FELL FROM THE HEAD SECTION OF ANOTHER CONVEYOR AND HIT HIM ON THE LOWER RIGHT BACK.
GRINDING A PIECE OF STEEL TO MAKE A NEW CONVEYERGUARD, PIECE OF STEEL ENTERED LEFT EYE.
RUNNING THE SCRAPER, EMPLOYEE LOOKED BACK AT CAN AND HIT A BUMP RESULTING IN HURTING HIS BACK.
INJURED WAS LIFTING/ ROLLING I BEAMS TO CUT THEM WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK.