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EE POSITIONING A SCREEN TO BE MOVED OFF TOP DECK OF SCREEN. FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
EE CRUSHER OPERATOR WAS STRUCK ON NECK AND UPPER BACK WHEN A ROCK BEING FEED INTO CRUSHER FELL OUT OF HOPPER AND STRUCK EE OPERATOR HAD APPRACHED HAPPER AND NOT ADVISED LEADER OPERATOR FEEDING CRUSHER. HARD HAT WORN AT TIME OF INJURY.
DRAINING USED OIL INTO AN OPEN BARREL. BARREL BEGAN TO TIP. WORKER REACH TO STEADY BARREL & CUT HAND ON SHARP EDGE.
WORKER WAS PICKING UP CRUSHER PART WHEN HE FELT SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. WORKER STATES HE WAS BENDING AND LIFTING AT THE SAME TIME.
TWO WORKERS WERE POSITIONING A CONVEYER USING AN HITACHI EXCAVATOR TO LIFT THE CONVEYER. THE CONVEYER WAS ATTACHED TO THE EXCAVATOR BUCKET USING TWO SETS OF CHAINS. ONE WORKER WAS ON THE GROUN D ATTEMPTING TO GUIDE THE LIFTED CONVEYER WHEN ALINK ON ONE SET OF CHAINS BROKE. THE CONVEYER FELL TO THE GROUND, APPROX 3 FT, AND STRUCK THE WORKER'S RIGHT UPPER LEG.