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EE WAS WALKING TO ROCK PLANT WHEN HE TRIPPED OVER A ROCK CAUSING HIS RIGHT ANKLE TO TWIST.
EE WAS CLEANING OUT THE DISCHARGE GATE ON SILO AT THE ASPHALT PLANT WITH THE 980C LOADER. WHILE USING THE STEEL PIPE ON THE 980C LOADER TO LOOSEN BROKEN ASPHALT OUT OF THE DISCHARGE GATE, A LA RGE CHUNK OF ASPHALT SLIPPED OUT SIDEWAYS OUT OF THE GATE & HIT EE ON THE LEG CAUSING THE FRACTURE.
WORKER USED AN 8" PIPE AS A STEP. PIPE WAS WET AND MUDDY AND FOOT SLIPPED WHEN HE STEPPED ON THEPIPE. FEET WENT OUT FROM UNDER HIM AND HE CAME DOWN ON LOWER BACK AGAIN HITTING ANOTHER PIPE.
EE WAS PLACING SHEET METAL ROOFING ON ROOF FRAME[WHICH WAS NOT ELEVATED] AT ABOUT 45 DEGREES. HE WAS STANDING ON LADDR, LADDE FOOTING SLIPPED CAUSING EE TO SLIDE DOWN SIDES WHICH HE PROCEEDED TO JUMP DOWN SPRAING HIS LEFT ANKLE & WRENCHING HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. NO DAMAGE DONE & EE CONTINUED TO WORK AFTER SECURING THE LADDER BETTER. EE LATER FELT INJURIES.
TRIPPED ON SHOVEL CAUSING EMP TO SKIP A STEP ON THE STAIRWAY AT PRIMARY CRUSHER AND INJURING LOWER BACK.
I WAS TRYING TO GET THE ATTENTON OF A FELLOW EMPLOYEE IN THE CONTROL HOUSE, BUT WASN'T HAVING ANY SUCCESS. I STARTED TO WALK IN HIS DIRECTION WHEN I SLIPPED AND FELL ONTO RIGHT KNEE. MY KNEE LANDED ON THE EXPANDED METAL ON THE CAT WALK WHICH RESUTLED IN CUT.
EMPLOYEE WAS HAMMERING TOOTH ON RIPPER SHANK & A PIECE OF METAL CHIPPED OFF & LODGED IN CHEEK EMPLOYEE REMOVED PIECE OF METAL & A 1/2IN CUT WAS LEFT ON LEFT CHEEK EMPLOYEE CONTINUED TO WORK FI NISHED HIS SHIFT & WENT TO THE DOC ON 03-31-94 FOR A T ETANUS SHOT NO OTHER MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS REQUIRED
EE WENT TO DR ON 4-6-93 WITH PAIN IN SHOULDER AND ELBOWS DR INSTRUCTED HIM TO NOT RETURN TO NORMAL WORK. DR IS SUGGESTING SURGERY IN NEAR FURTURE TO CORRECT OR ALLEVIATE PROBLEM.
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS THAT HE IS HAVING PAIN IN HIS SHOULDR AND ELBOWS AS A RESULT OF THE REPETITIOUS MOTION REQUIRED TO OPERATE EQUIPMENT.
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS HE HAS BEEN UNDER TREATMENT SINCE 7/7/92. NO REPORT WAS MADE TO THE EMPLOYER. ON OCTOBER 7, 1992 THE EMPLOYEE NOTIFIED EMPLOYER OF TREATMENTS FOR POSSIBLE WORK RELATED INJURY. EMPLOYEE HAS ENGAGED IN REGULAR WORK DUTIES SINCE JULY 7, 1992.
STRUCK RIPPER TOOTH WITH HAMMER, METAL PIECE BROKE LOOSE AND FLEW IN LEG.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN LADDER & JUMPED LAST TWO RINGS HIS ARM HIT THE HANDRAIL PLEASE NOTE EMPLOYEE DID NOT NOTIFY EMPLOIYER UNTIL 11-07-91 OF THIS ACCIDENT
CHANGING SPRING SON A WASHING SCREEN DECK. TIGHTENING BOLTS ABOVE HIS HEAD ONE MAN INSIDE CHUT, OTHER MAN OUTSIDE. INJURED WAS INSIDE CHUTE, SOME LOOSE MATERIAL BROKE FREE AND FELL INTO HIS EYE.
WAS PULLING NEW SCREEN WIRE FROM SCREEN RACK. SCREENS WERE PUSHED TO OPPOSITE SIDE OF RACK. THEY WERE LEANING, BUT NOT ENOUGH TO STAND AND FELL BACK ON EMPLOYEES WRIST.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING PORTA POWER TO MOVE A ROCK THAT WAS LODGED AGAINST ANOTHER ROCK ON CONVEYOR BELT WHEN ROCK MOVED THE JACK FELL OFF OF THE CONVEYOR & HIT HIS LEFT FOOT CAUSING A BRUISE ON FO OT
OPERATING D9L CAT IN PIT. JOLTING CAT CAUSED KIDNEY AREA TO FEEL PAIN. WHILE BACKING UP CAT WENT OVER LARGE ROCK JOLTING CAT.
REMOVED HEAD PULLED GUARD PARTIALLY AND ATTEMPTED TO GREASE BEARING. HIS GLOVE CAUGHT POINT ON SIDE OF HEAD PULLEY AND EMPLOYEE YANKED IS HAND AWAY, BUT STILL WAS CAUGHT ON SIDE OF HEAD PULLEY PINCHING SKIN.
INJURED WAS RESETTING FLAG ON CONVEYOR WHICH STOPPED WHEN CONVEYOR STARTED INJURED WAS WALKING ON CATWALK AND A ROUND STONE ROLLED DOWN CONVEYOR AND BOUNCED OFF AND HIT INJURED IN THE KNEE CAU SING INJURY.
I NAME WAS WORKING HIS LOADER WHEN HE WAS STUNG BY A BEE I NAME IS ALLERGIC TO BEE STING AT THAT TIME HE GAVE HIMSELF AN INJECTION FROM THE BEE STING KIT HE CARRIES
PULLED CALF MUSCLE WHILE RUNNING TO GET PIECE OF MATERIAL OFF BELT BEFORE IT WENT INTO CRUSHER.
CLIMBED OUT OF BOWL ASSEMBLY - STEPPED ON OUTER RING AND IT DROPPED APPROX 1/2" AND CAUSED I.NAME TO LOOSE BALANCE, INJURED RIGHT HAND TRYING TO BREAK FALL
KOEKAN CRUSHER JAMMED AND MATERIAL HAD TO BE MANUALLY REMOVED FROM JAW, WHILE REMOVING MATERIAL BY HAND AND ADJACENT ROCK DISLODGED AND INJURED LEFT HAND FINGER