Changing tail pulley bearing on main belt under the feeder. Water dripping from feeder hit ee in the forehead and ran down under safety glasses into eye. It had sand or metal in it from hopper.
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Showing all 8Was descending stairs and slipped on last two stairs and tried to break fall with left hand causing left wrist and forearm injury.
Ee was hauling material to sand plant surge pile and dumped this load in different location on uneven surface and rolled over the truck he was driving sprained left shoulder was put on restriction was.
EMPLOYEE (FOREMAN) DID NOT TURN POWER OFF AND LOCK OUT 486 VOLT ELECTRIC BOX. CUT CABLE AND MADEA SPLICE. WAS ELECTRICUTED. TAKEN TO MOUNT CARMEL HOSPITAL. WE WERE NOTIFIED OF HIS DEATH APPROX 2:00 PM.
ROCK FELL FROM SIDE OF CONVEYOR LACERATING FLESH OF LEFT RING FINGER WHILE HOLDING SHOVEL.
EE WAS PUTTING AIR INTO TIRE WHEN TIRE EXPLODED CAUSING BRUISED RIBS. FACIAL CUTS AND VISION PROBLEMS DUE TO IMPACT OF TIRE
PLACING SIDE RAIL OF NEW CREW CLAMP, LET GO CAUSING SIDE RAIL TO STRIKE SCREW THEN FALLING ON EE.
DUE TO ICE STORM. THE GROUND WAS COVERED BY ICE. HE SLIPPED ON THE ICE WHILE WALKING TO THE POER SCREEN. FRACTURED RIGHT ARM.