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WALKING UNDER PLANT, SUNK DOWN INTO SAND AND STRAINED LEFT KNEE.
EE WAS RETURNING FROM LUNCH, UPON CLIMBING ONTO MACHINE, PLACED LEFT FOOT ON TRACK TO GET IN, SLIPPED OFF AND HIT LEFT SHIN ON TRACK REQUIRING 8 STITCHES
WHILE STEPPING UP LADDER TO ENTER FRONT-END LOADER, EE'S RIGHT HAND SLIPPED OFF THE RAILING, CAUSING EE TO FALL BACKWARDS OFF OF THE LOADER.
EE WAS WORKING ON THE CAT 345 EXCAVATOR, REPAIRING THE BELLY PAN. THE BELLY PAN CAME LOOSE AND HIT HIS LEFT ARM.
HOLDING A BOLT WITH HIS GLOVED LEFT HAND, REMOVING THE BOLT WITH AN IMPACT WRENCH. THE BOLT SPUN AND THE SHARP EDGE OF THE BOLT CUT HIS HAND.
AN ELECTRICIAN AND INJURED EE WERE WORKING ON AN ELECTRICAL BOX. THE ELECTRICIAN POINTED HIS SCREWDRIVER AT WHERE HE WAS GOING TO WORK & THERE WAS AN ELECTRICAL FLASH.
EE WAS CLEANING UP THE AREA AROUND THE BOX CARS OF THE PLANT. HE LIFTED UP A SCREEN AND SOME OTHER SCREENS THAT WERE LEANING UP FELL. THEY FELL ON HIS LT. FOOT AND EE FELL BACKWARDS ON HIS RT. WRIST.
WHILE LIFTING A HEAVY CONVEYOR BELT, HE SHIFTED THE WEIGHT FROM HIS SHOULDER TO HIS WAIST.
PULLED MUSCLE IN CHEST PICKING UP A SCREEN
DRIVER WAS MAKING A 180 DEGREE TURN DOWN A HILL WITH A LOAD OF WET SAND. THE TRUCK DID NOT MAKE TURN AND WENT UP THE BERM & ROLLED TO ITS LEFT SIDE. DRIVER WAS UNHARMED. CONDITIONS CONTRIBUTIN G: HEAVY LOAD, SHARP TURN, STEEP INCLINE, INEXPERIENCE, & HARD STEERING.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A HEAVY PIPE OFF OF A SHEET OF STEEL HE NEEDED FOR FABRICATING. HE LEFTED THIS PIPE IN A MANNER WHICH CAUSED THIS INJURY.
INJURED WAS STEPPING DOWN OFF THE TRUCK WHENF RIGHT FOOT HUNG UP ON WIRE ROPE STEP, THEN LOSING BALANCE AND FALLING BACKWARDS. HITTING THE GROUDON HIS RIGHT SIDE AND ARM.