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WORKING UNDERNEATH A CRUSHER AND A CHUNK OF MATERIAL FELL ON EMPLOYEE. HE THEN SLIPPED AND FELL.
WINDY DAY IN THE MINING AREA.
INJURED WAS WORKING ON THE UPPER CONVEYOR FRAME WHEN HE SLIPPED & FELL DOWN THE STAIRS, HURTING HIS RIGHT FOREARM.
EE WAS FINISHING CEMENT WORKING OFF A 2X6 HE RECEIVED A LARGE SLIVER IN PALM OF LEFT HAND.
THE WELDING MACHINE IS EQUIPED WITH A GRAVITY DROP DOWN LANDING STAND.THE STAND DID NOT DROP TO FULL VERTICAL POSITION AND SLIPPED ON CONCRETE FLOOR AS WEIGHT WAS BEING ADDED TO IT.INJURED TRI ED INSTINCTIVELY TO CATCH THE FALL,RESULTING IN BACK STRAIN.
REACHING UP WITH LEFT HAND TO PULL SELF UP INTO 633 SCRAPER PULLED ROTATOR CUFF IN LEFT ARM.
OPERATING D-6 DOZER; ABRASION TO RIGHT EYE FROM UNKNOWN OBJECT.
LOST FOOTING WHILE CHANING A ROLLER. A SCREEN GUARD STRUCK EE IN THE RIGHT FOREARM AND THEN FELL INTO THE WATER.
HAND WAS SWEATING AND HE WAS GETTING ON SCRAPER. AS HE DID SO HIS HAND SLIPPED OFF OF HAD HOLD AND MIDDLE FINGER OF LEFT HAND HIT THE DECK, RIPPING OFF THE NAIL.
THE EMPLOYEE HAD HIS THUMB ON A "FORK" ON THE END OF A HYDRAULIC RAM THAT WAS BEING RETRACTED. HIS THUMB WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE "FORK" AND THE BODY OF THE RAM WHEN THE RAM WAS FULLY RETRACTED. THE RESULT WAS A SEVERE LACERATION AND FRACTURE OF THE BONE OF THE LAST JOINT OF HIS RIGHT THUMB.
STEPPED OUT OF CAB OD DOZER PUTTING JACKET ON STEPPING DOWN ON TRACK TO GET DOWN FT SLIPPED TRIPPING HIM FELL HEAD FIRST LANDED ON L SHOULDER.
SLIPPED IN THE MUD, STRUCK HEAD ON CONVEYOR BELT FRAME.
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A LARGE MUD BALL FROM A CONVEYOR BELT WHEN ONE HAND SLIPPED OFF THE MUD BALL AND CAUSED EMPLOYEE TO TURN HIS UPPER BODY RESULTING IN A STRAINED MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK.
BUMPED LEFT ELBOW ON DOOR HANDLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS REMVOING STEEL GUARD FROM BELT DRIE OF EXHAUST FAN FOR ASHPHALT PLANT WHEN IT SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN IT AND CONCRETE FOUNDATION. EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING PLANT OPERATOR REMOVE GUARD WHEN THEY TOOK BOLTS OUT OF THE GUARD. THE GUARD SYSTEM STAYED IN PLACE FOR A MOMENT, OPERTOR SUGGESTED THAT EMPLOYEE SHOULD TRY TO MOVE GUARD WHEN IT SUDDENLY DROPPED ONTO HIS H
EMPLOYEE WAS CH5NGING THE CUTTING EDGE ON A D-8 CAT HE WAS HOLDING THE PLOW BOLT WITH ONE HAND AND USING A 3/4 IN DRIVE IMPACT WRENCH TO REMOCE BOLT AND NUT THE TORQUE SPUN THE BOLT IN HIS HA ND AND CUT HIS 4IDDLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND FOREMAN ADVISED HIM TO USE WRENCH WITH IMPACT TOOL
STANDING ON THE CONVEYOR AT THE ROCK PLANT DOING MAINTENANCE HE LOST HIS BALANCE FELL TO THE GROUND SIX FEET BELOW HEAD OUT REQWUIRED FOUR STICHES BUSIED SHOULDER.