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WHILE DOING REPAIR TO THE CAR PULLER CABLE THE INDIVIDUAL HAD TO WORK ON AND AROUND THE RAILROAD TRACKS. WHILE WALKING ON THE TRACKS HE TRIPPED ON A RAILROAD TIE AND INJURED HIS RIGHT FOOT.
THE INDIVIDUAL WAS ASSISTING IN THE EXCHANGE OF TEETH ON THE DRAGLINE BUCKET. HE TURNED TO PICK UP A SLEDGE HAMMER AND IN SO DOING WRENCHED HIS BACK. HE DID NOT PICK UP THE HAMMER AS HIS LOWER BACK HAD ALREADY BEEN INJURED.
THE INDIVIDUAL WAS UNDER A D11 DOZER WASHING THE UNDERSIDE OFF. THE SOAP WATER MISTURE HIT A PIECE OF IRON AND DEFLECTED BACK INTO HIS FACE KNOCKING HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND CONSEQUENTLY THE SOA P AND WATER AND DIRT GOT INTO HIS EYES.
A SCRAPER OPERATOR WAS REMOVING THE CENTER EDGE FROM 657 #16. ONE BOLT WOULD NOT COME OFF SO A WELDER WAS CALLED TO CUT IT OFF. THE WELDER WAS LAYING UNDER THE SCRAPER TO CUT THE NUT OFF. WHEN THE BOLT WAS CUT OFF IT CAUSED THE CUTTING EDGETO FALL ON HIS FOOT CAUSING THE DAMAGE.
WHIE THIS INDIVIUAL WAS CUTTING A BOX WITH A UTILITY KNIFE HE SLIPPED AND CUT THE THUMB ON HIS OPPOSITE HAND. THE THUMB WAS CUT AT THE TIP OF THE NAIL AREA REQUIRING FIVE STITCHES.
IT WAS A VERY COLD (-27 DEGREES F) AND FROSTY MORNING. THE OPERATOR WAS GOING TO DISMOUNT THE EXCAVATOR AND WHEN HE GRABBED THE HANDRAIL HIS HAND SLIPPED OFF CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE AN D FALL TO THE GROUND. IT WAS A FALL OF ABOUT 8' - 9'. HE FELL ON HIS RIGHT SIDE CAUSING THE DAMAGE TO HIS PELVIS AND SHOULDER AREA.
WHILE DROPPING RAIL CARS THE INDIVIDUAL HAD TO DISMOUNT THE MOVING CARS TO GET TO ANOTHER CAR TO SET THE BRAKE. THE AREA WAS SNOWY AND ICY AND WHEN HE DISMOUNTED HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON HIS KNE E CAUSING A SPRAIN.
INDIVIDUAL WAS USING A DOZER TO RIP FROST CHUNKSFOR THE SCRAPER OPERATORS. WHEN GOING ACROSS THECHUNKS THE DOZER FELL TO ONE SIDE SHIFTING THE OPERATOR INTO AN UNUSUAL POSITION CAUSING DAMAGE TO HIS BACK EVEN THOUGH HE HAD HIS SEAT BELT ON.
WHILE WELDING PLASTIC PIPE TOGETHER, THE EE SLIPPED & FELL ON THE ICE & SNOW IN THAT AREA.. HIS LEGS GOT TWISTED UNDER HIM WHEN HE FELL
THE EE WAS USING A TORCH TO MELT SNOW FROM THE HEAD PULLEY ON THE NEAR PIT CRUSHER WHEN THE PULLEY CAUGHT THE TORCH AND FORCED HIS HAND TO SLAM TO THE SIDE. HITTING A PIECE OF ANGLE IRON.
THE INDIVIDUAL HAD DISMOUNTED THE DRAGLINE AND WALKED OVER TO A PAIL OF GREASE. WHEN HE BENT OVER TO PICK THE PAIL UP HE FELT HIS LOWER BACK GO OUT ON HIM.
WORK WAS BEING DONW ON THE 1570 DRAGLINE. THE EE WAS TRYING TO GET THE WELDING LEADS SET UP ANS D ALSO CLIMBING DOWN, STEPS AT THE SAME TIME. THE STEPS WERE ICY AND WHEN THE EE SLIPPED HE TRIE D TO CATCH HISMELF WITH HIS FREE HAND WHICH CAUSED INJURY FROM THE IMPACT.
THE WELDERS WERE IN A VERY CONFINED AREA GRINDING OUT A WELD THAT HAD JUST BEEN LAYED ON A 1570 DRAGLINE. THE FACE SHIELD BEING USED DID NOT EXTEND BACK FAR ENOUGH AND THE SHARDS FROM THE GRIN DING FLEW IN BEHIND THE GUARD AND LODGED IN THE CORNER OF HIS EYE. THE METAL HAD TO BE EXTRACTED BY AN OPTOMITRIST.
THE BATTERIES ON THE FRONT ENGINE OF 657 WERE COORODED AND NEEDED CHANGING. HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF REMOVING THE BAD BATTERIES WHEN ONE OF THEM ARCED AND BLEW UP CAUSING BATTERY ACID TO BE DI SCHARGED IN HIS FACE. EYES WERE WASHED OUT AND HE WAS TAKEN TO A MEDICAL DOCTOR TO HAVE REMAINDER OF ACID WASHED OUT.
A PICK UP USED TO TRANSPORT THE INDIVIDUALS TO THE WORKSITE WAS DRIVING ON AN AREA WHERE TOPSOIL HAD BEEN RESPREAD AND ROCK PICKING WAS IN PROGRESS. THE DRIVER DID NOT SEE A HOLE LEFT BY A ROC K AND IT IT WITH THE PICK UP. THE PASSENGER, NOTEXPECTING THIS, WAS BOUNCED AROUND AND HIT HER HEAD ON THE ROOF OF THE PICKUP CAUSING THE INJURY.
WHILE REACHING DOWN TO PICK UP A PLASTIC PIECE OF DISCHARGE PIPE FROM A PUMP THE PERSON INVOLVED FELT HIS BACK GIVE OUT ON HIM.
TWO WELDERS WERE ATTEMPTING TO DISLODGE A WEAR PLATE FROM THE BOTTOM OF A DRAGLINE BUCKET WHEN STRUCK WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER A PIECE OF METAL FROM THE WEAR PLATE CAME LOOSE AND STRUCK THE OTHER WELDER IN THE NOSE AND BECAME EMBEDDED IN THE CHEEK. BOTH INDIVIDUALS WERE DOING THEIR REGULARLY ASSIGNED JOBS AND WEARING ALL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT REQUIRED.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING IN THE LOADER BUCKET (WHICH WAS BLOCKED) WHEN THE WIND OR SOME OTHER MOVEMENT MADE THE SHEAVE HE WAS TRYING TO INSTALL TIP TOWARDS HIM, KNOCKING HIM BACK AND TRAPPIN G HIS LEGS BEFORE HE FLIPPED OUT TO THE GROUND (ABOUT 4 FT) AND LANDED ON A 6X6 WOODEN STUD.