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EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING OFF LADDER ON DEISTER TABLE LADDER SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER EMPLOYEE EMPLOYEE FELL 8-10FT.TO FLOOR EMPLOYEE WAS TAKEN TO EMERGENCY ROOM AT OAK HILL H OSPITAL HE RECEIVED FIV E STITCHES TO HIS HEAD & FIVE STITCHES TO HIS KNEE
A METAL STRIP HOLDING THE RUBBER CROSSING ONTO THE SCALES FOR TRUCK CROSSING WAS LOOSE AND STICKING UP WHILE WALKING BACK TO SCALE THAT TOES WENT UNDER METAL STRIPPING CAUSING TRIPPING AND FAL LING ONTO SCALES.
OPERATOR HAD PARKED DUMP TRUCK AND BEGAN TO CHECK OIL IN ENGINE. HE CLIMBED ON TO HOOD OF TRUCK TOW ALK AROUND ON HOOD AREA TO CHECK OIL WHEN HE LOST BALANCE AND FELL TO THE GROUND APPROS 10 FT. TRUCK WAS AT INCLINE AND HAND RAILS WERE IN GOOD CONDITION FOR USE. HE STRUCK THE GROUND HITTING HEAD AND LANDING ON KNEES AND ELBOWS
EMPL. WAS STRICKEN ON HEAD BY FROZEN DIRT CLOD ABOUT 2 FT. IN DIAMETER. THIS HAPPENED WHILE EMPL. WAS WELDING ON LIP OF CATTERPILLAR 992 FRONT END LOADER BUCKET. BUCKET WAS IN AIR TILTED D OWNDWARD EMPTYING SO EMPL. COULD HAVE EASY ACCESS TO WORKING AREA. BUCKET WAS FREE OF ALL MATERIAL EXCEPT IN ONE SPOT IN UPPER LEFT CORNER OF BUCKET ABOVE EMPL. WORK AREA. MATERIAL WAS FROZE
EMPLOYEE WAS STRIKEN ON THE FACE AND FOOT BY A FROZEN DIRT CLOD OF ABOUT 2 FT IN DIAMETER THIS HAPPEN WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS H ELPING WELDER BY HOLDING A PIECE OF STEEL WHICH WAS BEING WELDED ON T HE LIP OF A 992 FRONT END LOADER BUCKET. THE BUCKET WAS ELEVATED AND IN A DOWNARD EMPTYING POSITION SO EMPLOYEE COULD HAVE EASY ACCESS TO THE WORKING AREA. THE DIRT CLOD WAS FROZEN IN UPPER L
GUARD WAS REMOV9D FROM PULLY/BELT RUNNING AREA. EMPLOYEE REACHED IN TO TURN PULLY BY GABBING BELT WITH HANDS AND TRYING TO GET PULLY FREE FOR MOVEMENT. PULLY WAS FROZEN UP AND WOULDN'T TURN. A T THE TIME A CR5NE HAD A CHAIN ATTACHED TO IT HOOK AROUND THE CONVEYOR TO PUT TENSION ON THE BELT. THE TENSION GAVE AND EMPLOYEES HANDS FEED THROUGH PULLY AREA ONE REVOLUTION . CRANE OR CHAIN
EMPLOYEE WAS AN3ASSISTANT ON THE DAVEY ROTARY AIR EXPLORATORY DRILL HIS DUTY WAS TO LIFT DRILL STEELS 15 FT IN LENGTH APPROX 150 LB ON ONE END TO CONNECT CABLE FROM HOIST SO IT COULD BE SWUNG INTO PLACE THE3DRILL STILL WILL LIE AT A 70 DEG ANGLE AND HOISTED INTO THE DRILL HEAD HE LIFTED UP THE END OF THE STEEL TO PLACE INTO THE HEAD WHEN INJURED
CAUSE UNKNOWN LOADER BURNED EXTENSIVELY