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MAINT FOREMAN WAS USING WRENCH TO LOOSEN FITTING FROM HYD LINE. NO SPECIFICS. WRENCH SLIPPING CAUSING MAINT FOREMAN TO HIT HIS FIST (KNUCKEL)
SEVERAL EES TRYING TO MOVE VOLVO TRUCK AWAY FROM BACKHOE--SEVERAL OTHERS STANDING AROUND. ROCKS FELL FROM BED OF TRUCK--ONE STRUCK EE'S LEG.
TRUCK STARTED TO TURN OVER, BACKHOE WENT TO LOW SIDE OF TRUCK--USED BUCKET TO HELP TRUCK MOVE FORWARD. WHEN TRUCK HAD MOVED FORWARD--OPERATOR IN TRUCK LIFTED BED PARTIALLY--BACKHOE WAS NOT CLE AR. BED STRUC CAB OF BACKGHOE--PUSHING BACKHOE CAB ONTO OPERATOR'S FEET.
EE WAS BEINGSHOWN HOW TO USE THE D375 GARDNER DEVER AIR COMPRESSOR. WHEN THE RUN SWITCH WAS TURNEE ON THE HOSE (VALVE GATE) WAS ALREADY OPEN AND THE HOSE KICKED UNWRAPPED AND HIT EE IN THE HE AD. THIS AIR COMPRESSOR WAS IN SHOP LAST WEEK BEING WORKED ON.
EE HAD SOME SEVERE CHEST PAINS AND LOST CONSCIOUSNESSS.
WAS LOADING TRACTOT AND MOWER TO BUSH HOG FOR RECLAMATION. BOOMING DOWN WITH COME A LONG. COME ALONG UNDER PRESSURE - RESISTED. PULLED ON IT EXTREMELY HARD. IT CAME DOWN CATCHING LITTLE FINGER UNDER IT.
DECKING SURROUNDING THE SCALEHOUSE/GUARD OFC. HAS DETERIORATED. GUARD WAS LEANING ON THE RAIL & IT GAVE WAY AND HE FELL THROUGH TO THE GROUND BELOW.
WAS OPERATING A DOZER IN VERY MUDDY CONDITION. STARTED SLIDING TOWARD HIGHWALL. JUMPED FROM DOZER. EE THOUGHT HE PUT DOZER IN NEUTRAL. CAUGHT HIS ARM (& SHIRT) IN THE HYDRAULIC LINES & BLADE.
DISASSEMBLING HYDRAULIC CYLINDER LINES ON D10. SLING DID NOT HOLD CYLINDER. TOP CYLINDER FELL CRUSHING ARM(FOREARM) PINNING ARM BETWEEN IT.
PUTTING SHALE ON HAUR ROAD, SLID OFF THE ROAD EMPTY. EVIDENCE OF TOO HIGH TRAVEL SPEEDS, OPERATOR INJURED BY IMPACT WITH INSIDE OF CAB; CUTS AND BRUISES ON BOTH SIDES OF HEAD, 2 RIBS BROKEN FRONT AND BACK-NO LUNG DAMAGE OR CONCUSSION.
RAINY DAY IN A STRIP MINE CREATES A SLIMY SURFACE ON EVERYTHING- TRYING TO FUEL HIS SCRAPER HE SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH HIS ARM.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING 637 SCRAPER. EMPLOYEE REACHED FOR LEVER BAR AND BUMPED RIGHT ELBOW AGAINST THE MESH SCREEN OF THE CAGE.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING UP A SMALL SPOIL PILE TO GET IN HIS TRUCK TO LEAVE THE JOB. WHEN HE REACHED THE TOP (ABOUT 3' HIGH) HE HAD HURT HIS BACK.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING READY TO DISCONNECT POWER CABLE FROM DRAGLINE. HE TURNED POWER OFF. AT THE MAIN TRANSFORMER. BY TRIPPING THE ELECTRICAL DISCONNECT. HE SAID HE HEARD IT. DISCONNEC T. THE CONTACT POINTS DID NOT DISCONNECT ALL THE WAY. HE BEGAN TO DISCONNECT CABLE FROM BREAKER BOX. THE CABLE STILL HAD POWER RESULTING INT EH EMPLOYEE GETTING HIS LEFT HAND BURN IT.
EMPL WAS INSTALLING RIGHT SIDE PANEL BY ENGINE WAS LIFTING & LINING UP BOLT HOLES WITH PANEL IN TWISTED POSITION PULLED LOWER BACK MUSCLES.
WAS MOVING POWER CABLE TO DRAGLINE STRAINED UPPER BACK MUSCLES.
SPLICING ELECTRICAL CABLE USING KNIFE TO CUT OFF INSULATION THE KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING LEG
OPERATOR WAS MOUNTING HIS LOADER. HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL TWISTING HIS KNEE. RUBBER SOLE BOOTS AND MOIST STEP.
EMPLOYEE WAS HOISTING DRAG FRICTION WITH AN ELECTRIC WINCH.THEY HAD A SHEAVE ATTACHED TO BEAMS ON DRAGLINE WITH A CHAIN WHEN THEY HOISTED THE FRICTION THE CHAIN BROKE.THE SHEAVE HIT INJURED IN THE HEAD.
EE WAS MOVING WATER DISCHARGE HOSE THE AREA WAS WET MUDDY HE SLIPPED INJURING HIS BACK.
EE WAS USING PRESSURE WASHER TO CLEAN ON A PIECE OF HEAVY EQUIPMENT FLYING DEBRIES CAME BACK ON HIM STRIKING HIM IN HIS EYES.
CLEANING UP AROUND SHOP & PICKED UP CYLINDER SMALL METAL PLATE LOOSE ON CYLINDER CUT HIS HAND.
MOVING POWER CABLE WHILE WALKING DRAGLINE OVER ROCK WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK
EMPL NOT SURE BUT THINKS CONTRIBUTING CIRCUMSTANCES WERE WHEN HE WAS LOADING ELECTRICAL ITEMS TO BE HAULED BACK TO OUR MINE SITE.
EMPL WAS WORKING ON 988A END LOADER WHILE CLIMBING UP LADDER HE NOTICED PAIN IN LEFT KNEE.
SHT OF ROTOCLONE WALKED AROUND STUCK L HAND UP TO PULL MUD OUT OF IT FAN BLADES NOT STOPPED, THE BLADES STRUCK HIS HAND
EMPL GRINDING USING FULL FACE WELDING HOOD FOR EYE PROTECTION.SMALL PIECE OF STEEL EITHER CAME IN BEHIND HOOD AT THAT TIME OR FELL FROM HOOD NEXT TIME IT WAS PLACED ON EMPL HEAD.NOT EMBEDDED.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING SLEDGE HAMMER TO DRIVE A STAKE INTO THE GROUND. THE HAMMER GLANCED OFF THE STAKE STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN THE RIGHT FOOT CAUSING 2 CONTUSIONS.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS ADJUSTING AND BLEEDING BRKAES SYSTEM, A PIECE OF RUST FELL FROM ENGINE AREA AND EMBEDDED IN EMPLOYEES EYE.
THE EMPL WAS PULLING ON POWER CABLE OF DRAGLINE AND STRAINED UPPER LEG AND HIP IN LEFT SIDE OF BODY
EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING ACROSS PARKING LOT, STEPPED ON ROCK AND TWISTED ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING PUMP IN PIT, WHEN LIFTING THE HOSE AND PUMP HE STRAINED LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING TIRE WITH CHAIN THE CHAIN SLIPPED AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN HAND CAUSING HIM TO SUSTAIN A LACERATION IT REQUIRED 3 SUTURES.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS HANDLING 2 PIECE OF PEAT METAL. HE STARTED TO TOSS IT ON TOP OF ANOTHER PIECE & IT CAUGHT HIS GLOVE PULLING HIM ARM & HAND ALONG THE EDGE OF ANOTHER PIECE OF METAL, CUTTING HI S MIDDLE FINGER OF RIGHT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS LOOSING BOLTS ON HYDRAULIC HOSE THE PRESSURE WAS NOT RELEASED AND THE O RING CALLOPSED CAUSING OIL TO STIKE EMPLOYEE IN EYES AND FACE.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS PRIMARY 2 M-37 TRUCK CARB WITH GAS IN 2 PLASTIC CONTAINER AND THE GAS WAS BEING POWERED INTO THE CARB THE TRUCK BACKFIRED COVERING FIRE WHICH CAME IN CONTACT WITH EMPLOYEE NEC K AND FACE CAUSING 1ST & 2ND DEGREE BURN ON NECKAND FACE.
EMPL WAS CUTTING OPEN FILT4ER WITH PAIR OF TIN SNIPS. FILTER SLIPPED FROM EMPLS HAND & CUT RING FINGER OF EMPLS RIGHT HAND REQUIRING 4 SUTURES.
EMPL WAS HITTING BUCKET SHANK WITH SLEDGE HAMMER CHIP CAME OFF SLEDGE HAMMER & HIT NECK.