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FRONT END LOADE9 OPERATOR WAS STEPPING DOWN OFF OF HIS LOADER AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE WHEN HE STEPPED TO THE GROUND.
I.NAME AND I.NAME WERE REMOVING A SHAFT FROM A RATCHET ASSEMBLY USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO IMPACT A SMALLER SLEDGE HAMMER PLACED AGAINST THE SHAFT UPON IMPACT THE HEAD OF THE SMALLER SNAPPED OFF AND BOUNCED UP STRIKING I.NAME IN THE MOUTH AND HAD 2 TEETH KNOCKED OUT AND 2 MORE BROKEN OFF
A LARGE ROCK SLID FROM A SPOIL PILE AND STRUCK THE VICTIM KNOCKING HIM TO THE GROUND. THE VICTIM SUSTAINED BROKEN COLLAR BONE AND LACERATIONS TO THE HEAD AND HAND. PER CALL 4-9-85 EMPLOYEE AND SUPERVISOR WERE STANDING IN A HOLE CLEANDING OUT DIRT WITH SHOVEL TO CLEAN END OF 6" PIPE.
I NAME WAS OPERATING A 50 TON EUCLID ROCK TRUCK DESCENDING THE HAUL ROAD THE TRUCK HIT A BUMP AND THREW HIM UP IN THE SEAT TWISTING HIS LOWER BACK OPERATOR STATES HE WAS NOT WEARING A SEAT BELT
I NAME WAS BACKING HIS TRUCK INTO A PARKING PLACE TO BEGIN WORK HE SPUN HIS TRUCK TIRES AND SPUN MUC AND ROCKS ONTO ANOTHER EMP I NAME A ROCK STRUCK I NAME BETWEEN THE EYES CAUSING A LACERAT
PREP PLANT LABORER OPENED REFUELING CAP ON WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS A NON BURNING SALAMANDER HEATER.FLAME SHOT FROM REFUELING HOLE AND BURNED RIGHT HAND AND WRIST.
I.NAME AN OPERATING ENGINEER WAS ATTEMPTING TO USE AN AEROSOL SPRAY CAN OF DEGREASER HE HAD THE NOZZLE TURNED BACKWARDS & DEGREASER WAS DISCHARGED INTO HIS RT EYE ADVISED THAT THE NOZZLE WAS DEFECTIVE OPERATOR SUFFERED CHEMICAL BURNS TO THE RIGHT EYE
I.NAME A LABORER WAS LIGHTING A SALAMANDER HEATER & RECEIVED 2ND DEGREE BURNS ON INDEX MIDDLE & RING FINGERS OF HIS RT HAND HEATER WAS BEING LIT WITH A CIGARETTE LIGHTER INSTEAD OF A WAND
OPERATING ENGINEER I.NAME WAS BACKING DOZER OVER SOME SHOT MATERIAL WHEN A SUDDEN JAR TO THE MACHINE CAUSED HIM TO TWIST THE LOWER PART OF HIS BACK I.NAME SUSTAINED PULLED MUSCLES IN HIS LOWER BACK NEAR HIS TAILBONE
EMPLOYEE I NAME WAS REFUELING A BULLDOZER SLIPPED AND FELL ON THE TRACK PADS. BADLY BRUISED BOTH KNEES.
MAN WAS WORKING AT PREPARTATION PLANT SLIPPED AND FELL ON WET CONCRETE FLOOR MAN BROKE THE FIRST FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND.
VICTIM ENTERED A VERTICAL SHAFT THAT WAS BEING USED AS A WATER SUMP. SHAFT WAS 90\ DEEP 7\ 3" IN DIAMETER, CONTAINING 28\ OF WATER VICTIM WAS APPROX 15\ - 20\ DOWN THE LADDER,. WHEN HE APPAREN TLY LOST CONCIOUSNESS DUE TO A LACK OF OXYGEN AND FELL TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SHAFT
OPERATOR WILL BEADNELL WAS GETTING DOWN OFF OF BULLDOZER #10 WHEN HE STEPPED FROM THE PUSHARM TO THE GROUND HE TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE
SUBJECT EE WAS GETTING DOWN OFF OF A CAT 988B FRONT END LOADER FOOT SLIPPED OFF OF LADDER & SUBJECT FELL APPROX 6\ TO THE GROUND INJURING HIS NECK & RIGHT SHOULDER.