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DRAGLINE OPERATOR WAS WALKING FROM CAB TO ENGINE ROOM CATWALK WAS SLIPPERY FROM RAIN AS HE REACHED EDGE OF STEPS HIS FEET SLIPPED OUT ROM UNDER HIM & HE FELL DOWN STEPS AS HE STARTED TO FALL H E TRIED TO CATCH HIMSELF BY GRABBING HANDRAIL & AS A RESULT PULLED MUSCLES IN HIS BACK FALL WAS APPROX 51/2FT

THE WELDER WAS DOING SOME OVERHEAD WELDING ON THE ARCH OF THE DRAGLINE BUCKET. HE SAID HE WASNT SURE HOS OR WHEN IT HAPPENED, FUT A SLAG CHIP OR A PIECE OF STEEL MUST HAVE GONE BETWEEN HIS HA RD HAT AND HIS WELDING SHIELD INTO HIS EYE. LATER THAT EVENING HE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL AND HAD THE FOREIGN BODY REMOVED AND HAD TOA GET A PRESCRIPTION FOR EYE DROPS.

IN THE PROCESS OF LOOSENING AMMONIUM NITRATE FROM INSIDE A 10\ X 9\4\\ X 22\HIGH STEEL STORAGE BIN .EMPL EITHER SLIPPED OFF LADDER OR IF STANDING ON TOP OF NITRATE COLUMN,FELL THROUGH THE CRUS T TO BOTTOM OF BIN AND WAS BURIED BY AMMONIUM NITRATE.EMPL COULD NOT PASS THROUGH 11\\ X 11\\ OPENING AND SUFFOCATED.

THE MECHANIC WAS BUSY TAKING THE MOTOR OUT OF THE 988 CAT LOADER FRONT END LOADER HE HAD CRAWLED UNDERNEATH TO LOOSEN SOME BOLTS THE BOLTS WERE RUSTY AND WHEN HE BROKE THEM LOOSE A PIECE OF R UST FELL IN HIS EYE

FIXING CHAIN USED FOR TOWING PURPOSES.HOLDING REPAIR LINK WITH RIGHT HAND,TRYING TO CLOSE LINK WITH SLEDGE HAMMER ON BED OF WELDING TRUCK.BROKE TIP OF MIDDLE FINGER AND NAIL HAD TO BE DRIL LED TO RELIEVE PRESSURE.