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LIFTED FULL CAN OF GREASE FROM GROUND TO FUEL TK
EMPLOYEES FAILUR TO OBSERVE SAFETY BARRIER BY BACKING UP ON SAME END DUMP ROLLED OVER LANDING BACK ON ITS WHEELS. DISCUSSED WITH ALL EMPLOYEES SAFETY PROCEDURE AN D PROPER USE OF SAFETY BARRIERS.
EMPLOYEE WAS LI0TING A BARREL ONTO A PICKUP TRUCK WHEN IT STARTED TO TIP.HE TRIED TO STOP IT AND STRAIN HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS PL5CING CABLE ON DRAGLINE BUCKET WHEN HE SPRAINED HIS BACK REQUIRING CHIROPRACTER CARE.
WHILE IN CROUCHED POSITION EMPL WAS LIFTING HYDRAULIC PUMP INTO POSITION FOR INSTALLATION.WHEN HE TURNED HIS BODY TO RIGHT HE SPRAINED HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO PRY OPEN THE VENT LOUVERS ON THE CAB OF A EUCLID R50 REAR DUMP TRUCK WITH A JACK KNIFE WHEN THE LOUVER SNAPPED INTO PLACE THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND EMPLOYEE CUT HIS LEFT IND EX FINGER
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON THE ENGINE ACCESSORY PLATFORM AND LEANING OVER THE SIDE FRAME TO CONNECT A HOSE TO THE TRANSMISSION OF A MICHIGAN MODEL 475 TRACTOR SHOVEL, WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND H IS CHEST HIT AGANST THE FRAME OF TRACTOR SHOVEL BRUISING HIS RIB CAGE.
THE INJURED WAS OPERATING A 988A FRONT END LOADER IN THE 003 PIT OF THIS OPERATION AND WAS INFORMED AT SUPPER TIME OF HIS SHIFT THAT PART OF THE ROADWAY THAT HAD BEEN IN USE WOULD BE MINED OUT AND NOT TO TRAVEL THAT WAY. AT THE END OF THE SHIFT WHEN THE REST OF THE EMPLOYEES LEFT THE PIT HE TRAVELED OVER THE MINED OUT ROADWAY, OVERTURNING THE LOADER AND FATALLY INJURING HIMSELF.
EMPLOYEE WAS KNOCKING THE BALLS OUT OF A COUNTERSHJAFT BEARNING ON A MANITOWOC MODEL 4600 DRAGLINE, SERIAL 46203 WITH A HAMMER AND CHISEL. A PIECE OF STEEL CHIPPED OFF ONE OF THE BALLS AND PEN ETRATED THE SKIN OF EMPLOYEE\S LEFT FOREARM JUST ABOVE THE WRIST.