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WHILE STARTING 7O BACK UP TO A COAL DUMPING AREA THE OPERATOR MISSED A 25' RAMP OF COAL AND UPSET THE TRUCK ON ITS SIDE
EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE ON A DRILL AND BUMPED HIS LEG RESULTING IN A BRUISE
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING HYDRAULIC LINE, WHICH HAD PRESSURE TRAPPED IN A VALVE AND OIL BLEW OUT HITTING EMPLOYEE IN EYES AND CHEST. EYES WERE FLUSHED AND EMPLOYEE WAS TAKEN TO EMERGENCY ROOM FOR FURTHER FIRST AID TREATMENT.
EMP WAS DRIVING STEEL PIN FROM CLEVISE ON THE LOAD OUT HOIST THE HAMMER CHIPPED AND A PICE OF STEEL LODGED IN EMPLOYEES RT HAND
EES WERE PUTTING PIPE INTO PLACE TO BE HOISTED IT SLIPPED HITTING AN EE ON T HE FOOT BREAKING HIS TOE.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING AN INCLINE AND ENGINE STALLED, EMPLOYEE LOST CONTROL OF TRUCK BACKING IT INTO SQUIRES CREEK.
DRIVER WAS ON TOP OF TRUCK LOAD OF COAL TARPING - LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL OVER THE SIDE OF THE TRUCK
THE TWO MEN WERE REPLACING TEETH ON THE SHOVEL BUCKET RINKER WAS HOLDING A HAMMER IN A KEEPER PIN AND HERSHMAN WAS HITTING THE HAMMER WITH A SLEDGE A SMALL METAL SPUR CAME OFF OF THE HAMMER AN D IMBEDDED INTO RINKERS INDEX FINGER
THE EMPLOYEE WAS USING A PRY BAR TO REMOVE THE STUB SHAFT HOUSING ON THE BACK OF THE ENGINE OF AN R-50. THE HOUSING CAME OFF FALLING DOWN ON THE PRY BAR PINNING THE RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THE PR Y BAR AND THE TIE ROD.
STEPPED OFF STEP ON FUEL TRUCK AND TWISTED LEFT ANKLE.
ERNEST WAS FUELING OUR CLARK GRADER WHEN HE FELL OFF THE BACK OF MACHINE.
MAN WAS GETTING OFF A STRUCTURAL BENT THE LADDER DID NOT REACH THE GROUND DUE TO EXCAVATION FOR THE CONVRETE STEP. EMPLOYEE DECIDED TO JUMP TO GROUND. MAN LANDED WRONG AND TWISTED HIS KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS LEAVING A STRUCTURAL TOWER. WHEN REACHING THE LAST STEP ON THE LADDER, HE JUMPED TO THE GROUND. DUE TO WINTER FREEZE CONDITIONS, THE GROUND WAS SOFT AND SLIPPERY. EMPLOYEE\S FEET SLIDE WHEN HITTING GROUND. CAUSING A GROIN MUSCLE PULL FROM THE SPLIT.
EMPLOYEE WAS PLACING STEEL SHIMS UNDER A CONVEYOR SUPPORT BY DRIVING THEM WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER. THIS IS THE PROPER METHOD TO LEVEL STEEL. EMPLOYEE STUCK HIS FINGER UNDER HAMMER. EMPLOYEE WAS E XPERIENCING SEVERAL MAJOR PERSONAL PROBLEMS DURING AT THIS TIME, WHICH IS BELIEVED TO BE THE RESSON FOR THIS ACCIDENT.
TWO MEN WERE WORKING ON ELECTRICAL PANELS WHEN A TOOL CAME INTO CONTACT WITH AN ELECTRIC BOX RESULTING IN FLASH CAUSING BURNS TO FACE AND HANDS OF THE TWO MEN MEN WERE TRANSFERRED TO H OSP HOSPITAL WHERE THEY WERE TREATED AND RELEASED
TWO MEN WERE WORKING ON ELECTRICAL PANELS WHEN A TOOL CAME INTO CONTACT WITH AN ELECTRIC BOX RESULTING IN A FLASH CAUSING BURNS TO THE FACE AND HANDS OF THE TWO MEN MEN WERE TRANSFERRED TO H HOSPITAL WHERE THEY WERE TREATED AND RELEASED
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING AS HOOK-UP MAN FOR CRANE LIFTING CONVEYOR TRUSS SECTIONS. AFTER MAKING THECONNECTION, HE STEPPED CLEAR FOR CRANE LEFT. AS THE LOAD WAS BEING SWUNG INTO PLACE, IT BUMPED A SECTION ALREADY IN PLACE. THIS BUMP JARRED LOOSE A PIECE OF ANGLE LEFT ON COMPLETED SECTION DUE TO POOR HOUSEKEEPING PROCEDURES. THIS ANGLE FELL AND HIT MAN ON THE HEAD (APPROX. 4 FEET).
EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING FORM CARGO TRAILER ONTO GROUND. GRAVEL HAD BEEN PLACED AT BOTTOM OF STEPS TO FILL HOLE FORMED BY HIGH TRACFFIC AREA. EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON LARGE GRAVEL WHICH ROLLED THROWIN G HIS WEIGHT ON ANKLE. MAN COULD C NOT WALK FOR TWO DAYS.