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OPERATOR WAS RUNNING A CAT D8L DOZER AND STOPPED TO CLEAN HIS WINDOWS WHILE STANDING ON MACHINE BEHIND OPERATORS CAB EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL BACKWARDS LANDING ON HIS BACK
ATTENDANT DISLODGING LARGE PIECE OF COAL CLOGGING THE HOPPER DOOR WHICH FEEDS CRUSHER BELT.USING PRYBAR HE WAS PULLING TOWARD HIS BODY WHEN COAL DISLODGED.THE SUDDEN JERKING BACKWARDS CAUSED A STRAIN IN BOTH UPPER AND LOWER BACK.
FOREMAN WAS ASSISTING CRUSHER ATTENDANT DISLODGE A ROCK FROM HAMMER MILL. THE ROCK SLIPPED FROM FOREMAN HAND DUE TO WATER AND POLYMENT BUILD UP SLICING RIGHT PALM.
DRIVER WAS TARPING COAL TRAILER WHEN HE SLIPPED & FELL OVER SIDE OF TRAILER. FELL BACKWARDS & LANDED ON HIP & LEG ON GROUND.
TRUCKDRIVER ATTEMPTED TO DISLODGE ROCK FROM BETWEEN DUAL REAR TIRES WITH SLEDGE HAMMER.EMPERIENCED PAIN IN ABDOMINAL CAVITY WHEN HAMMER WAS SWUNG.DIAG AS MUSCLE STRAIN.
MECHANIC WAS GRINDING ALTERNATOR BRACKET FOR REWELDING ON BENCH GRINDER. THE METAL SLIPPED AND HIS HAND SLIPPED FORWARD PUSHING HIS INDEX FINGER INTO THE GRINDING WHEEL. HE GROUND OFF MOST OF THE FINGER, INCLUDING THE NAIL DOWN TO THE BONE, UP TO THE FIRST JOINT.
OPERATOR WAS CLIMBING OUT OF CAB TO CLEAN TRACKS, WHEN HIS HEEL CAUGHT ON THE DOOR FRAME, TRIPPING HIM. HE PUSHED AWAY FROM EQUIPMENT SO AS NOT TO LAND ON TRACKS. HE LANDED ON PIT FLOOR ON HIS HIP AND LOWER BACK, ROLLED AND HIT HIS ELBOW ON THE GROUND.