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EMPLOYEE STATES SHE WAS LOCKING THE DOOR TO SCALEHOUSE AND WHEN SHE TURNED AROUND HER RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED AND GOT HUNG UNDER THE STEP. SHE FELL AND LANDED ON HER RIGHT ANKLE. SCALEHOUSE HAS TWO STEPS.
EE WAS IN THE SHOP ASSISTING TWO OTHER EE'S WITH END LOADER MAINTENANCE. THEY STARTED TO HOIST A 55 GALLON DRUM OF ANTIFREEZE UP ONTO THE END LOADER. AS THE WEIGHT WAS PICKED UP ON THE DRUM, O NE OF THE DRUM ANCHOR HOOKS DISLODGED ALLOWING THE HOIST BLOCK TO SWING STRIKING HIM ABOVE THE LEFT EYE. THE INCIDENT CAUSED A LACERATION REQUIRING A COUPLE OF SUTURES TO CLOSE.
COAL STICKING ON ONE SIDE OF BED WHILE OTHER SIDE BREAKS LOOSE & COMES OUT TAILGATE, CAUSING UNSTEADINESS, THUS OVERTURNING TRACTOR & TRAILOR--ALL EQUIPMENT AND DUMPING SITE CHECKED OUT OK. OK.
EE WAS ASSISTING INSALLING ADDITIONAL SUPPORT STRUCTURES FOR THE JAWS BIN BELT CONVEYOR WALKWAY. THE SUPPORTS WERE FABRICATED BEFORE INSTALLATION OUR OF 4" ANGLE STEEL & 4" FLAT STEEL. FOUR SUPPORTS HAD BEEN INSTALLED & THEY WERE IN THE PROCESS OF INSTALLING THE 5TH SUPPORT AN INTERNATIONAL 510 LOADER WAS BEING USED TO POSITION & HOLD THE PROCESS IN PLACE BY WEDGING THE SUPPORT
EE WAS ASSISTING 3 OTHER EE'S CARRY A 4'X8' VIBRATOR SCREEN UP THE STEPS FROM THE GROUND LEVEL TO THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE CRUSHER TOWER. THE SCREEN WAS BEING CARRIED UP THE STEPS TO THE 1ST FLO OR TO ACCESS THE CHAIN HOIST. AS THEY NEARED THE TOP OF THE STEPS & WERE NEGOTITING THE SCRE3N OVER THE HANDRAIL EE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN THE ABODMEN AREA. HE HAD A PREVIOUS NON WORK RELATED
EE WAS USING A SLATE BAR TO BREAK UP A LARGE LUMP OF COAL AT THE HEAD ROLLER AREA OF THE CRUSHER BELT. THE ELECTROMAGNET FOR PICKING UP METAL TRASH WAS ENERGIZED. EE GOT THE SLATE BAR TOO CLOS E TO THE MAGNET AND THE MAGNET PULLED THE BAR SMASHING THE LEFT THUMB OF EE BETWEEN THE BAR AND THE MAGNET. EE SUFFERED A LACERATION OF THE LEFT THUMB RECEIVING 7 SUTURES TO CLOSE.