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COOOKING FOOD IN METAL BOX OVEN ON BED OFF CAT 777 TRUCK. EMPLOYEE FLIPPED LID OFF AMMO BOX TYPE OVEN TO CHECK FOIL BAG, PRESSURE IN FOIL BAG CAUSED EXPLOSION OF HOT JUICES TO SPASH FACE , NECK AND UPPER CHEST AREA.
INJURED PUSHING OVERBURDEN ON SPOIL DUMP, MATERIAL HAD SOME TREE TRUNKS IN MATERIAL. INJURED BACKED DOZER OVER TREE TRUNK CAUSING REAR OF MACHINE TO RISE UP THEN COME DOWN SUDDENTLY AGAINST R OCK BENCH CAUSING INJURED TO SUSTAIN JARRING BLOW TO LOWER BACK WHEN MACHINE STRUCK ROCK.
LADDER ON ROCK TRUCK BROKE WHILE INJURED WAS DISMOUNTING MACHINE, CAUSING BRUISE TO RT SIDE OF ABDOMEN. NON-SERIOUS.
INJURED PERSON PLACED HIMSELF IN DANGER AREA BY STANDING BETWEEN WHEEL ASSEMBLY AND FRAME WHILE REMOVING REAR WHEEL OF GRADER.
EMPLOYEE WAS BACKING DOZER UP A STEEP GRADE AND PLACED HIS RIGHT HAND ON THE MOTOR UNIT OF THE WIPER BLADE ASSEMBLY AND THE UNIT WAS OPERATIONAL. HIS FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE WIPER ARM A ND WIPER TRANSMISSION.
INJURED EMPLOYEE'S FOOT SLIPPED DUE TO WET SNOWY CONDITIONS AT TIME OF ACCIDENT WHILE SERVICING DRILL.
INJURED PERSON WAS ASSISTING WITH INFLATING A TIRE ON A MACK SERVICE TRUCK WHEN WEAK AREA IN WALL OF TIRE FAILED AND THE PRESSURIZED ESCAPING AIR STRUCK INJURED PERSON IN CHEST AND ABDOMEN KNO CKING HIM BACKWARD.
PUSHING OVERBURDEN W/DOZER WHEN ROCK SLIDE FROM SIDE OF BLADE. OPERAATING BACKING UP RAN OVER ROCK CAUSING THE DOZER TO COME DOWN HARD JOLTING OPERATOR.
EE WAS OPERATING DRILL WHEN L. LEG SLIPPED AND FELL THROUGH OBSERVATION HOLE IN CAB. LACERATION L LOWER LEG FROM METAL CORNER. LACERATION 2.5-3 CM. LONG, 1 CM DEEP./
EMP INSPECTING ROCK PILE WHEN ROCK FELL AND STRUCK EMP ON LEFT HAND, RESULTING IN DEEP LACERATION TO PALM
EMPLOYEE WAS DUMPING HAULBACK TRUCK WHEN A HYDRAULIC HOSE BURST AND SPRAYED HOT OIL ON TURBO CHARGER. TRUCK BURST INTO FLAMES AND WAS PUT OUT BY FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND DIRT. TRUCK MAY BE BEYOND REPAIR.
BRAKE LINE BROKE ON 85 TON HAULBACK. OPERATOR DROVE TRUCK INTO ROAD DITCH TO STOP IT. FRONT OF TRUCK DAMAGED.
EMPLOYEE WAS HAULING A LOAD OF REFUSE DOWN HILL FROM APPOLO FUELS: HE ATTEMPTED TO CHANGE GEAR ON THE TRUCK, AND COULDN'T GET TRUCK BACK IN GEAR, OVERHEARED HIS BRAKES AND TURNED TRUCK UP ON IT'S SIDE.
UNDER POOR VISABILITY, THE EMPLOYEE BACKED DOZER OVER BANK AND DOZER ROLLED INTO PIT AREA. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO DOZER (ESPECIALLY ENGINE).