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Employee bent down to look at the alignment of wheel to hub. He rose and hit his head on rotating pad of tire hand.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING AN AIR IMPACT WRENCH & CO-WORKER WAS USING A HAMMER TO REMOVE A BEARING & PIN FROM THE DOG BONE ARM OF THE LOADER. AS CO-WORKER SWUNG THE HAMMER, IT SLIPPED STRIKING THE BRIDGE OF INJURED EE'S NOSE. IT WAS A GLANCING BLOW. IT CAUSED AN ABRASION & SWELLING OF HIS NOSE.
SEVERAL LARGE ROCKS WERE IN THE SPOIL BANK NEXT TO WORK AREA. ONE OF THESE ROCKS BROKE LOOSE AND STRUCK HAULER THAT WAS INVOLVED ON THE RIGHT BACK CORNER. NO DAMAGE TO THE TRUCK, BUT THE IMPAC T INJURED THE DRIVER.
USING PRY-BAR TO PULL BACK TENSION PULLEY TO RE-PLACE FAN BELT ON COMPANY TRUCK.
EE WAS RUNNING A DOZER ON THE DUMP. HE SAID HE WAS BACKING UP AND RAN OVER A ROCK AND JARRED HIS BACK.
THE DRILL WAS DRILLING UNDER THE HIGH WALL. 2 OTHER OPERATORS SAW THE WALL START TO FALL & RADIOED TO HIM TO GET OUT OF THE WAY. HE THOUGHT HE COULD SAVE THE STEEL BEFORE THE WALL CAME DOWN.
EE FELL ASLEEP AT WHEEL OF HIS PICKUP WHILE COMING BACK TO JOB SITE, FROM A PARTS RUN. PICKUP LEFT ROADWAY, STRIKING A GUARD RAIL SURROUNDING A R/R CROSSING WARNING LIGHT.
LIFTING HEAVY METAL DECK LID THAT COVERS TRANS- MISSION. OPERATOR WAS OPENING DECK LID SO HE COULD CHECK TRANSMISSION OIL LEVEL.
STEAM CLEANING A PICKUP TRUCK, HIS CLEANING HOSE HAD GOT DOWN INT HE MUD AROUND THE TRUCK, HE JERKED THE HOSE TO GET IT OUT OF THE MUD, CAUSING A CRICK IN HIS NECK.
LOST CONTROL OF SERVICE TRUCK #11 WHILE DECENDING A LONG GRADE. OPERATOR JUMPED FROM TRUCK WHEN HE DECIDED THAT HE COULD NOT REGAIN CONTROL OF TRUCK.
EMPLOYEE CUT HIS FINGER WHEN OPENING A BOX WITH A POCKET KNIFE.
WHILE HE WAS TRYING TO MOVE A ROCK FROM UNDER HIS HAULER HE GOT HIS FOOT IN A STRAIN AND SPRAINED A MUSCLE.
HE WAS SERVICING A 992G AND WAS GIVING TO DRAIN THE ENGINE OIL. WHEN HE TRIED TO LOOSEN THE PLUG THE RATCHET SLIPPED AND HIT HIM IN THE MOUTH ADN BROKE HIS TOOTH.
EE WAS EXITING HIS LOADER AT THE END OF THE SHIFT WHEN HIS KNEE GAVE AWAY
WHILE UNLOADING PALLETS EE TWISTED AROUND TO THROW ONE OFF THE TRUCK AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE.
WHILE STEPPING DOWN OFF OF MACHINE EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON PAD CLEAT ON THE DOZER'S TRACKS AND INJURED BOTTOM OF FOOT.
A ROCK FELL OFF THE HIGHWALL AND STRUCK EE'S RIGHT ARM.
HE WAS GETTING ON THE EXCAVATOR WHEN HIS RIGHT KNEE GAVE OUT ON HIM AND CAUSED HIM TO FALL.
OPERATOR WAS EXITING MACHINE, DESCENDING FRONT LADDER WHEN HE SLIPPED. THIS RESULTED IN A FALL OF APPROX 8' TO THE GROUND, WHERE HE LANDED ON HIS BACK, ARM AND HIP. FOREMAN TRANSPORTED OPERATO R TO NORTON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL WHERE DR EXAMINED AND RELEASED HIM. AN APPOINTMENT WITH OCCUMED WAS SCHEDULED 10/3/00.
EE WAS TRIMMING A CONE TO BE USED IN A DRILL HOLE. HE WAS HOLDING THE CONE BETWEEN HIS LEGS, WHEN HIS HAND SLIPPED & THE KNIFE CUT HIS THIGH
PINCHED LITTLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND IN LEGS OF SURVEYING INSTRUMENT. CAUSED DEEP LACERATION REQUIRING 8 STITCHES TO CLOSE THE WOUND. ACCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE TRYING TO SET UP SURVEYING TRIPOD.