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OPERATOR WAS DISMOUNTING D10 DOZER, MISSED BOTTOM STEP, FELL BACKWARD, HITTING ON RIGHT FOOT CAUSING HIM TO HURT HIS LOWER BACK.
USING A PRY BAR TO INSTALL INTAKE TUBE INTO TURBO MECHANIC PRY BAR SLIPPED-MECHANIC TWISTED BACK.
MECHANIC WAS CLIMBING DOWN LADDER OF TRUCK AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE WHEN HE STEPPED ON THE GROUND.
LOADER OPERATOR PICKED UP LARGE ROCK DROPPED INTO BED OF THE ROCK TRUCK INJURED OPERATOR, WAS DRIVING AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.
JEE WAS LIFTING BUCKET PINS AND FELT PAIN AROUND HIS NAVEL AREA. THE PAIN HAS CONTINUED TO GET WORSE.
EE HAD MOVED A DOZER SO THAT IT COULD BE STEAM CLEANED. WHEN HE WENT TO STEP OFF THE TRACK WHICH HAD OIL ON IT, HIS FEET FLEW OUT FROM UNDER HIM TO HIT THE GROUND ON HIS LEFT ARM & BACK AND LE FT SHOULDER.
AS MECHANIC STEPPED OFF THE BACK OF THE COMPANY SERVICE TRUCK, HIS FOOT SLIPPED, CAUSING HIM TO FALL. ON IMPACT FOOT TWISTED RESULED IN TORN LIGAMENT.
OPERATOR FAILED TO HAVE TRUCK IN RIGHT GEAR, HE DIDN'T APPLY BRAKES PROPERLY ALLOWING TRUCK TO ROLL BACKWARDS. OPERATOR JUMPED FROM TRUCK ALLOWING THE TRUCK TO OVERTURN ON ITS SIDE. OPERATOR C UT LEFT HAND WHEN JUMPING FROM TRUCK.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO KNOCK A PLATE IN THE LOADER BUCKET. A PIECE OF METAL WAS CHIPPED OFF THE PLATE AND CAME BACK AND HIT HIM IN THE LOWER LEFT ARM AND LODGED.
ON 7/31 OPERATOR SAID HE HAD BACKED OVER A ROCK.HE WORKED THE REST OF THE NIGHT AND TOLD THE FOREMAN HE MAY HAVE HURT HIS BACK. HE WORKED THE NEXT NIGHT BUT CAME ON HIS REGULAR SHIFT ON 8/4 & TOLD THE FOREMAN HIS BACK WAS HURTING.
BACKED OVER LARGE ROCK IN D-11 DOZER, THROWING HIM UP AND BACKDOWN ON HIS BUTT.
I STARTED TO BACK UP A ENDLOADER, I DID NOT SEE ANYONE SO I STARTED TO BACK UP. I BACKED UP INTOA CAR. LOADER AND I HAD BACKED IN TO CAR.
EE WAS THROWING CRIB BLOCKS UNDER A KOMATSU 530M TRUCK TO BLOCK IT UP. ONE OF THE BLOCKS PINNED HIS FINGER AGAINST THE TRUCK FRAME.
ROCK TRUCK BACKED UP TO SHOT, ROCK ROLLED OUT OF SHOT AND HIT REAR OF ROCK TRUCK BED ON RIGHT REAR CORNER, DID NOT DAMAGE ROCK TRUCK, GAVENTHE OPERATOR A WHIPLAS LIKE INJURY. OPERATOR MISSED O NE SHIFT OF WORK.