WE WERE INSTALLING A SUCTION SIDE LINER ON THE GRAVEL PUMP. WE UNBOLTED THE LINER FROM THE DOOR, LIFTED ON THE DOOR W/THE CRANE & THE LINER WAS STUCK. WE PRYED ON THE LINER & THE RUBBER GASKET CAME LOOSE. WHEN I REACHED UP TO GRAB IT, THE LINER FELL FROM A HEIGHT OF ABOUT 3' ON MY FOOT.
THE MINER WAS WORKING FROM A PADDLE BOAT INSTALLING A 8""JET SLEEVE ONTO AN 8""PIPE. HIS FOOTING WAS UNSTABLE & WHEN HE LIFTED ON THE RUBBER SLEEVE HE RELEASED A BIND THAT IT WAS IN & THE SLEEVE JERKED AWAY FROM HIM. HE SAID HE HEARD A LOUD POP IN HIS RT. ARM & NOTICED A BULGE ON THE LOWER END OF HIS BICEP.
THE MINER STEPPED OFF OF THE FRONT END LOADER. THE BOTTOM STEP WAS HELD BY CHAINS RATHER THAN THE FACTORY RUBBER MOUNTS. THE WEIGHT OF THE MINER ON THE STEP FORCED IT TO SWAY MAKING HIM LOOSE HIS BALANCE AND FALL ON HIS BACK LEFT SIDE.
MINER WALKED DOWN SLIP AND BOARDED MOTOR BOAT. WHILE WALKING TO BACK OF BOAT MINER SLIPPED AND FELL ON RIGHT LOWER BACK AND HIP. SUB-FREEZING TEMPRATURES CREATED A MORE SLICK SURFACE THAN NORM AL. TRAVEL WAY ON BOAT WAS FREE OF TRIP HAZARDS.
MINER WAS TRIMMING AN 8"" SLEEVE WITH A UTILITY KNIFE. WHILE CUTTING TOWARDS HIMSELF, THE BLADE RAN ACROSS A HOLE IN THE SLEEVE. THE SUDDENT NO RESISTANCE CAUSED EE TO PULL THE BLADE INTO THE A REA NEAR HIS RIGHT KNEE. THIS RESULTED IN A LACERATION REQUIRING FOUR SUTURES.
MINER WAS USING A CROWBAR TO PULL NAILS IN DESANDING PLANT. CROWBAR SLIPPED AND RIGHT ELBOW JAMMED INTO NAIL BEHIND HIM. MINER COMPLETED SHIFT & NOTIFIED SUPERVISOR. HE WAS TAKEN TO CLINIC THE NEXT DAY & RELEASED TO REGULAR DUTY. ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS HE RETURNED TO CLINIC FOR FLUID BUILD-UP AT INJURED AREA. THE SECOND TIME HE WAS REFERRED TO A SPECIALIST & ARM WAS PUT IN CAST.