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EMPL DRIVING PIN INTO BUSHING.STRUCK PIN WITH SLEDGE HAMMER CAUSING CHIP OF STEEL TO FLY OFF PIN AND STRIKE HIM IN RIGHT EYE.
EMPL REMOVING SPROCKET FROM GEAR REDUCER,BOLT BOROKE IN PULLEY ROLLER.THREW EMPL OFF BALANCE.DR DIAG AS POSSIBLE HERNIA.RECURRENCE OF PREVIOUS INJURY NON-WORK RELATED,NOT REPORTED,DIAG THEN AS SEVERE MUSCLE STRAIN AND TREATED AS SUCH.
SUBJECT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LIFT TONGUE OF PORTABLE WELDER OFF OF SAFETY HITCH BY HIMSELF AS HE WAS LIFTING HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER ABDOMINAL REGION.SUBJECT DID NOT FEEL ANYTHING SERIOUS WAS WRONG AND RETURNED TO WORK.ON 07-18-90 SUBJECT COMPLAINED OF PAIN ABOUT 2:15PM.I INSTRUCTED HIM TO GO TO DOCTOR
HOLDING WRENCH ON NUT AT BOTTOM OF BOLT WHILE ANOTHER TIGHTENED BOLT.I.NAME WRENCH SLIPPED OFF NUT AND HAND WENT FORWARD.LITTLE FINGER STRUCK OUTER EDGE OF ANGLE IRON BRACE CUTTING LITTLE FING ER AND BREAKING THE BONE IN IT ALSO.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING TO FRONT OF TRUCK ON TRUCK WALKWAY. HE SLIPPED AND FELL OFF TRUCK. HE HIT HIS HEAD ON A ROCK. SEVERAL STITCHES HAD TO BE PUT IN HIS HEAD. SHOULDER AND BACK WERE BRUIS ED.
RIGHT HAND OF EMPL WAS BRUISED.METAL PRY BAR SLIPPED AS EMPL WAS PRYING LOG PINION BEARING FROM LOG SHAFT.INJ RESULTED IN SEVERE BRUISE TO HAND.
EE WAS DOING HIS NORMALLY ASSIGNED JOB OF MAINTENANCE. HE WAS UCTTING A PIECE OF METAL WITH A TORCH. A SMALL PIECE OF METAL FLEW UP AND LODGED BEHIND HIS SAFETY GOGGLES AND BECAME EMBEDDED IN HIS RIGHT EYE.
WELDER WAS CUTTING A SECTION OF METAL OUT OF LARGE PIECE. CUT PIECE FELL ON HIS FOOT, BRUISING THE FOOT.
EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING A METAL TRAP DOOR ON BARITE BIN. DOOR FELL OFF HINGES AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON RIGHT LEG AND KNEE. EMPLOYEE REPORTED SORENESS AND STIFFNESS FOR SEVERAL DAY.
A ROLLER FELL O3 THE TAIL PULLEY IN THE ELEVATOR. EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO CUT IT OUR WITH A TORCH. THE TORCH BLEW UP AND BURNED EMPLOYEE'S LEFT ARM. FLAME FROM TORCH.
EMPLOYEE WAS BR3NGING A CHAIN HOIST DOWN STEPS FROM MILL SLIPPED ON STEPS AND FELL DOWN THE FLIGHT OF STEPS
EMPLOYEE WAS WO9KING ON LOADER BATTERY CABLES WHICH ARE LOCATED UNDER A LIFT UP SEAT SEAT FELL ON EMPLOYEES HAND
EMPLOYEE WAS US3NG A GRINDER ON PIECE OF STEEL; STEEL FLAKED AND SMALL PIECE OF WENT INTO EMPLOYEE'S EYE.
EMPLOYEE STEPPE8 OFF LOADER ONTO ROCK RESULTING IN BROKEN FOOT
EE WAS CLIMBING INTO SHOVEL BLOOD VESSEL BURST IN LEFT LEG. LEG WAS IMMEDIATELY SWOLLEN.
EMP WAS HELPING TO REMOVE A GEAR FROM MILL BY USING SLEDGE HAMMER PIECE OF STEEL SHATTERED FROM GEAR STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN STOMACH
EMPLOYEE WAS AIDING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE TO REMOVE A GEAR FROM A SCREEN SHAFT IN THE MILL. 2ND EMPLOYEE WAS USING SLEDGE HAMMER TO REMOVE GEAR; HAMMER BOUNCED OFF GEAR INTO EMPLOYEE #1.
EE WAS PULLING ROCK FROM THE CAGE INTO THE DIRT PAN & STRAINED BACK.
EMPLOYE WAS CLIMBING STEPS TO CAB OF TRUCK SLIPPED ON THE STEPS AND STRUCK HEAD