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INSTALLING A PIN KEEPER CAP ON A JUMBO DRILL. HAD CO-WORKER APPLY PRESSURE TO THE BOOM. RETAINER CAP POPPED OFF UNDER PRESSURE STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN THE LEFT LOWER LIP, RESULTING IN A CUT TO TH E INSIDE AND OUTSIDE.
EE HAD BEEN PEROFRMING REGULAR MAINTENANCE DUTIES ON 5-30-02. HE FELT A LITTLE DISCOMFORT BUT NOTHING UNUSUAL. WHEN HE GOT OUT OF BED ON 5-31, HE FELT A PAIN IN THE STOMACH. THIS WAS AT THE SA ME LOCATION HE HAD PREVIOUS HERNIA REPAIR APPROX. 6 MONTHS EARLIER.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING AND STEPPED ON A ROCK TWISTING HIS LEFT ANKLE.
INSTALLING A WIRE ROOF MAT - THE MAT SLIPPED STRIKING THE EE IN THE FOREHEAD.
A CO-WORKER THREW A CUTTING TORCH FROM THE GROUND FLOOR UP ONE LEVEL TO THE INJURED EMPLOYEE. THE CUTTING TORCH HIT THE EMPLOYEE IN THE CHIN, LOOSENING FOUR BOTTOM TEETH AND CRACKING AN UPPER TOOTH.
EE WAS HOLDING A STEEL MAT WITH HIS FOREARM AGAINST THE RIB WHILE HIS CO-WORKER COLLARED A HOLE THROUGH THE MAT. AS THE HOLE WAS BEING COLLARED THE MAT SLIPPED CUTTING HIS ARM.