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EMPLOYEE WAS ADJUSTING SEAT BELT ON DOZER. REACHED UNDER THE SEAT AN LEANED INTO THE ARM REST AND FELT PAIN IN SIDE.
EMPLOYEE CAME BY THE PIT OFFICE COMPLAINING ABOUT PAIN IN HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS UNCOVERING COAL PILES. HE WAS PULLING A TARP OFF OF THE PILE. WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A SK40 REED DRILL; EMPLOYEE PROCESSED TO THE TOOL BOX LOCATED ON THE DRILL TO FIND A LINK IN ORDER TO REPAIR THE PULL DOWN CHAIN. EMPLOYEE OPENED THE TOOL BOX & SWANG TH E LID UP AS USUAL. THE LID DID NOT STAY UP & EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK ON HEAD BY THE LID FALLING BACK INTO PLACE.
EMPL SHOVELING 7EMENT WORKING ON SEDIMENT POND SPILLWAY.STRAIN OF SHOVELING CEMENT NOT NOTICED UNTIL LATER.
(FOREIGN BODY I3 RIGHT EYE CAUSING SWELLING AND IRRITATION).
THE MECHANIC WA8 REMOVING OLD OIL FILTER FROM THE MOTOR GRADER AND THE HANDLE ON THE FILTER CAME OFF. THE FILTER STARTED SLIPPING THROUGH HIS FINGERS AND CUT THE FINGERS ON THE LEFT HAND BY W IRE WHICH WAS P5RT OF THE HANDLE, THAT WAS LEFT STICKING OUT FROM THE FILTER.
EE WAS PUTTING DRUMS BACK ON THE DRAGLINE THE PORT-A-POWER(HYDRAULIC JACK) ROLLED OFF THE STAND ONTO THE EES SMALLED LEFT TOE.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO START THE ENGINE ON A MASSEY FERGUSON 1100 FARM TRACTOR, HIS RIGHT HAND WAS HIT BY THE FAN ON THE ENGINE.
EMPLOYEE WAS TYING A WIRE CABLE AROUND THE HOOK ON THE BACK OF A 992 LOADER AND THE END OF THE CABLE CAME LOOSE AND SWUNG AROUND AND HIT THE EMPLOYEE IN THE SIDE
EMP HAS LOADING SEVERAL 5 GALLON OIL CANS ON A TRUCK BED WHEN HE REACHED OVER TO PICK ONE UP HE STRAINED HIS BAC K
EE WAS MOVING PIECES OF SHEET METAL IN THE SHOP & GRADUALLY BRUISED HIS THUMB. ON 3-18-83 HE ASKED TO SEE A DOCOTR BECAUSE IT DID SEEM TO BE GETTING BETTER.