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Employee was fueling a 777D, when he went to remove the nozzle the hose stuck open letting fuel out, which hit him in the face. Fuel went in his eyes, mouth and nose.
Employee was filling the antifreeze tank, when he pulled the hose from the tank he got antifreeze in his eyes.
Employee was changing a tire on a truck. He lifted the flat, muddy tire to place it in the back of the truck, when he felt strained in the back and groin area. The condition worsened as the day when on.
EE was pulling a fuel hose out to fuel the rock crusher, when he sprained the middle of his back.
EE was loading a 992C bucket pin into a mechanic's truck by hand. The pin slipped and mashed his little finger on his left hand between the pin and the truck's tail gate.
EE WAS STEPPING UP ON A SERVICE TRUCK WHEN HE TURNED TO CLIMB HIGHER, HIS RIGHT KNEE POPPED.
Employee was transferring product from an anfo bin into a anfo truck, when the clam shell bucket on the anfo bin closed on his finger, cutting and breaking the ring finger on his right hand.
Employee bent down to look at the alignment of wheel to hub. He rose and hit his head on rotating pad of tire hand.
Employee was picking up and carrying metal brackets to install boggie pins in a D11 dozer's roller frame, when he pulled a muscle in his chest.
WHILE LOOKING FOR OIL LEAKS A DROP OF OILY MUD FELL INTO HIS LEFT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING COAL FROM THE RAIL SIDE OF THE MAIN TRACK. IN THE PROCESS OF SHOVELING HE REPORTED GETTING A CATCH IN HIS BACK. HE DIDN'T MISS TIME OR RECEIVE MEDICAL ATTENTION AT THAT TIME. ON OCTOBER 13, 2003, HE CALLED AND SAID HE WAS CONTINUING TO HAVE PAIN FROM THE INJURY. HE RECEIVED MEDICAL ATTENTION ON THAT DAY.
THE EE WAS LOADING A C/02 BOTTLE IN STORAGE CABINET OF WELD TK. WHEN HE RAISED BOTTLE IN PLACE TO CHAIN IN PLACE HIS L.H. THUMB HIT SIDE OF CABIENT AND MASHED HIS THUMB.
HE WAS REBUILDING ROLLER FRAMES FOR D11 TRACTOR. TAKING SNAP RINGS OUT OF BOGGIE PIN COVERS WHEN HE GOT A SMALL PIECE OF METAL IN HIS LEFT EYE.
HE WAS REPAIRING THE FRAME OPN A D11N TRACTOR. HE WAS PUTTING A PIECE OF METAL 35 X 26 X 3/4 IN PLACE AND HIT HIS KNEE AGAINST IT.
LIFTING HEAVY METAL DECK LID THAT COVERS TRANS- MISSION. OPERATOR WAS OPENING DECK LID SO HE COULD CHECK TRANSMISSION OIL LEVEL.
EE WAS ON HIS WAY TO WORK WHEN HIS PERSONAL VEHICLE QUIT ON THE ENTRANCE ROAD. HE PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. AFTER PARKING, EE REMOVED THE RADIATOR CAP AND HOT ANTIFREEZE BURNT HIS LEFT A RM.
STEAM CLEANING A PICKUP TRUCK, HIS CLEANING HOSE HAD GOT DOWN INT HE MUD AROUND THE TRUCK, HE JERKED THE HOSE TO GET IT OUT OF THE MUD, CAUSING A CRICK IN HIS NECK.
HE WAS PUTTING ROLLERS INTO EXCAVATOR BUCKET, SO HE COULD MOVE THEM CLOSER TO WHERE HE WAS WORKING. INJURY OCCURED WHEN HE WAS ROLLING A ROLLER INTO THE BUCKET.
WHILE HE WAS TRYING TO MOVE A ROCK FROM UNDER HIS HAULER HE GOT HIS FOOT IN A STRAIN AND SPRAINED A MUSCLE.
WHILE UNLOADING PALLETS EE TWISTED AROUND TO THROW ONE OFF THE TRUCK AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE.
LOADING A BARREL OF ANTIFREEZE INTO BUCKET OF BACKHOE. GOT FINGER BETWEEN BARREL & BUCKET CUTTING & MASHING FINGER
EE WAS PULLING FUEL HOSE FROM REEL TO FUEL EQUIPMENT. HE STATED THE REEL STUCK CAUSING IT TO PULL ON HIS ARM AND SHOULDER, CAUSING PAIN IN THOSE AREAS. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON 2/23/00, WAS NO T REPORTED UNTIL AFTER HE RECEIVED MEDICAL ATTENTION ON 2/28/00.
PINCHED LITTLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND IN LEGS OF SURVEYING INSTRUMENT. CAUSED DEEP LACERATION REQUIRING 8 STITCHES TO CLOSE THE WOUND. ACCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE TRYING TO SET UP SURVEYING TRIPOD.