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EMPLOYEE WAS LO5DING A RAIL CAR & WALKED INTO EXTENDED CHUTE EDGE CUTTING HIS EYE BROW ABOVE H IS SAFETY GLASSES
EMP WAS BENDING3OVER PICKING UP 80 LB BAG OF CALCINED MAGNESITE WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK
HE TWISTED HIS BACK WHILE PICKING UP 100 LB BAG OF BENTONITE.
I,NAME AND OTHER EMPLOYEE WERE IN THE PROCESS OF PLACING A WOODEN BLOCK UNDERNEATH THE FRONT OF A USED FLAT BED (SMALL PICK-UP TRUCK). ONE END OF THE CHAIN WAS HOOKED ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HEAD BOARD OF THE BED, IT RAN THROUGH A SHACKLE ON THE LOADER BUCKET, AND HOOKED ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE HEAD BOARD. I,NAME REACHED BETWEEN THE BLOCK & BED TO SLIDE THE BLOCK INTO POSITION WH
EMPLOYEE STATES WHILE CHANGING TIRES ON T RUCK, HE PUT HIS LEFT FOOT ON BOTTOM OF TIRE TO HOLD IT IN, TWISTED TO THE RIGHT TO PICK UP AIR WRENCH, PULLING THE MUSCLES IN HIS BACK.
INJ THROWING BLASTING WIRE OVER BENCH WALL AND INJURED HIS BACK.WEIGHT OF WIRE -11 OZ/FT.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A BARREL OF AMINEX, WHEN THE LIQUID SPLASHED UP IN HIS EYE
AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT THE INJURED WAS REMOVING THE SPARK PLUG WIRES FROM WELDING TRUCK #4. HE WAS SITTING ON T HE FENDER OF THE TRUCK WITH HIS LEGS DOWN IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT OF TH E TRUCK. THE INJURED STATED THAT HE MUST HAVE HIT THE UPPER RADIATOR HOSE WITH HIS LEG CAUSING IT TO RUPTURE. THE INJURED RECEIVED THERMAL BURNS 1ST & 2ND DEGREE TO THE UPPER & LOWER LEFT LEG