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While climbing ladder on grader, pain was felt in neck and middle back and spread to shoulder and down right arm. Fell off the ladder and landed on my back. It was a cold, snowy day at the time of this incident.
While installing a ripper tooth pin on a dozer a 1 centimeter metal fragment from a punch cut the operator on the right side of the head. The fragment was removed requiring one suture.
While operator was replacing backup light bulb on a truck he dropped the bulb and it broke and while getting out from under back of truck he put his hand down on the broken bulb and cut his left hand palm.
While installing a starter on a Cat 777C rock truck, the mechanic lost his grip and the starter slipped, pinching his finger between the starter and the engine. His middle finger on his right hand was pinched, requiring 2 stitches.
Mechanic was using service truck hoist to set hoist cylinder for CAT 777 Rock Truck. Finger was caught between two pieces, resulting in laceration, requiring two stitches.