EMPLOYEE HAD LIFTED A CUTTING EDGE TO BE INSTALLED ON SCRAPER. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING OTHER END OF CUTTING EDGE. EMPLOYEE WAS WATCHING SO AS TO AVOID FALLING. EMPLOYEES LEFT HAND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN CUTTING EDGE AND VISE MOUNTED ONMAINTENCE TRUCK BED.
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Showing all 4EMPLOYEE WAS DIGGING END GATES OUT OF SNOW BY SHOP TO MOVE THE AMBULANCE THE END GATES WERE STOOD BY SHOP WALL AND ONE OF THE GATES FELL OVER HITTING HIS LEFT FOOT
AFTER REPLACING SAFETY RAM EE WAS INSTALLING PIN IN LEFT ARM ON 657 CAT SCRAPER & WAS BLEEDING AIR FEOM HYDRAULIC CYLINDER, CYLINDER MOVED FASTER THAN USUAL PINNING THE SMALL FINGER ON THE R IGHT HAND BETWEEN THE APRON ARM & THE SCRAPER BODY.
THE EE WAS INSTALLING THE FRONT ENGINE IN A CAT MODEL 657 SCRAPER. HE WAS UNDER THE FRONT OF THE SCRAPER HELPING TO GET IT INSTALLED & WHEN HE STOOD UP HE STRUCK HIS HEAD.