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DRIVE GUARD WAS BEING LIFTED OFF OF DRIVE AND VICTIM\S FINGER GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN GUARD AND BREATHER ON FLUID COUPLING. VICTIM\S LITTLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND WAS SPLIT AND BROKEN, REQUIRING STITC HES.
VICTIM PICKED UP AIR IMPACT WRENCH TO SET IT ASIDE. VCITIM DID NOT REALIZE THAT THE HOSE ATTA CHED TO IMPACT WRENCH WAS CAUGHT ON EQUIP & AIR WRENCH WAS PULLED OUT OF HIS HANDS & FELL ONTO HIS LEFT FOOT.
VICTIM WAS LAYING KILN BRICK ON WEST SIDE OF KILN UNDER SCAFFOLD WHEN HE TWISTED HIS BACK & FELT PAIN.
VICTIM WAS DRAGGING TROUGHING IDLER TO HOIST WAY ON BELT #2 WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.
HINGED CONCRETE MOLD 4\\ X 8\\ CLOSED SHUT ON RING FINGER OF LEFT HAND ATTEMPING TO REMOVE CONCRETE CYLINDER.VICTIM REQ 3 STITCHES IN HIS FINGER.
VICTIM LIFTING 5 GAL BOXES OF DRINKING WATER WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER LEFT OF HIS BACK.VICTIM DIDNT START LOSING TIME UNTIL 3-11-85.
DRIVE SHAFT BROKE ON ROCK TRUCK WHICH HE WAS DRIVING HE PICKED UP A ROCK TO BLOCK WHEELS AND FELT A PAIN IN GROIN AREA MAN WAS OPERATED ON FOR HERINA ON 013085
VICTIM LIFTED CARTON AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER RIGHT SIDE. VICTIM WAS ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL ON 8/16/84 FOR SURGERY FOR A HERNIA, VICTIM WORKED FROM 7/26/84 THROUGH 8/15/84
NOT ENOUGH AIR WAS BLED OFF SYSTEM BY VICTIM CAUSING TABLE TO COME DOWN, PINCHING VICTIMS FINGERS BETWEEN TABLE AND FRAME. VICTIM WAS REPAIRING MACHINE AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT
VICTIM HAD HEAD IN CLINKER CHUTE MEASURING TO INSTALL PATCH. VIBRATION CAUSED HUNG-UP MATERIAL TO BREAK LOOSE AND DUST GOT BEHIND VICTIMS SAFETY GLASSES, CAUSING LACERATION TO LEFT EYE
MAN WAS HELPING ANOTHER MAN LIFT APPROXIMATELY 125 POUND SURGE GATE WHEN MAN FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
VALVE WAS JAMMED SHUT VICTIM DISCONNECTED AIR SUPPLY WHICH NORMALLY OPENS VALVE VALVE DIDNT OPEN UNTIL VICTIM FORCED IT OPEN AND IN PROCESS THE LINKAGE CAME TOGETHER AND PINCHED LITTLE FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND
BENT OVER AND MOVED CARDBOARD BOX FROM DOOR TO UNDER COMPUTER IN MOVING BOX DOOR WEDGE WAS DISLODGED CAUSING DOOR TO CLOSE VICTIM DID NOT REALIZE DOOR WAS CLOSING SHE TURNED TO GET UP AND DOOR STRUCK HER FACE ON LEFT CHEEK
WHILE LIFTING MOTOR BASE PLATE, MAN FELT CRAMPS IN LOWER STOMACH AREA LATER NOTIECED BULGES IN GROIN AREA.
CLAIMANT WAS LIFTING A VERTICAL GUILLOTINE-GATE- IN THE AIR SLIDE ONT HE LOADING TOWER. HE WAS IN A BENT POSITION & SUSTAINED AN ACUTE SPRAINED BACK WITH SCIATICA.