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EMPLOYEE WAS ABOUT TO CLIMB STEEL LADDER (WITH PROTECTIVE CAGE) WHEN HE JAMMED HIS HARD HAT ON THE PROTECTIVE CAGE AS HE STARTED UP PROTECTIVE CAGE WAS MODIFIED SO THAT THIS SHOULD NOT REOCCU R WHILE MAINTAING PROTECTION FOR LADDER CLIMBER DOC.COULD NEVER FIND ANY INJURY EMPLOYEE DIDNT MISS ANY WORK UNTIL NOW-SOME 21/2MONTHS AFTER ACCIDENT
EMPLOYEE STATES3HE TWISTED HIS K NEE WHILE HELPING INSTALL BATTERIES IN CRANE
INJURED PARTY AND ASSISTING EMPLOYEE WERE LIFTING A CROSS BAR TO THE MILL DOOR TO FIT OVER THE BOLTS. ASSISTING PARTY LET GO OF THEIR END BEFORE THE INJURED PARTY DID, PINCHING HIS FINGER ON THE SIDE.
EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING UP A MILL DOOR BRACE (PIECE OF STEEL APPROX 4"X4" X14") WHEN IT SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HANDS AND MASHED HIS FINGER
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING SOME COMPRESSED BOTTLES AND PINCHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN TWO OF THEM HE WAS GIVEN 3 STITCHES
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS MOVING SOME CEMENT BAGS OF WHICH HE ORDINARILY SWINGS THEM AROUND TOWARD HIS RIGHT SIDE. HE SWUNG A BAG AROUND TOWARD THE LEFT SIDE WHEN IT HURT HIS ELBOW. HE SAID IT WA S DUE TO NOT BEING USED TO DOING IT THAT WAY.
EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING REMOVING A 3 PART GUARD THEY WERE REMOVING 2 PARTS AND THOUGHT THE 3RD PART WAS STILL BOLTED UP BUT IT WASNT THEREFORE IT FELL ON PATIENTS FINGER WHEN 1ST TWO PARTS WE