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WHILE REMOVING THE SAFETY CABLE FROM A TRUCK BED LOCKING MECHANISM. IT DISLODGED FROM ITS CLAMP AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEES THUMB RESULTING IN A FRACTURE.
EMPLOYEE HAD BENT OVER WHILE HOLDING ONTO THE SIDE OF HIS TRUCK TO MAKE AN INSPECTION OF THE BRAKE POT LOCATED UNDER THE TRUCK, WHEN HIS HOLD HAD APPARENTLY KNOCKED LOOSE A SMALL CHUNK OF DIRT WHICH ENTERED HIS LEFT EYE FROM BEHIND HIS SAFETY GLASSES CAUSING IRRITATION.
WHILE REMOVING OLD WEAR FROM MILL , LINER FELL APPROX ONE FT HITTING THE EMP L INDEX FINGER RESULTING IN LACERATION REQUIRING SUTURES TO CLOSE
DURING MAINTENANCE REPAIRS OF A SCREEN DECK EMPLOYEE SAFETY ROPE HUNG UP AND WHILE FREEING IT UP HE STRAINED HIS BACK.
HE WAS REMOVING ROCKS FROM KEYWAY HE LIFTED A ROCK TO THROW IT OUT OF THE KEYWAY AND HURT HIS LOWER BACK BECAUSE OF LIFTING THE ROCK HE PULLED A MUSCLE AND SEVERE PAIN CAUSED HIM TO GO HOME H E THEN WENT TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS TREATED FOR A PULLED WING MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK
UNLOADING OF STEEL THREADED PIPE. PIPE CAUGHT ARM BETWEEN SIDE OF TRUCK AND END OF PIPE.