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DROPPED STEEL COUPLING ON FINGER ON RIGHT HAND.
WHILE JUMP-STARTING DUMP TRUCK, EMPLOYEE STEPPED OFF HI-LIFT ONTO DUMP TRUCK AND HIT HEAD ON CAB SHIELD OF DUMP TRUCK.
DRIVE BELT CAME LOOSE ON SHAKER SCREEN. EMPLOYEE SHUT DOWN EQUIPMENT AND PROCEEDED TO ADJUST BELT. HAND SLIPPED AND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN V-BELT AND PULLEY. INJURED 1ST AND 4TH KNUCKLE OF LEFT HA ND REQUIRING STITCHES IN BOTH FINGERS.
EE STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE SHOVELING.
HE WAS REPLACING FUEL TANK ON R-35 HAUL TRUCK. TANK WAS BEING POSITIONED AND PUSHED INTO PLACE BY ANOTHER EMPLOYEE. IT SLID TOO FAR AND SMASHED HIS LEFT THUMB AND FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLOSING DOOR ON HI-LIFT & CAUGHT FINGER IN DOOR. THE PINKIE FINGER ON THE LEFT HAND WAS CUT.
EMPLOYEE WAS CAUGHT UP BY HIS RING ON HIS LEFT HAND WHEN HE WAS CLIMBING DOWN THE LADDER FROM THE HI-LIFT. THE RING CAUGHT ON THE STEP OF THE LADDER CUTTING INTO HIS FINGER AND REQUIRING STITC HES.
EE WAS MANUALLY LOADING SMALLER ROCKS INTO JAW OF CRUSHER. HE PICKED UP BENT OVER A 25TH ROCK LA APPROX. ROCK AND STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE PLACED A HOOK IN THE METAL EYE AND APPLIED RESISTANCE CAUSING EYE TO BREAK AND HOOK TO SWING BACK AND HIT THE EMPLOYEE ABOVE THE RIGHT EYEBROW.
A FLAT ROCK FELL UNDER CONVEYOR BELT. THE BELT WAS STOPPED COMPLETELY. HE REACHED FOR THE ROCK AND THE ROCK TWISTED IN HIS GRASP, SMASHING HIS FINGERS.
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING ROCK FROM AROUND CONVEYOR FOR 1 1/2 TO 2 HOURS. STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK-UNKNOWN.