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GRATE WAS NOT KEPT CLEAR OF OVERSIZED ROCKS RESULTING IN BUILDUP. EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE LARGE ROCK BY PUSHING, RESULTING IN AN UMBILICAL HERNIA.
EMPLOYEE GOT OUT OF TRUCK AND WENT BEHIND TO TAILGATE ATTEMPTING TO MANUALLY CLOSE CATCHING FINGER IN LOCK. SUSTAIEND CONTUSION AND SMALL LACERATION ON RIGHT AND RING FINGER. NO MEDICAL ATTE NTION REQUIRED. HAD EMPLOYEE FOLLOWED PROPER PROCEDURE FOR LOCKING TAILGATE, HE WOULD NOT HAVE HAD TO GET OUT OF TRUCK.
EE WAS USING A WIRE BRUSH ON ONE OF OUR TRUCKS. HE WAS USING THE GOGGLES PROVIDED AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ON THE TRUCK. THE EMPLOYEE WELDING REMOVED HIS GOGGLES WHEN HE WAS FINISHED W ELDING. EE REMOVED HIS GOGGLES AFTER THE WELDING WAS COMPLETED BUT DURING THE TIME HE WAS USING THE WIRE BRUSH. EE SEEN BY PHYSICIAN, SMALL PIECE OF METAL IN EYE.