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OPERATOR RUBBED HIS LEFT EYE WITH HAND AND APPARENTLY CAUSED A SMALL OBJECT TO ENTER EYE/EYELID.COULD NOT WASH IT OUT. WENT TO PHYSICIAN WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT NOTHING WAS IN THE EYE BUT THE LENSE WAS SCRATCHED.
EE WAS RACKING 2 7/8" DRILL PIPE, HE LIFTED UP ON A STEEL BAR AND HURT HIS BACK.
INJURED AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE RIGGING UP PULLING UNIT TO PULL A WELL. INJURED REACHED FOR THE SANDLINE BUT GRABBED MAIN CABLE INSTEAD. RIGHT 5TH FINGER WAS PULLED INTO CABLE SHEAVE. OTHER EMPLOYEE STOPPED OPERATION AND REVERSED MOTOR FREEING SHANE'S FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING AND MAKING UP WIRING IN A HEADER HOUSE MOTOR CONTROL CENTER WHEN HIS RIGHT HAND BRUSHED AGAINST THE DOOR EDGE (STEEL) CUTTING HIS KNUCKLE. MINOR LACERATION RESULTED WHICH LATER BECAME INFECTED AND RESULTED IN MEDICAL TREATMENT.