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SUBJECT WAS HELPING FELLOW MECHANIC REMOVE A MANIFOLD FROM AN ENGINE IN THE SHOP & AS THE LAST BOLT WAS REMOVED THE MANIFOLD FELL OFF SMASHING HIS RT INDEX FINGER WHEN IT STRUCK THE BLOCKING
SUBJECT CALLED ME AT HOME ON 8-6-88 AT 3:20 PM HE SAID HE STRUCK HISS ELBOW ON THE 8-3-88 DATE NO WITNESS AND ITS NOW HURTING SO BAD HE HAS TO GET CHECKED OUT HE DIDNT REPORT ANYTHING TO HIS SUPERVISOR
AS HE WAS GETTI3G INTO HIS HIGHLIFT HIS LEFT EYE STARTED TO HURT LIKE SMETHING FLEW INTO IT. FOREMAN FLASHED EYE WITH EYE WASH AND SUBJECT HAD EYE CHECKED AT EMERGENCY ROOM WHO REFEREED HIM TO EYE DR SCRATCH3IN RETINA AREA WAS FOUND EYE WAS TO BE SOVERLED FOR 24 HRS AND HE COULD RETURN TO WORK.
SUBJECT WAS STE1PING OFF OF BOOM TRUCK ONTO THE AUGER AND AS HE LOOKED DOWN AT HIS FOOTING, HE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON THE GUARD IN THE AREA OF THE OPERATOR'S HELPER POSITION.
SUBJECT WAS A S2OOT ER WORKING ON BENCH & KICKED A BAG OF GARBAGE (OVER INTO THE PIT)THAT WAS LEFT ON BENCH HE HEARD SOME GLASS BREAK BUT DIDNT THINK ANYTHING OF IT UNTIL HIS LEG HURT LATER HE CHECKED IT (SMA5L CUT) & PUT A BAND-AID ON IT BUT BY SAT IT WAS HURTING & BY SUNDAY SWELLING UP-HE WENT TO HAVE IT CHECKED AT HOSPITAL IT HAD A STAPH INFECTION & HE WAS ADMITTED ALSO HIS SUGA
SUBJECT WAS TUR3ING LEFT REAR WHEELS BY HAND WHILE THEY WERE JACKED UP 3 HIS LEFT HAND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE TIRE AND MUD GUARD.
SUBJECT WAS STEPPING OFF OF PICK-UP TRUCK WHEN HE TWISTED HIS KNEE.
SUBJECT WAS GETTING HIS TRACK SPADE OFF OF DOZER & STRUCK HIS ELBOW.
SUBJECT WAS HELPING TWO OTHER MECHANICS REMOVE A TRANSMISSION WHEN SOMEONE MOVED TRANSMISSION NOT KNOWING HIS HAND WAS IN A BAD AREA IN OING THIS IT CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN TRANSMISSION AND F RAME
REMOVING A BELLY PAN FROM A DOZER AND AS HE REMOVED THE NUTS THE NUT HE LEFT ON THE PREVENT A FALL PULLED LOOSE FROM THE TREADS AND THE PAN FELL ON TOP OF HIS LEFT HAND CUTTING IT.
SUBJECT WAS LIFTING A BARGE CALBE AND HE HURT HIS BACK.