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EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING THE RADIATOR CAP FROM AN AC 31 DOZER WHEN WATER WAS RELEASED AND SPLASHED OVER HIS UPPER BODY AND CHEST.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLOSING THE CAB WINDOW ON THE 7400 MARION DRAGLINE WHEN HIS RIGHT HAND SLIPPED AND WENT THROUGH A PANE OF GLASS.THE INJURY RESULTED IN A LACERATION APPROXIMATELY ONE INCH LONG ON THE TOP OF HIS RIGHT HAND WHICH REQUIRED EIGHT STITCHES.
EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING THE FRONT DRIVE LINE ON A MICHIGAN 475.WHILE LIFTING THE UNIVERSAL AND HOLDING IT IN PLACE TO START THE BOLTS HE TWISTED AND STRAINED HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING FROM THE MACHINE HE WAS OPERATING WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER IN THE HANDHOLD OF THE DOZER.
EMPL WAS REPAIRING THE FRONT END OF A 1979 FORD WATER TRUCK WHILE HE WAS LIFTING THE HOOD OF THE TRUCK THE HINGE OF THE HOOD STUCK APPROX TWO THIRDS OF THE WAY CAUSING THE EMPL TO ATTEMPT TO J ERK THE HOOD OPEN EMPL L FOOT THEN LODGED IN THE BUMPER STIRUP PLACING ALL OF HIS WEIGHT ON THISIS R HIP
EMPL REMOVING R5DIATOR CAP FROM LOADER TO CHECK WATER LEVEL.FIRST OPENED CAP WITH FOOT.WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO OPEN CAP WITH HAND RECD BURNS FROM STEAM & WATER.
EMPLOYEE WAS RE4OVING A RADIATOR CAP FROM AN HOUGH 400FRONT END LOADER TO CHECK WATER LEVEL WHEN STEAM FROM RADIATOR BURNED BOTH ARMS AROUND WRISTS
EMPL WORKING ON3TRAILER TAILGATE LATCH CYLINDER TRYING TO REGULATE THE AIR WITH INTERNAL SPRING SO HE COULD CONNECT END TO OPERATING ROD WHEN HE SLIPPED AND LOST AIR CONNECTION.THE SPRING PULL ED CYLINDER BAC5 AND CUT THE FINGER TIP.
LIFTING 50 LB BOX DYNAMITE,EMPL FELT TEAR IN LOWER RIGHT SIDE.