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HOSE CLAMP ON WATER HOSE BLEW BACK, CUTTING LEFT THUMB REQUIRING 7 STITCHES.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLOSING FENCE GATE USING A CLOSURE HANDLE. IT DID NOT CLOSE ALL THE WAY AND WHEN HE LET GO OF IT TO LOCK GATE IT SPRANG BACK AND HIT HIM ON R EYE BROW AND BRIDGE OF NOSE, KNOCKING OFF SAFETY GLASSES. REQUIRED FIVE STITCHES.
WHILE DISCONNECTING A DISCHARGE HOSE FROM A PORTABLE WATER PUMP, THE HOSE EXPELLED HOT WATER AND STEAM ON THE EE S LEFT ARM, BOTH HANDS AND LEFT SIDE OF FACE.
LIFTING FILE DRAWERS, CAUSED STRAIN TO GROIN AREA LED TO INFLAMATION AND MILD INFECTION
MOVING STRAP METAL TO METAL RACK WHEN MATERIAL SLIPPED AND PINCHED EMPLOYEES FINGER BETWEEN TWO PIECE OF METAL CAUSING INJURY TO EMPLOYEES PINKY FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND.
EMP WAS LIFTING3A CAN OF COAL WEIGHING APPROX 35 LBS WHEN HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK
POURING CONCRET9,CHEMICALS IN CONCRETE CAUSED BURNS.
POURING CONCRET9, CHEMICALS IN CONCRETE CAUSED BURNS TO LEGS. BOOTS WRE NOT HIGH ENOUGH.
POURING CONCRET9, CHEMICALS IN CONCRETE CAUSED BURNS TO LEGS. BOOTS WERE NOT HIGH ENOUGH.
REMOVING TOOLS 0ROM BOX THERE WAS BROKEN GLASS IN BOX. CUT TOP RIGHT HAND.
WHEN REMOVING S5MPLE CAN ABOUT 60LBS FROM CAN STATION VICTIM REPORTED FEELING A TWINGE IN HIS BACK OVER THE COURSE OF THE DAY, THIS DEVELOPED INTO IMMOBILIZING PAIN. DR DIAGNOSED AS PINCHED N ERVE. 3
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING TIMBERS FROM RAILROAD CROSSING WHEN TIMBER FGELL CRUSHING END OF THIRD FINGER OF RIGHT HAND
SPACING RAILROAD TIES ON GRADE AND ANOTHER ROLLED AND SMASHED RT INDEX FINGER