EE HAD FLAT ON TRUCK HAULING COAL. WENT TO CHANGE TRUCKS AND ATTEMPTED TO UNSCOTCH THE WHEEL WERE IT WAS PARKED. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE ROCKAND GROUND AND PULLED THE SKIN BACK AND CUT HIS RIGHT HAND LITTLE FINGER. HE VISTED LOCAL PHYSICIAN WHERE HAD HAD STITCHES AND WAS TREATED AND DISMISSED. HE RETURNED TO WORK.
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Showing all 3LIFTING 55 GAL DRUM OF ANTI FREEZE STRAINED HOWER BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING THE BIT ON THE REED DRILL. HE CLIMBED UP INTO THE CAB OF THE DRILL, USING THE HAND GRIPS TO PULL HIMSELF INTO THE CAB, TO SET THE WRENCH ON THE STEEL. WHEN HE GOT INTO THE CAB OF THE DRILL HE COULD NOT STANDAS HE HAD SEVERE PAIN IN HIS LEFT HIP AREA. (SPAN OF STEP UP INTO DRILL CAB WAS BETWEEN THREE AND THREE AND A HALF FEET (3'- 3 2/3') AS THE DRILL WAS JA