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WIND BLEW DOOR SHUT TRIED TO KEEP DOOR OPEN WITH ELBOW DRUM SLIP OUT OF GRASP, TRIED REGAIN CONTROL STRAIN TO BACK
EMPL WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLIMB ONTO REAR END OF 637D CATERPILLAR SCRAPER TO FINISH SOME REPAIR WORK ON ENGINE WHEN HE STRAINED MUSCLE IN LOWER RIGHT SIDE OF BACK & RIGHT HIP. EMPL HAD USED PROP ER FOOT & HANDHOLDS PROVIDED ON C AT. 637D SCRAPER FOR CLIMBING UP TO REAR ENGINE AREA. EMPL WAS TOLD TO USE STEP STAND PROVIDED IN SHOP TO GAIN ACCESS TO EQUIP TO PREVENT FURTHER ACCIDENTS
EMPLOYEE RECEIVED A PUNCTURE WOUND TO HIS RT LITTLE FINGER WHEN HE PICKED UP A TIRE AND WIRE STICKING OUT FROM A BROKEN CORD ON THE INTERIOR OF THE TIRE PUNCTURED HIS SKIN EMPLOYEE HAD THE OUN WOUND CHECKED OUT BY A DR WHO FOUND NOTHING AT THE TIME AT A LATER DATE THE EMPLOYEE HAD SOME LOCALIZED INFECTION SET IN AND WENT BACK TO THE DR AND HAD A 1 INCH PIECE OF WIRE REMOVED WHICH
EMP WAS STRUCK 2N RT SIDE OF THE HEAD BY A 4X4?12 FOOR WOOD PLANK THAT WAS USED TO BAR GARAGE DOOR FROM ENTRY. EMP REMOVED PLANK FROM THE DOOR AND PLACED IT UPRIGHT IN THE CORNER NEAR THE DOO HE HAD OPENED D2ORS AGAIN AND CLOSED THEM, WAITING FOR CAT 922 FRONT END LOADER. AS HE CLOSED THE DOOR THE PLANK WAS DISLODGED FROM ITS RESTING PLACE AND STRUCK EMP KNOCKING HIM TO THE GROU
EMPLOYEE WAS SU6JECTED TO SPRAY MIST FROM A ALKALINE BASED PARTS CLEANER WHICH CAUSED AN IRRATATION TO HIS THROAT AND LONGS. THE CLEANER WAS BEING USED BY ANOTHER EMPLOYEE IN AN ADJACENT ROOM AND NATURAL VE3TILATION MUST HAVE CARRIED THE MIST FROM THE CLEANER TO THE ADJOINING AREA. THE DID SEE DR AND HAD AN X RAY TAKEN OF HIS LUNGS AND BLOOD TEST TAKEN FOR CONTAMINENTS THERE WERE