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BACKHOE HAS TWO PIECE DROP DOWN LADDER USED TO ENTER AND EXIT THE MACHINE. AT SOME TIME DURING DSHIFT, THE LADDER GOT BENT. WHEN THE LADDER WAS LOWERED IT BECAME STUCK. INJURED EE WAS HELPING TO PUSH LADDER BACK UP, WHEN THE LADDER BROKE FREE, IT WENT UP QUICKLY, CATCHING INJURED EE'S LEFT RING FINGER AND LEFT INDEX FINGER IN THE LADDER'S SLIDE. RING FINGER CUT OFF AT BASE OF NAIL
WHILE SLIDING PLATE INTO BREAKER, HE CUT HIS LEFT HAND ON EDGE OF PLATE. 4 STITCHES TO LEFT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A USED SCREEN PANEL OUT OF THE WALKWAY AREA. THE USED PANEL HAD A SHARP EDGE ON IT. EMPLOYEE'S LEFT WRIST WAS CUT THE SHARP EDGE AS HE WAS MOVING THE PANEL.
EE REPORTED TO HIS SUPERVISOR 10-13-00 THAT HE HAD WENT TO HIS FAMILY DR. COMPLAINING OF PAIN IN LOWER ABDOMEN. HE WAS INFORMED HE HAD A HERNIA & WOULD REQUIRE SURGERY. EE SAID INJURY OCCURRED EARLIER WHEN HE HAD RAISED THE HOOD OF THE COMPANY'S FREIGHTLINER WATER TRUCK. EE REFUSED SURGERY & CONTINUED WORKING HIS JOB AS EQUIPMENT OPERATOR UNTIL 1-16-01 WHEN HE HAD SURGERY FOR HERNI
REMOVING BUSHING FROM CROSS ARM BRACE ON DRILL MAST THAT SUPPORTS THE HEAD ON A DRILL TECH. HE USED A PRY BAR TO REMOVE THE BUSHING FROM THE CROSS ARM BRACE. THE PRYBAR SLIPPED CAUSING CROSS ARM BRACE TO FALL. BRACE LANDED ON EMPLOYEES LEFT THUMB.