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A welder had an excavator bucket held upright by a metal leg. To lay the bucket down, EE attached a chain to it and removed the metal leg. As the chain lifted, the bucket laid itself towards the welder and caught EE between the bucket and a table that had a welding machine on it, injuring EE's left abdomen and left leg.
The employee indicates that on Saturday employee was assembling a 335 Excavator road chain with a bar. When employee forced self to join the links, employee felt severe pain in right leg (in the groin). The employee indicates that employee thought it was nothing, but since yesterday employee has been feeling a lot of pain in the right leg (in the groin).
Indicates the employee was uncovering the "muela" (quarry mill) using the sling (eslinga) that adapts to the patella, the sling was stripped. EE tried to unlock it with a rope and a stone fell, hitting EE in the left arm. The employee reported to work the next day and EE's arm was swollen and in pain. The employee was absent on April 7 and goes to the private doctor.