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EMPLOYEE REPORTED HE WAS STRUCK BY A HAMMER.
EMPL STRUCK BY A HAMMER WHICH HAD COME APART.
EXPER BACK PAIN USING LG HAMMER
EMPLOYEE REPORTED HE WAS USING A BAR TO PRY MATERIAL LOOSE WHEN MATERIAL FELL STRICKING IT. THE BAR FLIPPED UP STRICKING HIM ON THE CHEST.
EMPL STRUCK BUCKET WEAR PLATE WITH HAMMER AND IN SO DOING,PIECE OF METAL FLEW UP STRIKING HIM.
EMPLOYEE REPORTED HE WAS INSTALLING BELTS ON IDLER PULLEY FOR A DOZER WHEN OTHER EMPLOYEE LET PRY BAR SLIP. IDLER PULLEY JERKED BELTS PUSHING HIS THUMB AGAINST THE GROOVE OF IT.
EMPLOYEE REPORTED HE WAS USING A HAMMER WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN.
EMPLOYEE REPORTED HE WAS SWEEPING FLOOR WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN.
EMPLOYEE REPORT9D HE MOMENTARILY LOST HIS BALANCE AS HE WAS SWINGING A B&O UPWARDS TO STRIKE A SHELF. WHEN HE MISSED THE CONTACT POINT, THE B&O CONTINUED UPWARDS STRIKING HIM.
EMPLOYEE REPORT9D A CABLE WINCH FAILED TO HOLD A LOAD ANDWHEN HE RELEASED HIS GRASP ON THE CRANKING HANDLE, IT ROTATED AROUND STRIKING HIS HAND.
EE REPORTED A P3ECE OF METAL FLEW OFF A B & O PUNCH AS IT WAS BEING STRUCK BY A 20# HAMMER.
EMPLOYEE REPORT9D HE USED A BALL PEEN HAMMER TO STRIKE THE CROSS CHISEL END OF A CHIPPING HAMMER AS THE CONE WAS BEING USED AS AN ALIGNMENT PIN AND IN SO DOING CAUSED A PIECE OF THE CHIPPING HAMMER TO FLY 2FF STRIKING HIM
EMPLOYEE REPORT9D A 10 LB HAMMER SLID OFF THE TOP EDGE OF A GUARD SURROUNDING THE SUMP IN THE NO. 1 COAL VAULT OF THE PREPARATION PLANT. IT FELL APPROX. 2 FT LANDING ON HIS LEFT FOOT BEHIND TH E CAP OF HIS SA0ETY BOOT.
EMPL PUSHING UPWARDS ON PRY BAR WHEN HE EXPERIENCED BACK PAIN.
HE WAS WORKING ON HIS HANDS & KNEES MOST OF THE SHIFT CLEANING & PAINTING A FLOOR & HANDRAILS ON T HE 1570 DRAGLINE & WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO STAND UP HE COULDN\T STRAIGHTEN UP.
EMPLOYEE REPORTED HE WAS USING A PICK MATTOCK TO LOOSEN MUD IN THE BED OF A GOB TRUCK NEAR THE EXHAUST OUTLET. AS HE SWUNG THE PICK MATTOCK ATTHE MUD, THE PICK END STRUCK THE STEEL BED CAUSING THE POINT TO BREAK OFF AND FLY UP STRIKING HIM.
INJURED WAS USING A 6 1/4 IN PIECE OF 1/2 IN CONDUIT PIPE TO TIGHTEN UP A JACOB DRILL CHUCK. THE PIPE SLIPPED OFF THE CHUCK KEY CAUSING THE INJUREDS RIGHT INDEX FINGER TO STRIKE A 31/64 IN DRI LL BIT. THE MAN RECEIVED A LACERATION REQUIRING 4 STITCHES.
ANOTHER WORKER WAS USING SLEDGE HAMMER AND A 7/8IN X 24 IN BOLT TO BREAK LOOSE A RUSTED UP BRAKE ADJUSTER INJ WAS HOLDING THE BOLT IN RT HAND AND OTHER MAN WAS HITTING IT WITH SLEDGE MAN SWING SLEDGE HITTING INJ MANS RT HAND WITH SLEDGE