EMPLOYEE WAS CHIPPING SLAG FROM WELD WITH CHIPPING HAMMER WHEN A PIECE GOT INTO HIS EYE.
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EMPLOYEE WAS STRIKING REFUSE FILTERR WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER WHEN HIS HAND SLIPPED DOWN THE HANDLE AND HIS FINGER WAS MASHED BETWEEN HANDLE AND FILTER SECTOR STRAP.
EMPL USING 3/4\\ DRIVE RATCHET AND 5\ CHEATER PIPE TO TIGHTEN TRACK BOLTS ON A DOZER WHEN RATCHET BROKE AND THE PIPE STRUCK HIS LEG ABOVE THE LEFT ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A WRENCH WHEN IT SLIPPED AND STRUCK HIS CHIN CAUSING A CUT.
INJURED AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE STARTING TO SAW A POST WHEN SAW BLADE JUMPED SIDEWAYS OUT FOF THE POST AND CUT INJUREDS THUMB
EMPLOYEE WAS DOING MECHANICAL WORK ON A DOZER WHEN THE WRENCH HE WAS USING BROKE CAUSING HIS ELBOW TO STRIKE DOZER SPROCKET