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PULLING ON COME-A-LONG HANDLE WHILE WORKING ON DRAGLINE.
BOLT WAS BROKEN OUT ON STEERING ARM. ARM WAS RAISED UP SO BOLT WOULD NOT FIT INTO IT. EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO JACK ARM DOWN WITH HYDRAULIC JACK, WHEN JACK SLIPPED OUT, CATCHING EE'S HAND AGAINST S.CAR FRAME.
THE INJURED MAN WAS HOLDING TIMBER WHILE EE WAS CUTTING WITH BOW SAW & HIS ARM GOT CAUGHT IN LIGHT CORD & SLIPPED WITH JAW CUTTING OTHER GUYS HAND
OUTSIDE DRY, COOL. NOTHING CONTRIBUTED. GUY DIDN'T HAVE CONTROL AND RESULT WAS GOING DOWN WITH RATCHET, HITTING HAND ON FRAME.
EMPL SWINGING SLEDGE HAMMER WITHOUT GOOD FOOTING AND HEAD CAME OFF OF HAMMER CAUSING PAIN IN LEFT CHESTWALL NEAR SHOULDER.
HE WA> REPAIRING BEARING ON TRACK MOUNTED BOLTER HE STARTED TO GET UP FORM SITTING POSITION TWISTED LEG.
EMP WAS BOOMIN1 A DOZER ON A LOW-BOY WHEN PIPE SLIPPED AND REBOUNDED ACROSS THE HEAD - BLOW WAS OVER THE LEFT EAR
SUPERVISOR STANDING BY MECHANICS PIECE OF METAL FLEW & HE WAS STRUCK IN ABDOMEN.