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EE WAS HOLDING A PLATE ON THE END OF AN EQUALIZER BAR PIN. EE WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO DRIVE THE PIN IN THE EQUALIZER BAR. EE'S HAND GOT IN THE WAY OF THE SLEDGE HAMMER AND WAS SMASHED.
CLOSING DOOR ON RAILROAD CARS USING BAR WHEN BAR SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL BACKWARDS AND TWIST ANKLE.
WHILE PULLING ON CHAIN HOIST, HOOKED TO ROTARY BREAKER THE CHAIN BROKE AND JERKED ARM REINJURING RIGHT ELBOW (RT. ELBOW WAS INJURED 9/16/00), DID NOT START MISSING WORK UNTIL 9/5/02, THE DAY HE HAD SURGERY ON HIS ELBOW.
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING TRUCK. WHILE LIFTING A BAG OF MULCH THE BAG TORE, LETTING HIS HAND SLIP AND CUT HIS ARM. HE WAS HOLDING A KNIFE IN HIS RIGHT HAND AND CUT HIS LEFT ARM.
HE WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER ON THE CONE OF THE SILO TO GET COAL TO FEED THRU IT. AND FELT PAIN IN HIS RT. SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS PRYING A RUBBER FLAT WITH A CROW BAR WHEN HIS LEFT HAND SLIPPED AND CAME IN CONTACTWITH A POINT OF STEEL ON A SPALSH PAN. HIS HAND WAS CUT AND THE CUT NEEDED STITCHES. NO TIME OF WORK WAS LOST.