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EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING THE POWER POLE TO HOOK UP WIRES FOR LIGHTS WHEN HIS HOOKS GRAFTED OUT OF THE POLE CAUSING HIM TO FALL.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPENING OVERHEAD BIN WITH A STEEL B POLE IT WAS STUCK SO EMPLOYEE JERKED IT REAL HARD AND HIS BACK WENT OUT
SUPERVISOR WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF CLOTH WITH A POCKET KNIFE, WHEN THE KNIFE STRUCK HIS LEFT THUMB AND LEFT INDEX FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO PUT ON A NEW CHAIN & PLDPODDLE ON A SCRAPER.WHILE CONNECTING THE MASTER LINK TOGETHER EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING IT AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE HIT HIM ON THE THUMB WITH A SLEDGE HA HAMMER.
EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING NUTS ON BIG BIRD GEAR BOX BY USING 15" CRESCENT WRENCH AND STRIKING THE SAME WITH A 12 LB HAMMER, WHEN EMPLOYEE STRUCK THE CRESCENT WRENCH THE HAMMER BOUNCED UP AND CAM E DOWN PINCHING HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN THE HAMMER HANDLE AND THE HANDLE OF THE CRESCENT WRENCH
SUPERVISOR WAS OPENING VLAVE. WHEN VALVE WHEEL TURNED WRENCH SLIPPED OFF STEM. EMPLOYEE\S HAND STRUCK METAL POST ON VALVE 2 1/2 FEET AWAY. BROKE 5TH METACARPUS ON RIGHT HAND.
MR PRUETT WAS HOLDING A BOLT IN PLACE WITH HIS LEFT HAND WHILE DRIVING A BOLT INTO CONCRETE WITH A 2# BALLPEEN HAMMER THE HAMMER SLIPPED OFF THE BOLT AND MASHED HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER
EMP WAS HOLDING THE BACK UP WRENCH ON A BOLT WHICH WAS BEING REMOVED WHEN THE BOLT BROKE LOOSE THE EMP FELL AGAINST THE METAL RAIL OF THE SCREEN IN THE MILL
EMPLOYEES WERE NOT USING PROPER TOOLS FOR JOB BEING DONE ALSO SHOULD HAVE ANCHORED END OF ROPE TO A RAILING.
EE WAS SHOVELING SAND & PEBBLES INTO 55 GAL DRUM AS EE TWISTED TO EMPTY SHOVEL INTO DRUM HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.