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EE WAS BREAKING JAMMED ROCKS OUT OF CHUTE TO JAW CRUSHER WITH PRY BAR AND SCRAPED THE TOP OF HIS HAND ON METAL EDGE. HE WAS GIVEN A FEW STITCHES AND RELEASED BACK TO WORK WITH NO RESTRICTIONS.
EE WAS USING A CABLE COMEALONG TO OPEN A CLAM SHELL GATE & REMOVE A PIECE OF TIMBER CAUGHT IN IT. THE HOOK ON THE CABLE SLIPPED, THE EE STEPPED BACK SLIPPED ON THE WET FLOOR AND FELL
WHILE WALKING BY A MAINTENANCE OPERATION WAS STRUCK IN RT FRONT OF NECK BY A METAL PARTICAL FROM A BEARING WHICH HAD BEEN HIT WITH A HAMMER TO REMOVE IT FROM A SPINDLE. PARTICAL WAS REMOVED BY A DR AND SUTURES WERE USED.
WHILE WORKING UNDER A BIN HELPING REPAIR A GATE HANDLE, SAND OR RUST WAS KNOCKED LOOSE WITH A HAMMER WHICH GOT INTO LEFT EYE, BUT WAS NOT STILL IN EYE WHEN EXAMINED BY THE DR. PRESCRIPTION EYE DROPS WERE USED BUT NO IMPAIRMENT IS EXPECTED.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A NEW MANTLE INTO A CONE CRUSHER WITH A HAMMER WHEN HAMMER STRUCK MAN THE AMETAL FLAKE FLEW OFF MANTLE & LODGED I NEMPLOYEES SHIN
EMPLOYEE WAS USING COME-A-LONG TO RAISE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT. AS PRESSURE WAS APPLIED, HOOK SLIPPED OFF. FLY BACK AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE OVER RIGHT EYE. EYE BROW WAS SPLIT OPEN.
EMPL WAS USING HAMMER & PUNCH TO DRIVE OUT BROKEN BOLT. HE MISSED PUNCH & HIT POINTER FINGER ON LEFT HAND. IT BROKE BONE NEAR END OF FINGER & CUT IT OPEN.
TIGHTENING A NUT WRENCH SLIPPED ALLOWING ARM TO MOVE ROACK-STRUCK ELBOW AGAINST DOZER TRACK RAIL.
EMPLOYEE HIT BEARING RACE WITH HAMMER. A PIECE OF METAL SLIVER BROKE OFF RACE AND PUNCTURED LEFT HAND AT REAR OF THUMB.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING PIN/KEEPER INTO BASE OF JAW CRUSHER WITH LARGE SLEDGE HAMMER, HE WAS IN A STOPPED POSITION WHICH CAUSED A PULLED MUSCLE IN UPPER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING HAMMER & PUNCH TO DRIVE PIN OUT OF TRACK HAMMER HIT EMPLOYEE IN LEFT WRIST DOC.CLEANED UNDER & PUT BANDAGE ON IT EMPLOYEE NOTICED LUMP UNDER SKIN RETURNED TO DOC.ON 080988 DOC.REMOVED METEAL CHIP FROM LEFT WRIST
METAL FRAGMENT 3NTERED JOINT BETWEEN RT INDEX FINGER AND HAND ON LEFT HANDED EMPLOYEE ANDHAD TO BE SURGICALLY REMOVED FROM THE JOINT. AFTER ONE WEEK HIS HAND WILL BE PUT IN A CAST FOR 4 WKS DU RING WHICH TIME3HE MAY BE ON LIMITED DUTY.
EMP WAS ADJUSTI3G COME ALONG WHEN HANDLE HIT EMP IN EYE