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WAS USING A 12LB SLEDGE HAMMER DRIVING A PIN INTO A DRIVE CHAIN. THE SLEDGE HAMMER SLIPPED OFF THE PIN AND HIT HIM IN THE LEFT SHIN.
HE WAS STANDING TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF I.NAME WHILE HE WAS HITTING THE HAMMERS WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER, WHEN A PIECE OF METAL CHIPPED OFF AND WENT INTO HIS LEFT LEG.
EMPLOYEE WAS RE4OVING MILL HAMMERS WITH ASSTANCE OF MILL OPERATOR MILL OPERTAP WAS USING SLEDGE HAMMER TO KNOCK MILL HAMMER OUT OF SLOT. MILL OPERATOR MISSED AND STRUCK OTHER EMPLOYEES RIGHT THUMB WITH SLED1E HAMMER.
EE WAS OPENING/CLOSING R/R CAR DOORS. WHEN HE PULLED ON A BAR HE WRENCHED BACK. HE THOUGH HE HAD STRAINED HIS BACK. LATER DIAGNOSED AS SLIPPED DISC & PINCHED NERVE WHICH REQUIRED SURGERY.