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EMPLOYEE WAS USING A PRY BAR TO REMOVE A SCREEN FROM THGE PRIMARY SCREEN. THEY PRY BAR SLIPPED,PINCHING INDEX FINGER.
EMPL WAS ATTEMPTING TO CUT FINGERS OUT OF WORK GLOVES WITH POCKET KNIFE. KNIFE SLIPPED & STRUCK LEFT LEG.
EMPL WAS LOOSENING BOLT ON PIPELINE USING HAND WRENCH & PULL PIPE. BOLT BROKEN CAUSING PULL PIPE TO STRIKE EMPL IN LEFT RIB CAGE.
EMPL WAS USING A HADN WRENCH TO TIGHTEN NUTS ON PIPELINE THE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF THE NUT CAUSING HIS HAND TO HIT THE PIPE
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON 20" PIPE WHILE LOWERING A COM-A-LONG.THE COME-A-LONG SLIPPED,CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO LOSE BALANCE.HE FELL ABOUT 4 FT,LANDING ON HIS SIDE,INJURING HIS RIBS.
EMP WA> CHANGING PARTS ON SCREEN ON WASHER USING AND EASY OUT. WHILE STRIKING EASY OUT WIHT A MAMMER A PC. OF METAL BROKE OFF AND EMBEDDED IN EMP CHIN.
EMPL WAS STANDING IN BUCKET ON LINECREW TRUCK ABOUT 40' ABOVE GROUND USING CUTTER TO CUT COPPER POWERLINE. LINE HUNG IN JAWS OF CUTTER SNATCHING CUTTER INTO EMPL CHEST & CAUSING HIS WRIST TO HIT BUCKET.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING A FLEXIBLE PIPE ON THE TUB SUMP PUMP. IN TIGHTENING A NUT, THE WRENCH SLIPPED, STRICKING EMPLOYEE IN MOUTH AND BREAKING A TOOTH.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO PACK A PUMP USING A WRENCH. WHEN HE PULLED UP ON THE WRENCH, HE FELT PAIN IN SHOULDER (RIGHT).
EMPLOYEE USED A PRY BAR TO PRY UP A PIECE OF SHEET METAL.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A WRENCH TO REMOVE 3/4" BOLT. TOOK UNSAFE POSITION.
A WRENCH THE EM1LOYEE WAS USING SLIPPED OFF THE NUT AND HIS HAND CAUGHT EDGE OF A SHARP PIECE OF METAL.
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A BLOCK FROM UNDER PIPELINE. PIPE WAS HOISTED UP WITH WINCH. EMPLOYEE HAD HIS HAND ON TO OF BLOCK TO MOVE IT FROM UNDER PIPE WHEN THE WINCH SLIPPED, CAUSING P IPE TO TILT AND MASH EMPLOYEEHS HAND.
I,NAME WAS TRYI3G TO OPEN RAILROAD CAR DOOR USING PRY BAR. THE DOOR WAS HARD TO OPEN AND IN EFFORT TO FORCE IT OPEN, I,NAME HURT BACK.
TRYING TO GET A VCR-150 ROCK DRILL TO ROTATE AFTER REPAIRING. EMPLOYEE WAS INSERTING STRIKING BAR WITH HIS HAND WHILE DRILL WAS UNDER PRESSURE STRIKING BAR KICKED BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO INSTALL A CRUSHER CHUTE AND WAS USING A CHAIN FALLS TO HOIST ONE ENDOF CHUTE WITH JUST A CHAIN WRAPPED AROUND THE END, AND THE CHUTE SLIPPED FROM THE CHAIN BRUISING HIS SIDE.