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I.NAME TRYING TO BREAK SOME ROCKS LOOSE IN JAW FEEDER OF CRUSHER,PIECE OF STEEL FROM PICK BROKE OFF AND WENT INTO ARM.
WHILE USING A PRYBAR TO MOVE A ROCK IN THE JAW CRUSHER,THE BAR SLIPPED OFF THE ROCK AND SMASHED FINGER BETWEEN BAR AND HANDRAIL AROUND THE JAW.I.NAME HAS A CUT FINGER AND BROKEN BONE LEFT HAND RING FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING DOWN MANWAY DUST OR DIRT GOT IN RIGHT EYE.
HE WAS CUTTING LINER PLASTIC. THE KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING HIS HAND.
EE WAS CUTTING A PATCH IN THE LINER FOR THE LEECH PAD. PAD LINER WAS ACROSS HER LEG THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT HER LEFT THIGH.
INJURED WAS TAKING A BIT OFF OF THE DRILL USING A 16# HAMMER. WHILE SWINGING THE HAMMER PULELD MUSCLE IN SHOULDER.
I NAME WAS TRYING TO CHIP HARDEND CARBON FROM AROUND CARBON TRANSFER PUMP WITH A SHOVEL & HIT A PIPE WITH HIS LEFT HAND BREAKING HIS HAND
INJURED WAS IN THE SHOP REMOVING THE TEETH FROM THE 988B LOADER.THE TEETH ARE REMOVED BY STRI,ING THEM WITH A HAMMER.A PIECE OF THE TOOTH CHIPPED OFF WHILE HE WAS STRIKING THE TOOTH AND THE PI ECE OF METAL EMBEDDED IN HIS RIGHT FOREARM.
EE WAS PRYING A ROCK FROM THE GRIZZLY FEEDER WITH A PRY BAR. WHEN THE ROCK CAME LOOSE THE PRY BAR FLEW BACK AGAINST HIS CHEST. HE DID NOT FEEL PAIN IN HIS CHEST UNTIL A FEW MINUTES LATER WHEN HE WAS OPERATING THE LOADER. EE WAS SENT TO THE HOSPITAL FOR A POSSIBLE HEART ATTACK, BUT THE PAIN HAD BEEN CAUSED BY THE PRY BAR ACCIDENT.
TIGHTENING WATER FITTING IN VICE WHEN SOMETHING IN CHEST POPPED. NO INSTANT PAIN, GOT WORSE OVRNIGHT.
EE WAS CLEANING A VALVE WITH WELDING ROD. PUSHING WITH HIS HAND THE ROD PUNCTURED HIS LEFT HAND.