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INJURED WS WORKING WITH CEMENTING CREW PREPARING CEMENTER FOR CEMENTING 708I WHEN THE CASING CREW HAD FINISHED SETTING 4-INCH PVC SCH 40PIPE IN HOLE INJURED WAS POSITIONED JUST TO SIDE OF LIF T WHEN AT ABOUT 10-FT OVERHEAD CHAIN DISENGAGED SAFETY LATCH CAUSING CHAIN & LOAD TO FALL
INJURED WAS PULLING VALVE SEAT FROM MUD PUMP WITH VALVE PULLER & 24" PIPE WRENCH. WHILE TIGHTENING NUT ON VALVE PULLER EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS BACK.
INJURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO PULL PUMP OUT OF M-13A WHEN ELECTRIC SYSTEM WENT OUT. AS PUMP STARTED TO DESCEND INJURED GRABBED HOLD OF MANUAL BAR IN AN EFFORT TO SLOW DESCENT OF PUMP SO CO-WORKER COULD INSERT PIN TO STOP DESCENT. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO SLOW DESCENT OF PUMP WORKER STRAINED BACK.
THE INJURED WAS CHANGING A VALVE THAT WAS LEAKING. HE HAD A CHEATER PIPE BETWEEN TWO FLANGES PRYING IT APART WHEN IT SLIPPED CAUSING THE INJURED TO FALL BACK, STRIKING HIS RIGHT HAND AGAINST A N 8 IN. PVC PIPE.
INJURED WAS USING LARGE HYDRAULIC JACK AND SECTION OF PIPE TO RAISE A DENT OUT OF ROOF OF SHOVEL CAB PIPE GAVE WAY ALLOWING ROOF TO POP BACK DOWN PINCHING HIS FINGERS BETWEEN ROOF AND BEAM HE WAS HOLDING ONTO
WHILE DRIVING A STEEL PIN INJURED CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE HEAD OF T HE PIN & A HAMMER.