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EMPLOYEE WS REPLACING BEARING ON #39 CONVEYOR BELT ON TAIL PULLEY. BEARING HOUSING BROKE AND CAUGHT RIGHT HAND BETWEEN SHAFT AND FRAME. CUT PALM OF HAND AND CHIPPED BONE IN RIGHT THUMB.
EMPL REMOVING GEAR BOX FROM CONVEYOR WITH SLEDGE HAMMER,HIT SHIN WITH HAMMER.HAD TO HAVE 3 STITC
EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING SKIRT BOARD RUBBER ON PLANT WHEN KNIFE SLIPPED & CUT LEG EMPLOYEE HAD TO HAVE A TETNUS SHOT
EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING UP SWIVEL BASE ON 6 X 16 SECREEN MOTOR TO INSTALL V-BELTS THE BAR THAT HE WAS USING FOR LEVERAGE SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER UNDER THE EDGE OF MOTOR BASE
MOVING FLOATING ROLL ON 4030 TRIPLE ROLL FOR ADJUSTMENT WHEN THE HYD RAM BUSTED THE UBOLTS THAT SUPPORTED IT THIS CAUSED A PIECE OF METAL THAT WAS LOOSE TO FALL AND HIT HIM IN THE BACK
HAMMER CAME OFF OF HANDLE-STRIKING HIS RIGHT KNEE.
EE WAS WORKING 2N GRAVEL TRUCK WITH OTHER EES. I.NAME ATTEMPTED TO STRIKE A BAR WITH A HAMMER & SUBSEQUENTLY MISSED THE BAR STRIKING EE-I.NAME- IN THE HEAD & LEFT EAR.
EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING A BAR WHILE A PIN WAS BEING DRIVEN INTO A DRAGLINE CHAIN. WHEN THE HAMMER STRUCK THE BAR A PIECE OF THE HAMMER STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE IN THE HEAD.
EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING RAIL TRACK WHICH HAD SLIPPED OFF ON THE EUCLID HOPPER HE WAS USING A PIECE OF PIPE AS A LEVER TO LIFT THE RAIL INTO PLACE WHEN HIS HAND SLIPPED OFF AND THE PIPE STRUCK H IM INTHE RIGHT RIB SECTION.
EMP WAS ATTEMPTING TO KNOCK A CROW FOOT OFF OF A DRAGLINE BUCKET WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER WHEN A PIECE OF THE METAL FROM THE HAMMER STRUCK HIM IN CHEST