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EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING OFF A RUBBER TIRE ON 323 FILTER WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LOOSEN BOLT THE WRENCH SLIPPED & HIT EMPLOYEE ON UPPER LIP & TOOTH
TAKING BOLTS OUT OF A FLANGE CRESENT WRENCH SLIPPED PINCHING FINGER
EMPLOYEE WAS DR3VING BOLT OUT OF HUB USING A HAMMER.WHEN HE STRUCK THE SHAFT WITH HAMMER,APIECE OF STEEL FLEW OFF HAMMER AND LODGED IN FACE REQUIRING DOCTOR TO REMOVE AND 1 STITCH TO CLOSE WOU ND. 3
EMPLOYEE WAS FR9EING SHAFT ON VACUUM PUMP USING PIPE WRNECH. WRENCH HANDLE BROKE AND HIT LEG.
EMPL REMOVING V3CTRAULIC COUPLING OFF WATER LINE.WORKING IN AWKWARD POSITION TRYING TO REMOVE NUT FROM BOLT.PUSHING AGAINST WRENCH CAUSED MUSCLE STRAIN IN UPPER BACK.DR RX MUSCLE RELAXANT.
MINER WAS LOADI3G LIFTERS AND KNEE HOLES. MINER WAS BENT OVER PLACING POWDER IN HOLES, REACHED OVER TO PICK UP LOADING STICK TO TAMP POWDER AND TWISTED HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS BUILDING A VENTILATION BULKHEAD. THAX BEING USED TO DRIVE NAILS GLACED OFF THE WALL AND STRUCK FINGER CAUSING A CONTUSED WOUND TO FINGER WITH COMMUNUTED FRACTURE DISTAL PHALANX LE FT FIRST FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO INSTALL A GASKET BETWEEN TWO FLANGES, HE WAS USING A PRY BAR TO SEPARATE THE FLANGES THE BAR SLIPPED OF THE PIPE AND CAUGHT HIS FINGERS BETWEEN THE TWO PIPES CAUSING AVULSION OF NAIL 3RD FINGER AND FRACTURE OF DISATAL PHALANX LEFT 3RD FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS DISMANTLEING JACKLEG MACHINE; WHILE LOOSENING WING NUT ON AIR HOSE OFF MACHINE WITH SMALL HAMMER, HAMMER GLANCED OFF WING NUT AND STRUCK ARM PINCHING SKIN BETWEEN MACHINE AND HAM MER HEAD CAUSING CONTUSED WOUND REQUIRING 2 SUTURES TO CLOSE.
WHITTLING ON PIECE OF PLASTIC HOSE.KNIFE SLIPPED AND CAUSED INCISION TO REQUIRING 3 SUTURES TO CLOSE.