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A clod had stopped up the harper and he was trying to break the clod up. He had a metal rod and was jobbing the clod and the rod slipped and he hit his hand on a metal piece on side if the harper.
He was helping to change the runner on gravel plant on the dredge when the jaws on the pipe wrench broke and hit him on the hand and chest.
They were trying to get the door to the clay washer hopper opened wider. LC was using a maul to hit the door. He hit the door a couple times and raise up to hit it again and noticed blood and when he looked his finger was dangling.
They were helping to change teeth on the dragline. EE was watching while the foreman was trying to knock the teeth out and a piece of the tooth chipped off and hit the EE going into his right leg above his knee.
He was jacking the track back on the trackhoe with a come-a-long and the chain broke on the come-a-long. The track fell on his left leg hitting him on the leg about the shin area.
Some more workers were taking a rubber sleeve off a pipe with a chain band. He was standing in front of them leaning aganist a belt winder when the sleeve came off it just hit his leg and pinned it up aginst the belt winder breaking his right leg just above the ankle.
HE WAS PUTTING 2 STEEL PIPE TOGETHER. THE CHAIN BAND HE WAS USING TO BAND TOGETHER BROKE AND THE PIPE SLIPPED AND HIT HIS KNEE.
HE WAS CHANGING DOOR SHORT ON SHAKER SCREEN. HAD TO USE THE HAMMER. WAS HOLDING DOOR. WHEN HAMMER SLIPPED AND HIT HIS FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND.