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EMPL WAS ASSISTING IN PUTTING ON CONVEYOR BELT HAD COME APART AT LACING. IN PROCESS EMPL WAS USING ROPE TO PULL BELT OVER HEAD PLLEY BELT SLIPPED, EMPL'S HAND WAS TRAPPED AGAINST HEAD PULLEY EMPL REACTED PULLED HAND UP CUASING IN JURY TO RIGHT HAND.
EMP. WAS IN PROCESS OF CHANGING OUT WEDGES, AS HE WAS KNOCKING WEDGES OUT WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER, HE WAS HANGING HIMSELF OFF THE SIDE OF JAW WITH ONE HAND AND SWINGING HAMMER WITH THE OTHER H E PULLED HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.
AS EMPLOYEE WAS IN PROCESS OF DISLODGING A BOULDER OUT OF JAW WITH THE USE OF A SLEDGE HAMMER-A CHIP OF ROCK FLEW OFF AND HIT EMPLOYEE ON HIS RIGHT KNUCKLE CAUSING CUT.
EE WAS ATTEMPTI3G TO REMOVE A DRILL BIT WITH A 60" PIPE WRENCH. THE ROTATION WAS ENGAGED SLIGHTLY & T HE WRENCH BECAME JAMMED ON THE BIT TRAPPING EE WRENCH & DRILL CRUSHING HIS LOWER ABDOMEN.
EMP WAS IN T HE3PROCESS OF INSTALLING A KING PIN ON FRONT END OF THE TRUCK, HE HIT THE KING PIN WITH A HAMMER A PIECE OF METAL FLEW HITTING HIS ARM CAUSING THE METAL TO GO 1 INCH INTO THE SKIN OF RT ARM 3
EMP WAS IN THE 1ROCESS OF DIGGING WITH A PICK, THE ICK SLIPPED CATCHING HIS LEFT HAND CAUSING IT TO BE CUT
EMPLOYEE WAS IN3THE PROCESS OF PRYING OUT ON FAN SHROUD AND THE RADIATOR FELL ON EMPLOYEES HAND INJURING HIS LEFT THUMB
EMPLOYEE WAS CHIPPING HARDENED BACKING MATERIAL OFF CONE CRUSHER MANTLE WITH A HAMMER AND CHISEL WHEN A PIECE OF HARDENED MATERIAL CAME OFF HITTING EMPLOYEE IN THE MOUTH CHIPPING HIS TEETH
EMP WAS ASSISTING THE JAW OPERATOR IN DISLODGING A LARGE BOULDER. THE EMP WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO BEAT ON THE BOULDER AS EMP STRUCK THE BOULDER THE BOULDER CHIPPED. THE CHIP OF ROCK STR UCK EMP ON THE GLASSES SHATTERING THEM A PIECE OF GLASS CUT THE EMPLOYEES EYE
EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING JAW OPERATOR IN DISLODGING A LARGE ROCK IN THE JAW. EMPLOYEE WAS USING A BAR TO PRY THE ROCK WHEN THE ROCK GAVE WAY FLIPPING BAR OVER AND STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON THE UPPER RIGHT THIGH CAUSING INJURY.
EMPLOYEE WAS HITTING A ROCK WHICH WAS LODGED IN JAW CRUSHER WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER WHEN THE ROCK WAS HIT A PIECE OF ROCK BROKE OFF FLEW UP AND HIT EMPLOYEE ON THE FOREHEAD CAUSING INJURY
EMPLOYEE HAD SUCCESSFULLY UNJAMMED A ROCK FROM JAW IN THE PROCESS HE WA SPULLING A RIPPER TOOTH ON A CHAIN WHICH IS USED AS A TOOL WHEN A ROCK FELL ON TOOTH CAUSING IT TO CHIP THE CHIP OR FRAG MENT OF ROCK FLEW OUT AND HIT EMPLOYEE IN THE LEFT EYE CAUSING A CUT AND BRUISE ON EYE
EMPLOYEE WAS DISLODGING A BOULDER FROM JAW WHEN BOULDER CAME LOOSE FROM JAW IT HIT EMPLOYEE ON THE LOWER LEFT LEG
IN THE PROCESS OF DIGGING OUT MATERIAL FROM THE JAW CRUSHER A LARGE ROCK ROLLED OVER ON HIS LEFT FOOT CAUSING THE INJURY