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TWISTED HIS KNEE WHILE PULLING ON A PIPE WRENCH
HE WAS USING A PICK & SHOVEL CLEANING THE RAILROAD TRACKS.HE STRAINED HIS LEFT DIDE AND BACK.HE FIRST REPORTED THIS TO THE OFFICE ON 3-15-859
HE WAS USING A HAMMER AND NAILS TO BUILD BULKHEADS & DOOR BOARDS IN A BOX CAR. HE WAS DRIVING A NAIL IN THE WOOD AND THE NAIL RICOCHETED AND HIT HIM IN THE RIGHT EYE.
HE WAS USING HAMMER ON A METAL SURFACE AND PIECE OF HAMMER CAME OFF AND WENT INTO RT SIDE OF HIS CHEST
HE WAS WORKING ON #1515 LOADER. A WRENCH SLIPPED & HIT HIM ON TOP OF THE LEFT HAND, BREAKING SKIN ON HAND AND WRIST WATCH. LATER A CYST APPEARED & HAD TO BE REMOVED BY SURGERY. CYST APPEARED A SHORT WHILE AFTER ACCIDENT. HE HAD SURGERY ON 2-3-84.
HE WAS WORKING ON A T RUCK HE WAS USING A SHOP HAMMER AND HIT HIS THUMB ON HIS L HAND WITH THE HAMMER HE INJURED HIS LEFT THUMB BUT IT WAS NOT BROKEN AND HE DIDNT HAVE ANY STITCHES
HE WAS HELPING TO CHANGE THE ROTARY SCREW ON AN AIR COMPRESSOR THEY WERE USING A CHAIN AND A COME-ALONG TO HOIST THE SCREW HE WAS HOLDING ONE END OF THE SCREW THE CHAIN SLIPPED OFF ONE END OF THE SCREW CAUSING IT TO COME DOWN ON HIS HAND THE HOOK WENT THROUGH HIS RIGHT PALM OF HAND BETWEEN THUMB AND INDEX FINGER AND THE CHAIN CUT THE INSIDE OF HAND JUST BELOW THE RING FINGER BOTH C