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EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING HARDENED LIMEROCK OFF CRUSHER BELT WHEN SOME DEBRIS GOT INTO TOPSIDE OF PRTECTIVE EYEWEAR AND INTO RIGHT EYE. EYES WERE WASHED IMMEDIATELY BUT GOT WROSE OVER THE WEEKEDN .
WHILE ATTEMPTIN1 TO SEPERATE TWO PIECES OF PVC PIPE,WHICH WAS BEING USED IN BLASTING OPERATIONS,ONE EMPLOYEE WAS TAPPING A PIPE WRENCH THAT WAS SECURED TO THE PIPE,AND THE HEAD OF THE HAMMER H E WAS USING CAM9 OFF THE HANDLE AND THE HAMMER HEAD HIT THE EMPLOYEE'S LEFT LEG JUST BELOW THE KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS U8ING A PICK TO REMOVE HARDENED LIMEROCK FROM INSIDE A FRONT END LOADER AND GOT A SMALL PIECE OF METAL IN HIS LEFT EYE
TING TO LOAD A 0ULL 55 GAL.DRUM OF OIL ONTO GREASE TRUCK UTILIZING AN OVERHEAD HOIST THAT IS MOUNTED ON THE TRUCK WHILE T RUINMG TO GUIDE DRUM OVER ONTO TRUCK HE INADVERTANTLY LET GO OF THE H ANDLE TO THE HO3ST & THE FULL WEIGHT OF THE DRUM CAUSE T HE HANDLE TO SPIN & STRIKING HIM ON HIS LEFT WRIST
EMPLOYEE WAS AT7EMPTING TO REMOVE A GREASY GASKET FROM A MANIFOLD BY SCRAPING I TWITH HIS POCKET KNIFE. HIS HAND SLIPPED AND HE CUT HIS LEFT THUMB, APPROX 1 INCH LONG AND 1 INCH DEEP.