EMPLOYEE WAS TR2ING TO GET A BOLT OUT BY HITTING IT WITH ANOTHER ONE AND A METAL CHIP FLEW OFF HITTING THE LEFT HAND A METAL CHIP WAS REMOVED AND 5 SUTURES WERE REQUIRED.
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Showing all 19EMPLOYEE WAS US3NG A BAR BETWEEN TWO FLANGES ON A 12 IN STAINLESS STEEL PIPE TO TRY TO LINE THEM UP THE BAR SLIPPED HITTING HIM ON THE NOSE 5 STITCHES WERE REQUIRED TO CLOSE UP THE CUT
EMPLOYEES WERE 7RYING TO SPILE #115 FEEDER AND HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK HE WENT TO THE DR AND WAS RELEASED TO WORK HE WENT BACK FOR REEVALUATION ON 10-16-86 AND WAS SENT HERE FOR APPROX 10 DAYS 0OR BED REST
EMPLOYEE SUFFER9D A BRUISED JAW WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY A COME-ALONG HANDLE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REPOSITION THE COME-ALONG.
I NAME WAS TIGH7ENING A SLITTER WITH AN ALLEN WRENCH AND PUNCTURED HIS HAND WITH THE END OF THE WRENCH HE WAS NOT WEARING GLOVES BUT WAS INSTRUCTED TO DO SO FROM NOW ON THREE SUTURES WERE REQ REQUIRED 3
I NAME WAS INST5LLING A HOSE ON A SCREEN AND THE WRENCH BEING USED SLIPPED CAUSING THE BOLT TO CUT HIM ON THE RT HAND FLESHY PART OF INNER PALM NEAR THUMB HIS HAND STRUCK THE BOLT CAUSING LAC LACERATION 3
EMPLOYEE WAS IN8TALLING TRANSMISSION IN TRUCK 388 WHEN JACK SLIPPED CAUSING BAR EMPLOYEE WAS USING TO GUIDE THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED ALSO STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON RIGHT HAND M IDDLE LONG FINGER E
EMPL REPAIRING 7ONVEYOR BELT.CUTTING SECTION OF BELT KNIFE SLIPPED CUT RIGHT LEG JUST ABOVE KNEE.6 SUTURES REQ.
USING A PIPE EX7ENSION TO TIGHTEN BOOMER ON CHAIN. PIPE SLIPPED AND SPRANG BACK AND LACERATED LIP.
STRAINED LOWER BACK WHILE GAUGING A RAIL WITH A PRY BAR & THE RAIL SLIPPED.
CUTTING CONVEYOR BELTING & CUT LEFT HAND.
INJ REPLACING LOWER RIGHT SIDE A-FRAME ON PICKUP TRUCK,WHILE REMOVING NUTS WITH DRIVE RATCHET AND CHEATER BAR,SOCKET SLIPPED AND CHEATER BAR STRUCK INJ ON RIGHT SIDE OF HEAD,ABOVE EYE.RESULTIN G LACERATION REQ 2 SUTURES TO CLOSE.
INJURED WAS REPAIRING LOADING LADDER ON P&H SHOVEL MECHANIC REMOVING BOLTS FROM UPPER LADDER FRAME DROPPED RATCHET CALLED DOWN TO INJURED TO WATCH OUT INJURED LOOKED UP & WAS STUCK IN MOUTH BY RATCHET LACERATION REQUIRED 12-SUTURES TO CLOSE
INJURED WAS USING WRENCH AND 4 LB HAMMER TO TIGHTEN CROWN MOTOR BASE BOLTS HIT LEFT THUMB WITH HAMMER FRACTURING TIP OF THUMB
INJURED WAS REMOVING PLUG FROM DOZER CONVERTER PLUG BROKE LOOSE, WRENCH SLIPPED & INJUREDS HAND HIT BURR ON DOZER BELLY PAN. RESULTING LACERATION REQUIRED 2 SUTURES TO CLOSE.
DURING REMOVAL OF SLIDE SHIMS INJURED WEDGED PRY BAR BETWEEN GUIDE FRAME & ROTARY GEAR CASE UPON COMPLETION OF JOB INJURED STGRUCK WEDGED BAR WITH ANOTHER BAR TO DISLODGE IT WEDGED BAR CAME FR EE TRAVELLED UP BAR BEING HELD BY INJURED CAUSING RT HAND TO BE PINCHED BETWEEN THE 2-BARS
PRY BAR BEING USED TO ALIGN RADIATOR SLIPPED FRACTURED THIRD FINGER OF LEFT HAND WHEN IT BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN PRY BAR AND ENGINE BLOCK
USING A PICK TO LOOSEN DIRT PULLED UP ON PICK AND STRAINED HIS BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK BY THE END OF A TWO INCH METAL PIPE THAT HE WAS USING TO H IT A VALVE THAT WAS JAMMED, HE SUSTAINED A PUNCTURE WOUND TO RIGHT FOREARM