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L-1 LOADER HAD BEEN USED IN THE SAND PIT ON SUNDAY. THE SAND CAUSED RAPID WEAR ON BRAND NEW BRAKE PADS. HE WAS ADJUSTING THE PADS WITH A HAND WRENCH WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS RIGHT FORE ARM. MUSCLE STRAIN IN RIGHT FOREARM.
REPLACING BEARING IN JACK SHAFT AT PRIMARY CRUSHER. SWINGING SHAFT OUT USING CHAIN BLOCK, HOLDING SHAFT TRYING TO GUIDE BETWEEN TWO EYE BEAMS, APPARENTLY WAS HUNG AND BROKE LOOSE CATCHING LEFT HAND. MIDDLE FINGER LEFT HAND, CHIPPED BONE ANDMASHED.
USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO REMOVE SIDER AND HALF SHEEL BOLTS AT PRIMARY CRUSHER PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK.
WORKING ON SRPINGS TO FEEDER UNDER PRIMARY CRUSHER USING A PRY BAR, BAR SLIPPED INJ R. AND ON A PC. OF METAL FRACTURE TO R. HAND.
REMOVING A MANGANESE BOWL FROM STONE CRUSHER USING A PIECE OF STEEL BAR. CAUGHT LEFT THUMB BETWEEN STEEL BAR AND CRUSHER BOWL.
USING A HAND SH2VEL, SHOVELING ROCK OFF PUMP HOUSE BALNCING SHOVEL ON KNEE, SHOVEL SLIPPED, END OF SHOVEL HANDLE HIT HIM IN GROIN.
SHOVELING STONE3AND DIRT OUT OF TUNNEL #9 DIRT WENT INTO RIGHT EYE.
EMP WAS CALLED 3N BECAUSE THERE WAS NOT ANY CURRENT IN #5 TUNNEL. SW CISCONNECT HADLE WAS BROKEN INTERNALLY. USING A SCREWDRIVER TO WORK MECH. SCREWDRIVER SLIPPED AND RT HAND HIT SIDE OF DISC DISCONNECT CUTT3NG MIDDLE KNUCKLE OF INDEX FINGER