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REMOVING DIRT AROUND TREE ROOTS WITH A PICK SHE SMASHED HER FINGER BETWEEN THE GROUND AND THE PICK HANDLE.

ROCKS WERE BEING REMOVED FROM THE LEACH PAD LINER, THE BIG ROCKS WERE BROKEN INTO SMALLER PIECES WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER. THE HAMMER OEPRATOR PULLED A BACK MUSCLE WHILE SWINGING THE HAMMER.

OPEATOR WAS SHOVELING SPILLED LIME, INTO BUCKET OF 966 LOADER. DUST CREATED DURING OPERATION DUSTED OPERATOR CAUSING IRRITATION OF CHEST/BUTTOCKS.

EE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF HOPE PLASTIC LINER WITH A POCKET KNIFE. HE WAS ON HIS KNEES PULLING THE KNIFE TOWARD HIMSELF, WHEN IT SLIPPED OUT OF THE PLASTIC AND WENT INTO HIS RT THIGH.

EMPLOYEE EXPLAINED ON 1-23-96 THAT HE HAD PAIN IN HIS BACK WHILE MOVING JACK STANDS FOR LARGE EQUIPMENT.

HE WAS ON THE 490 BENCH WORKING THE BLAST HE WAS ON THE BLAST TRUCK BREAKING UP CHUNKS OF ANFO WITH A PRYBAR & HIT THE SIDE OF HIS HEAD WITH THE PRYBAR CAUSING A CUT ON THERIGHT SIDE OF HIS HE AD NEAR HIS EYE

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING STRIPS OF CONVEYOR BELT WITH A UTILITY KNIFE WHEN KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT EMPLOYEE ABOVE RIGHT KNEE.

IT OCCURED AS INJURED WAS PUSHING TO PUT A BULB ON THE END OF A 75 ML PIPETTE. AS HE WAS PUSHING THE BULB IN, THE PIPETTE CONTACTED THE SURFACE OF A SHELF SHATTERING INTO VARIOUS PIECES. ONE O F THESE PIECES WENT INTO MIDDLE FINGER OF LEFT HAND CAUSING A 3/4" GASH AT MIDDLE JOINT. INJURY REQUIRED SUTURES. EMPLOYEE RETURNED TO WORK NEXT DAY.

I.NAME WAS CONNECTING DRIP LINES AT THE BASE OF THE SITE III HEAP. HE WAS USING HIS KNIFE TO CUT OPEN A HOLE IN THE HDPE TUBING. THE KNIFE SLIPPED FROM THE HOLE AND HIT THE BACK OF HIS LEFT HA ND, CUTTING THE KNUCKLES. I.NAME SAID HE WAS NOT IN A RUSH AND THAT THE KNIFE POPPED OUT OF THE HOLE UNEXPECTED.

SNEEZED WHILE CUTTING HOSE, KNIFE WENT THRU HOSE & CUT LEFT WRIST.