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30" PRY BAR SLIPPED OUT OF REAR DRIVE LINE U-JOINT WHILE I WAS REPOSITIONING MYSELF - THE BAR HIT ME IN THE TOP FRONT TEETH.
EE WAS AN EE OF A FIRM THAT WAS INSTALLING A TEST APPARATUS AT THIS MINE. HE WAS NOR WAS THE FIRM EMPLOYED BY THE AURORA PARTNERSHIP. MAN TRIED TO CUT A PIECE OF PVC PLASTIC PIPE WITH A POCKET KNIFE, WHEN A HACKSAW OR PIPE CUTTER SHOULD HAVE BEEN USED. THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND KNIFE ENTERED THE RIGHT LEG ABOVE THE KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A METAL BAR TO UNPLUG AND CLEAR CLAY OUT OF A CRUSHER. WHEN THE JOB WAS COMPLETED HE LET THE BAR FALL TO THE GROUND AND IT STRUCK HIS FOOT. HE WAS WEARING HARD TOE SHOES - I NJURY BEHIND STEEL TOE.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO PRY A LARGE STAIRWAY UP SO SOME WIRES COULD BE MOVED UNDER THE OTHER SIDE AND STRAINED HER BACK.
WORKERS WERE ATTEMPTING TO CLOSE ROLLS CRUSHED WITH PORTAPOWER UNIT WHEN SHIMS SLIPPED OUT BECAUSE WERE NOT IN STRAIGHT & FLEW INTO EMPL LEG CAUSING COMPOUND FRACTURE.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING HAMMER TO REMOVE A PART FROM PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, THE HAMMER SLIPPED AND CONTACTED HIS FINGER.
TIGHTENING CONV9YOR BELT - WRENCH SLIPS OFF AND WRIST WAS HIT ON THE CAGE SUROUNDING THE CONVRYOR
EMPLOYEE WAS PR2ING BOULDERS OUT OF THE CRUSHER AND DEVELOPED PAIN IN THE LEFT SHOUDLER
I NAME WAS INST5LLING A PEG INTO THE WALL WITH A HAMMER WHEN A RESERVE PUMP FELL OFF THE SHELF AND HIT HIM IN THE HAMMER. XXX HEAD.