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EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO ADD A DRILL ROD TO A CRAWLER DRILL WHEN TRYING TO LOOSEN UP THE COUPLING THAT WAS TOO TIGHT TO TURN BY HAND HE HIT IT WITH A HAMMER A PIECE OF HAMMER BROKE OFF & STR IKING & PIERCING IN HIS LOWER RT HAND RIB CAGE
EMPLOYEE WAS PRYING ON A BAR WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE SHOVEL PADS ON A POWER SHOVEL, WHEN THE BAR SLIPPED AND EMPLOYEE FELL TO THE GROUND, LANDING ON HIS RIGHT ARM.
EMPLOYEE WAS AT7EMPTING TO MOVE A TRAILING CABLE AWAY FROM THE PATH OF THE BUCKET OF A POWER SHOVEL WHICH WAS LOADING A TEREX HAULAGE UNIT.THE CABLE HOOK THAT HE WAS USING WAS NOT SECURED INTO THE CABLE AND A8 EMPLOYEE PULLED TO MOVE THE CABLE THE HOOK SLIPPED OFF AND EMPLOYEE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL TO THE GROUND LANDING ON HIS RIGHT WRIST,RESULTING IN A FRACTURED WRIST.
INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO SCALE A LARGE BOULDER WEIGHING SEVERAL TONS FROM THE EAST WALL OF C-1150 QUARRY. EMPLOYEE WAS PRYING ON THE BOULDER WITH A 6 FOOT IRON BAR WHEN HE FELT A SHA RP PAIN IN HIS LWER BACK.