EES WERE ATTEMPTING TO UNCHOKE #2 CLAY SILO BY USING A PRYBAR & HAMMER WHEN EE STRUCK BAR WITH HAMMER A FOREIGN OBJECT FLEW INTO HIS LEFT EYE.
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Showing all 13EE WAS SWINGING A 16 LB SLEDGEHAMMER ON AN UNEVEN SURFACE WHEN HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE.
EE WAS USING A PRY BAR TO OPEN A VALVE TO SILO. WHILE APPLYING SUBSTANTIAL PRESSURE, EE STRAINEDHIS RIGHT SHOULDER.
EE WAS USING PRY BAR ATTEMPTING TO UNCHOKE CHUTEWHEN PRY BAR SLIPPED SMASHING FINGER AGAINST CHUTE
INJURED WAS HANGING REBAR INSIDE DOME...IN MAN-BASKET OF P&H 50 TON CRANE. THE GROUND UNDER CRANES LEFT FRONT OUTRIGGER SUBSIDED AND THE CRANE LURCHED FORWARD, CAUSING BASKET TO EE UP AND DOWN . INJURED STRUCK HIS FACE ON STACK OF REBAR IN BASKET.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON A PIPE WRENCH TO FREE A PUMP RUNNER. WHEN THE RUNNER BROKE FREE, THE RESULTING JOLT INJURED EMPLOYEE'S SHOULDER.
EE WAS USING A SLEEVER BAR TO BREAK STEEL BAND ON PALLET. AS BAND BROKE, EE STUCK SELF IN (L) FOREARM WITH SHARP END OF SLEEVER BAR.
EE WAS ADJUSTING KILN BULL GEAR WITH HAMMER WRENCH & 4# HAMMER AND STRUCK LITTLE FINGER WITH HAMMER.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING BOLTS IN SLIP FLANGE OF SCREW CONVEYOR. AS HE WAS TIGHTENING THE BOLTS WITH A WRENCH, THE UPPER CONVEYOR'S WEIGHT SHIFTED, CAUSING THE SLIP FLANGE TO COLLAPSE, PINCHIN G EMPLOYEE'S LEFT HAND.
IMPROPER PLACEMENT OF HAND - BUILDING WOODEN FORMS USING HAMMER & NAILS TO SECURE WOOD.
EE WAS ASSISTING IN THE INSTALLATION OF DUST COLLECTION CHUTE FOR K-1152 AS THE CHUTE WAS BEING LIFTED IT CAME OFF THE COME-ALONG HOOK AND FELL ABOUT 8' TO THE DECK BELOW. AS THE CHUTE FELL, T HE FLANGED END CONTACTED EE'S (L) FOREARM, CAUSING A LACERATION.
EE WAS SWINGING A HAMMER WHEN IT BOUNCED BACK FROM THE WORK AND STRUCK HIM THE FOREHEAD.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A BAR TO REMOVE CEMENT FROM AN OVERHEAD SCREW CONVEYOR. AS HE STRUCK THE CASING WITH THE END OF THE BAR, HE FELT A BURN- ING SENSATION IN HIS GROIN. THIS INJURY WAS DETERMINED WORK-RELATED ON 5/2/2000.