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I.NAME TRYING TO BREAK SOME ROCKS LOOSE IN JAW FEEDER OF CRUSHER,PIECE OF STEEL FROM PICK BROKE OFF AND WENT INTO ARM.
WHILE USING A PRYBAR TO MOVE A ROCK IN THE JAW CRUSHER,THE BAR SLIPPED OFF THE ROCK AND SMASHED FINGER BETWEEN BAR AND HANDRAIL AROUND THE JAW.I.NAME HAS A CUT FINGER AND BROKEN BONE LEFT HAND RING FINGER.
HE WAS CUTTING LINER PLASTIC. THE KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING HIS HAND.
EE WAS CUTTING A PATCH IN THE LINER FOR THE LEECH PAD. PAD LINER WAS ACROSS HER LEG THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT HER LEFT THIGH.
INJURED WAS TAKING A BIT OFF OF THE DRILL USING A 16# HAMMER. WHILE SWINGING THE HAMMER PULELD MUSCLE IN SHOULDER.
I NAME WAS TRYING TO CHIP HARDEND CARBON FROM AROUND CARBON TRANSFER PUMP WITH A SHOVEL & HIT A PIPE WITH HIS LEFT HAND BREAKING HIS HAND
INJURED WAS IN THE SHOP REMOVING THE TEETH FROM THE 988B LOADER.THE TEETH ARE REMOVED BY STRI,ING THEM WITH A HAMMER.A PIECE OF THE TOOTH CHIPPED OFF WHILE HE WAS STRIKING THE TOOTH AND THE PI ECE OF METAL EMBEDDED IN HIS RIGHT FOREARM.
EE WAS PRYING A ROCK FROM THE GRIZZLY FEEDER WITH A PRY BAR. WHEN THE ROCK CAME LOOSE THE PRY BAR FLEW BACK AGAINST HIS CHEST. HE DID NOT FEEL PAIN IN HIS CHEST UNTIL A FEW MINUTES LATER WHEN HE WAS OPERATING THE LOADER. EE WAS SENT TO THE HOSPITAL FOR A POSSIBLE HEART ATTACK, BUT THE PAIN HAD BEEN CAUSED BY THE PRY BAR ACCIDENT.
EE WAS CLEANING A VALVE WITH WELDING ROD. PUSHING WITH HIS HAND THE ROD PUNCTURED HIS LEFT HAND.