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TENDONITIS CAUSED BY REPETATIVE WORK DUTIES SUCH AS SHOVELING, CHIPPING ICE AND LIFTING HEAVY ITEMS.
WAS HITTING PRY BAR WITH HAMMER TO REMOVE BEARINGS. PIECE OF METAL GOT INTO RIGHT EYE. WAS REMOVED BY FLUSHING. CORENAL ABRASION, NO IMPAIRMENT.
WHILE ASSISTING IN TURNING OVER A SECTION OF RAILS FOR A D10 CAT WITH A PRY BAR, RAILS PASSED POINT OF BALANCING AND FLOPPED OVER LANDING ON THE PRY BAR WHICH HIT LEFT FOOT. BIG AND SECOND TOE SMASHED. EXTENT OF DAMAGED TO TOES STILL UNDER EVALUATION.
WAS HITTING CROWBAR WITH A HAMMER TO PRY JIG SCREENS OUT FOR CLEANING. A SMALL PIECE OF METALGOT INTO LEFT EYE AND BECAME EMBEDDED. METAL WASREMOVED. NO DAMAGE OR IMPAIRMENT WAS SUSTAINED.
POUNDING WEDGES WITH SLEDGE IT HIT WALL BOUNCED BACK HIT LOWER LEG
CUTTING RUBBER PACKING WITH A KNIFE. HAND SLIPPED AND KNIFE CLOSED ON RIGHT INDEX FINGER. RESULTING INJURY REQUIRED 3 STITCHES NEXT TO THE KNUCKLE.
PRYING SCREENS OUT WITH A SPUD WRENCH. THE WRENCH SLIPPED AND HIT EMPLOYEE JUST ABOVE THE RIGHT EYE.