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EE WAS INSTALLING A NEW PIN N A LOWBOY TRAILER, HE WAS USING A 16# HAMMER TO PUT PIN IN WHEN HE SWUNG HAMMER AND HT PIN, HE FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.
INJ MAN WAS CUTTING PLASTIC TIE THAT HELD HIS SELF RESCURER ON WITH A KNIFE WHEN HE SLIPPED WITHKNIFE CUTTING HIS UPPER RIGHT ARM. DR HAD TO STICH THE CUT. RELEASED HIM TO GO BACK TO WORK.
INJURED MAN WAS PUTTING A BULL HOSE TOGETHER WITH A RAP - WRENCH WHEN HOSE MOVED & HE RAMMED HIS FINGER INTO THE CLAMP BOLT. MAN WENT TO DR TO HAVE IT CHECKIED, DR PUT SPLIT ON FINGER & GAVE T HE MAN "ULTRAM" 50MG.
CONTRACTOR ELECTRICIAN WAS STRIPPING OUTER COVERING ON 4/0 8 KU MINE POWER FEEDER. RAZOR KNIFE BEING USED TO SLIT OUTER COVERING. ELECTRICIAN DRAWING KNIFE TOWARD HIMSELF WHEN KNIFE SLIPED CAU SING WOUND TO KNEE. ENDED WITH STITCHES.
EE HAD NO WATER TO HIS EQUIP. EE SHUT OFF WATER PUMP & STARTED TO CLEAN SCREEN IN WATER FILTER, WHEN HE HAD 3 OR THE 4 BOLTS OFF [THAT HOLD SCREEN HOUSING], HE STARTED REMOVING 4TH BOLT & FILT ER BLEW APART, CAUSING HIM TO LOOSE SAFETY GLASSES, & GET SAND IN EYES, WENT TO HOSPITAL TO HAVE EYES CLEANED & CHECKED.
SWINGING SLEDGE HAMMER SMASHED RIGHT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN THE HANDLE OF THE SLEDGE HAMMER AND EXCAVATOR BUCKET.