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WORKER WIN ASSESTING AN ANGLE IRON STORAGE RACK WHEN SOCIETY OF RATCKET SLIPPED OFF BOLT HEAD MOMENTENT ALLOWED HAND TO SMASH INTO ANKLE IRON RIGHT INDEX FINGER WAS CUT REQUIRING 5 STITCHES.
EMP WAS IN PROCESS OF TURNING A SHOVEL DIPPER TOOTH ADAPTER OVER WEIGHT APPROX 300 LBS BY USING A 4 FT CHEATER BAR BAR SLIPPED AND THIS RESULTED IN A STRAINED BACK
THE EMPLOYEE WAS STARTING A SPIKE AND WHEN THE HAMMER HIT THE HEAD OF THE SPIKE IT CONTINUED DOWNWARD AND HIT RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER SMASHING IT AGAINST THE TIE PLATE.
THE EE & HIS CREW WERE PULLING SPIKES & PLUGGING HOLES. WHILE PLUGGING A HOLE THE EE\S HAND MADE CONTACT W/ A SHARP EDGE ON A RAIL R/R TRACK- CUTTING HIS LEFT RING FINGER.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS STRAIGHTENING THE HOIST CABLES ON THE #2 SHOVEL. HE HAD STEPPED BEHIND THE HOIST DRUMS WITH A 20 POUND HAMMER IN ORDER TO TAP THE CABLES INTO THIER PROPER GROOVES. WHILE USING THE HAMMER, HIS RIGHT ELBOW STRUK A PIECE OF ANGLE IRON THAT FORMS THE COVER FOR THE MAGNA-TORQUE.
WHILE PULLING SPIKES ON THE MAIN LINE AT THE 5 CROSSOVER MR. WILLIAMS FELT A PAIN IN HIS LEFT WRIST.
EMPLOYEE WAS HAMMERING SPIKES WHEN THE SPIKE HE WAS STARTING FLEW OUT OF THE TIE AND STRUCK HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN HIS SECOND AND THIRD FINGERS INFLICTING A SMALL LACERATION