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A welder had an excavator bucket held upright by a metal leg. To lay the bucket down, EE attached a chain to it and removed the metal leg. As the chain lifted, the bucket laid itself towards the welder and caught EE between the bucket and a table that had a welding machine on it, injuring EE's left abdomen and left leg.
The employee indicates that on Saturday employee was assembling a 335 Excavator road chain with a bar. When employee forced self to join the links, employee felt severe pain in right leg (in the groin). The employee indicates that employee thought it was nothing, but since yesterday employee has been feeling a lot of pain in the right leg (in the groin).
Indicates the employee was uncovering the "muela" (quarry mill) using the sling (eslinga) that adapts to the patella, the sling was stripped. EE tried to unlock it with a rope and a stone fell, hitting EE in the left arm. The employee reported to work the next day and EE's arm was swollen and in pain. The employee was absent on April 7 and goes to the private doctor.
While the employee was in the welding shop welding the base of the teeth of the bucket, ee took off the welding mask and started to remove the surplus of the welding with a pickaxe. When ee hit the surplus a hot particle hit ee on ee's left eyelid.
While the mechanic assistant was helping to set the points of the transmission in the Loader 988, when the mechanic assistant was helping him to putting the last points of the transmission the jack slipped away and felt the transmission to the tool that was being used as chock and impact him on the index finger of his left hand.
WHEN EE WAS HELPING TO CHANGE SCREENS OF THE VIBRATOR WHEN ANOTHER EE WAS REMOVING A SCREW WITH A TORQUE WRENCH PUNCTURE HIS FINGER