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EE STATES HE WAS USING AND PUMPING GREASE GUN. GREASE WAS COLD AND HE PUSHED HARD ON GUN AND FELT PULL IN NECK. EE REMAINS ON MODIFIED DUTY.
WHILE REMOVING A BROKEN INCANDESCENT LIGHT BULB WITH AN EXTRACTOR, EMPLOYEE LOOKED UP TO POSITION THE TOOL IN THE LAMP BASE AND A PIECE OF BROKEN GLASS ENTERED HIS LEFT EYE.
A CHUTE WAS PLUGGED AND EE STUCK A SCALING BAR IN CHUTE. MUCK CAME ROLLING OUT AND CAUGHT HAND IN BETWEEN BAR AND CHUTE AND INJURED FINGERS. INJURY WAS NOT REPORTABLE INITIALLY. EE WENT TO ANO THER PHYSICIAN ON 6-6-97, DUE TO SWELLING IN MIDDLE FINGER. HE WAS PLACED ON 2 WEEKS MOFIFIED DUTY AND SHOULD BE RELEASED ON 6-20-97 TO FULL DUTY.
EE WAS EXTRACTING A BOLT FROM EMERGENCY BRAKE ASSEMBLY, WHEN THE BOLT CAME LOOSE. THE RATCHET AND SOCKET CAME OFF THE HEAD OF THE BOLT AND HIT HIM ON THE NOSE.
WHILE DOING ELECTRICAL CABLE SPLICE, KNIFE SLIPPED, CUTTING LEFT 2ND FINGER, REQUIRING STITCHES. STITCHES WERE REMOVED 4-11-97.
EE WAS BARRING ON A HUNG CHUTE AND FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.
EE WAS HITTING A BOLT AT THE CASCADE MILL WITHA SLEDGE HAMMER. HE MISSED THE BOLT AND HIT A SURROUNDING BOLT AND HIT A USRROUNDING BOLT WITH HIS FINGER.
EE HAD BEEN WORKING IN A COLD AREA ALL DAY REPAIRING TRACK. WHEN HE WAS TAKING A SHOWER, HE NOTICED HE WAS CRAMPING UP IN HIS RIGHT ELBOW.
EE WAS RELINING PEBBLEMILL. ANOTHER CREW WAS WORKING 12-14FT OVERHEAD & WORKER PUT DOWN 10# HAMMER. HAMMER SLID DOWN THE MILL & LANDED & STRUCK EE ON HIS LEFT HAND
EE WAS BARRING DOWN & SLAB CAME DOWN, HIT BAR & PUSHED BAR AGAINST RIGHT LEG CAUSING BRUSING.
WHILE WORKING ON SKIP SAFETY DOGS, EE WAS COMPRESSING A SPRING INTO PLACE TO FIT IT IN. THE SPRING CAME OUT OF ITS SOCKET & HIT HIM ON RIGHT THUMB. NO LOST TIME. WILL REMAN ON MODIFIED DUTY UN TIL RELEASED BY PHYSICIAN.
EMPLOYEE WAS PRYING A HUNG BOULDER IN CHUTE. WHEN IT CAME LOOSE, MUCK HIT BAR CAUSING THE END HE WAS HOLDING TO SLAM HIS HAND AGAINST THE BACK OF CHUTE.
WHILE FREEING A BRIDGE HANG UP IN THE PAN FEEDER AT THE PIT CRUSHER, EE WAS USING A DOUBLE JACK TO BREAK A BOULDER. A ROCK FELL, LANDING ON HIS FOOT RIGHT AND BREAKING THE BONES IN THE METATAR SUS.
EMPLOYEE STATES WHILE LINING UP SHAFT WITH HOLE, CLAMP FROM PIPE CAME LOOSE STRIKING RIGHT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN TWO CLAMPS. SUSTAINED CONTUSION AND CRACK TO KNUCKLE.
THE EMPLOYEE WS HAMMERING A KAY OUT OF A SHAFT AND STRUCK HIS KNEE WITH THE HAMMER HE WAS USING.
EE WAS UNPLUGGING A FEEDER. WHEN IT BROKE FREE ROCKS STRUCK THE PRY BAR AND FORCED IT BACK. THE PRY BAR CAME TOWARD THE EE AND STRUCK HIS RT EYE AREA AND GLASSES.
EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING SKIRTING MATERIAL WITH HIS LEFT HAND. WHILE CUTTING THE MATERIAL THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND LACERATED THE MIDDLE FINGER OF THE LEFT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING BELTING FOR SKIRTING WITH A UTILITY KNIFE. AS HE PULLED DOWN THE BELTING SLIPPED A LONG WITH THE KNIFE AND CAUSED HIM TO CUT HIS UPPER RIGHT THIGH.
EMPLOYEE WAS TURNING A HYDRO FITTING WITH A WRENCH AND THE WRENCH SLIPPED CAUSING A PIECE OF METAL SHAVING TO PIERCE HIS FINGER.
WHILE EE WAS CUTTING MATERIAL WITH HIS POCKET KNIFE, THE KNIFE SLIPPED THROUGH THE MATERIAL & CUT HIS INDEX FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS HAMMERING 1 1/2IN BOLTS INTO PEBBLE MILL WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER SOMEHOW HE STRAINED HIS SHOULDER WHILE HAMMERING
EMPLOYEE WAS SCALING WORK AREA. MATERIAL CAME DOWN AND STRUCK THE SCALING BAR, KNOCKING THE SCALING BAR OUT OF HIS HANDS. THE SCALING BAR WAS OVER HIS HEAD AND THE MATERIAL CAUSED THE BAR TO H IT THE INJURED EMPLOYEE'S FOREHEAD.
INJURED & 2 OTHER EMPLOYEES WERE UNPLUGGING CM CHUTE BECAUSED SEVERAL ROCKS WERE STUCK HIGH UP IN THE CHUTE HE WAS PRYING ON THEM WHEN THEY GAVE WAY & THE BAR HE WAS USING SLIPPED BACK & STRUC K THE CORNER OF HIS GLASSES CAUSING A LACERATIONABOVE HIS EYE
EMPLOYEE WAS HITTING A PIN WITH A 2 LB HAMMER (SLEDGE). A CHIP BROKE OFF THE PIN AND STRUCK HIS LEFT HAND.
ROCK HUNG IN CHUTE DOOR, WHICH KEPT DOOR FROM CLOSING. EMPLOYEE TURNED OFF AIR TO CYLINDER AND CRAWLED AROUND CHUTE ONTO SKIP LOAD OF MUCK. BROKE ROCK WITH DOUBLE JACK AND USED A BAR TO DISL ODGE ROCK. ROCK CAME OUT, STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON FACE AND THEN, WITH AIR OFF THE CYLINDER, THE DOOR CAME DOWN CATCHING HIS LEFT ARM.
HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LOOSEN A BALL PLUG ON A REAGENT LINE WITH A PIPEWRENCH, THE PIPEWRENCH SLIPPED, CATCHIG HIS THUMB BETWEEN TWO PIPES.
WAS WORKING WITH A FELLOW EE. THEY WERE TAKING A NUT OFF THE DRILL JUMBO BY STRIKING THE NUT WITH A BALL PEEN HAMMER. WHEN FELLOW WORKER STRUCK THE NUT, PIECE OF METAL FLEW OFF THE HAMMER AND EMBEDDED IN THE INJURED PERSON S RIGHT HAND.