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INDIVIDUAL WAS CLOSING A GATE TO A PORTABLE CONVEYOR USING A LONG METAL HANDLE. HE HAD TO TRY SEVERAL 3-4 TIMES AND TIE THE HANDLE WITH A CHIN. LATER HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
INDIVIDUAL WAS CUTTING OFF A PIECE OF DUCT TAPE WITH A POCKET KNIFE. AS HE CUT ACROSS THE TAPE, THE KNIFE BLADE PUNCTURED HIS LEFT HAND AT THE BASE OF THE THUMB.
INDIVIDUAL WAS MAKING BLUE PRINTS & WAS USING A RAZOR TO TRIM THE EDGE. AS HE DREW THE RAZOR ALONG THE STRAIGHT EDGE, HE CUT HIS FINGERS ON THE HAND HOLDING THE STRAIGHT EDGE.
INDIVIDUAL WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO DRIVE GATE CLOSED ON HYDRATE SCRUBBER.
HE WAS WELDING BASE PLATES ON BAGHOUSE TO EMBEDS ON FLOOR. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON DUCT FOR BAGHOUSE, WHEN A HAMMER SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND STRIKING HIM ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS HEAD.
INDIVIDUAL WAS REPLACING A DRIVE BELT ON A VIBRATING FEEDER ADN WAS PRYING THE MOTOR MOUNT BACK WITH A BAR TO TIGHTEN THE BELT. HE HAD A BOLT IN HIS HAND AND WAS TRYING TO FEEL THE HOLE TO PL ACE THE BOLT. THE PRY BAR SLIPPED OUT AND LET MOTOR AND MOUNT DOWN AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER.
INDIVIDUAL WAS USING A LONG HANDLED METAL RAKE TO REMOVE CLINKERS OFF THE GRATE AT KILN DISCHARGE AS HE REACHED IN TO PULL ACLINKER OU HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS NECK & BACK
INDIVIDUAL AND HELPER WERE REMOVING A KNUCKLE FROM A TIE ROD USING A LONG HANDLE BAR. HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS NECK. A SHORT TIME LATER, HE WAS UNDER A PICK UP REPAIRING A TRANSMISSION LINE WHEN THE MUSCLE IN HIS NECK LOCKED UP AND HE COULD NOT MOVE HIS HEAD WITH OUT SEVERE PAIN.