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WHILE CHANGING A VALVE ON TOP OF THE CEMENT SILOS, EMPLOYEE SMASHED HIS RIGHT RING FINGER WITH A HAMMER.
AREA IN GOOD CONDITION. WHILE HAMMERING, A PIECE BROKE OFF THE HEAD OF THE HAMMER AND PENETRATED HIS LEFT FOREARM.
NIGHT, UNEVEN FLOOR, SOME MUD. EE WAS CHECKING LOCKS ON EMPTY HOPPERS AND STRIKING THEM WITH A SLEDGEHAMMER WHILE THE RAILCARS PASSED BY. AS HE SWUNG THE HAMMER, HE MISSED THE LOCK & TWISTED HIS BACK.
DRY AREA, HAMMER IN GOOD CONDITION, CLEAN CONVEYOR BELT. WHILE EE USED A HAMMER, IT BROKE TO PIECES AND LACERATED HIS ARM. A PIECE IMBEDDED HIS ARM.
CONDITIONS GOOD, EE WAS NAILING WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING ON HIS ARM. HE NOTICED HIS ARM BLEEDING, A METAL CHIP MUST HAVE GONE INTO HIS ARM.
CLEAR & SUNNY; NO UNUSUAL CONDITIONS. EMPLOYEE WAS USING A WRENCH TO INSTALL A RADIATOR WHEN IT SLIPPED AND JAMMED HIS RIGHT RING FINGER.
BRIGHT SUNNY DAY, EE WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO REMOVE A PAIN MIST CAUSING HIM TO PULL HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.
GOOD CONDITIONS, WHILE EE WAS GETTING A KNIFE TO CUT THE COVER OFF AN ELECTRICAL CABLE, THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT HIS FINGER.
CONDITIONS NORMAL TO SITE-NO WATER, MUD, GREASE. EE WAS REPLACING AN ELECTRIC MOTOR USING TWO COMEALONGS TO PUT MOTOR ON A BASE, MOTOR SLIPPED OFF TWO INCHES ABOBE THE BASE.
EE WAS CLOSING A HOPPER DOOR WITH A PRYBAR WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN ON HIS LOWER RIGHT SIDE BACK AREA.