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CHANGING DRILL BIT TRIED TO RELEASE SLACK DRILL BIT FELL FRACT L FINGER

WELDER WAS HELPING CHANGE A REAR BOGIE ON A D10 DOZER TRACKFRAME HE WAS HOLDING A 2IN BAR AGAINST THE BOGIE PIN WITH HIS HANDS WHILE ANOTHER MECHANIC STRUCK THE 2IN BAR WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER WH EN THE BOGIE PIN DROVE OUT 2IN BAR PINCHED THE PALM OF HAND AGAINST FRAME LACERATING HIS HAND

A CONTRACT EQUIPMENT MOVER WAS REASSEBLING A 475 MICHIGAN END LOADER. THE MECHANIC WAS ATTEMPTING TO GET THE PIVOT ARM ON THE BOOM TO REST AGAINST THE BOOM STOPS. SINCE THE MACHINE HAD BEEN ID LE OVER THE WEEKEND, THE BOTTOM PORTION OF THE PIVOT ARM HAD FROZEN TO GROUND. HE BEGAN TAPPING THE UPPER PORTION OF THE ARM WITH A HAMER TO GET WORK FREE. AS HE DID THIS HE INADVERTANLY PLAC

CONTRACTOR WAS USING A BOLT TO PUNCH A SHAFT OFF A GEAR SPROCKET WHEN HE STRUCK THE BOLT WITH A 2# HAMMER THE SHAFT PUSHED THRU THE GEAR & H IS FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN GEAR & HEAD OF THE BOL T H IS THUMB WAS LACERATED & REQUIRED 12 STITCHES

EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO DRIVE A BOLT OUT OF THE MOLEBOARD OF A D-10 DOZER BLADE. HE WAS USING A B&0 TO DRIVE OUT THE BOLT. WHEN HE STRUCK THE B&0 WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER, IT BOUNCED OUT OF HAND SOF ANOTHER WELDER WHO WAS HOLDING IT AND STRUCK HIS RIGHT LEG. EMPLOYEE RECEIVED A SEVERE CONTUSION OF RIGHT LEG BESIDE KNEECAP.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING ALL COAL AND TAILINGS FROM BELT STRUCTURE. HE WAS USING CROWBAR TO DIG THE PACKED CAOL AND TAILINGS FROM THE BELT STRUCTURE AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE BAR AND STR UCTURE HANDRAIL.

I NAME WAS CUTTING A 2 1/2" DIAMETER BARGE TOWLINE WITH A HACKSAW WHILE HOLDING THE ROPE IN ONE HAND AND CUTTING WITH THE OTHER HAND THE BLADE MOVED AND LACERATED HIS L INDEX FINGER STITCHES R EQUIRED

REMOVING BIT FROM DRILL STEEL HE PUT A 60IN PIPE WRENCH ON THE STEEL & TRIED TO SPIN THE BIT LOOSE PIPE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF DRILL STEEL WITH MUCHFORCE & STRUCK LEFT WRIST BRUISED LEFT WRIST

WORKING AT PIT SHOP WELDING PLATE ON GRADER TO USE PORTA-POWER TO REMOVE BLADE CARRIAGE TRUNION BALL.COMPLETED WELDING AND WAS CHIPPING ON THE PLATE WEARING WELDING HOOD.WINDY AROUND GRADER.BE CAME AWARE OF PAIN 2:AM.WENT TO EMERG RM SUNDAY SAW DR MONDAY,REMOVED IMBEDDED METAL PARTICLE FROM CORNEA.

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A GROUND ROD IN THE GROUND WITH A PIPE-STAKE DRIVER. HE LIFTED THE STAKE DRIVER TOO HIGH, CAME OFF THE ROD, CAME BACK DOWN THE ROD WITH FINGER BETWEEN DRIVER AND ROD. MASH ED HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER-REQUIREING STITCHES.

EMPLOYEE 1 WAS INSTALLING A BEARING ON FLYWHEEL COVER (WORKING ON TRANSMISSION CHANGE-OVER) AND WAS USING A HAND HELD PUNCH AND A HAMMER. A PIECE OF THE PUNCH FLEW OFF, STRUCK INJURED AND PU NCTURED RIGHT SIDE OF NECK AND EMBEDDED ITSELF THERE. A MEDICAL DOCTOR REMOVED THE STEEL FRAGMENT; STITCHES REQUIRED. OCCURRED AT REBUILD SHOP.

COWORKER WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO ALIGN CROOKED BUSHING HE STRUCK ROD AND PLATE SPACER BROKE INTO TWO PIECES STRIKING INJURED IN RIGHT EYE HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES WORKING IN A SHOP O N PIT PROPERTY SUPERFICIAL CUT TO RIGHT EYE NO SUTURES REQUIRED

MUD HAD FROZEN AROUND TOP CARRIER ROLLERS ON 235 CAT BACKHOE HE WAS TRYING TO REMOVE THE MUD BY USING THER TGRACK SPADE WHEN HE SLAMMED THE SPADE INTO THE FROZEN MATERIAL HE FELT INST ANT PAI N IN THE LOWER BACK

MECHANIC WAS INSTALLING A SPHERICAL BUSHNG IN TILT CYLINDER WITH A BALL PEEN HAMMER, ON A CAT D9L DOZER. A PIECE OF METAL FRAGMENTED FROM THE HAMMER AND STRUCK HIM ABOVE LEFT EYE BECOMING I MBEDDED THERE. HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES AT THE TIME. 3 STICHES TO REMOVE THE FRAGMENT.

BACKHOE OPERATO9 WAS CHANGING BUCKET TEETH AS HE DROVE THE KEEPER IN A PIECE OF METAL APPROX.1/2IN LONG CHIPPED OFF STRUCK HIS ARM & PIERCED HIS RT.BICEP MUSCLE

I.NAME AND I.NA4E HOOKING UP 2'' TOW CABLE TO PULL DOZER OUT OF MUD.FELT PAIN IN BACK BETWEEN SHOULDERS.WENT TO CHIROPRACTOR 5-1-87.

WORKING ON LUBE9.LOOSENING BOLTS ON MOTOR AND REDUCER TO TIGHTEN DRIVE CHAIN AND BOLTS ON TOP OF UNIT WHICH WERE DIFFICULT TO REACH.HE USED A SLEDGEHAMMER ON WRENCH.FELT TINGLE IN SMALL OF BA CK.NO PAIN AT T3ME OF ACCIDENT BUT AS DAYS WENT BYPAIN IN BACK AND LEG DEVELOPED AND GOT WORSE.

MAINTENANCE MEC2ANIC WAS IN BARB TIPPLE SHOP CUTTING BELT SKIRTING WITH A KNIFE AND THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND WAS PULLED ACROSS THE LEG. UPPER RIGHT THIGH.

I,NAME WAS UNTY3NG AND UNCABLING COAL BARGES. ROPES FROZE AND HE FELT A PULL IN BACK WHILE UNTYING. ABOUT 1-2 HRS. LATER HIS LOWER BACK BEGAN TO ACHE. BACK PAIN AND MUSCLE SPASMS.

I,NAME CUTTING 5 (STRIPPING A) WIRE WITH A CARPET KNIFE FOR A CONNECTION ON A DRILL. THE KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING HIS LEFT THUMB (AOUT A TWO INCH CUT) AND THREE STITCHES WERE REQUIRED TO CLOSE TH E WOUND. 3

I.NAME WAS RAIS3NG A SUMP PUMP WITH A POWER PULLER (COMMONLY CALLED RED DEVIL) WHEN HE REACHED TO GET HOLD OF THE PUMP DOG CATCH RELEASED ON PULLER THIS CAUSED HANDLE TO FLY UP & THE HANDLE ST RUCK HIM IN THE3MOUTH HE SUFFERED A SPLIT UPPER LIP & GUM STITCHES REQUIRED

UTILITY KNIFE H9 WAS USING TO CUT PIECE OF ELEC WIRE CAME APART DURING USE.REACHING ACROSS RIPPER HOSES OF D9H WHEN ACCIDENT OCCURRED.RIGHT INDEX FINGER CUT -2 STITCHES.

I.NAME WAS PRYING A LARGE STONE FROM REFUSE CHUTE WITH PRYBAR WHEN STONE CAME LOOSE, LETTING BAR SLIP AND SMASHING LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN BAR AND POST OF HANDRAIL.

I NAME WAS DRIVING STAKES FOR A HAY DAM AT RECLAMATION AREA HE MISSED THE STAKE AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE HANDLE AND THE STAKE LACERATIONS TO TIP OF RIGHT INCES FINGER REQUIRED STITCHE

I,NAME WAS TIGHTENING SHEAR PIN BOLT ON #3 SCREW COUPLER WHEN THE RATCHET SLIPPED OFF CAUSING HIM TO HIT FOREARM ON SCREW FLIGHT. A GEAR BROKE ON THE INSIDE OF THE RATCHET CAUSING IT SLIP RATH ER THAN HOLD IN GEAR.

WAS REPAIRING FINAL DRIVE ON CAT 16 GRADER AT SHO A LINK PIN WAS BEING PUT IN PLACE USING A SMALL HAMMER. EMPLOYEE IN AWKWARD WORK POSITION BETWEEN ENGINE OUTER FRAME AND FINAL DRIVE CASE. FEL T PAIN IN BACK, LOWER PART OF LEFT SHOULDER BALDE.

HE WAS LIFTING A 922B LOADER BELLYPAN UP INTOPLACE TO BOLT IT FAST CHAIN SLIPPED OFF BELLYPAN AND IT FELL TO GROUND CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN GROUND AND BELLYPAN THREE LACERATIONS TO RT HAND A PALM REQUIRED TEN STITCHES

BEGINING TO DISASSEMBLE D9 TRANSMISSION WHILE HAMMERING AND CHISELING CASE OFF OUTPUT GEAR FRAGMENTED PIECE FLEW OFF SITH SUBSTANTIAL FORCE EMBEDDING IN STOMACH AREA TOWARD LEFT SIDE OF BODY P IECE OF STEEL WAS REMOVED BY DOCTOR

MECHANIC WELDER WAS CHECKING TORQUE HEATUP ON CAT D9H WHILE PRYING A STEEL TUBE THE PRYBAR SLIPPED CAUSING THE TUBE TO SPRING BACK AND CATCH THE FINGER BETWEEN TUBE AND COOLER TWO CUTS TO R T MIDDLE FINGER

I NAME BEGAN UNCOUPLING EMPTY BARGE THEY ARE GROUPED TOGETHER BY CABLE AND RATCHET FASTENER ASSEMBLY FOR LOADING THIS 1 IN CABLE WAS VERY TIGHT TIGHTER THAN USUAL SO HE USED A SLEDGE HAMMER TO FREE THE FASTENER ASSEMBLY WHEREUPON RATCHET FLEW UP AND STRUCK HIM ABOVE RIGHT EYE CAUSING SWELLING AND A FRACTURE

I.NAME WAS DRIVING A PIN WHICH WAS PART WAY OUT-BACK INTO RIPPER TOOTH WHEN A PIECE OF STEEL CHIPPED OFF AND IMBEDDED IT SELF INTO FRONT OF NECK NEAR ADAMS APPLE

HE WAS USING A B&0 TYPE OF HAMMER TO ASSEMBLE TRACKS ON DOZER AND A PIECE OF METAL FLEW OFF B&0 WHEN STRUCK WITH A SLEDGE

LOOSENING NUT,NUT BROKE LOOSE AND LEFT ARM SWUNG AROUND AND HIT REFUSE CHUTE BEHIND HIM.I.NAME ARRIVED AT WORK WITH BANDAGE AND SAID HE HAD FLUID DRAINED FROM ELBOW A FEW DAYS LATER.

MECHANIC WAS PUSHING AGAINST WRENCH WHICH BROKE AND RIGHT HAND WENT FORWARD AND HE RECEIVED CUT FROM \82 CHEVY ENGINE BLOCK. CUT ON RIGHT PALM APPROX 2" LONG BELOW THUMB.

REMOVING LAST BOLT FROM CAT BACKHOE PRIOR TO REMOVING MOTOR WHEN IT BROKE LOOSE PERMITTING IT TO BREAK FREETHUS SNAPPING RT WRIST CAUSING SEVERE SPRAIN

CAROL WAS ADDING CAUSTIC SODA PELLET FORM BY DRUMS TO THE STATIC THICKENER SHE HAD TO PUNCH HOLES IN THE DRUM WITH A CHIPPING HAMMER TO LET IT FLOW FROM THE DRUM WHEN A PIECE OF CAUSTIC CAME O FF THE HAMMER AND GOT INTO HER RIGHT EYE SHE WAS WEARING A FACE SHIELD

BILL WAS DRIVING DOZER TRACK TOGETHER WITH A SLEDGE. THIS ACTION CAUSED METAL TO CHIP OFF & STRIKE BILL IN 2 PLACES. HE HAD 2 CUTS ONE TO T HE LEFT FOREHEAD & ONE TO THE LEFT UPPER CHEST.

WAS REMOVING POWER TAKE-OFF USING A PRYBAR. AS IT CAME LOOSE BAR WAS CAUGHT ON SURROUNDING HOSES BLOCKING ANY WAY TO FREE HAND BEFORE BEING STRUCK BY FALLING PTO.

JIM WAS OPENIONG A NEW CAN OF WELDING RODS & CUT HIS FINGER WHILE PRYING OPEN THE LID.