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HELPING INSTALL TORQUE CONVERTER IN THE DRAGLINE USING A COME-ALONG WHEN EMPL STRAINED HIMSELF.
HE WAS DRIVING A PIN BACK INTO THE TRAVEL CHAIN WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER AND A PIECE OF STEEL WENT INTO HAND.
HE WAS REPAIRING DRAG CABLES-KNOCKING WEDGE BACK IN DRAG SOCKET AND A PIECE OF STEEL BROKE OFF AND HIT HIM IN THE FACE (LEFT CHEEK).
SMASHED FINGER ON RIGHT HAND WHILE CLEANING OUT MUD WITH A PRY BAR ON THE CAR BODY OF THE DRAGLINE.
REPLACING AND WELDING METAL STRIPS IN FEEDER AND USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO STRAIGHTEN THE METAL WHEN HE GOT COAL DUST AND RUST IN RIGHT EYE.
EMPL WAS HAMMERING ON A PIN PIECE OF THE STEEL PIN CHIPPED ON AND CUT HIM
PULLING A WATER3PUMP OUT OF THE WATER AND GOT HIS FINGER CAUGHT IN BETWEEN THE BAIL ON THE PUMP AND THE LIFTING CHAIN.
HE WAS DRIVING 5 WEDGE OUT OF HOIST CABLE SOCKET WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER & A PIECE OF THE CABLE WEDGE WENT IN HIS LEFT EYE
DRIVING TRAVEL 7HAIN PIN WITH SLEDGE HAMMER WHEN PIECE OF IT WENT BETWEEN FINGERS ON LEFT HAND.
HE WAS PRESSIN1 A BEARING ON THE DRAGLINE A CHAIN BROKE STRIKING ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE HEAD CAUSING A LACERATION