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PLANT OPERATOR HAD TO MAKE ADJUSTMENT ON CRUSHER ROLLERS USING HAND PUMP.
USING CHAIN HOIST. CROSSMEMBER NOT CONNECTED PROPERLY. PICKED UP ONE END. CHAIN HOIST HIT RIGHT HAND. FRACTURE OF LITTLE FINGER OF RT HAND.
WELDER WORKING PLANT MAINTENACE USING CHAIN HOIST CHAIN HOIST SLIPPED ARM WENT BACK HIT RIGHT ELBOW ON STEEL. X RAYS TAKEN RECEIVED SHOT IN ARM PRESCRIPTION GIVEN.
CLEANING REFUSE LINES, HOLDING BAR WITH BOTH HANDS, HELPER USING A SLEDGE HAMMER SLIPPED AND HIT HANDS.
HELPING MACHANIC REPAIR LOADER, USING A CROWBAR TO RELEASE A CYLINDER, CROWBAR SLIPPED OUT OF PLACE AND HIT HIM LEFT SIDE OF FOREHEAD, RECEIVED 5 STITCHES AND RETURNED TO WORK. NO X0RAY, NO ME DICATION.
MOTOR SHIFTED;HAD CHAIN WRAPPED AROUND MOTOR TO RESET IN PLACE,CHAIN SLIPPED THROUGH HAND.
LOWERING A STEEL BOX WITH A CHAIN HOIST, STEEL BOX SWUNG BACK AND HIT RIGHT KNEE.
ROLLER WAS JAMMED WAS DISLODGING JAM WITH BAR BAR SNAPPED BACK & CAUGH T LEFT ARM RECEIVED 100 STITCHES LEFT ARM