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EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A REAR TRANSMISSION FROM A SCRAPER HE HAD THE TRANSMISSION HANGING FROM A OVERHEAD CRANE THE TRANSMISSION WAS HANGING UP ON THE STUDS SO HE PULLED ON THE LIFTING CHAIN TO FREE IT AND TRANSMISSION MOVED AND HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS DR3LLING HOLES IN A PIECE OF CAST IRON ON A DRILL PRESS TABLE THE PIECES OF IRON SLIPPED LOOSE FROM THE CLAMPS AND SPUN AGAINST THE CLAMP PINCHING HIS THUMB HIS THUMB REQUIRED SEV EN STITCHES 3
EMPLOYEE WAS SE9VICING THE DOZER AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK AT 3:30 PM. HE CALLED HIS SUPERVISOR AND SAID HE COULD NOT WORK BECAUSE OF PAIN. HE THEN WENT HOME. EMPLOYEE STATED HE HAD NO INJURED HIS BAC5 TO HIS KNOWLEDGE. EMPLOYEE'S DOCTOR STATED HIS CONDITION WAS DUE TO OPERATING HEAVY EQUIPMENT.
EMPL HOISTING T9ANSMISSION INTO PLACE LIFTING EYE BOLT BROKE ON TRANSMISSION AND IT SWUNG TO REAR BUMPING AGAINST LEG.
EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING AND GOT UP FROM A STOOL TO GET MORE WELDING RODS AND BUMPED HIS ELBOW ON A DRAGLINE BUCKET HE WAS WELDING ON.
EMP WAS DRIVING TRACTOR UP SLOPE ON FOURTH ATTEMPT IT SPUN OUT DUE TO ICE AND SNOW EMP PROCEDED TO BACK DOWN IN REVERSE TRACTOR SLID INTO AND OVER THE BERM AND PROCEDED DOWN THE SLOPING SIDE EMPLOYEE JUMPED FROM THE TRACTOR BEFORE IT OVERTURNED
EE WAS TIGHTENING BOLTS ON A SWING BOX ON THE 736 DRAGLINE WITH AIR WRENCH WHEN AIR HOSE CAME OFF THE COUPLER & STRUCK EE.