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EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING OUT HOLES ON THE FAN ASSEMBLY OF #274 DOZER AND WHILE APPLYING PRESSURE ON THE DRILL, FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER AND UPPER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON D10 DOZER, BLOWING OUT RADIATOR WITH AIR HOSE. EMPLOYEE HAD SAFETY GLASSES ON BUT CLAIMS SOMETHING FLEW INTO HIS LEFT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A REAR LIGHT ON TRK #1059 HE WAS REAMING HOLE & A PIECE OF METAL FLEW OFF & INTO RT EYE EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES AT THE TIME
EMPLOYEE WAS CARBON ARCHING ON WALKING MACHINERY (BUCYRUS-ERIE 1250-B DRALINE) RESULTING IN SMOKE INHALATION.
EE STATED THAT HE WAS CUTTING TREES WITH AN 18 INCH CHAIN SAW WHEN THE BAR STUCK WHILE CUTTING AND HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING STONE ON TEH PORTABLE CRUSHER. THERE ARE 5 BELTS THAT RUN CRUSHER. ONE OF THESE BELTS STOPPED MOVING. WHEN EMPLOYEE TRIED TO RESTART BELT, IT MOVED, JAMMING EMPLOYEE'S HAN D BETWEEN BELT AND PULLEY.
EMPL WAS PUTTING TOGETHER BLADE ASSEMBLY ON HI LIFT & TOGETHER WITH HELPER WAS LIFTING UNEVEN END OF ONE OF PUSH BEAMS AS IT WAS BEING LIFTED BY TRUCK CRANE TO LEVEL ITS POSITION. EMPL CONTINU ED TO WORK UNTIL BLADE ASSEMBLY WAS COMPLETELY INSTALLED.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING DOZER ON AFTERNOON SHIFT MOVING DIRT, WHEN HE CLAIMS DOZER SLIPPED OFF ROCK AND HIS NECK WAS JARRED.
EMPL WAS ON THE DRILLING DECK OF 40-R DRILL ATTEMPTING TO THAW OUT A FROZEN PIN OUT OF SIGHT OF THE OPERATOR HE WAS HOLDING ONTO SLIDE RAIL OF CROSS HEAD WITH L HAND AND USING TORCH WITH R HAN D THE DRILL OPERATOR LOWERED THE CROSS HEAD TO DRETRIEVE DRILL STEM WHEN I NAME HAND BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN THE CROSS HEAD SLIDE RAIL AND THE CROSS HEAD GUIDE
EMP. WAS USING A JENNY PRESSURE WAS HER TO CLEAN DRAGLIN E FILTERS WHEN JENNY SHUT OFF. HE LEANED OVER TO SEE WHAT SHUT THE JENNY OFF. LAYING HIS LEFT HAND, PALM DOWN, ON HODT MUFFLER OF JE NNY.
EMP WAS REPAIRI3G ON BE 1250 DRAGLINE TAKING SADDLE FROM SWING UNIT OUT OF TUB MACHINE WITH BOM TRUCK WHEN SADDLE WAS CLEAR OF TUB IT SWUNG AROUND PINNING EMPLOYEES LEFT FOOT TO FRAME OF MACHI MACHINE 3
EMPL WORKING ON3STEAM JENNY TRUCK THAWING OUT DRAIN ON WATER TANK.CLEARED AREA OF ETHER CANS HOWEVER,1 CAN WAS LODGED AND NOT VISIBLE.WHEN EMPL PUT TORCH TO DRAIN ETHER CAN EXPLODED AND FLAMES HIT HIM IN FAC9.EMPL WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.
EMPLOYEE HAD JUST FINISHED INSTALLING FILTERS IN BE 1250 B DRAGLINE AND WAS PUTTING WINCH AWAY. EMPLOYEE WAS CONNECTING CLEVIS TO WINCH LINE WHEN ACCIDENTALLY HIT CONTROL CATCHING RIGHT THUMB B BETWEEN CLEVIS AND GUARD.
EE WAS WORKING AS HELPER ON OUR #566 DRILL WHICH WAS HUNG UP & WOULD NOT MOVE. DOZER WAS CALLED TO PULL DRILL OUT. TOW CABLE WAS HOOKED ON & INJURED EE WAS HOLDING CABLE WHEN DOZER MAN STARTE D TO PULL AWAY PINCHING HAND AGAINST DRILL.
EE GRINDING ON CAM GUIDE WITH ELECTRIC FRINDER, GRINDER BOUNCED BACK STRIKING HIM ON UPPER RIGHT LIP, RESULTING IN A CUT LIP. TAKEN TO WEIRTON MEDICAL CENTER ER FOR 3 STITCHES. RETURNED TO WOR K WITHIN 2 HOURS. WILL RETURN TO WEIRTON MED CENTER ER ON 3-2-83 FOR REMOVAL OF STITCHES.