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EMPLOYEE WAS WE5DING A TOOL BOX WHEN SOMETHING POPPED IN HIS BACK CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO HIS KNEES HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL FOR BACK PAINS ALSO EMPLOYEE SAID THAT HE HAD BACK PAINS THE DAY BEFORE FROM3USING A AIR WRENCH
VICTIM WAS OPER5TING #3163 HI GHWALL DRILL WORKING WITH DRILL STEEL-RT LITTLE FINGER BECAME PINCHED BETWEEN STEEL & FRAME IN AMN ATTEMPT TO RELEASE FINGER THE STEEL WAS TURNED THE WRONG WAY SM ASHING THE FING9R
I.NAME WAS DRIV3NG HIGHWALL DRILL #3163 DOWN ROAD TO PARKING LOT FROM WHEELS HIT SOMETHING CAUSING STEERING WHEEL TO SPIN AROUND. THE WHEEL HIT BOTH OF HIS THUMBS SPRAINED RIGHT THUMB TORN L IGAMENTS LEFT T2UMB.
VICTIM WAS WELD3NG IN A CONFIRED AREA ON A CHUTE AT THE PREP PLANT. THE WELDING R04 CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THERIGHT SIDE OF HIS NECK CAUSING A 3RD DEGREE BURN.
I.NAME HAD BEEN GRINDING WITH AN AIR GRINDER. WHEN HE FINISHED HE SET THE GRINDER DOWN AND REMOVED HIS RIGHT GLOVE AND STARTED TO MOVE. WHEN HE MOVED THE GRINDER ROLLED OVER AND THE THROTTLE W AS DEPRESSED AND THE TORQUE OF THE GRINDER SENT IT INTO HIS HAND AND CUTTING IT.