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WHILE GRINDING 8HEET METAL WITH AN ANGLE GRINDER GRINDING WHEEL BOUND UP & JERKED BACK GRINDING WHEEL CUT CONTRACTORS EMPLOYEE BETWEEN THUMB & FOREFINGER INJURY REQUIRED TEN SUTURES & PRESCRIP PTION FOR PAIN 4AS ISSUED EMPLOYEE RETURNED TO WORK SAME DAY
MISC OPER CUTTI3G BRUSH ON POND WALL WITH CHAIN SAW DURING 1ST SHIFT.HE HAD CUT BUSH DOWN AND BUSH HAD FELL OVER BUT WASNT COMPLETELY CUT OFF STUMP.WHEN HE FINISHED CUTTING BUSH OFF STUMP SAW KICKED BACK HI7TING OPERATOR ON LEFT KNEE.CUT 1'' LONG VERY SHALLOW,DIDNT BLEED.
WHIEL PUTTING A VACCUUM HOSE 6 IN INTO A LEADER DUST COLLECTOR SYSTEM THE EMPLOYEE LOST HIS GRASP ON THE HOSE THE HOSE THEN DROPPED AND BUMPED HIM IN THE MOUTH CAUSING ONE TOOTH TO CHIP AND A SECOND TO CHIP AND A SECOND TO BE BROKEN IN HALF
EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING ANOTHER OPERATOR IN TRYING TO PURGE THE CONE OF LUMPS ON A 70 FT THICKNER THE WRITTEN PROCEDURE WAS VIOLATED WHEN BOTH THE THICKNER DISCHARGE VALVE AND THE DRAIN VALVE W ERE LEFT OPEN WHEN THE PLUGGAGE BROKE LOOSE A LARGE VOLUME OF HOT 150 F MUD BEGAN POURING ONTO THE FLOOR THE INJURED EMPLOYEE THOUGHT THE TUNNEL WOULD FILL WITH MUD SO SHE RAN FROM THE AREA A
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A JACKHAMMER TO BREAK UP CHUNKS OF ORE IN THE C-26 CONVEYOR TUNNEL. WHEN THE JACKHAMMER BROKE THROUGH A CHUNK, THE HANDLE OF THE HAMMER PINNED HIS MADDLE FINGER OF THE LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE HANDLE AND THE FRAME OF THE CONVEYOR. A LACERATION OF THE FINGER RESULTED REQUIRING SIX SUTURES TO CLOSE.
DOZER OP BACKING UP CAT DID NOT NOTICE BERM OF MATERIAL BEHIND THE DOZER AS HE BACKED OVER IT THE REAR OF DOZER DROPPED FAST CAUSING STRAIN OF LOWER BACK.
WELDING ON #11 LOADER,SLAG FELL THROUGH SMALL HOLE INTO RIGHT LACE UP BOOT,BURNING LOWER RIGHT EDGE OF FOOT.BURNED AREA ABOUT 1\\ ON OUTER RIGHT FOOT.
PAUL AND ANOTHER MECHANIC WERE USING A POTA POWER TO PRESS OFF A BULL GEAR. WHEN THE GEAR WOULD NOT MOVE UNDER PRESSURE OF PORTA POWER JACK, THE JACK WAS LEFT IN PLACE AND HEAT WAS APPLIED TO TAPERED HUB OF THE GEAR. WHEN HUB WAS HEATED UP, THE GEAR POPPED OFF THE SHAFT AND STRUCK PAULS KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING A LIFTING EYE AT A BENCH GRTINDER GLOVE BECAME CAUGHTR IN GRINDING WHEEL AND FINGER WAS DRAWN INTO WHEEL