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EMPLOYEE WAS CHIPPING CASTIBLE FROM ELBOW WITH APAVEMENT BREAKER AND CAUGHT HIS RIGHT FOREARM ONA METAL CLIP. SIX STITCHES WERE REQUIRED.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING DRILL PRESS WHEN THE METAL HE WAS DRILLING SPUN OUT OF CLAMP AND CAUGHT HIM ON THE WRIST. THE CUT ON HIS WRIST REQUIRED 5STITCHES. HE STATED THAT HE DID NOT SECURE METAL DOWN PROPERLY.
WAS DIGGING A DITCH AT PRIMARY CRUSHER WHILE OPERATING A BACKHOE AND FELT A SLIGHT CATCH IN HIS BACK WHEN HE LEFT THE VEHICLE. EMPLOYEE WENT TOT HE DR FOR MINOR BACK THERAPY.
INJURED WES STRUCK BY A ROCK WHEN IT BOUNCED OFF THE TOP OF A SCREEN. IT BRUSED THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS LOWER BACK. IT REQUIRED OUTSIDE MEDICAL ATTENTION.
EMPLOYEE HAD ATTACHED A PIPE WRENCH TO THE SHAFT OF AN AIR AUGER BIT. IT INADVERTANTLY WAS STARTED AND THE WRENCH SPUN AROUND HITING THE EMPLOYEE ABOVE THE RIGHT EYE CAUSING A CUT WHICH REQUIR ED 14-16 STITCHES.
EMPL ASSISTING OTHER EMPL TO UNPLUG PREHEAT TOWER FEED PIPE WHEN HOT DUST BLEW OUT OF OPEN PORTHOLE UNEXPECTEDLY CAUSING BURNS TO EMPL EYES,FACE,SCALP AND BACK OF RIGHT LEG.
EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN RUNNING SHAPER IN THE AM DOES NOT KNOW WHEN SPLINTER ENTERED EYE DID NOT FEEL DISCOMFORT TILL LATER IN DAY
THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT THE START OF THE SHIFT WHEN AN EMPLOYEE WAS HOISTED IN A CAGE BY A HYDRAULIC CRANE TO CHANGE A YARD LIGHT ATOP A 30 FT. POLE. AS THE CAGE WAS HOISTED, THE HOOK BLO CK WAS BROUGHT VERY CLOSE TO THE SHEAVE ON THE END OF THE BOOM. IN AN EFFORT TO BETTER POSITION THE CAGE, THE BOOM WAS EXTENDED WITHOUT ALLOWING ANY SLACK IN THE CABLE CAUSING THE HOOK BLOCK