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Ee was welding and received a flash burn due to excessive exposure to ultraviolet light.
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO FIT A DOOR TO THE BOOSTER WITH THE HELP OF A CRANE. TRYING TO GUIDE IT INTO PLACE, HIS FOOT GOT CAUGHT IN BETWEEN A PLATFORM AND THE DOOR.
EE WAS GREASING A GRADER (V-JOINT) IN A CONFINED SPACE USING A COMPRESSED-AIR GREASE GUN. EE WAS HIT IN THE EYE BY GREASE WHICH CAME THROUGH THE NIPPLE AND SHOT BACK ONTO HIM. HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES BUT THE GREASE STILL MANAGED TO GET IN HIS EYE.
EE WAS REMOVING THE FRONT BORE OF A 30" PIPE WITH AN IMPACT GUN WHEN THE PIPE MOVED AROUND TOWARDS HIM CRUSHING HIS HAND AGAINST THE WALL.
EE WAS TIGHTENING BOLTS ON WEARPLATES WHEN HIS FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN WEARPLATE AND PRIMARY DOOR CAUSING LACERATION TO HIS NAIL BED ON HIS LEFT THIRD DIGIT.
EE WAS GRINDING A PIECE OF METAL WHEN THE GRINDER KICKED BACK & CUT THE MEDIAL LT HAND.
EE WAS OPERATING A BULL DOZER. HE WAS PUSHING DIRT FORWARD WHEN THE BLADE HIT A ROCK & CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP, BUT THE SEAT BELT HAD PLAY IN IT. THE SEAT BELT DID NOT STOP HIM & HE FLEW FORWA RD & UP & HIT HIS HEAD (LACERATIONS) ON THE ROOF OF THE CAB.
EE WAS TURNING A STEEL ROTOR ON THE PORTABLE CRUSHER, WHEN HIS LEFT FOOT GOT WEDGED & CRUSHED BY THE ROTOR. THE ROTOR WAS ROUGHLY 2,000 LBS.
EE WAS OPERATING A JOHN DEERE 650. HE WAS MOVING BACKWARDS ON A SLOPE WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, HE HIT A BOULDER (ROCK) WHICH CAUSED MACHINE TO JUMP INTO THE AIR & LAND HARD, SENDING PAIN THROUGHO UT HIS LOWER BACK.
WHILE EXCHANGING BUCKET ON BACKHOE EE WAS WATCHING FOR RETAINING PIN TO BE PUSHED TOWARD HIM. ANOTHER EE WAS SPOTTER AND 3RD WAS OPERATING COMBINATION TO PUSH RETAINING PIN OUT. WHEN THE ORDER WAS GIVEN THE PIN WAS PUSHED BUT IT CAME OUT FASTER THAN NORMAL AND WAS ABOUT TO FALL WHEN INJURED TRIED TO SUPPORT AND HOLD THE PIN WHICH CRUSHED HIS FINGER ON THE BUCKET.