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EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING METAL WHILE CONSTRUCTING A PIPE RACK.SAFETY GLASSES WERE BEING WORN AT THE TIME.
CREW WAS PULLING FENCE POSTS WITH A BACKHOE. POST STRUCK EE IN THE ABDOMEN AREA CAUSING BLUNT TRAUMA AND POSSIBLE FRACTURED RIBS.
FAILED TO UNPLUG GRINDER, HIT GRINDER WHILE WRENCH ON WHEEL
EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING FACE AROUND, HAD FINISHED DRILLING A BACKHOLE WHEN HE TURNED TO PULL MACHINE AND STEEL OUT OF THE HOLE AND A ROCK FELL FROM THE FACE STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON THE LEFT ANKLE.
MINER WAS USING CHIPPING HAMMER TO BREAK BOULDERS OVER GRIZZLY, THE BOULDER BROKE AND CHIPPING HAMMER STARTED TO FALL THRU GRIZZLY. EMPLOYEE TRIED TO CATCH THE HAMMER AND STRAINED HIS BACK.
WHILE BACKFLUSHING A MINE SOLUTION PUMP THAT WAS NOT PUMPING PROPERLY MILL RUN MUD SOLUTION BLEW OUT THE TOP OF THE TANK AND CONTACYED EMPLOYEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CH5NGING TIRE ON RIM USING PNEUMATIC TIRE MACHINE BEAD BREAKER SLIPPED OFF TIRE & CAUGHT WEB OF HAND BETWEEN TIRE & BEAD BREAKER CAUSING CONTUSED WOUND REQUIRING 5 SUTURES TO CLO SE 3
EMP WAS LOOSENING LUG NUTS WITH A PNEUMATIC IMPACT WRENCH WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK HE WAS STANDING WITH IMPACT WRENCH IN HAND AND TURNED TO APPLY THE WRENCH TO THE LUG NUT
EE WAS CUTTING METAL BRACE LOOS FROM TANK WHILE STANDING ON LADDER TENSION ON BRACE WHEN CUT LOOSE FROM TANK CAUSED LADDER TO MOVE & EE FELL APPROX 8\ TO GROUND CAUSING TRANSVERSE FRACTURE T HRU SURGICAL NECK OF LEFT HUMEROUS.
EE WAS RIPPING A 1"X12" BOARD WITH A 10" RADIAL ARM SAW. HE WAS PUSHING BOARD INTO THE SAW WHEN GLOVE FINGER CAME IN CONTACT WITH SAW BLADE PULLING HAND INTO ROTATING SAW BLADE AMPUTATING END OF 1ST 2ND 3RD FINGERS OF LEFT HAND.
THE MINER WAS COLLERING A BACK HOLE WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF ROCK FELL AND STRUCK HIM ON THE POINT OF THE CHIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING WITH JUMBO. HE RELEASED FEED MOTOR TO RETRACT STEEL AND THE FEED MOTOR PRESSED AGAINST LITTLE FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND CAUSING A LACERATION.
INJ EMP HAD FINISHED UNPLUGGING DRAIN ON FILTER TUB WHILE ASCENDING FROM UNDER FILTER TO MAIN FLOOR COWORKER INADVERTENTLY STARTED REPULPER MOTOR WHILE HAND WAS ON W HEEL CATCHING FINGER UNDER BELT CAUSING CONTUSED WOUND AND LINEAR FRACTURE OF DISTAL PHALANX LEFT 2ND FINGER
EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING WITH JACKLEG, MACHINE GOT OFF BALANCE, SLIPPED, PINCHING EMPLOYEES INDEX FINGER ON RIGHT HAND BETWEEN MACHINE AND LEG STOP. 4 STITCHES REQUIRED.
EMPLOYEE WAS FUSING A 4" PLASTIC PIPE TOGETHER HE PUT HIS HAND ON THE FUSING MACHINE WHILE THE JACK CYLINDER WAS RETURNING TO ITS OPEN POSITION CAUGHT THUMB BETWEEN JACK AND FRAME OF THE MACHI NE CAUSING COMPOUND FRACTURE OF SKIN AVULSION OF NAIL AND 9 SUTURES TO CLOSE WOUND
DRILLING WITH JUMBO IN TRACK HEADING CAUGHT HAND BETWEEN MACHINE AND RIB WHILE MOVING DRILL BOOM INJURED FLESHY TISSUE BETWEEN THUMB AND INDEX FINGER ON LEFT HAND REQUIRING FIVE STITCHES
MR SEIME WAS OBSERVING A TRACK DRIFTR CREW DEILL WHEN THE WOODEN SLACKING FROM ROOF JACK VIBRATED LOOSE ALLOWING THE SLACK TO FALL ON HIS HAND CUT FINGER STITCHES REQUIRED