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EMPLOYEE WA ADJUSTING THE JAW AT THE AJW CRUSHER. EMPLOYEE WAS PUMPING ONE HYDRAULIC RAM WHICH RELIEVED PRESSURE OFF OF A SECOND HYDRAULIC RAM. THE SECOND RAM FEL AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE ON THE BACK.
INJ USING ACETYLENE TORCH TO CUT A BOLT AND HOT SPARK FLEW UNDER SAFETY GLASSES INTO RIGHT EYE BURNING CORNEA.
EMPLOYEE WAS BR9AKING ROCK WITH DROP BALL CRANE. A LARGE FRAGMENT OF BROKEN ROCK RICOCHETED OFF A BOULDER AND FLEW THOUGH THE OPEN CRANE DOOR STRICKING EMPLOYEE ON ARM.
EMPLOYEE WAS HE5TING A BRACKET UNDER THE CONVEYOR, HE HANDED THE TORCH TO ANOTHER EMPLOYEE TO HOLD WHILE HE HIT THE BRACKET WIITH A HAMMER. WHEN HE SWUNG THE HAMMER BACK HIS RIGHT HAND PASSED THROUGH THE FL5ME BURNING THE BACK OF HIS HAND AND FINGERS.