OPERATOR WAS CHANGING THE DRAG CABLE ON DRAGLINE. HE CUT THE CABLE LOOSE FROM THE DRUM WITH A CUTTING TORCH. WHEN HE PULLED THE END THROUGH THE FAIRLEED, IT WRAP AROUND HIS LEG & THE HOT END B URNED HIM BEHIND THE KNEE. DUE TO INFECTION SETTING IN HE OBTAINED MEDICAL ATTENTION ON 11-9-94.
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Showing all 3REMOVING SNOW FROM ROAD WITH GRADER, OPER STALLED ENGINE GRADER SLID TO EMBANKMENT THE OPER JUMPED FROM MOTOR GRADER BERM STOPPED GRADER
HE WAS STANDING ON DOZER TRACK FUELING THE DOZER. A SECOND DOZER PULLED UP TO FUEL ALSO, WHEN IT STRUCK THE FIRST DOZER TURNING THE TRACK HE WAS STANDING ON. THIS UNEXPECTED MOVEMENT CAUSED HI M TO LOSE HIS BALANCE AND FALL, INJURING HIS TAILBONE.