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EMPL WORKING WITH ANOTHER EMPL RUNNING CP65 ROTARY DRILL IN DEEP KNEE BEND POSITIUON AND WHEN HE WENT TO STAND UP HIS KNEE LOCKED.MED EXAM SHOWED TEAR OF MEDIAL CARTILAGE IN RIGHT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING TRANSFER GATE THAT WAS PLUGGED WITH STONE WHEN MATL WAS ALMOST ALL CLEANED OFF GATE MOVED INTO ANOTHER POSITION CATCHING UPPER PART OF EMPLOYEE & SQUEEZING HIMB ETGWEEN B EAM & GATE CAUSING A BRUISED RT SHOULDER CONTUSIONS & LACERATIONS & A BROKEN BONE IN HIS FACE
INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING BOLTS ON RAISE CLIMBER,WHEN HE FINISHED HE GOT OFF CLIMBER AND AS HE GOT OFF OF CLIMBER A PIECE OF ROCK FELL OFF THE SOUTH BROW AND STRUCK HIM OM ON THE FACE CA CAUSING LACERATIONS AND A BROKEN NOSE.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING WITH OTHER EMPLOYEES TO REMOVE OLD AND UNUSED PIPE IN THE AREA IN AND AROUND THE WET COLLECTORS ON THE KILNS. WHILE HE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF 4 IN. SPIRALWELD PIPE IN ORDE R TO REMOVE IT, A SUPPORT BRACE ON A PIECE OF 16 INCH PIPE THAT WAS PARTIALLY FILLED WITH SLUDGE, COLLAPSED AND FELL ON HIS RIGHT LEG.
EE WAS OPERATING A JACKHAMMER WHEN HE STEPPED BACK INTO A HOLE & FELL BACKWARDS IN DOING SO HE HIT HIS TAILBONE ON A PICK HANDLE THAT WAS LAYING THERE CAUSING A BRUISED TAILBONE.
EMP WAS USING JACKHAMMER TO LOOSEN BRICK IN KILN WHEN DUST AND PIECES OF LIME FELL FROM OVERHEAD INSIDE OF EMPLOYEES GLASSES CAUSING A LIME BURN ON RIGHT EYE