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EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A GRINDER WHEN IT CAME IN CONTACT WITH HIS LEFT LEG, CUTTING HIS LEG WHICH REQUIRED SIX STITCHES.
EMPLOYEE STATED TAKING APART A PIPE LINE FOR RELOCATION UNBOLTING AND GUIDING LIFT. EMPLOYEE STRAINED LOWER BACK OR WAS CAUGHT OFF BALANCE BY PIPE AS BOOM TRUCK LIFTED.
EMPL. WAS SITTING IN HAUL TRUCK WAITING FOR SHOVEL TO LOAD SAME. AS SHOVEL OPERATOR DIRECTED BUCKET TOWARD TRUCK FOR LOADING HE FAILED TO HAVE IT ELEVATED ENOUGH TO CLEAR REAR OF TURKC BED. THE BUCKET SUBSEQUENTLY STRUCK REAR OF TRUCK BED JARRING TRUCK & ITS OPERATOR.
EMPLOYEE WAS GR3NDING WITH A DISK GRINDER WHEN THE GRINDER KICKED BACK AND HIT EMPLOYEE IN THE LEG.
THE EMPLOYEE WA8 REPLACING THE WEAR PLATE ON THE LOADER. HE WAS WELDING AND GRINDING. HE DID NOT NOTICE ANYTHING AT THE TIME. HE STARTED TO NOTICE IRRITATION IN HIS EYE.
EMP WAS TRYING 7O GET A LOADER BUCKET TOOTH OFF A CONVEYOR. THE TOOTH WAS UNDER THE ELECTRIC MAGNET. EMP FAILED TO TURN-OFF THE MAGNET. WHEN HE LIFTED THE TOOTH, THE MAGNET PULLED IT UP BEFORE HE COULD LET GO3OF IT. MASHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE TOOTH AND MAGNET
EMP WAS CUTTING3A PIECE OF 1" STEEL PLATE. TO KEEP IT FROM FALLING ON HIS FOOT, HE REACHED TO HOLD IT UP. FELT PAIN IN BACK, STARTED LOOSING TIME ON 3-3-86
EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING OVERHEAD AND A PIECE OF IRONG CHIP FELL IN BEHING HIS SSAFETY GLASSES AND INTO HIS EYE.