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ADJUSTING CARBURETOR SCREW DRIVER BECAME STUCK. WHEN TRYING TO GET FREE HAND SLIPPED OFF AND WENT INTO FAN. FRACTURE AND LACERATION OF RIGHT INDEX FINGER.
I NAME WAS DRILLING HOLES IN FACE WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING IN HIS LEFT EYE.
WHILE WORKING O3 TRUCK DOING MAINTENANCE I.NAME GOT THE HONE STUCK IN A COFFEE CAN WHILE TRYING TO RELEASE IT I.NAME HIT THE TRIGGER THE HONE LOCKED AND SPUN AROUND SPRAYING SAFETY KLEAN INTO THE AREA SOME 2F THE SPRAY GOT INOT I.NAMES EYE
WHILE OPERATING3SHOVEL SEVERAL ROCKS SLID, ONE HIT GUARD RAIL OF SHOVEL AND ONE LAND IN FRONT WINDOW, STRICKING OPERATOR. HIS LEG WAS PINNED CAUSING A LACERATION OF THE RIGHT LEG ABOVE THE KN EE. 3
AT THE TIME THE3ACCIDENT OCCURRED I NAME WAS DRILLING AND I NAME WAS HELPING OUT BYU HANDLING SUCK DUTIES AS GREASING THE TREADS OF THE DRILL RODS AND HANDLING THE BREAKOUT WRENCH. AFTER TALKI NG TO BOTH THEM1 IT APPEARS THAT HE BELIEVE A DRILL ROD HAD BEEN BROKEN OUT. WHEN IN FACT IT HASXX HADNT HE REACHED FOR THE WRENCH AS II NAME HIT THE BREAKOUT CONTROL A SECOND TIME AND HIS RI
I NAME STOPPED 7O PULL SLACK INTO HOSE, THE TORCH TWISTED AND GOT CAUGHT AND BURNED LEFT WRIST. HE WAS WORKING ON WINTER MAINTENANCE.
EMPLOYEE USING 7UTTING TORCH PASSED HAND CLOSE TO FLAME CAUSING SECOND DEGREE BURN TO LEFT HAND
I NAME AND I NAME WERE MOVING CONCRETE BLOCKS USED AS A BERM FROM THE FACE I NAME WAS WORKING THE GROUND AND HAD HOOKED UP A BLOCK HE SIGNALED I NAME TO MOVE THE MACHINE BACK WHEN THE MACHINE MOVED THE BLOCK WAS TURNED I NAME STEPPED BACK AND WENT OFF THE FACE