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Employee was outside under feeder cutting bolt heads off. Employee stated wasn't feeling well and started coughing, stopped cutting and sat on tailgate of truck till started feeling better. Next day came in still coughing sent to ER.
Going to work on crusher went to use auto crane on F750 service truck when cable bird nested on cable wheel. Pulled all the cable out to rewind on wheel, as they were reeling cable in cable caught employee's glove and pulled it in between crane structure and cable wheel causing injury to fingers
Employee was operating a D8 dozer with cab, he was traveling around area that was being stripped of overburden. A rock being seen by employee was misjudged for its size (part of rock was covered with dirt)the track runs over rock when dozer came down it tossed employee forward hitting forehead causing a laceration that required stitches.
EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING & CUTTING ON GUARD AT PLANT. PIECE OF METAL SHAVINGS WENT UNDER SAFETY GLASSES INTO RIGHT EYE CAUSING IRRITATION. WENT TO DOCTOR WHERE METALLIC FOREIGN BODY WAS REMOVED.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON 988F LOADER. EMPLOYEE CRAWLED BETWEEN TIRE AND BODY OF MACHINE TO WELD ON HYDRAULIC TANK BRACKET, (IN AN AWKWARD POSITION), WHEN HE NOTICED HIS LEFT HAND GOING NUMB. MR I SHOWED THAT THE EMPLOYEE HAS HERNIATED DISC. (PLEASE SEE ATTACHED LETTER, GIVING MORE DETAIL.)
EE WAS CUTTING METAL OFF A HANDRAIL, THE BLAST OF METAL WENT UNDER HIS CUTTING GLASSES AND A PIECE OF METAL WENT INTO EYE.