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EE was using a torch to cut the cutting edge on a loader, a large piece of it fell and landed on EE's left foot resulting in a fracture.
The injured employee was assisting in setting cables on the mill 7 ft crusher when the bulldozer operator was signaled to go "back". However, the operator thought he was signaled to go "forward", which tightened the cable, causing injured's hand to be pinched between the crusher and cable.
The injured was die grinding stainless steel parts in the maintenance shop. After grinding he looked up and metal fleck' s that were on his safety glasses fell into his eye.
While welding cracks in the primary crusher main frame, the injured was doing a lot of twisting and turning and felt pain in his hip with increasing pain.
The injured EE was grinding steel on the cutting table, about waist high, when a piece of steel came up from the grinding wheel and went up behind from the bottom of his safety glasses, lodging in his left eye.
The injured employee was removing rusted metal from back of #29 Mack truck using a 6" angle grinder and pliers when he cut his hand while reaching over the grinder with the pliers to remove the metal.
The injured got a piece of metal in his right eye while operating a die grinder while repairing a shifting linkage.
THE INJURED EXPERIENCED SORENESS IN HIS BACK AFTER OPERATING THE PC400LC-7 KOMATSU AFTER DIGGING OUT LARGE ROCKS AND THE BUCKET SLIPPED OFF SEVERAL TIMES DROPPING, CAUSING JAR SENT TO THE CAB AND SEAT.
THE INJURED WAS USING A DIE GRINDER TO CUT A SOLENOID FREE FROM THE FRAME OF THE 1988 FORD MODEL CARGO 8000 FUEL TRUCK, APPLYING THE CHARGED GRINDER TO THE BOLTS OF THE MOUNTED SOLENOID, WHEN THE GRINDER "DUG IN" AND JUMPED, STRIKING THE BACK OF THE INJURED'S LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE THUMB AND INDEX FINGER RESULTING IN A 1 1/2 INCH LONG CUT.