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WAS REMOVING A FRESHWATER PUMP FROM OUR PUMP HOUSE WITH A BOOM TRUCK THE PUMP HOSE SHIFTED CAUSING THE PUMP TO SLIDE PINCHING ARM BETWEEN A CHAIN AND THE DOOR OPENING
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING CAT SCRAPER TO STRIP OVERBURDEN. MACHINE WAS WORKING IN BUMPY AREA AND EMPLOYEE STRUCK STEERING WHEEL WITH LEFT ELBOW. ELBOW WAS BRUISED AND SWOLLEN.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A [IECE OF RAILROAD IRON SOMETHING POPPED & SPIT BACK SHATTERING RT LENS ONHIS CUTTING GOGGLES EMPLOYEE FELT HE HAD A FOREIGN OBJECT IN RT EYE NONE COULD BE FOUND
WHILE USING AN ELECTRIC IMPACT GUN 3/4 DRIVE ON AN 8' STEP LADDER,THE WOBBLE SOCKET AND 1-1/8" SOCKET CAME OFF THE NUT STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE IN THE MOUTH.
WHILE MODIFYIN SCRUBBER BASE, HE REACED UNDER PLATFORM TO CUT A WELD THAT WAS MISSED. WHEN WELD BROKE, PLATFORM DROPPED APPROXIMATELY 6" BECAUSE OF INSUFFICIENT STRAIN ON CABLE OF CRANE HOLDI NG PLATFORM. WHEN PLATFORM DROPPED IT STRUCK HIM ON BILL OF HARD HAT AND KNOCKED HIM BACKWARDS FROM A SQUATTING POSITION. TORCH HE WAS USING BECAME ENTANGLED IN CLOTHING.
EE WAS BOTH WELDING AND CUTTING ON CRUSHER HOUSE FLOOR, WHICH WAS BEING REPAIRED DURING WORKING HOURS HE NOTICED NOTHING UNUSUALLY ABOUT HIS EYE.