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A FELLOW EE STARTED UP A DOZER, WHICH HAD BEEN SITTING IDLE FOR A FEW MONTHS. RUST PARTICLES CAME FROM THE EXHAUST & ENTERED INTO HIS LEFT EYE.
MAN WAS WELDING PLATE ON CRUSHER(THE PLATE HAD HINGES ON ONE END AND THE BOOM CRANE HELD OTHER END).MAN RAISED UP HITTING HIS HEAD (HARD HAT) ON PLATE WHICH CAUSED THE WELD TO BREAK.THE PLATE STRUCK THE MAN IN THE BACK AND PUSHED HIM (FACE FIRST INTO THE CRUSHER.THIS CAUSED HIS INJURY.
EE WAS GRINDING PARTS FOR D-9 DOZER WHEN A FOREIGN PARTICLE ENTERED HIS EYE. DID NOT GO TO DR UNTIL THAT NIGHT PARTICLE WAS REMOVED HE THEN RETURNED TO WORK ON THE NEXT WORKING DAY MONDAY.
OPER DRAGLINE DUMPING LOAD OF MUD LOAD HIT GROUND SPLASHED LOOSE MATERIAL THROUGH WINDSHIELD HITOPER IN KNEE ROCK
WHILE HE WAS BURNING WITH CARBON ARC ON BLADE OF 41 DOZER THE ARC SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HANDS. THE GUN FELL AND HIT HIS LEFT THIGH. BURNING HIS LEG.
HE WAS TAKING BOLTS OUT OF THE RWG BEAR IN THE HD41. HE WAS USING AN IMPACT WRENCH. THE NUT STRUCK IN THE IMPACT WRENCH, WHEN IT CAME DISLODGE AND HIT HIM IN THE RIGHT UPPER JAW.
HE WAS USING A 2AND HELD GRINDER TO CLEAN A SHEET OF METAL THAT HAD BEENCUT WITH A CUTTING TORCH