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SUBJECT WAS PUSHING DIRT RECLAIMING LAND AND THE TRANSMISSION JERKED AND CAUSED HIS NECK AND BACK TO HURT.
SUBJECT SAID HE HAD JUST PUSHED A PAN TO LOAD IT AND AS HE WENT TO BACK UP HIS DOZER HE DROVE OVER A ROCK AND WAS TURNING AROUND AT THE SAME TIME AND STRUCK HIS ELBOW ON THE HOIST LEVER THE DR SAID HE WILL BE UNABLE TO WORK FOR AT LEAST 4 DAYS
SUBJECT SAID HE WAS BACKING UP HIS DOZER & WENT OVER A LARGE ROCK & JARRED HIS BACK.
SUBJECT WAS COMING OUT THE ROAD & SOMETHING MUST HAVE FLOWN INTO HIS EYE BECAUSE IT STARTED TO BOTHER HIM VERY BAD. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL BY OUR "EMT" BUT NOTHING COULD BE FOUND IN THE EYE, AFTER TREAMENT HE WAS SENT BACK TO WORK.
SUBJECT HAD JUST LIFT ED HIS HIOOD TO LIGHT A CIGARETTE AND A PIECE OF SLAG POPPED OFF OF THE WELDING ROD HE HAD JUST USED AS IT COOLED OFF AND FLEW INTO HIS EYE
SUBJECT WAS WORKING BELOW A DOZER (WHO WAS PUSHING DIRT) HOOKING UP A WATER PUMP HOSE ANDA CARGE PIECE OF WET DIRT ROLLED AROUND THE EDGE OF THE DOZER BLADE AND ROLLED DOWN SLOPE INTO HIM KNOC KING HIM DOWN.
SUBJECT ATTEMPTED TO GRAB AN OBJECT THOUGHT TO BE A PIECE OF TAPE OFF OF A MOVING FAN BELT AND HIS FINGER WAS STRUCK BY THIS OBJECT UNKNOWN
SUBJECT WAS REMOVING A RAG THAT HE HAD PLACED NEAR THE FLY WHEEL ON A PUMP HE HAD JUST STARTED AND IT CAUGHT HIS HAND