EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING OUT HOLES ON THE FAN ASSEMBLY OF #274 DOZER AND WHILE APPLYING PRESSURE ON THE DRILL, FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER AND UPPER BACK.
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Showing all 3EE STATED THAT HE WAS CUTTING TREES WITH AN 18 INCH CHAIN SAW WHEN THE BAR STUCK WHILE CUTTING AND HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.
EMPL WAS ON THE DRILLING DECK OF 40-R DRILL ATTEMPTING TO THAW OUT A FROZEN PIN OUT OF SIGHT OF THE OPERATOR HE WAS HOLDING ONTO SLIDE RAIL OF CROSS HEAD WITH L HAND AND USING TORCH WITH R HAN D THE DRILL OPERATOR LOWERED THE CROSS HEAD TO DRETRIEVE DRILL STEM WHEN I NAME HAND BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN THE CROSS HEAD SLIDE RAIL AND THE CROSS HEAD GUIDE