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PUSHING ON LARGE ROCK, BLADE SLIPPED FROM ROCK CAUSING JOLT TO NECK
WHILE USING AN AIR POWERED GRINDER TO CUT OFF A PIECE OF EXHAUST TUBING ON SERVICE TRUCK, GRINDER WHEEL CAME APART AND MATERIAL CAME OVER TOP OFSAFETY GLASSES AND WENT INTO RIGHT EYE.
BACKED INTO LARGE ROCK CAUSING A JOLT TO BACK AREA.
LOADING LARGE ROCK WITH 5230 HYDRAULIC SHOVEL WHEN SPROCKETS ON SHOVEL SLIPPED ON TRACK CAUSING A JOLT TO THE BACK.
EE WAS GUIDING A PUSH ARM IN PLACE WITH BOOM AND LEFT HAND. THE PUSH ARM MOVED SUDDENLY AND BEFORE EE COULD LET GO HE FELT A SHARP PIN IN THE BACK AND LEFT LEG.
EE WAS CLEANING TRUCK DUMP AREA WITH A DOZER. WHILE OPERATING THE DOZER HE BACKED INTO A LARGEROCK, GIVING HIM A JOLT TO THE LOWER BACK.