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WELDING ON DRILL WHEN A PIECE OF METAL FLEW INTO RIGHT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING METAL WHEN A PIECE OF METAL GOT BEHIND SAFETY GLASSES.
EMPLOYEE ACCIDENTLY KNOCKED AIR ARC OFF DOZER FRAME AND STRUCK ARC NEAR HIS EYES.
EMPLOYEE WAS SIDE CUTTING A SLOPE WITH A DOZER WHEN HE RAN OVER A ROCK BENEATH THE SURFACE. AS THE DOZER WAS MOVING FORWARD IT SLIPPED OFF THE ROCK JARRING THE MACHINE AS IT CAUGHT TRACTION AG AIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A HAND GRINDER TO REMOVE AN EXHAUST STUD FROM AN ENGINE WHEN RUST GOT BEHIND HIS SAFETY GLASSES, INTO HIS RIGHT EYE. WIND WAS VERY HEAVY THAT DAY AND BLEW THE RUST PARTICLES BEHIND HIS SAFFEY GLASSES. EMPLOYEE DID NOT REALIZE MATERIAL WAS IN HIS EYE UNTIL 2-26-96 WHEN HE REPORTED IT TO MANAGEMENT.
EE WAS USING A HAND GRINDER WHEN IT KICKED BACK AND THE ROTATING DISC CONTACTED THE EE S LEFT FOREARM.
EE WAS PUSHING A LARGE ROCK WITH HIS DOZER WHEN THE ROCK ROLLED OVER AND CAUGHT THE BOTTOM OF THE BLADE, ROCKING AND JARRING THE DOZER.
EE WAS HELPING A WLDER TO REPAIR THE BOOMARMS ON A 988 CATERPILLAR LOADER, WHILE STANDING NEAR THE OBJECT BEING WELDED HE HAD A WELDING FLASH IN HIS RIGHT EYE.
WHILE TIGHTENING BOLTS ON A 994 LOADER BUCKET PIN, 3/4" DRIVE IMPACT AIR WRENCH SLIPPED OFF BOLT CAUSING WRENCH TO PIN HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE WRENCH AND THE LOADER LIFT ARM.
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A TIRE FROM THE RIM ON A 988B LOADER USING A CHAIN & BOOM TRUCK AS THE TIRE CLEARED THE RIM THE CHAIN SLIPPED OFF THE TIRE ALLOWING IT TO FALL APPROX 2FT TO THE GROUND AS THE TIRE FELL IT STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE AT A GLANCING BLOW ON HIS LEFT SHOULDER & SIDE AS HE TURNED AWAY FROM THE TIRE
WHILE EE WAS RUNNING THE DOZER THE DOZER SLID SIDEWAYS JERKING THE EE S HIPS AND BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS STEAMING EQUIPMENT WHEN 2000 LBS OF WATER PRESSURE HIT EMPLOYEE IN MIDDLE FINGER OF LEFT HAND.
68935 STEAM CLEANING EQUIPMENT,DIRT AND GRIT FLEW INTO EMPL EYES.
WHILE WELDING ON ROCK TRUCK BED A PIECE OF METAL FLEW INTO R EYE
EMPLOYEE A WAS BACKIN GUP IN DOZER, WHEN HE BACKED OVER A ROCK AND JARRED HIS BACK.
WHILE CUTTING METAL WITH TORCH, EMPLOYEE BURNED RIGHT WRIST WHILE HOLDING TORCH WITH LEFT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A CHAIN SAW TO CUT A TREE LIMB INTO. THE SHORT SIDE OF THE LIMB SPRANG BACK AND HIT EMPLOYEE ON THE LEFT LEG.
WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ON GRADER EMPLOYEE ACCIDENTALLY STUCK WELDING ROD IN THUMB.
WHILE WRAPPING CHAIN AROUND TRACK OF DOZER TRACK SLIPPED LOADING ONTO EE S FOOT BREAKING BIG TOE ON HIS RIGHT FOOT.
EMPLOYEE'S HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN AIR GUN AND JACK WHILE REPLACING BOLTS ON A TRACK LOADER.
RUNNING DOZER, DOZER SLAMMED DOWN, JERKING EMP PLLING MUSCLE IN L SHOULDER
EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING DRILL WHEN OF DIRT FLEW IN LEFT EYE.
WHILE OPERATING DOZER, HE CHANGED GEARS, CATCHING HIS THUMB ON SHIFTING CABLE PULLING LIGAMENTS AND SPRAINED IT. LEFT HAND.
OPERATOR WAS GR2WING ROAD FROM SHOT TO PARKING LOT ENGINE ON GRADER DIED DOWN & WOULD NOT PICK UP RPM OPERATOR TOOK TRANSMISSION OUT OF GEAR SO RPM WOULD PICK UP OPERATOR SAID BRAKES WOULD NOT HOLD & GRADER R2LLED BACKWARD OPERATOR COULD NOT GET BLADE DOWN SO HE JUMPED FROM GRADER