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A team of 4 employees was putting a pulley on #1 scalper. When ratcheting on a chain fall, the pulley slid/moved. Injured was not directly engaged with the pulley, but jumped backward when the pulley shifted and jarred EE's back.
While operating #41 992 K Cat Wheel Loader loading production haul trucks, the injured employee was observed by one of the truck drivers as being in a stroke like condition.
The injured was cleaning the desks at the office using an aerosal spray, when she experienced a sore throat, difficulty breathing and a pain in her lower chest.
THE INJURED BRACED HIMSELF BY HOLDING ON TO THE DOOR FRAME OF THE PC400LC-7 KOMATSU EXCAVATOR WHEN DESCENDING THE LADDER WHEN A GUST OF WIND BLEW THE DOOR SHUT PINCHING HIS RING FINGER OF LEFT HAND.
THE INJURED EE WAS WELDING IN FEEDER HOPPER OF THE COARSE TOWER. WIND WAS BLOWING SLAG FROM THE WELDS AROUND. A PIECE GOT IN HIS RIGHT EYE AGGRAVATING IT.