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EMPLOYEE WAS CATCHING BAGS FROM CONVEYOR BELT AND PLACING ON A PALLET WHEN AN EXTRA HEAVY BAG CAME DOWN. WHEN EMPLOYEE CAUGHT BAG IT JERKED HIS ARM AROUND BACK OF HIM. EMPLOYEE DID NOT REPORT UNTIL 2/5/94 AND HAS LOST NO WORK TIME.
LOADING CLAY INTO TRUCK WITH LOADER, OVERHANG OF CLAY PILE FELL ONTO LOADER WINDSHIELD BREAKING IT AND GLASS FROM WINDSHIELD CUT TOP OF EE'S RIGHT HAND.
EMPL WAS DOING MECHANIC WORK ON LOADER USING HAND TOOLS & BOOM TRUCK, WHILE RAISING THE BOOM INSIDE THE SHOP, BOOM HIT AN OVERHEAD FLORESENT LIGHT & THE BULB FELL & HIT EMPL ON THE HEAD.
EMPLOYEE WAS CATCHING AND STACKING BAGS OF CLAY ONTO A WOOD PALLET. WHILE CATCHING BAGS OFF END OF CONVEYOR ROLLER, EMPLOYEE PUT OUT HIS HAND TO STOCK A BAG AND AFTER HE HAD STACKED THE BAG HI S RIGHT WRIST BEGAN TO HURT.
EMPL USING DOZER TO PUSH FILL DIRT OFF DUMP IN CLAY MINE.EDGE OF BANK CAVED OFF,DOZER SLID DOWN SIDE OF BANK & CAME TO REST ON ITS SIDE.AS DOZER BEGAN SLIDE,EMPL JUMPED OFF,HIT BUTTOCKS AND BA CK ON TRACKS OF DOZER AND LANDED ON GROUND.
REMOVING ROLLER FROM MILL USING ELECTRIC FORK LIFT TO LIFT ROLLER. WITH ROLLER ON FORKS OPERATOR BACKED FORK LIFT BACK AND CAME TO A STOP THENF ORK LIFT BECAME OVERBALANCED AND TILTED FORWARD. FORK LIFT TILED FORWARD BATTERY BRACKET BENT ALLOWING BATTERY TO SLIDE FORWARD AND PIN EMPLOYEE S LEFT LEG BETWEEN BATTERY AND DASH OF FORK LIFT.
EMPLOYEE WAS MO5ING RAILROAD BOXCAR FROM LOADING SITE DOWN THE TRACK. THIS EMPLOYEE WAS ON BRAKE END OF BOXCAR AND WHEN BRAKE DID NOT HOLD THE CAR BUMPED INTO ANOT HER RAIL CAR CA6SING EMPLOYEE TO HIT LEFT THIGH AGAINST RAIL ON END OF BOXCAR.
EE USING A SCRA1ER TO REMOVE OVERBURDEN SCRAPER BEING PUSHED BY DOZER & DOZER BLADE SLIPPED OFF SCRAPER BLOCK & DOZER BUMPED SCRAPER CAUSING EE TO SLIDE FORWARD ON SEAT, CAUSING BODY TO SLID E OVER SCROTUM.3EE DID NOT FO TO DOCTOR UNTIL 1-10-87.
EMP HELPING TO MOVE RR HOPPER CAR IN POSITION TO CLEAN STANDING ON BOTTOM RUNG OF LADDER FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO FALL UNDER CAR