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EMPLOYEE WAS CLOSING BOX CAR DOOR WHEN FORKLIFT OPERATOR PUSHED DOOR WITH FORK CLOSING DOOR ON EMPLOYEE'S THUMB.
EMPLOYEE THOUGHT RAILCAR HAD MANUAL BRAKES LIKE MOST OF OUR CARS.THIS ONE HAD A TRIP SWITCH EMPLOYEE TRIED TO LOOSEN BRAKE LIKE A MANUAL CAR AND INJURED NECK.EMPLOYEE FIRST THOUGHT ARM HAD BEE N INJURED WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE NECK INJURY.
CARLESSNESS ON THE PART OF THE CUSTOMER TRUCK DRIVER, BY NOT CHECKING TO SEE IF ALL LOADING HAD BEEN STOPPED OR FINISHED ON HIS TRUCK BEFORE MOVING. NEGLIGENCE ON THE PART OF BOTH THE SUPERVIS OR AND HOURLY EMPLOYEE FOR NOT CHOCKING THE TRUCK BEFORE LOADING HAD BEGUN. BOTH WERE AWARE THAT IT WAS A COMPANY SAFETY RULE THAT NO VESSAL HAS TO BE LOADED BEFORE CHOCKS HAD BEEN PLACED TO
REPLACING ACCEL9RATOR LINKAGE WHILE MOTOR WAS STILL RUNNING AND WHEN ENGINE ACCELERATED HE JERKED HAND BACK RESULTING IN CUTTING RIGHT INDEX FINGER AT KNUCKLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS HA6LING SAND FROM PLANT 1 TO PLANT 2 ON HIGHWAY 197 NORTH WHEN A PIICK-UP TRUCK RAN HIM OFF THE ROAD WHERE HE LOSS CONTROL AND SKIDDED BACK ACCROSS THE HIGHWAY, OVERTURNING HIS TR UCK. 3