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DRIVING TRUCK DOWN DECLINE AT START OF SHIFT OTHER TRUCK STOPPED IN FRONT TO TURN OFF WATER OPERATOR DRIVING SLOW (2ND GEAR) HIT ABRAKES TO SLOW DOWN BRAKES DIDNT SEEM TO RESPOND TURNED INTO R IB TO SLOW DOWN & HIT THE BACK OF THE OTHER TRUCXXX BENT IN & HIT SHIN OPERATOR DID NOT ENGAGE E BRAKE WITNESS THOUGHT TIRES WERE SKIDDING BRAKES LOCKED OPERATOR THOUGHT MAYBE WASNT ANYTHING
DAUGHT 1" AIR HOSE WITH SCOOP CANOPY, HOSE BROKE HIT HIM IN SIDE OF RIGHHT EYE COMPRESSED AIR BLEW DIR TINTO THE EYE. WENT TO DR, DR CLEARED DIROUT OF EYE, EYE SWELLED UP. NO EYE DAMAGE, JUST CLEANED DIRT OUT.
EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK IN LEFT EYE BY A PRILL HOSE WHEN LOADING ROUND. AIR WAS TURNED ONTO THE PRILL POT AND THE PRILL HOSE VALUE WAS ON CAUSING THE PRILL HOSE TO JERK STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN THE EY E.
EE HAD JUST FINISHED MUCKING THE FACE AND WAS WAITING FOR A TRUCK THE ENGINE ON THE MUCKER DIED AND THE BRAKES WERE LOST. THE MUCKER STARTED ROLLING DOWN THE 15 DECLINE THE EE BRAKE FAILED TO WORK AND THE MUCKER STRUCK THE FACE OF THE DECLINE. THE EE STRUCK HIS LEFT HIP UPON IMPACT CAUSING A FRACTURE OF THE LEFT HIP BONE./
MAN WAS SUPPORTING PIPE FROM SCISSORS TRUCK. MAN ON OTHER END OF PIPE MOVED IT CAUSING LITTLE FINGER TO BREAK.
A TIMBER BEING CARRIED IN A TRUCK BUMPED THE HARD VENTILATION PIPE DISLODING RUST PARTICLES THE NEXT DAY HIS LEFT EYE BOTHERED HIM. THE DR BUFFED HIS EYE AND GAVE HIM ANTISEPTIC DROPS NO WORK WAS LOST.