EE WAS IN THE SHOP ASSISTING TWO OTHER EE'S WITH END LOADER MAINTENANCE. THEY STARTED TO HOIST A 55 GALLON DRUM OF ANTIFREEZE UP ONTO THE END LOADER. AS THE WEIGHT WAS PICKED UP ON THE DRUM, O NE OF THE DRUM ANCHOR HOOKS DISLODGED ALLOWING THE HOIST BLOCK TO SWING STRIKING HIM ABOVE THE LEFT EYE. THE INCIDENT CAUSED A LACERATION REQUIRING A COUPLE OF SUTURES TO CLOSE.
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Paint Creek Terminals Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Paint Creek Terminals Inc · Struck against a moving object
COAL STICKING ON ONE SIDE OF BED WHILE OTHER SIDE BREAKS LOOSE & COMES OUT TAILGATE, CAUSING UNSTEADINESS, THUS OVERTURNING TRACTOR & TRAILOR--ALL EQUIPMENT AND DUMPING SITE CHECKED OUT OK. OK.
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