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EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE WAS WORKING ON CONVEYOR CHAIN WHICH WAS HUNG UP. PRESSURE (TENSION) RELEASED AND CHAIN FLITE STRUCK HIM CAUSING SIMPLE FRACTURE TO RIGHT HAND & LEFT THUMB.
EE STATES THAT HE WAS RIDING OUT OF MINE ON TRACTOR AND STRUCK ROOF SUUPORT MAT CAUSING CUT ABOVE LEFT EYE. SAFETY GLASSES HELPED REDUCE EXTENT OF INJURY.
EE STATES THAT WHILE OPERATING FORD TRACTOR, THEFORKS ON FRONT JACK CAUGHT ON RAILRAOD TRACK CAUSING TRACTOR TO STOP SUDDENLY. MAN STRUCK FACE ON STEERING WHEEL CAUSING CUT INSIDE LOWER LIP -- REQUIRED SUTURES.
THE INJURED PERSON WAS MEASURING ENTRY DIMENSIONS WHEN A DIESEL SCOOP ROUNDED THE CORNER STRIKING THE INDIVIDUAL FROM THE REAR.
SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR ADVANCED TO THE FACE. CANOPY STURCK TOP DISLODGING A ROCK ROCK STRUCK ARM LACERATING IT.
SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR TRAMMED FORWARD, FLOOR WAS WET AND ON A SLANT. SHUTTLE CAR SLID INTO RIB, PINCHING OPERATORS SHOULDER CAUSING LACERATION.
WHILE DISCONNECTING TRAILER FROM SCOOP, EMPLOYEE PLACED HIS FOOT UNDER BUCKET. THE TRAILER TONGUE WAS WEDGED AGAINST THE SCOOP BUCKET. SUDDEN RELEASE OF INJURY CAUSED THE BUCKET TO FALL ON INS TEP OF LEFT FOOT, RESULTING IN FRACTURE TO METATARSAL BONES.
SHUTTLE CAR HIT A HOLE IN THE ROADWAY AS EMPLOYEE WAS RETREATING TO THE ELT LOADING POINT CAUSING HIM TO STRIKE THE CAB STRUCTURE PAIN RESULTED TO HIS SUBSCAPULAR MUSCLES
EMP DEVELOPED BACK PAIN DURING SHIFT, WAS A SHARP JAR WHILE OPERATING , HIT BUMP IN ROADWAY