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EE was bent over pulling a wheel chock to remove it from a truck tire and felt pain in lower back.
EE was climbing truck ladder to enter truck. EE had left foot on the first chain rung and was putting right foot onto the rung and both feet slipped off. EE stayed holding onto the handrails and didn't fall, but felt a pull and pain in the back of right shoulder.
Employee was welding a pipe to patch a hole. EE stopped to chip slag from the weld bead. EE raised the welding hood to chip and a piece of slag flew into EE's left eye.
Employee and coworker were replacing roller of conveyor belt. To remove roller, it had to be twisted and laid on its side due to belt tension. When the roller was lowered, employee was guiding with left hand and had right hand on the bottom of the belt. The roller was lowered and employee's right thumb was pinched.