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EE WAS REPLACING TAIL GATE SEAL ON REFUSE TRUCK, USING 6"X6" CRIB BLOCK TO HOLD TAIL GATE OPEN. CRIB BLOCK SLID OUT FROM BETWEEN THE BED AND TAILGATE AND HIT HIM ON THE LEFT FOOT BRUISING HIS BIG TOE.
EE WAS INSTALLING A PLANITARY GEAR HOUSING ON A CAT 980C HIGHLIFT WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK ON RIGHT SIDE. HE FINISED THE SHIFT AND WORKED THE NEXT SCHEDULED SHIFT, SO THERE WAS O IMMEDIATE LOST TIME. HE TOOK A PERSONNEL DAY ON MAY 11,1999, THAT WAS THE ONLY DAY HE HAD MISSED UNTIL TODAY. HE HAD A DISPUT WITH HIS SUPERVISOR ON 6-11-99 & THEN DECIDED TO SEE A DR.
SHOVELING COAL FROM UNDER A BELTLINE (LOOSE COALINTO A BACKHOE BUCKET HE FELT A PULL IN HIS LOWER BACK.
HE WAS USING A CHAIN SAW TO CLEAR HIGH OF WAY CUT INTO A 3 INCH FREE. WHEN THE TREE KICKED THROWING THE SAW AGAINST HIS LEG HIS PANTS LEG KEEP PULLING THE SAW INTO HIS ELG REPETEDLY.
PLACED HAND ON AIR JACK, IT RECOILED AND CAUGHT THE END OF FINGER ON LEFT HAND.