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EE WAS USING A DOUBLE WRENCH TO TIGHTEN STEERING CLUTCHES ON A CATERPILLAR D8K DOZER, WRENCH SLIPPED OFF FLEW BACK STRIKING HIM IN THE HAND
EE WAS CLIMBING UP ON A KOMATSU D355A-5 DOZER. IT WAS RAINING AND VERY MUDDY. HE SLIPPED AND FELL HITTING HIS LEFT LOWER LEG AGAINST THE DOZER.
PULLING INOPERABLE DOZER, UNHOOKING CABLE, THE CABLE HAD KICKED WHEN THE CABLE WAS UNHOOKED THE TWIST IN THE CABLE CAUSED THE VICTIM TO BE SLAPPED IN THE FACE BELOW THE EYE APPROX. 1 1/2" THE CUT WAS APPROX. 1/2" IN LENGTH AND 1/8" DEEP EXAMING PHYSICIAN SAID NOT SERIOUS AT ALL.
EMPL WAS REMOVING FUEL PUMP FROM KOMATSU WA700 LOADER. HAND WA BETWEEN FRAME & PUMP. FUEL PUMP FELL ON RIGHT HAND HITTING MIDDLE FINGER.
I NAME WAS REMOVING PINS FROM A BUCKET HE WAS HITTING THE PIN WITH A BAR IN ORDER TO LOOSEN WHEN THE PIN WAS FINALLY LOOSENED PRESSURE WAS RELIVEVED & THE BOOM ARMS FELL PINNING H IS RT HAND B ETWEEN THE BOOM ARMS & THE BAR WHICH WAS AGAINSTTHE TRAILER
DOZER OP WAS HIGHWALLING HE ADVISED HE NEEDED SOME TREES CUT IN FRONT OF HIM. SUBJECT GOT CHAIN SAW & WENT TO CUT TREES. SMALL TREE WAS LEANING OVER & DOZER OP WAS CUTTING IT W/HATCHET. CHAIN SAW OP SAID HE WOULD FINISH CUTTING TREE DOZER OP ADVISED HIM NOT TO STAND ON E DGE OF HIGHWALL BECAUSE IT WOULD NOT HOLD HIM BUT HE WENT ON ANYWAY. GROUND BROKE FROM UNDER HIM & HE SLID DOWN