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85061S LIFTING A WATER PUMP AND AS HE TURNED TO PLACE THE PUMP IN A DIFFERENT LOCATION HE PULLED MUSCLE.
THE EMPLOYEE GOT HIS FOOT CAUGHT IN A HAND CRAB RAIL EMPLOYEE FELL BACKWARDS OFF A DOZER.
UNLOADING DRUM OF ANTIFREEZE TWISTED BACK
WHILE BACKING DOZER UP OVER A DIP A SUDDEN JOLT CAUSED OPERATOR TO LIFT OFF OF SEAT WHILE LOOKING BACKEWARDS IN A TWISTED POSITION CAUSING A LUMBAR STRAIN.
INJURED THOUGH HE HAD A FUEL LEAK.HE SMELLED FUEL ODORS.HE STOPPED THE DOZER CLIMBED DOWN ON THE TRACKS TO CHECK FOR A LEAK AND TO CHECK THE OVERFLOW.HIS FOOR SLIPPED.HE FELL STRIKING HIS BACK
EMPL WAS USING AIR WRENCH & OPEN END WRENCH TO TIGHT BOLT ON DRILL. HE WAS USING OPEN END WRENCH TO HOLD BOTTOM NUT & APPLIED AIR WRENCH TO TOP NUT. AIR WRENCH SLIPPED OFF NUT & HAND HIT DRILL HEAD CUTTING FINGER REQUIRING STITCHES.
INJURED WAS STARTING TO REFUEL A DOZER.THE FUEL HOSE HAD A KINK IN IT.AS HE PULLED THE HOSE TO THE FUEL TANK ON THE DOZER THE KINK TWISTED AND PULLED THE HOSE AROUND AND HIT HIM AND THE MOUTH AND BROKE OFF PART OF HIS FRONT TEETH.
PUTTING BREAKER PIN IN BREAKER STEEL. HANDLE ON THE PIN CAUGHT HIS HAND ON THE STEEL RACK BETWEEN THE DECK AND THE PIN.
I.NAME CAME DOWN FROM THE BIN AND WAS WALKING BACK TO THE TIPPLE WALKING ON A LSIGHT DECLINE. THE GROUND WAS WET. HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON THE WET SURFACE. HIS LEG HIT A PIECE OF METAL CAUSING AN O PEN WOUND.
EMPL WAS LUBRICATING BULL DOZER STANDING ON TRACKS FOOT SLIPPED. LEG WENT BETWEEN FRAME & TRACKS TWISTING LEG CAUSING INJURY TO KNEE.
I,NAME WAS DISMOUNTING HIS BULLDOZER. HE STEPPED DOWN ON THE PUSH ARM. HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON THE WET SURFACE. HIS SHOULDER HIT HTE DIAGONAL BRACE. IT WAS RAINING AND MUDDY. HE RECEIVED A SMALL F RACTURE TO HIS SHOULDER.
I NAME WAS CHIPPING SLAG FROM A WELD A PIECE OF SLAG BROKE OFF AND ENTERED HIS EYE HE WAS WEARING HIS SHIELD AND HAD A PAIR OF PERSCITION GLASSES ON UNDER THE SHIELD THE SLAG ENTERED FROM THE SHILED HE WAS WELDING ABOVE THE HEAD.
MAN WAS BREAKING LUMPS OF COAL AND STRAINED HIS BACK
I NAME INJURED 2IS BACK WHEN HE SLIPPED OR JUMPED OFF A BACKHOE. THE INJURY WAS NOT REPORTED TO THE CO FOR SEVERAL MONTHS.
A DRILL STEEL W5S STUCK IN A DRILL HOLE I.NAME WAS TRYING TO DISLODGE THE STEEL WHICH WAS OFF CENTER THE DRILL HAD TO BE MOVED BACK AND JACKED UP ON RT SIDE I.NAME WAS ATTEMPTING TO LOWER THE KELLEY BLOCK D9IVE INTO THE TURN TABLE THE TURN TABLE WAS STILL TURNING I.NAME TRIED TO STOP THE TABLE AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER ON THE RT HAND UNDER THE TURN TABLE
MAN SLIPPED OR 7RIPPED ON A CONCRETE PAD STRIKING HIS CHIN THE LACERATION REQUIRED FOUR S TITCHES
TWO EMPLOYEES I.NAME & I.NAME WERE TEARING DOWN AN OLD WOODEN BUILDING WHEN BUILDING SUDDENLY COLLAPSED STRIKING ONE MAN ON THE HEAD AND STRIKING THE OTHER MAN ON THE LOWER RIGHT LEG, BREAKIN G HIS LEG
TWO EMPLOYEES I.NAME & I.NAME WERE TEARING DOWN AN OLD WOODEN BUILDING WHEN BUILDING SUDDENLY COLLAPSED STRIKING ONE MAN ON THE HEAD AND STRIKING THE OTHER MAN ON THE LOWER RIGHT LEG, BREAKIN G HIS LEG