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HE WAS DRAINING OIL FROM TRAMMER CAME OUT FROM UNDER TRUCK & HIT HEAD ON BOTTOM OF FUEL TANK DRAIN PIPE.
THE MECHANIC HAD THE RADIATOR FROM A CATIPILLAR D-7 DOZER HANGING ON THE BOOM OF HIS AUTOCRANE HE WAS WORKING ON THE RADIATOR WHEN THE THREADS IN THE LIFTING EYE PULLED OUT AND THE RADIATOR CA ME DOWN ON HIS ARM CAUSING HIM TO TWIST MUSCLES
THE MECHANIC WAS REMOVING A PIN FROM A LOADER BUCKET WITH A LARGE PRY BAR AND A SLEDGEHAMMER. THE PIN BROKE FREE UNEXPECTEDLY, CAUSING THE BAR TO STRIKE THE MECHANIC ON THE SIDE OF HIS FACE. T HE ONE INCH CUT ON HIS FACE REQUIRED 12 STITCHES AND A HEAD X-RAY WAS TAKEN.
TWO HYDRAULIC C9ANES WERE BEING USED TO SET A LARGE BEAM IN PLACE. THE LOAD SHIFTED CAUSING ONE CRANE TO OVERTURN. THE OPERATOR WAS PINNED UNDER THE MACHINE, RESULTING IN THE AMPUTATION OF HS RIGHT HAND. 3