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EE MADE A LONG STEP UP ON DOZER AND FELT HIS RT KNEE GIVE WAY ON HIM.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING METAL WITH TORCH, ACETYLENE HOSE WAS LEAKING CAUSING IGNITION. ACETYLENE LEAKED INTO EMPLOYEE'S GLOVE AND SPARK HIT CAUSING IGNITION AND BURN TO HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING FROM LUBIRICATION TRUCK. HE STEPPED ON AN OILY PIECE OF PLYWOOD AND TISTED HIS ANKLE.
EE WAS PREPARING TO CUT A PIECE OF SHEET METAL TO REPLACE A SIDE IN A CONVEYOR CHUTE. HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND PASSED THE FLAME FROM THE ACETYLENS TORCH ACROSS THE BACK OF HIS HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS HAULING BACKFILL MATERIAL TO DUMP AREA BULLDOZER HAD LEVELED DUMPED MATERIAL LEAVING 21/2FOOT BERM TRUCK BACKED OVER BERM ONTO PLATEAU & INTO WET MATERIAL RT REAR WHEELS SANK & TR UCK ROLLED 180DEG ONTO TOP SEATBELT WAS FASTENEDBUT WAS NOT SNUG OPERATOR WAS WEARING HARD HAT OPERATORS HEAD HIT TOP OF CAB & WAS CUT BY HARD HAT SUSDENSION
EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING FRONT END LOADER DURING REPAIR PROCEDURES. ACCESS LADDER ADN GRAB IRONS WERE IN GOOD CONTITION AND EMPLOYEE WAS MAINTAINING 3-POINTS OF CONTACT. AS HE DESCENDED THE LO ADER HIS HAND SLIPPED. HE TRIED TO GRAB A RUNG OF THE LADDER AND WAS CUT BY THE SHARP EDGE OF THE RUNG.
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING IR CONDITIONING UNIT IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT OF BACKHOE. REPAIR WORK WAS DIFFICULT DUE TO LIMITED WORK SPACE. AS HE WAS LOWERING UNIT IT SLIPPED AND FELL ON A SMALL COOLA NT HOSE WHICH BROKE LOOSE, ALLOWING HOT COOLANT TO SPRAY. TO AVOID THE COOLANT, HE MADE A SUDDEN MOVE WHICH STRAINED SOME LOWER BACK MUSCLES.
EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING BULLDOZER WHEN HIS FOOF SLIPPED AND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN TRACK FRAME AND PUSH ARM. EMPLOYEE THEN FELL BACKWARD ONTO THE GROUND WITH HIS FOOT STILL CAUGHT. CONDITIONS WER E DRY AND WORK AREA WAS WELL ILLUMINATED.
EMPL WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO KNOCK COAL OUTOF SHAKER, HIT THE COAL & THE HANDLE OF SLEDGE FLEW BACK UP & HIT EMPL IN THE RIGHT RIBS.