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EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A PIECE OF HEAVY LINING TO LINE A DRAGLINE SWINGER. HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER ABDOMAN.
GETTING OFF DOZER, STEPPED TO GROUND, BROKE FOOT RIGHT ONE
PADDING ON DOZER SEAT HAD WORN,CAUSING JARRING TO RIGHT HIP.THIS CAUSED A RE-OCCURENCE OF A PRIOR INJURY (NOT JOB RELATED) TO A DISC IN HIS BACK AND THE SCIATIC NERVE.HIS COMPLAINT WAS THAT HI S RIGHT HIP WAS HURTING.
EMPL WAS CUTTING WIRE ROPE OFF DRAGLINE BUCKET IN ORDER TO PUT ON NEW ONE. WHEN CUT WAS COMPLETED ROPE FLEW UP & STRUCK EMPL ON RIGHT EYE LID MAKING BURN & CUT.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING WATER PUMP INTAKE HOSE FUTHER INTO MINING PIT FOR COLLECTION OF WATER. ROPE INSIDE HOSE BROKE, AND EMPLOYEE FELL SIDEWAYS INTO BATTERY BOX. THIS CAUSED A LARGE BRUISE ON S IDE OF RIGHT HIP AREA.
EMPLOYEE LIFTED A BATTERY FOR A DRAGLINE OUT OF SHOP TRUCK BED. WHEN HE TURNED TO THE RIGHT TO SET BATTERY INTO DRAGLINE, HE TORE A HERNIA IN THE STOMACH AROUND NAVEL AREA.
TWO EMPLOYEES WERE LIFTING A 55 GALLON DRUM FROM A SHELF DOWN INTO BED OF PICKUP TRUCK SHELF IS APPROX 12 TO 14IN HIGHER THAN TRUCK BED I NAME PULLED MUSCLE IN HIS BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS DR3VING A CHISEL INTO HUB OF A DRUM UNIT FOR A DRAGLINE HE HAD TO SEPARATE HUB FROM UNIT HE HAD BEEN HITTING THE CHISEL WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER THE CHISEL CAME OUT OF THE HUB & EMBE DDED INTO SKUL5 INBETWEEN THE LEFT EYE & NOSE AREA AT ALMOST A STRAIGHT TO VERY SLIGHTLY UPWARD ANGLE
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OFF BULLDOZER PUT RIGHT FOOT ON PUSH ARM FOOT SLIPPED OFF PUSH ARM AND EMPLOYEE FELL TO THE GROUND PULLING LIGAMENTS IN RIGHT FOOT
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING BRAKE DUMS OFF A GALLON GRADER TO LINE BRAKES. WHEN THE BRAKE DRUM CAME LOOSE, IT TILTED BACKWARD CATCHING THE EMPLOYEE S RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THE BRAKE DRUM AND THE RIM OF THE GRADER WHEEL. LACERATION OF RIGHT PALM AN D SKIN TAKEN OFF RIGHT HASND RING FINGER.