I.NAME BREAKING TALC ON GRATING ON TOP OF CRUSHER HE SLIPPED AND HIS LEG WENT THROUGH GRATING GU/// HURTING RIGHT KNEE WHICH BECAME BRUISED AND SWOLLEN.
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Showing all 12I,NAME WAS WORKING ON #9 ELEVATOR CHANGING A BEARING. HE WAS HITTING THE BEARING WITH A SMALL HAMMER, & A PIECE OF METAL BROKE OFFTHE BEARING & SHOT INTO HIS LEFT FAREARM, NECESSITATING REMOVA L OF THE METAL FRAGMENT BY A DOCTOR.
I.NAME WAS USING A CHISEL AS A WEDGE ON A TRUNION SHAFT ON 60" MILL ROLL. WHEN HE HIT CHISEL IT BOUNCED BACK & HIT HIM IN THE RIGHT EYE. HE WAS WEARING REGULAR GLASSES
I.NAME WELDING TEETH FOR LOADER AND LIFTED WELDING HOOD,WHICH KNOCKED HIS SAFETY GLASSES DOWN HIS NOSE.THEN A PIECE OF WELDING SLAG FLEW INTO LEFT EYE.SLAG CAME OUT BEFORE HE SAW DR. WHO EXAM INED EYE AND RX EYE DROPS.
HYDRAULIC JACK SLIPPED & SMASHED LEFT THUMB, DOCTOR REMOVED FINGERNAIL
WHILE HE WAS BUILDING HEAVY FRAMES HE REACHED DOWN TO PICK ONE UP AND RIGHT WRIST WHICH HAD BEEN BROKEN BEFORE.
I,NAME WAS BUILDING PALLETS AND SLIPPED ON A PIECE OF WOOD. THE STAPLE GUN HIT HIS LEG AND SHOT A STAPLE INTO HIS LEG JUST ABOVE THE RIGHT KNEE.
I,NAME WAS PICKING UP A METAL BAR AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.
I,NAME AND OTHER EMPLOYEE WERE MOVING A WATER PUMP. OTHER EMPLOYEE DROPPED HIS SIDE OF THE PUMP, THUS THROWING THE FULL WEIGHT OF THE PUMP ONTO I,NAME. THIS PULLED SOME MUSCLES IN HIS BACK.
I.NAME WAS LIFTING A BIG ROCK AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS LOWER BACK
I,NAME WAS MOVING TRACK DRILL IN REVERESE, AND IT RAN OVER HIS LEFT FOOT, NECESSITATING REMOVAL OF TOENAIL FROM 2ND TOE AT DOCTOR\S OFFICE.
WAS HELPING MOVE SMALL TANK. LEG BROKE ON TANK. TRYING TO GET OUT OF WAY AND FELL OVER BUSHES-BRUISED RIGHT SHOULDER AND LEFT THUMB.