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CYLINDER JAMMED, TRIED TO FREE IT, IT CLAMPED ON FINGER, BROKEN FINGER
CARL WAS STEPPING OVER A SMALL DITCH WHEN HE SLIPPED AND STARTED TO FALL WADE REACHED OUT TO HELP HIM AND ACCIDENTLY STUCK HIS FINGER INTO CARLS EYE
HE HAD REMOVED A GRATE OVER THE CHUTE OPENING OF THE PACKER BUCKET ELEVATOR THAT IS USED TO RECYBUCKET PINNING HIS LEFT HAND AGAINST THE WALL OF THE CHUTE
JAY WASWORKING ALONE ON THE CONTROLS TO A ROTARY DRYER SYSTEM UNDER CONSTRUCTION HE DOES NOT RECAL EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED BUT IT IS BELIEV EDHE LOOSENED A HOSE THAT WAS STILL UNDER PRESSURE FROM A SMALL RECESSING TANK THE FLOPPING HOSE KNOCKED HIM UNCONSCIOUS AND HE FELL 16FT TO THE GROUND
DUE TO HOLE IN ROOF FROM HURRICANE ALICE,WATER WAS STANDING ON FLOOR AROUND PACKER AREA AFTER HEAVY RAIN.SWEEPING WATER OUT WHEN HE SLIPPED.LEFT LEG WAS UNDER HIM AS HE FELL TO FLOOR CAUSING S TRAIN IN KNEE AREA.
REPLACING SEAL ON DOME COOLER OF TRAILER,SEAL SLIPPED WHILE BEING STRETCHED STRIKING EMPL IN RIGHT EYE.
WAS CUTTING AND GRINDING METAL WHEN A CHIP OF METAL GOT INTO MY EYE AND WAS LODGED THERE REQUIRING MEDICAL ATTENTION
HE WAS CATCHING 100LB BAGS OF DRILLING MUD AND PUTTING THEM ON A WOODEN PALLET AND HE SPRAINED HIS WRIST
CONDITIONS WERE GOOD. LIFTED PULLEY APPARENTLY WRONG & FELT A STRAIN OR A BURNING FEELING IN SHOULDER & MID TO UPPER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING A LADDER THAT WAS LEANING AGAINST A BEAM THAT HAD SOME RUST ON IT. AS EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING LADDER, SOME RUST OFF OF THE BEAM BLEW IN HIS EYE.
INJURED WAS ON PLATFORM IN TRAIN CAR JARRING LOOSE THE ORE TO G ET IT OUT AS IT WAS FROZEN. A SECTION OF ORE CAME LOOSE & FELL AGAINST THE PLATFORM & INJURED\S LEG, CRACKING THE LEG IN T HE BONE. EE WORKED FOR 2 DAYS NOT KNOWING LEG WAS BROKEN, UNTIL MONDAY FOLLOWING ACCIDENT. DR. APPLIED CAST.