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EMPL DRIVING PIN INTO BUSHING.STRUCK PIN WITH SLEDGE HAMMER CAUSING CHIP OF STEEL TO FLY OFF PIN AND STRIKE HIM IN RIGHT EYE.
EMPL REMOVING SPROCKET FROM GEAR REDUCER,BOLT BOROKE IN PULLEY ROLLER.THREW EMPL OFF BALANCE.DR DIAG AS POSSIBLE HERNIA.RECURRENCE OF PREVIOUS INJURY NON-WORK RELATED,NOT REPORTED,DIAG THEN AS SEVERE MUSCLE STRAIN AND TREATED AS SUCH.
SUBJECT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LIFT TONGUE OF PORTABLE WELDER OFF OF SAFETY HITCH BY HIMSELF AS HE WAS LIFTING HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER ABDOMINAL REGION.SUBJECT DID NOT FEEL ANYTHING SERIOUS WAS WRONG AND RETURNED TO WORK.ON 07-18-90 SUBJECT COMPLAINED OF PAIN ABOUT 2:15PM.I INSTRUCTED HIM TO GO TO DOCTOR
HOLDING WRENCH ON NUT AT BOTTOM OF BOLT WHILE ANOTHER TIGHTENED BOLT.I.NAME WRENCH SLIPPED OFF NUT AND HAND WENT FORWARD.LITTLE FINGER STRUCK OUTER EDGE OF ANGLE IRON BRACE CUTTING LITTLE FING ER AND BREAKING THE BONE IN IT ALSO.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING TO FRONT OF TRUCK ON TRUCK WALKWAY. HE SLIPPED AND FELL OFF TRUCK. HE HIT HIS HEAD ON A ROCK. SEVERAL STITCHES HAD TO BE PUT IN HIS HEAD. SHOULDER AND BACK WERE BRUIS ED.
RIGHT HAND OF EMPL WAS BRUISED.METAL PRY BAR SLIPPED AS EMPL WAS PRYING LOG PINION BEARING FROM LOG SHAFT.INJ RESULTED IN SEVERE BRUISE TO HAND.
EE WAS DOING HIS NORMALLY ASSIGNED JOB OF MAINTENANCE. HE WAS UCTTING A PIECE OF METAL WITH A TORCH. A SMALL PIECE OF METAL FLEW UP AND LODGED BEHIND HIS SAFETY GOGGLES AND BECAME EMBEDDED IN HIS RIGHT EYE.