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EE WAS DOING HIS PRE SHIFT INSPECTION ON B-70 EUCLID. HE WAS CHECKING THE HYDRAULIC OIL ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF TRACTOR. AS HE CROSSED OVER THE HOOD TOWARD THE LEFT SIDE OF TRACTOR HE LOST HIS FO OTING AND FELL TO THE GROUND. HE BRUISED HIS RIGGHT SHOULDER.
INJURED STEPPED INTO A MANHOLE IN THE FLOOR OF THE DRAGLINE WHILE HE WAS HELPING TO CHANGE THE BRAKE BAND. HE BRUISED HIS HIP, SCRAPED HIS SHIN BONE ON RIGHT LEG, HAD A SMALL LACERATION ON HIS EAR.
EE WAS SHOVELING MATERIAL FROM FLOOR OF TUNNEL. HE TOLD HIS SUPERVISOR AT 200 PM ON THURSDAY, MARCH 29 THAT HIS BACK WAS HURTING HIM. HE WENT TO THE DR ON FRIDAY MARCH 30, 2001.
VICTIM WAS USING ACETYLENE TORCH WHEN HE HEARD A POP. HE FELT SOMETHING ON HIS RIGHT SIDE AND SAW CLOTHING SMOLDERING A SPARK HAD FALLEN ON HIS CLOTHES AND A LEAKING OXYGEN HOSE CAUSED A FLAME . HE WAS BURNED ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS STOMACH
VICTIM AND WITNESSES WERE TRYING TO REMOVE A BOOM PIN FROM A CAT 245 EXCAVATOR. THEY WERE DRIVING THE PIN OUT WITH A PIN HAMMER AND A SLEDGE HAMMER. AS THE SLEDGE HAMMER STRUCK THE PIN HAMMER A PIECE OF METAL SHEARED OFF THE PIN HAMMER AND STRUCK THE VICTIM IN THE CENTER OF HIS CHEST.
EMPLOYEE STEPPED FROM CONCRETE FOUNDATION DOWN TO GROUND WHERE SHARP PIECE OF METAL STUCK THROUGH BOTTOM OF HIS RIGHT BOOT, PUNCTURING HIS FOOT.PUNCTURE WOUND WAS 8MM IN LENGTH AND 2MM DEEP.
EMPLOYEE HAD STEPPED FROM EUCLID TO THE GROUND. HE WAS TAKING STEPS BACKWARDS WHEN HE TRIPPED OVER A SHORT PIECE OF CROSSTIE BLOCK. HE FELL ON LEFT SHOULDER AND BRUISED IT.
EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING ONTO SIDE OF TRUCK WHEN LEFT FOOT SLIPPED, TRANSFERRING ALL HIS WEIGHT ONTO RIGHT LEG, INJURING HIS KNEE.