HIT ON RIGHT LEG WITH SLEDGE HAMMER WHILE WORKING ON TRACK FRAME ON 155 KOMATSU DOZER
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REMOVING AIR FILTER ON TOP OF BIG DIESEL ENGINE TAKING OUT BOLTS ONE BOLT WAS STILL IN PLACE BUT FILTER GAVE WAY KNOCKING HIM OVER GUARD RAIL 4 OR 5 FT TO CEMENT FLOOR THEY W E R FREEING THE FILTER TO B E LIFTED OFF BY HOIST
MAN STARTERD TO CLIMB UP ON DOZER HE REACHED FOR HAND HOLD AND MISSED IT, HE QUICKLY REACHED AGAIN AND JAMMED THE THIRD FINGER OF HIS R HAND, RECEIVED FIRST AID TREATMENT AT DR OFFICE AND RETU RNED TO WORK AFTER ABOUT 2 HOURS AND WORKED ALL WEEK AN X-RAY WAS TAKEN ON 7-8-85 AT TIME OF INJURY A SPECIALIST REVUED X-RAY ON 5-13-85 FOUND A ONECHIP AND RECOMMENDED SURGERY WHICH WAS PERF
MAN WAS CLEANING DIRT OUT OF BELLY PAN OF D8L PRIOR TO REPAIR WORK FOREIGN MATERIAL GOT INTO HIS LEFT EYE.
ROCK FELL FROM HOPPER WHILE EMPL WAS SHOVELING FROM UNDER BELT,STRIKING EMPL IN RIGHT BACK.
HAULING SHALE UP INCLINE,TURNING INTO DUMP SITE,TRANSMISSION JUMPED OUT OF GEAR,TRUCK ROLLED BACKWARD 30\.RIGHT REAR WHEELS RAN OVER SPOIL MATERIAL AND OVERTURNED ON SIDE.
STEPS ON 980 LOADER BROKE WHILE DESCENDING
TRIED TO REMOVE SAFETY PIN HOLDING BOX UP CAUGHT HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN PIN AND BOX