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EMPLOYEE WAS POKING WITH A STEEL BAR THROUGH A HOLE ON A CHUTE BETWEEN GRIZZLY AND DRIBBLE BELT WHEN ROCK FELL FROM TOP OF CHUTE AND HIT THE END OF THE POKING BAR CAUSING THE END OUT SIDE OF T HE CHUTE TO UNEXPECTANTLY HIT HIM UNDER THE JAW
EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN RUNNING SHAPER IN THE AM DOES NOT KNOW WHEN SPLINTER ENTERED EYE DID NOT FEEL DISCOMFORT TILL LATER IN DAY
EMPLOYEE WAS CROSSING THE PLANT STREET/RAILROAD TRACKS FROM WEST TO EAST. TO GET AROUND A STRING OF RAILROAD CARS, HE WALKED ABOUT 100 FT SOUTH ON THE WET CONCRETE, LOST HIS TRACTION, LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL ON HIS LEFT SHOULDER. THIS FALL TORE MUSCLES IN HIS SHOULDER.
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO SEAT A BIT INTO A PNEUMATIC CHIPPING HAMMER BY STRIKING IT AGAINST A PIECE OF STEEL. HE MISJUDGED THE BLOW & SMASHED HIS LEFT THUMB BETWEEN BARREL OF THE CHIPPING HAMMER & PIECE OF STEEL RESULTING IN 14 SUTURES.
EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING DRILL CREW IN PIONEER A ROAD FOR EXPLORATORY DRILLING EMPLOYEE WS LIFTING A 3INX25FT AIR HOSE INTO THE BACK OF A PICKUP WHEREUPON HE FELT A BURNING SENSATION IN HIS GROI N