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SLIPPED ON WET FLOOR AND FELL HITTING RIGHT SIDE ON WATER PUMP.
EMPLOYEE WAS T RYING TO GET DRYER BACK INTO POSITION BY USING A COME-ALONG THE BOLT NUT STRIPPED & BROKE HITTING I NAME IN FACE
STACKING 50 POUND BAGS OF MICA 5 FT HIGH WHEN WRIST SNAPPED BACK.
CLEANING EQUIPMENT WITH HIGH PRESSURE AIR WHEN FOREIGN OBJECT BLEW INTO HIS EYE.
PICKED UP BAG STAND TO SET IT INTO PLACE. AS HE WAS SETTING BAG STAND IN PLACE HE SLIPPED, AS HE SLIPPED BROKE HIS FALL WITH HAND.
LIFTING BAG OF LIME EMPL TWISTED WRONG.
PULLING BROKEN BELT FROM INCLINE CONVEYOR ROPE ATTACHED TO BELT BROKE.I.NAME LOST BALANCE AND FELL HITTING RIGHT ELBOW.
I,NAME HAD FINISHED WELDING AND RAISED HIS HOOD, WHEN THE WIND PICKED UP AND BLEW SOMETHING INTO HIS EYE.
I NAME WAS WALKING FROMTHE MILL BUILDING TO THE LUNCHROOM WHEN THE WIND BLEW SOMETHING INTO HIS EYE
HE WAS CLEANING A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT WITH A WIRE BRUSH BEFORE STARTING TO WELD. A PIECE OF RUST FLEW INTO HIS EYE.
EMPL HAD MOVED TRUCK WHEN IN PROCESS OF CLIMBING OUT OF CAB STEPPED DOWN ON STEP WHICH HAD ICE ON IT SLIPPING & TWISTING ANKLE.
I.NAME WAS CLEANING THE FEED SCREW WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS HAND IN THE SCREW
I.NAME WAS CLIMBING UP INTO THE 175B LOADER WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE STEPS AND HE HELD ONTO THE RAILING WITH HIS HAND HIS BODY TWISTED AROUND AND HE PULLED THE MUSCLES IN THE LOWER BACK
I.NAME STATED HE HAD BEEN TOLD TO CHECK THE THICKNER FOR LEAKS TWICE A DAY ON THE WEEK END HE STATED HE FELL COMING DOWM THE STAIRS OF THE THICKNER UPON INVESTIGATION BY WORKMENS COMP THIS WAS FOUND TO HAVE NOT HAPPENED ON THE MILL PROPERTY BUT ANOTHER LOCATION
I.NAME WAS MIXING CHEMICALS WHEN THE GLOVE HE WAS WEARING SLIPPED OFF HE WAS BURNT ON THE WRIST
I.NAME & I.NAME EMPTYING BARRELS OF CHEMICALS,ONE BARREL SLIPPED SPLASHING CHEMICAL ONTO I.NAME.
I.NAME WAS LOADING A TRUCK FOR SHIPMENT WHEN SOMETHING FLEW INTO HIS EYE
JESSIE SANCHEZ WAS COMING INTO BUILDING AFTER STARTING UP THE MILL, AS HE CAME THROUGH THE NORTH DOOR THE WIND CAUGHT THE DOOR SLAMMING HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER.
GILL WAS ENLARGING A BOLT HOLE WITH A CHIPPING HAMMER, A CHIP OF THE CHIPPING HAMMER FLEW UP HITTING JAMES ON THE BACK OF THE HAND.
JIM STEPPED ON DOWN ONTO RAIL OF DOZER AND SLIPPED FALLING APPROX THREE (3) FEET HE LANDED ON HIS RT SHOULDER JIM FINISHED JOB HE WAS SENT UP TO DO AND RETURNED TO THE OFFICE WHERE WE HEARD O F THE ACCIDENT
THE MEN WERE PLACING AN OIL COOLED RADIATOR IN ITS FRAME, THE RADIATOR WAS APPROX. 10 IN. ABOVE THE GROUND LEVEL AND ON ITS SIDE, WHEN IT SLIPPED OR BECAME TOO HEAVY TO HOLD. IT CAME DOWN, THE POINT OR END OF IT HITTING THE SIDE OF LEROYS SHOE CUTTING THROUGH THE LEATHER AND SOX.
2 MEN WERE CLEANING INSIDE A ROD MILL SHELL. RICHARD\S GOGGLES FOGGED UP. RICHARD RAISED HIS GOGGLES TO REMOVE MOISTURE FROM THE INSIDE SOMETHING FROM THE OTHER MAN\S CHIPPING GOT INTO RICHARD \S EYE.
REMOVING DEBRIS FROM H BEAM WHEN WIRE CAME OFF GRINDING BRUSH AND LODGED IN LEFT FOREARM.
MR ROBERSON WAS ROLLING A LARGE SQUARE DUCT AND THE DUCT HUNG UP ON A BOLT AND ROLLED BACK OVER HIS LEFT FOOT DAMAGING HIS LEFT FOOT DAMAGING HIS LEFT FOOT AND SCRAPING BEHIND HIS RIGHT KNEE BRUISED LEFT FOOT ABRASIONS BEHIND HIS RIGHT KNEE PULLED TENDON IN LEFT SIDE
HE WAS GRINDING A PIECE OF METAL FOR AN AUGER SCREW AND A SLIVER OF METAL FLEW INTO HIS RIGHT EYE
INJ WAS PLACING CHAIN ON SPROCKET AND GOT HIS LEFT THUMB CAUGHT BETWEEN THE CHAIN AND THE SPROCKET
HE WAS LIGHTING A GAS STOVE THE STOVE WAS FILLED WITH GAS AND HE THOUGHT HE COULD LIGHT IT HE THROUGH A LIGHTED MATCH INTO THE STOVE AND TEN IT BLEW OUT AT HIM BURNING HIS LEFT HAND
HE SPRANG HIS RIGHT ANKLE ON A LADDER HE WAS COMING DOWN THE LADDER AND SLIPPED