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EMPL STRAIGHTENING PIECE OF 1 1/2"X1 1/2"X 1/8" ANGLE IRON WITH HAMMER HE MISSED IRON & HIT THUMB.
WHILE INSERTING PULL PIN IN LOADER DROPPED PULL PIN AND SMASH RIGHT THUMB BETWEEN PIN HOLDER AND PIN LEAD.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A SMALL CHAIN SAW (360 HOMELITE) TRIMMING LIMBS FROM A DOWN TREE. EMPLOYEE STATED THE CHAIN CAME IN CONTACT WITH SMALL LIMBS OTHER THAN THE ONE HE CHOSE TO CUT. THIS CAUSED THE SAW TO KICK BACK STRIKING HIM ON LEFT LEG.
EMPLOYEE WAS FEEDING THE PLANT WITH FRONT END LOADER WHILE WAITING FOR FEED HOPPER,TO GET ENOUGH FOR NEXT LOAD HE DISMOUNTED THE LOADER AND REACHED IN BETWEEN ROLLERS WITH HIS HAND TO REMOVE D UST.HIS AHND GOT INTO THE PINCH POINT BETWEEN ROLLER AND CONVEYOR BELT.THE BELT AND ROLLER PULLED IN HIS ARM UP TO THE ELBOW AND THE BELT SCRAPED OFF SOME SKIN ON HIS ELBOW.
EMPL WAS SHOVLEING EXCESS MATERIAL ON TO RETURN BELT DURING BREEZY CONDITIONS. DUST OR PUMICE PARTICLE GOT INTO LEFT EYE. EMPLS LEFT EYE SUSTAINED SCRATCHED CORNEA.
EMP STEPED UP ON LOADER LADDER TO TALK TO LOADER OPER. WHILE LOADER WAS STOPPED OPER. WAS RAISING BUCKET TO MAX HT. INJ GRABBED FRONT OF CAB WITH L. HAND AND HAND HOLD ON R. SIDE WITH R. HAND WHEN BUCKET APPROACHED MAX HT. ANCHOR END OF BUCKET ARM APPROACHED CAB THIS PINCHED HIS L. HAND BETWEEN CA B AND LOADER ARM
WHEN DISMOUNTING FROM LOADER AS HE STEPPED FROM LAST STEP TO GROUND & TURNED LOOSE FROM HANDRAIL AS HIS HAND PASSED BY TOP STEP HIS RING CAUGHT ON SMALL METAL PROTRUSION OF TOP STEP.
EMPLOYEE ALLEGE8 WHEN HE STEPPED FROM DOZER TRACK TO ARM WHICH HOLDS THE BLADE HE PULLED SOMETHING WHEN HE STRETCHED HIS LEG OUT. I DONT NOT THINK THIS EVENT CAUSED THE LOST TIME.
INJURY TO RIGHT UPPER LEG.