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CUMMINS DIESEL ENGINE ON DREDGE WOULD NOT START SO EE SPRAYED EITHER INTO AIR FILTER EE STOOD NEXT TO AIR FILTER AS HE CRANKED ENGINE MOTOR BACKFIRED AND FLAME ERUPTED FROM AIR FILTER. Y
WALKING ON STEEL DECK OF DREDGE SLIPPED AND FELL BACK STRUCK BACK OF HEAD ON PLATE
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON FRONT END LOADER WITH THE BATTERY COVER RAISED. THE WIND BLEW THE COVER DOWN ON HIS HAND.
EE WAS CARRING A STEEL BLOCK FROM A SHORAGE AREA TO A TRUCK WHEN THE BLOCK SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HANDS LANDING ON HIS FOOT.
THEY WERE IN PROCESS OF LIFTING THE CONVEYOR BELT'S BASKET OFF THE GROUND WITH A FRONT END LOADER. I.NAME WAS THE FRONT END LOADER OPERATOR WHIEL I.NAME REMAINED ON THE GROUND HOLDING THE BASK ET STEADY. WHEN I.NAME SIGNALLED HIM TO LIFT THE BASKET, HE LIFTED TOO QUICKLY, JERKING BOTH THE BASKET AND I.NAME OFF THE GROUND.
INSTALLING A CHAIN. CAHIN SLIPPED AND CAUGHT THUMB BETWEEN CAHIN AND PIPE.
OPERATING BULLDOZER WHEN BATTERY EXPLODED SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT WARNING FOR NO APPARENT REASON SPRAYING BATTERY ACID INTO INJUREDS EYES.BATTERY PURCHASED SEPTEMBER 1988.INJURED WAS NOT WEARING SAFETY GLASSES PROVIDED BY COMPANY AND AS REQUIRED BY COMPANY.
WHEN EMPLOYEE LIFTED AN ACETYLENE BOTTLE HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A BULLDOZER WHEN THE WIND BEGAN BLOWING AND BLEW SAND INTO EMPLOYEE'S EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING THE WEAR PLATE WHEN THE PUMP MOVED CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO MASH HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE WEARPLATE AND THE DOOR.