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EE PICKED UP A ROCK THAT WEIGHT ABOUT 40 TO 45 LB TO MOVE IT OUT OF HIS WAY
GLASS LIGHT PROTECTOR WAS SETTING ON WATER PUMP AND WIND BLE WIT OFF AND OUT OF NATURAL REFLEX EE CAUGTHH IT AND CUT LITTLE FIGNER ON RIGHT HAND.
2 EMPL LOADING CUTTING TORCH AND BOTTLES INTO SERVICE TRUCK WHILE PICKING UP BOTTLES EMPL RECD INGUINAL HERNIA TO RIGHT GROIN AREA.
EE WAS ATTEMPTI3G TO CLOSE A HATCH ON THE TOP OF A RAIL CAR WHEN A GUST OF WIND BLEW THE HATCH BACKWARD CAUSING THE EE TO FALL BACKWARD OFF THE CAR. THE EE FELL ON A CONCRETE SURFACE COVERED WITH APPROX 1"12" OF SNOW & ICE STRIKING HIS HEAD NECK & SHOULDERS. UPON CONTACT EE BEGAN BLEEDING RPOFUSLEY FROM THE MOUTH & HE EXPIRED APPROX 1-2 MINUTES LATER.
EMPLOYEE BENT O5ER TO PICK-UP A PRY BAR WHEN HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK AREA
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING AREA WHEN FEEDER CHAIN BROKE EMPLOYEES THUMB. PRY BAR WAS BEING USED TO CLEAR THE ROCK, WHEN BAR AMMED AND CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN BAR AND FEEDER APRON.