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EMPLOYEE AND FELLOW EMPLOYEE WERE LOADING CONCRETE SLABS ONTO FLATBED TRAILOR WHEN INJURED EMPLOYEES LEFT INDEX FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN LIFTED SLAB AND PREVIOUSLY LOADED SLAB AS THE FORMER W AS LOWER ON TO TRALIER.
EMPLOYEE WAS FR5MING-OUT WINDOW FOR AN AIR CONDITIONER AT A BUILDING WHICH HAS ALUMINUM PANELING ON THE OUTSIDE.AS HE WAS NAILING A BOARD, HIS WRIST STRUCK THE EDGE OF THE ALUMINUM PANEL, CUTT ING HIS WRIST. 3
EMPLOYEE WAS CA9RYING MOP BUCKET WITH WATER, AS SHE CAME AROUND A CORNER, SHE HIT A RAILING WITH THE BUCKET, CAUSING THE BUCKET TO TURN SHARPLY TO THE INSIDE, TWISTING EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ON A FLAT SURFACE WHEN A SHARP WHEN A SHARP PAIN DEVELOPED IN THE RIGHT. KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A FIBERGLASS PIPE AT GROUND SURFACE WITH GRINDER WHEN GRINDER WHEEL JAMMED IN THE PIPE THE GRINDER KICKED BACK STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON THE KNEE CAUSING LACERATION WHICH REQUI RED SEVERAL SUTURES
ONE OF HOT LEGS INSIDE ELECTRICAL PANEL WAS LOOSE.IN PROCESS OF SECURING WIRE INTO PLACE WITH ELEC GLOVES,THE HOT LEG EMPL HAD IN HAND MADE CONTACT WITH ANOTHER HOT LEG CAUSING AN ARC AND ELEC TRICAL SPARK.
EMP WAS PERFORMING WELL FIELD MAINTNEANCE WHEN A 4 INCH INJUECTION LINE CONTAINING ACQUEOS SOLUTION CAME APART IN HIS ATTEMPT TO SHUT OFF VALVE HE STEPPED INTO A HOLE CAUSING HIM TO STUMBLE S STRIKING HIS THUMB AGAINST THE VALVE
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING OUT A PRECIP TANK. THE EMPLOYEE NEEDED A SHOVEL AND IT WAS BRING LOWERED VIA ROPE BY ANOTHER EMPLOYEE. AS SHOVEL WAS LOWERED, THE KNOT CAME LOOSE AND THE SHOVEL CAME OFF, STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE ON THE HAND. EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED A GASH ON THE RIGHT HAND WHICH REQUIRED DSUTURES.
EMP WAS SEARCHING FOR SOME TOOLS IN U TILITY TOOL BOX WHICH IS MOUNTED IN TRUCK BED AS HE WAS LOOKING HE HIT THE SUPPORT STAND WHICH HOLDS THE LID UP LID FELL DOWN AND STRUCK EMP ON THE HEA SUSTAINED GASH ON TOP OF HEAD WHICH REQUIRED SUTURES
EMPLOYEE WAS STRAIGHTENING A BENT NAIL WHICH NEEDED TO BE REMOVED FROM A SIEVING DEVICE AS HE WAS STRAIGHTENING THE NAIL THE HAMMER SLIPPED AND HIS HAND HIT THE NAIL PUNCTURING THE SMALL FINGE R
THE U CLAMP HOLDING THE LEAF SPRING OF THE WHEEL AXLE CAME LOOSE ON AN AIR COMPRESSOR AND THE TIRE WITH THE AXLE SLID BACK JAMMING AGAINST THE FENDER WALL TO PUT THE TIRE BACK INTO PLACE AND T IGHTEN THE U CLAMPS THE COMPRESSOR WAS RAISED WITH A LADDER JACK AFTER COMPLETING THE JOB UNDER THE UNIT THE EMPLOYEE FORGET TO PUT HIS HARDHAT BACK ON AND COMMENCED LOWERING THE UNIT BACK DO
EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING A SERIES OF NUTS AND BOLTS TO THE CUNO CHAMBER. THE CUNO CHAMBER IS A WATER FILTRATING DEVICE. AS HE CAME AROUND THE CHAMBER, HE TRIPPED OVER A 4-INCH PVC LINE WHICH IS ABOUT 10 INCHES OFF THE GROUND. THE 4-INCH LINE IS THE DISCHARGE LINE FROM THE CUNO FILTERS.
THE ACTUATOR ON A FILTRATION UNIT WAS STUCK IN AN OPEN POSITION AND WOULD NOT CLOSE. WITH THE AIR SUPPLY ON, THE EMPLOYEE TRIED TO PRY THE ACTUATOR BACK INTO A CLOSE POSITION BY PUTTING A WREN CH ON THE ACTUATOR SHAFT. AS EMPLOYEE SET WRENCH ON SHAFT, THE ACTUATOR WENT INTO THE CLOSE POSITION WITH SIGNIFICANT FORCE. WITH THE HAND ON THE WRENCH, THE FORCE BRUISED THE FINGER. AFTER A