EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO INSTALL A NEW BELT ON CONVEYOR. HE WAS TRIMMING THE EDGE OF BELT WITH A UTILITY KNIFE. KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT HIS RIGHT LEG ABOVE THE KNEE.
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Showing all 13PUTTING NEW DRILL STEEL ON BOOM OF DRILL. BROKEN BONE IN WRIST OF RIGHT HAND.
EMPLOYEE STEPPED ONTO 2ND RUNG OF A 6' LADDER TO MEASURE A PIECE OF STEEL ON A EUCLID TRUCK. THE LADDER SLIPPED BACKWARDS AND FELL PINNING THE EMPLOYEE'S LEFT FOOT BETWEEN THE LADDER AND THE T RUCK.
EMPL CHANGING WIRES IN STARTER AT PLANT WHILE UNSCREWING LUGS ON ELEC MOTOR LEADS.LEADS TOUCHED AND ELEC FLASHED BURNING BACK OF LEFT HAND AND 4 FINGERS-NOT SMALLEST FINGER.
TURNING ROTOR IN IMPACTOR BY HAND AND PULLED MUSCLE IN RIGHT SHOULDER.
THE INJURED WAS LIFTING A SCREEN CLOTH OVERHEAD TO A FELLOW EMPLOYEE AND PULLED A MUSCLE ON LOWER LEFT SIDE BY ABDOMEN.
RUNNING A BRUSH GRINDER WHILE CLEANING A GASKET OFF. SOMETHING FLEW IN EYE AROUND SAFETY GLASSES.
EMPLOYEE STEPPED DOWN FROM CRANE HE HAD BEEN OPERATING HIS FOOT TWISTED ON GRAVEL AND HE TWISTED HIS KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A CUTTING TORCH ON CONE CRUSHER. PIECES OF SLAG FLEW INTO EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING V BELTS ON CONE CRUSHER. THE PRY BAR SLIPPED AND HE CAUGHT HIS FINGER ON SHEIVE AND SMASHED IT.
WORKING MEXT TO EMP WHO WAS USING GRINDER SPARK FROM THE GRINDER FLEW BEHIND GLASSES AND ENTER HIS EYE
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING IN SUB-ZERO TEMPERTURES AND FROST BIT HIS FINGERS.
I.NAME WAS OPERATING D8H CAT DOZER AND WORKING ON THE SLOPE TO BE RECLAIMED. HE ATTEMPTED TO JUMP WHEN THE DOZER FREE WHEELED BACKWARD AND WAS RAN OVER.