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WORKER WAS IN PROCESS OF LIFTING LID OFF OF IMPACT CRUSHER WHEN FINGER GOT PINCHER BETWEEN LIFTING EYE ON LID & SHACKLE PIN PINCHING RIGHT RING FINGER CRUSHING TIP.
THE WORKER WAS WALKING DOWN A SHORT FLIGHT OF STAIRS WHEN HE SLIPPED ON SOME ICE. HE MISSED 3 STAIR STEPS AND LANDED ON HIS LOWER BACK ON THE LAST STAIR STEP. HE DID NOT LET US KNOW ABOUT HI S INJURY UNTIL 15 OF JAN.
MAN WAS CLEANING PARTS ON A GEAR REDUCTION BOX WITH A SOLVENT SPRAYER WHEN MATERIAL BEING CLEANED BLEW BACK INTO FACE UNDER SAFETY GLASSES LEAVING A METAL PARTICLE IN HIS RIGHT EYE.
WHILE CHANGING JAW DIE, THE RIGHT CHEEK PLATE GAVE WAY WHEN HE WAS ALIGNING JAW DIE. HE TURNED TO CATCH IT WHICH RESULTED IN STRAINED MUSCLES.
WORKER WAS REPAIRING GRAVEL SCRUBBER AND WHILE USING A GFT PRY BAR THE PRY BAR SLIPPED PINNING FINGER ON L HAND AGAINST METAL EDGE CUTTING FINGER
CRANE OPERATOR HAD LIFTED PARTS OUT OF JAW CRUSHER AND SWUNG BOOM TO THE LEFT TO LOWER PARTS TO GROUND BOOM WAS DESCENDING FAST AND W HEN OPERATOR WAS REACHING FOR BRAKE LEVER HE THINKS HE M MUST HAVE HIT OR PULLED THE SWING LEVER WHICH SWUNG THE BOOM TO THE RT AND PINNED THE INJURFED PERSON