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DISMOUNTED FROM TRACK CRAINE TO PICK UP WATER CAN & MOVE TO MAIN PLANT. LOADING SITE STARTED TO PICK UP CAN & FELL TO GROUND. TRANSPORTED TO DR & RELEASED BY DR TO COME BACK TO WORK NEXT M ORNING LIGHT DUTY. RELEASED FOR FULL DUTY 8/9/88. EMPL WAS TAKING PRESCRIPTION MED WHICH MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO HEAT EXHAUSTION.
EE WAS BREAKING3OF A ROCK WITH A HAMMER WHEN A CHIP OF GRANITE BROKE OFF AND FLEW UP AND LODGED IN HIS EYE. IT WAS REMOVED BY A DR. AND HE RETURNED TO W ORK THE SAME DAY HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES. 3
THE IMPROPER HANDLING OF CROW BAR CAUSED THE BACK STRAIN.
IMPROPER HANDLING OF JACK HAMMER CAUSED BIT TO HANG OR BIND IN HOLE OF GRANITE, CAUSING BACK STRAIN.
EE WAS MOVING COUNTER WEIGHT WITH FRONT LOADER WHEN WEIGHT SLIPPED & CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN WEIGHT BUCKET.
EMPOYEE WAS WALKING ALONG STEPPED ON A ROCK AND TWISTED HIS FOOT HE SPRAINED HIS LEFT FOOT
DALE WAS MOVING WATER PUMP TO WATER HOLE HE SLIPPED ON LOOSE DIRT FELL AGAINST MANIFOLD AND BURNED HIS LEFT LEG
MICHAEL WAS STARTING THE WATER PUMP WHEN HE HIT HIS HAND ON A ROCK.
KENNETH FELL APPROX 14 TO 15 FT FROM THE TOP OF A LEDGE LANDING ON A SOFT BED OF DIRT HE APPARENTLY EXPERIENCED ONLY MINOR INJURIES