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WIND BLEW DUST INTO EMPLOYEE'S EYES CAUSING ABRASION TO THE CORNEA.
EE HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED AS HAVING A DOUBLE HERNIA WHICH HE CLAIMS HAPPENED AT WORK ALTHOUGH HE DOESN'T KNOW HOW. THE DR. DOUBTS THAT IT IS A WORK RELATED INJURY.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING DRIVE PINS OUT OF FRONT END LOADER BUCKET TEETH;HE WAS HOLDING A PUNCH WITH A PAIR OF CHANNEL LOCKS WHILE ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS HITTING THE PUNCH WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER; A PI ECE OF METAL FLEW OFF THE PUNCH STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE IN THE NECK.
54730CLEANING OFF SCREEN PLANT LIP. THE LIP WAS WET DUE TO THE WEATHER AND CAUSED EMPL TO SLIP & FALL 4.5' TWISTING KNEE. RX MEDICATION RX BY DR FOR INFLAMMATION. X-RAYS WERE NEGATIVE.
WHILE PERFORMING LABOR TASKS AROUND THE PLANT, A PIECE OF DIRT WENT INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.
LIFTING GREASE BARREL ON TRUCK STRAINED LOWER BACK
WORKING ON CONV EY. WIND CAME UP PARTICLE OF SCORIA OT BEHIND SAFETY GLASSES IN EYE
PORTABLE POWER SCREEN WAS PARKED ON EDGE OF FOREST SERVICE ROAD.CREWS WERE SETTING UP FOR OPERATION.VICTIM AND TWO OTHER EMPLOYEES WERE UNFOLDING THE END DELIVERY CONVEYOR.A LOADER WAS HOOKED TO HEAD PULLEY AND PULLED CONVEYOR TO ITS EXTENDED POSITION.TWO 1/2" BOLTS WERE PUT INTO THE SECOND SECTION TO PREVENT FOLDING.VICTIM CRAWLED UP CONVEYOR TO UNHOOK LOADER.IT WAS UNHOOKED AND O
LABORER WAS SLAMMING THE DOOR ON A 931B FRONT END LOADER AND PINCHED THE THUMB ON HIS RIGHT AHND-BREAKING THE BONE ON THE END OF HIS THUMB.
SLIPPED WHILE C5IMBING INTO HOPPER OF CRUSHER.WEDDING RING CAUGHT ON EDGE OF HOPPER,CUTTING INSIDE OF LEFT RING FINGER BETWEEN 1ST AND 2ND JOINTS.FINGER REQ 7 STITCHES TO CLOSE WOUND.