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EMPLOYEE HAD PLACED AN PROCTO KNIFE IN HIS RT.REAR POCKET SOMETIME DURING THE DAY LATER WHEN HE WAS PULLING ON H IS RADIO & BELT HOLDER HIS RT.HAND WAS CUT 11/2IN.LONG ON THE BACK OF HIS HAND HAND
WHILE UNLOADING ACID BARRELS FROM TRUCKS BARRELS WERE LAYING ON SIDES AND ROLLED ONTO FORKLIFT BARREL ROLLED BACK STRIKING BACK OF FORKLIFT AND BROKE OPEN AT SEAM SPLASHING ACID ON EMPLOYEE.
VICTIM WAS ATTEMPTING TO PLACE PLASTIC COVER OVER THE WINDSHIELD OF A 1 TON SPRAY TRUCK. WHILE STANDING ON THE BUMPER OF THE TRUCK, THE VICTIM LOST FOOTING AND FELL APPROX. 32 IN. TO THE GROUN D AND TWISTED HIS KNEE.
TOOL BOX DOOR O3 UTILITY TRUCK CAME OPEN, WHEN EMPLOYEE BENT OVER TO PICK UP A TOOL HE HAD DROPPED. THE SOOR STRUCK HIM, CUTTING HIS RITHT EYEBROW.
TRUCK DRIVER WA8 WAITING IN CAR WHILE LOADER WAS LAODING TRUCK. LOADER DROPPED A LARGE ROCK IN BED OF TRUCK. TRUCK BOUNCED. DRIVERS ELBOW BOUNCED ON WINDOW SILL ON WHICH HE WAS RESTING HIS ARM , APPEARED TO B9 A MINOR BUMP.
NOT SURE . HE N2TICED EYE IRRITATION AFTER WORK WED 6-30-86 HE WENT TO DR ON FRIDAY 8-1-86 DR FOUND FORIEGN BODY EYE AND IDENTIFIED IT WAS PIECE OF PORCEL AIN HE HAD BEEN WORKING AT REPLACING CERAMIC WEAR PL5NTES ON 7/30 AND ALTHOUGH REMEMBERS NO INCIDENT CONCLUDED IT MUST HAVE HAPPEN TO THEM.
FULL NACN FLO-B3N HAD BEEN PLACED ON ELEVATED PLATFORM VICTIM CLIMBED LADDER TO PLATFORM REPLACED CHAINS AT RAILING OPENING WHERE BIN PASSES THROUGH RAILING & THEN ATTEMPTED TO OPEN SLIDING GA TE AT BOTTOM OF3BIN TO START FEEDING NACN HE HAD AN IMPACT TOOL WITH A SLIDING WT BUT PULLED ON THE TOOL WHEN STICKING GATE GAVEWAY HE LOST BALANCE FELL THRU CHAIN 8FT TO FLOOR BELOW
VICTIM WAS DRIV3NG 35 T WABCO TRUCK WAS WAITING WHILE DOZER PUSHED MUCK TO FRONT END LOADER DOZER BUMPED RT REAR OF T RUCK VICTIM ALLEGES WHIPLASH TYPE INJURY NO TREATMENT WAS SOUGHT TILL 3 2 25 86 WHEN SHE 4AS RX PHYSICAL THERAPY UNTIL THEN NOT REPORTABLE
WHILE LOADING TRUCKS WITH LOADER BUCKET SLIPPED OFF LARGE ROCK JARRING OPERATOR LOWER BACK STRAIN
EMP WAS TAKING 8AMPLES FROM DRILL CUTTINGS WHEN CLOTHING CAUGHT ON AUGER, THROWING EMPLOYEE INTO CATHEAD ASSEMBLY. EMPLOYEE CUT BACK OF HEAD, WHICH RESULTED IN 3 STITCHES
BACKING FRONTEND LOADER RUN OVER ROCK JARRING VICTIMS BACK DID NOT REPORT INCIENDT UNTIL LUNCH BREAK BACK STRAIN
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A SHAFT ON A NEW ROLL CRUSHER. THE SHAFT ROLLED AND PINNED HIS RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THE SHAFT AND BEARING BLOCK. RESULTING-LACERATIONS AND FRACTURE. (TWO PERSONS WERE A SSISTING EMPLOYEE AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT).