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HEAVY RAIN- ACCUMULATED DRILL CUTTINGS. EMPLOYEE STEPPED ONTO WET DIRTY PLATFORM AND FELL BACKWARD. INJURY OCCURRED WHEN HE TRIED TO BREAK HIS FALL; CONTUSION TO ELBOW OCCURRED.
EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING METAL & PIECES OF SLAG FLEW UP BEHIND HIS GOGGLES BEING WORN & BECAME LODGED IN HIS L EYE
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING OUT UNDER FEEDER, AND ROCK FELL AND HIT HIM ON THE HEAD. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING HIS HARD HAT BUT ROCK CAUSED DAMAGE TO HIS BACK AND SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE REMOVING FROZEN WHEEL BEARING ON COMPANY TRUCK, A BEARING RACE CHIPPED AND A PIECE WENT INTO EMPLOYEES RIGHT HAND, EMBEDDING IN THE BONE.
EMPL CLAIMS HE WAS JARRED WHEN THE SHOVEL DROPPED A DIPPER FULL OF ROCK INTO HIS TRUCK BED WHILE THE TRUCK WAS STILL BACKING UP
EMPL STRUCK BY BALL OF FLAME WHEN EXPLOSION OCCURRED WHILE SITTING ON ELECTROWINNING CELL REMOVING WATER HOSE.
12' X 8" STEEL I BEAM WAS BEING LIFTED AT ONE END BY I NAME AND W NAME ABOUT 10" HIGH FOR BLCOKING PAIN INLOWER ABDOMEN AND GROIN AREA BEGAN WHEN STEEL WAS RELEASED
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS HE WAS STRUCK IN THE FACE BY A PIECE OF METAL WHEN A POWER RAM SLIPPED UNDER PRESUURE DURING AN ATTEMPT TO REMOVE A LARGE BEARING FROM A SHAFT.
EMPL WORKED 10 HOURS ON 9-26-88 HE DID NO REPORT AN INJURY ON THIS DATE THE NEXT DAY HE CALLED IN SICK AND SAID HE HAD HURT HIS BACK BUTDID NOT INDICAT THAT IT HAD OCCURRED ATWORK HE WAS ONLY EMPLOYED WITH US FOR ONE DAY
LOST GRIP WHEN IDLER ASSEMBLY MOVED AND FELL APPROX 6 FT FROM ELEVATED TRUSS. LOST HIS BALANCE AND TRIED TO GRAB ON TO A BOLT BUT BOLT WAS NOT TIGHTENED.