WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF RUBBER BELTING, HIS HAND SLIPPED AND ACCIDENTLY STABBED HIMSELF.
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Showing all 5EE WAS USING COMPRESSED AIR HOSES WITH NOZZLE TO CLEAN EQUIPMENT PARTS AIR STREAM DEFLECTED AND CARRIED FOREIGN PARTICLE INTO LEFT EYE NO EYE PROTECTION WAS IN USE.
EMPL CUTTING RUBBER BELTING,KNIFE SLIPPED AND WENT INTO EMPL LOWER LEFT LEG LEAVING A GASH ABOUT 1" LONG 3/4"DEEP.STITCHES INSIDE AND OUT -TOTAL OF 5.
DRIVING AN E-2 OUT INTO A BROKEN BOLT IN BACK HOE TRACK FRAME WITH A BALL PEEN HAMMER WHEN A PIECE OF METAL BROKE OFF E-Z OUT & FLEW INTO HIS RT EYE
EMBANKMENT BEHIND & UNDERNEATH TRUCKS REAR AXLE SETTLED CAUSING REAR AXLE TO DROP ENOUGHT TO TIP TRUCK OVER BVACKWARD WHILE IT WAS DUMPING ITS LOAD OF OVERBURDEN. DOZER OPERATOR FROM HIS VEHIC LE MOTIONED FOR TRUCK TO STOP ABOUT 10' FROM EDGE OF BANK. APPARENTLY STILL LEFT REAR AXLE ON FRES FILL WHEN DRIVER BEGAN DUMPING LOAD REST OF FILL SLID RESULTING IN TRUCK TIPPING OVER. TRUCK