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EE CHANGING A TIRE ON A LOADER. VERY WINDY & DUSTY. METAL CHIP GOT UNDER SAFETY GLASSES BEING WORN & IMBEDDED IN EYE.
EE WAS CUTTING PLASTIC TUBING WITH A KNIFE. HE SLIPPED AND CUT HIMSELF. FOUR SUTURES TO CLOSE THE CUT ON THE BACK OF HIS LEFT THUMB WERE REQUIRED.
EE TRIPPED ON AN OBSTRUCTION.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING ON GRAVEL ROAD IN A PICKUP TRUCK. A ROCK WAS THROWN UP BY A TIRE STRIKING A FRONT TOOTH. THE TOOTH WAS BROKEN OFF REQUIRING REPLACEMENT.
EE WAS CUTTING OPEN A CARBON BAG. THE KNIFE PULLED FREE AND HIS MOTION CONTINUED THRU TO HIS HAND. THE LEFT INDEX FINGER HAD AN INCISION WHICH REQUIRED 4 SUTURES.
INJURED BACKED UP THE SMALL AIR COMPRESOR TO BLOW OUT THE WATER LINE AT END OF SHIFT & DID NOT CALK THE WHEELS. WHEN HE LIFTED IT OFF THE HITCH & HE ATTEMPTED TO STOP IT FROM ROLLING & PUT HIS HAND ON ATHE FRONT OF THE HITCH & THE AIR COMPRESSOR PINNED HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER TO THE BUMPER OF THE PICKUP & BROKE IT.
MOVING CORE BOXES, I WAS WEARING A WAIST SUPPORT BELT FOR LOWER BACK SUPPORT BUT EVER THE COURSE OF TWO DAYS FRID SAT I STRAINED THE MUSCLES IN MY UPPOER LEFT BACK AROUND MY SHOULDER BLADE.
ACCIDENT OCCURED AT AN INTERSECTION OF AN HAUL ROAD AND PLANT/MAINTENANCE ROAD. INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS ON ATV AND DID NOT COME TO A STOP PRIOR TO CROSSING HAULROAD. BECAUSE OF THIS HE DID NOT SEE LIGHT DUTY VEHICLE WHICH WAS PARTIALY OBSTRUCTED BY THE BERM. HE PULLED IN FRONT OF THE BRONCO AND WAS STRUCK ON HIS RIGHT SIDE BY THE LEFT FRONT OF THE BRONCO.