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EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A FLYWHEEL FROM A TRUCK WHEN HE SPRAINED HIS RIGHT WRIST.
EMP WAS STEAM CLEANING TRUCKS. AFTER A FEW HOURSSHE EXPERIENCED A TINGLING SENSATION IN RIGHT ARM. NEXT MORNING SHE AWOKE WITH NUMBNESS IN ARM AND HAND.
WHILE ADDING COOLANT TO RADIATOR, MECHANIC LOST HIS FOOTING AND SLIPPED OFF OF LEFT KNEE, STRAINED ONLY.
EMPLOYEE WAS PLCING A FULL FUEL CAN 5 GAL. INTO BED OF TRUCK WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN THE PALM OF HIS HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRAINING OIL TO SEVICE VEHICLE. OIL HIT DRAIN PAN ADN SPLASHED INTO EMPLOYEE'S EYE.
EE, A MECHANIC, BENT DOWN TO PICK UP A CHUTE AND WHEN HE AROSE, STURCK HIS HEAD ON FLOP CHUTE. LACERATION ON SCALP AND MEDICAL TREATMENT REQUIRED (STITCHES).
EE WAS REPAIRING A CONVEYOR BELT WHEN THE LOADER BUCKET IN WHICH HE WAS STANDING ABRUPTLY AND RAPIDLY DESCENDED APPROX 6 INCHES. HE DID NOT FALL OR HIT HIMSELF BUT WAS JARRED.
A MECHANIC WAS ADJUSTING HYDRAULIC CHUTE RAM AND ASKED THIS EMPLOYEE TO HOLD PRESSURE DOWN ON FLOP CHUTE. EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING DOWN WITH BOTH HANDS ABOVE HIS HEAD WHEN THE FLOP CHUTE CAME DOWN AND TOGETHER AND SEVERED BOTH OF HIS THUMBS. LEFT THUMB SEVERED AT 1ST KNUCKLE, RIGHT THUMB AT NAIL BED.
EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING INSIDE A SCRAPER IN AN AWKWARD POSITION WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE, SLIPPED, FELL AND SPRAINED HIS LEFT ANKLE. AT TIME OF INCIDENT, EMPLOYEE WAS HAMMERING A STEEL WEDGE WITH A SMALL HAMMER.
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING DIRT FROM UNDER THE WASHPLANT WHEN JOB COMPLETED EMPLOYEE FELT A STRAIN OR PULL IN GROIN/TESTICLE
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A HAMMER TO DRIVE BOLTS OUT OF SCREEN BOX. HAMMER BOUNCED OFF BOLT STRIKING FOREHEAD ABOVE LEFT EYE, CAUSING A LACERATION.
EMPLOYEE WAS GREASING WASHPLANT,SLIPPED WHEN CROSSING OVER MOTOR FROM INCLINE BELT TO T BELT;TWISTED RIGHT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING SHOP HOIST TO LIFT THE "HEACHACHE RACK" BACK ONTO THE LOADER. AN EYE BOLT SHEARED, DROPPING THE RACK TO THE FLOOR. THE EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON THE LOADER WHEN THE RACK FELL , IT STRUCK HIS LEFT ARCH, FRACTURING HIS MEDICARPAL.
EMPLOYEE TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE WHILE WALKING UP FEEDER BELT ON WASH PLANT. CLIMBING UP CONVEYOR TO SERVICE EQUIPMENT, HE SLIPPED AND LOST HIS BALANCE, ALTHOUGH HAND RAIL WAS BEING USED.
EMPLOYEE IS EXTREMELY OVERWEIGHT. HE WAS INSTALLING AN ELETRICAL LINE IN A THREE (3) FOOT TRENCH. HE TRIPPED CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE AND LANDED WITH ALL HIS WEIGHT ON RIGHT ARM.