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WORKER WAS TIGHTENING BOLTS ON EQUIPMENT AND ON HIS WAY DOWN THE CATWALK LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL.
WORKING ON JAW CRUSHER. ATTEMPTING TO LOWER WEDGE TO RESET OPENING. WEDGE BOUND UP. EMPLOYEE HIT IT WITH SLEDGE HAMMER TO MAKE IT DROP SEVERAL TIMES. IN FINAL ATTEMPT INJURY INCURRED. WED GE DROPPED SUDDENLY WHILE WORKER WAS TURNING NUTBY HAND. LITTLE FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN NUT & SURFACE WHERE NUT RESTS.
EMPLOYEE LIFTED INDUSTRIAL TYPE BATTERY WITHOUT ASSISTANCE, HURTING BACK-LOW BACK STRAIN.
ROCK FROM LOADER JUMPED HIT KNEE
I NAME WAS LOOSENING A BOLT BOLT BECAME LOOSE SUDDENLY & IN NAME JUMPED APPROX 51/2-6FT LANDING ON HIS FEET BREAKING BOTH HEELS
EMPLOYEE GOING UP STAIRS TURNING ANKLE CAUSING SPRAIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS WE5DING METAL THE SLAG POPPED AND HIT HIM IN THE FACE. WE WERE NOT INFORMED AT CALL BY EMPLOYEE WHAT HAPPEN JUST ACID HE HAD BEEN HANVING FOOACHE AND HAD A DR APPT. WAS TOLD BY HI PARENT THAT EVE3ING SAID HAD WELDER HOT WITH HAND ON LOST STEEL GOT THINGS IN EYE.
EMPLOYEE ATTEMP7ED TO CLEAN HEAD PULLEY WITHOUT TURNING OFF POWER TO THE MECHILE. IN THE PROCESS THE SHOVEL WAS CAUGHT IN THE PULLEY PULLING HIS HAND INTO THE HEAD PULLEY ALSO CONVEYOR TOUGHIN ROLL HOME MAKE1