OPERATOR WAS OPERATING THE MOTOR GRADER SMOOTHING LOOSE DIRT. THE RIGHT RAISE LEVER STARTED POPPING IN AND OUT AS THE MULLBOARD BECAME FULL OF DIRT THE OPERATOR WAS STRUCK ON THE RIGHT HAND WH EN HE REACHED FOR THE LEVER TO STOP IT
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Showing all 4EMPLOYEE DIRECTING A LOADER STEPPED ON A PATCH OF ICE AND FELL WRENCHING BACK UNDERGOING MEDICAL TREATMENT STILL NOT BACK TO WORK PERHAPS ANOTHER WEEK
WELDER STANDING ON A 4"X8" BOARD ON GROUND-WELDING ON A CRUSHER STEPPED OFF BOARD AND TRIPPED. POKED INSIDE CORNER OF RIGHT EYE WITH HOT END OF ROD IN THE STINGER HE WAS HOLDING 1ST DEGREE BUR N ON SKIN AROUND EYE AND INFLAMMATION OF EYE.
A SNOWY AFTERNOON, SORTING WOOD, I STEPPED OVER A PILE F WOOD, TO ATTAIN A NEEDED PIECE. A PEICE OF WOOD, WHIHC WAS COVERED WITH SNOW. DROVE A 20\ NAIL INTO MY RIGHT FOOT, CAUSING LITTLE OR NO DAMAGE. THE REASON FOR GOING TO THE HOSPITAL WAS A COMPANY POLICY FALL-SAFE.