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AFTER BEING TOLD TO GO TO BAGHOUSE, TURN OFF MACHINERY & GO HOME, INSTEAD EE GOT ON THE FORKLIFT & WAS RACING AROUND THE BUILDINGS WHEN HE SPUN AROUND HE FLIPPED OVER.
FELL ON SEAT OF WORK BARGE. FELL 10 INCHES BUT HE DID NOT STRIKE ANYTHING WITH HIS SHOULDER, BACK OR NECK. WAS GOING TO SIT IN THE SEAT AND HIS HAND SLIPPED AS HE WAS TRYING TO SIT DOWN.
WAS WORKING ON DRYER & TRUNION--PRY BAR SLIPPED CAUSING SHAFT & TRUNION TO FALL ON LITTLE FINGER OF RIGHT HAND CAUSING LACERATION/FRACTURE.
STORED ENERGY FROM DOOR SPRING WAS RELEASED BY EE CAUSING DOOR BRACKET TO STRIKE LEFT WRIST.
STANDING ON TOP OF THE TANKER, STEPPED ONTO OPEN LID AND FELL.
DRIVER FOR TENTON CAME INTO PICK A LOAD ALLEGED THAT HE STEPPED IN A HOLE INJURYING HIS BACK.
WINCH HANDLE RECOILED, STRIKING RIGHT INDEX FINGER, FRACTURE TO RIGHT INDEX FINGER.
CRANE BOOM SHIFTED WHILE FINGER WAS INSIDE THE ALIGNMENT HOLE, CUTTING OFF TIP OF FINGER WITH ONLY A SMALL PORTION OF ANIL BED REMAINING.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING FORKLIFT. HE WAS MOVING WOODEN PALLETS AND HAD BEEN STACKING PALLETS FROM WHICH HE WAS BACKING UP, LOST CONTROL OF FORKLIFT (AS BACKING). BACKED INTO SHALLOW DITCH, CAUS ING FORKLIFT TO OVERTURN. EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO JUMP FROM FORKLIFT, BUT SAFETY PROTECTIVE DEVICE HIT EMPLOYEE, KNOCKING HIM TO GROUND. HAD FORKS TOO HIGH.