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WIRE ROPE SPOOL BEING LOADED ONTO CRADLE FOR UNSPOOLING. FELL AND ROLLED OVER MAN'S FOOT. STEEL TOE ON BOOT ABSORBED IMPACT BUT BROKE THREE TOES.
FOLLOWING WELDING WORK DONE ON A BLAST HOLE DRILL RIB, A FIRE ERUPTED DESTROYING THE RIG. NO ONE WAS INJURED. FIRE EXTINGUISHERS FROM THE RIG WERE USED AND LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT ALSO ASSISTED IN QUELLING THE FIRE.
EMP WAS LIFTING35 GAL BUCKET OF GREASE ONTO TRACKS OF DRAGLINE WHEN HE WRENCHED HIS BACK
EMPLOYEES WERE 7HANGING TRACKS ON FIAT ALLIS HD-31 THE COME-ALONG THAT WAS USED TO PULL THE ROLLER IN PLACE BROKE AND THE ROLLER FELL ON THE FOREARM
EMP WAS REPAIRI3G CUTTING EDGE ON DOZER WHEN HE HIT HIS ELBOW ON THE EDGE OF THE BLADE
EE WAS GRINDING WELD ON DRAGLINE BUCKET. WHILE WORKING IN A CROUCHED POSITION THE GRINDER SLIPPED STRIKING HIM ON THE LOWER LEFT LEG.
EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING NEW TEETH ON DRAGLINE BUCKET WHEN A SLIVER OF METAL FLEW UPWARD AND LODGED IN HIS RIGHT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING A BOOM CABLE ON A DRAGLINE WHEN THE CABLE SNAPPED AND STRUCK HIM ON THE FOREHEAD ABOVE THE RIGHT EYEBROW.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING CONDITION OF RECENTLY PURCHASED PUMP HE WS LOOSENING A NUT WHEN THE WRENCH SLIPPED AND PINCHED HIS FINGERS
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A SPREADER BAR FROM THE SHOVEL BUCKET WHEN HE SPRAINED THE MUSCLES IN HIS LOWER BACK.