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WHEN REPAIRING COMPANY VEHICLE EE WAS REMOVING AIR HOSE GUARD IT WAS STUCK SO HE JARRED IT LOOSE & HE FELL ON HIS RIGHT FOOT.
RORY AND CARL MITCHELL WERE PULLING OUT THE DE ENERGIZED 416 CABLE IN AN ATTEMPT TO LOCATE THE FAULT IN THE CABLE AS THEY PULLED ON THE CABLE THE OLD COLUMN OF DIRT FROM PREVIOUS TRENCH TOPPLE TRAPPING RORY BETWEEN IT AND THE SOUTH WALL OF THE TRENCH RORY SUFFERED FOUR BROKEN RIBS AND A BROKEN COLLAR BONE
HARWOOD WAS UNLOADING A BUNDLE OF FIVE GRADER EDGERS FROM THE FORKS OF THE FORKLIFT BY TILTING THE FORKS FORWARD AND PULLING THE EDGES TOWARD HERSELFT THE EDGES SLID RAPIDLY FRONM THE FORKS PI PINNING MARY ANKLE BETWEEN THE EDGES AND A GEAR
LIFTING A RAIL ROAD RAIL WITH A JOINT BAR THE RAIL TURNED OVER STRIKING EMPLOYEES LEFT FOOT.
EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING A CUT PIPE TO MAKE A HOSE CLAMP FOR A FARM TRACTOR WHEN THE GLASS GUARD SLIPPED DOWN BLOCKING HIS VIEW AND IN THE PROCESS THE CUT PIPE CAUGHT IN THE GRINDER PULLING HIS T HUMB INTO THE GRINDER CAUSING TO REMOVE THE SKIN AND FLESH WHICH REQUIRED STITCHING
BILL SUFFERED A FX TO HIS RT FIBULA WHEN HIS LEG WAS STRUCK BY A 40 FOOT SECTION OF THE BOOM CORD WHICH WS BEING PLACED ONTO THE AUTOCAR WINCH TRUCK
OPERATOR LOST CONTROL OF A SERVICE TRUCK GOING DOWN A 7% GRADE FAILED TO NEGOTIATE A 60 DEG TURNING THE TRUCK OVER TRAPPING THE OPERATOR IN THE TRUCK CAB BRUISES AND MUSCLES STRAIN RESULTED
KEE WAS HOLDING THE CABLE ROPE THAT WAS LOOPED AROUND CABLE HOOKS ON REVOLVING FRAME OF THE MACHINE TO TIE OFF WITH THE ROPE SLIPPED OFF AND KEE FELL BACKWARDS ON THE GROUND
EMPL AND OTHERS ATTEMPTING TO LAY FLAT A DRAGLINE PINION GEAR ON MACHINE SHOP FLOOR....GEAR TWISTED AND CHAIN CAUGHT ON GEAR TEETH AND WHEN CAIN CAME LOOSE EMPL RIGHT THUMB CAUGHT BETWEEN CHA IN AND GEAR.
EE WAS IN T HE PROCESS OF REMOVING THE OUTER JACKET FROM A HIGH VOLTAGE POWER CABLE, WHEN HIS STRIPPING KNIFE SLIPPED & LACERATED HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER.
POWER CABLE.
EMP WAS DRIVING SHAFT INTO SWING GEAR WHEN SLEDGE HAMMER RICOCHET OFF AND WEIGHT OF SLEDGE HAMMER FELL AND RT LITTLE FINGER CAUUGHT BETWEEN GEAR EDGE AND HAMMER HANDLE CAUSING LACERATION