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CLEANING UP AROUND PREP PLANT ON BOBCAT RAN OVER 2X4 WITH BOBCAT. BOBCAT BOUNCED HIT SCREEN ON BOBCAT.
EMPL HAD BEEN OPERATING HIGH-LIFT LOADING COAL.LIFT GUAGE INDICATED LIFT WAS OVER HEATING.STOPPED LIFT AND WALKED OUT ONTO MOTOR HOUSING TO CHECK.PUT FOOT ON TOP OF RADIATOR CAP AND TWISTED A LITTLE WITH FOOT ON IT TO LET PRESSURE OFF.HEARD RADIATOR SPEW AND THOUGHT OK,WHEN HE LIFTED FOOT OFF CAP,WATER AND STEAM BLEW OUT HITTING HIM.
EMPL WAS WAORKING ON SCOOP IN SHOP & HAD HOLD OF SCOOP BUCKET. BUCKET LOWERED & CAUGH HIS FINGERS BETWEEN BUCKET & FLOOR, MASHING HIS FINGERS & CUT OFF END OF RING FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS PI7KING UP ROCKS FROM UNDER THE COAL HOPPER,THROWING THE ROCKS OUT TO WHERE THEY COULD BE PICKED UP BY THE HIGH-LIFT AND CARRIED OFF.