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CLIMBING ACROSS A PUSHARM TO PUT A STRUT ON THE BLADE OF THE DOZER WHEN HE STEPPED INTO A HOLE IN THE GROUND CAUSING HIS RIGHT ANKLE TO TWIST AND BREAK.
EMPL SENT TO PICK UP REPAIR PARTS FOR JOB.EMPL DRIVING OWN VEHICLE,ROUNDED BLIND CURVE AND WAS STRUCK HEAD ON BY ONCOMING COAL TRUCK.SEE ATTCH: ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON COUNTY ROAD,RTE 3416.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING THE LADDER TO GET INTO HIS ROCK TRUCK AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF CAUSING HIM TO HURT HIS BACK.
EE WAS RUNNING A DOZER AND STOPPED TO CHECK WATER LEVEL IN THE RADIATOR. WHEN HE TOOK THE RADIATOR CAP OFF, WATER BLEW OUT ONTO BOTH HIS LEGS, BURNING THEM BADLY.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING AN INGERSOLL RAND DRILL. DURING OPERATION, HE THOUGHT HE SAW A WATER LEAK ON THE RADIATOR. HE LEFT THE MACHINE RUNNING, AND PUT HIS HAND ON THE RADIATOR TO DETERMINE IF THE LEAK WAS OIL OR WATER. WHEN HE DID THIS, HIS LEFT HAND CAUGHT ON THE FAN BLADES. THE FAN BLADE AMPUTATED HIS LEFT RING FINGER AT THE FIRST JOINT.