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EE WAS ALLEGEDLY INJURED WHEN THE JACK HE WAS USING SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL AND INDUCING THE INJURY TO HIS BACK.
INJURED WAS USING KNIFE TO TRIM A PIECE OF CONVEYOR BELT. THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT HIS LEFT HAND,IT TOOK TEN STITCHES TO CLOSE THE CUT.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING SLATE BAR TO DISLODGE MUD FROM FEEDER WHEN BAR STRUCK CONCRETE TOP OF FEEDER SUDDEN IMPACT JARRED HIS LEFT HAND RESULTING IN A CRACKED BONE IN HIS LEFT HAND
EMPLOYEE WAS BEING PLACED IN POSTION TO WELD BRACKETS FOR CONDUIT. WHEN MOVING BOOM BUCKET TO LEFT, GRABBERS NEEDED TO BE RETRACTED TO PLACE BUCKET IN POSITION. EMPLOYEE HAD PLACED HIS HAND IN A PINCH POINT AMPUTATING DISTAL END OF RIGHT THUMB.
EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING FITTING ON HYDRAULIC PUMP. COMBINATION WRENCH BROKE. EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT HAND STRUCK AGAINST METAL FRAMEWORK, LACERATING TOP OF RIGHT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ELECTRICAL WIRES THROUGH CONDUIT WITH LIMITED ACCESS, REQUIRING A SIDE PULL MOTION STARINED MUSCLES IN BACK AREA.
EMPLOYEE WAS POSITIONING SHEET METAL SIDING TO BE SCREWED INTO PLACE. SHEET SLIPPED FROM EMPLOYEE'S GRASP, STRIKING AND LACERATING LEFT WRIST.
EMPL STEPPED DOWN FROM CRANETO ASSIST IN MOVING WANGLE BRACES L FOOT TWISTED AS HE PUT WEIGHT ON IT SPRAINING ANKLE
EMPLOYEE WAS CLOSING THE CRUSHER CHUTE DOOR WHEN HIS BACK STARTING HURTING HIM.
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A JACK FROM UNDERNEATH THE SCALES WHEN HE JACK SLIPPED OUT AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE S LEFT HAND.
AS HE WAS PULLING A "TRAMP" METAL MAGNET AWAY FROM A BELT HEAD IN ORDER TO CLEAN IT, THE PULLEY CAME OFF THE MAGNET AND STRUCK HIM IN THE CHEST, WHICH BRUISED HIS CHEST. THE BUISE SEEMED TO B E UNIMPORTANT AT THAT TIME ON 5-27-88, BUT HE LATER HAD A LUMP COME UP WHICH A DOCTOR LOOKED AT AND REMOVED ON 8-4-88. (LUMP WAS BLOOD CLOT).
EMP. WAS UNHOOKING CHAIN WHEN VEHICLE ROLLED FOWARD TIGHTENING CHAIN. EMP. HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN CHAIN AND VEHICLE.
AS HE WAS INSTLLING COUPLERS ON A PIPE, HE BENT OVER THE PIPE AND HIS KNEE WENT OUT OF JOINT.