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WAS BENT OVER WHEN HE GOT UP HE HIT HIS HEAD ON A PIECE OF ANGLE.
WAS BENT OVER, WHEN HE GOT UP HE HIT HIS HEAD.
HE WAS WALKING AND TRIPPED IN A DITCH. TWISTED HIS ANKLE.
THE VICTIM WAS CARRYING 9 RUBBER SKIMMERS UP PLANT STAIRS. BALANCE WAS LOST & HE GRABBED ONTO THE HAND RAILING. THE VICTIM SUFFERED A RUPTURE TO THE ABDOMINAL MUSCLES ABOUT 3" ABOVE HIS NAVAL. A SEVERE PAIN WAS FELT & THOUGHT IT WAS FOR CONCERN. HE WAS EXAMINED & HAS TO GET MINOR SURGERY 10/07/97.
EE WAS REMOVING DRAIN DOOR FOR WASHING BOX WITH SOCKET WRENCH. THE WEIGHT OF THE MATERIAL THAT WAS IN THE BOX PUSHED DOOR OUT AND TRAPPED THE LEFT WRIST AND HAND BETWEEN THE DOOR AND A DRAIN C HUTE.
ROCK FELL OUT OF BUCKET. WHEN HIGHLIFT WAS BACKING UP HE RAN OVER THE ROCK CAUSING HIGHLIFT TO BOUNCE.
EE WAS STOMPING MUD FROM FEET WHEN SOMETHING PENETRATED BOOT AND PUNCTURED RT FOOT.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON THE PUMP TRYING TO LOOSEN A BOLT, HIS HAND SLIPPED OFF THE WRENCH & BRUSHED AGAINST A PIECE OF RUSTY METAL, CAUSING CUTS BY THE KNUCKLES OF THE FIRST TWO FINGERS OF HIS RIGHT HAND.
HE WAS USING A TORCH TO CUT A SCREEN FOR REMOVAL. WHEN SCREEN WAS BEING REMOVED HIS LEG BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN THE SCREEN AND THE CHUTE. THE AREA OF SCREEEN JUST CUT WAS HOT & RESULTED IN A BUR N TO HIS LEFT LEG JUST ABOVE THE TOP OF HIS BOOT.