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EE WAS WALKING THRU YARD WHEN HE SLIPPED ON ICE AND FELL ONTO HIS LEFT SHOULDER.
EE WAS PUSHING A PIN OUT WITH A BAR AND THE BAR SLIPPED HITTING HIM IN THE LEFT CHEEK.
EE WAS CLIMBING UP TO GET INTO OPERATORS COMPARTMENT WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL TO THE GROUND.
EE WAS EXITING CAB ON EXCAVATOR. WHILE CLIMBING DOWN LADDER, HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF RUNG. HE CAUGHT HIMSELF, BUT TWISTED BACK. EE EXPERIENCED LOWER BACK PAIN AND NUMBNESS IN RIGHT LEG.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A CONVEYOR BELT ADJUSTER & FELT PAIN IN BACK.
A STEEL CROSSBRACE WAS BEING LOWERED TO THE GROUND WITH A BOOM TRUCK HOIST. TWO EMPLOYEES WERE HOLDING EACH OF THE BRACE TO GUIDE IT. ONE EE UNEXPECTEDLY LET GO OF THE BRACE CAUSING IT TO STRI KE THE OTHER EMPLOYEE IN THE UPPER RIGHT THIGH.
WHILE OPERATING BOBCAT IN A BARGE, BOBCAT BUCKETHIT A PIECE OF STEEL AT THE BOTTOM OF THE BARGE WHICH STOPPED THE MACHINE. OPERATOR HIT HIS CHEST INTO HE SAFETY PADDED HARNESS PROVIDED BY THE MANUFACTURER. HE WAS ALSO WEARING A SEAT BELT.
EE OPERATING A 245B EXCAV. EXCAV DEVELOPED A HYD LEAK. OPERATOR SHUR DOWN MACHINE & WENT TO HYD TANK AND STARTED TO REMOVE CAP. OIL SPLASHED UP WITH PRESSURE. OPERATOR HAD SOME OIL SPLASH IN H IS FACE & EYE.
EE STATED THAT HIS BACK WAS HURTING FROM RUNNING THE BOBCAT AND BANGING DOORS ON 3/8/00. ON 3/9/00 THE EE JUMPED OFF OF THE EXCAVATOR HE WAS RUNNING AND MADE THE BACK PAIN WORSE (AN UNSAFE ACT ). HE IS BEING TREATED BY A CHIROPRACTOR FOR SPINAL MANIPULATION.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPENING RAIL CAR DOORS WITH AN IRONBAR. THE BAR SLIPPED AND SWUNG BACK, HITTING HIM IN THE FACE.
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A BATTERY FROM A MACK TRUCK AND WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CARRYING IT AWAY WHEN IT EXPLODED IN HIS FACE.