CEDAR CREEK PORTABLE Metal/Non-Metal

EE WAS WALKING OVER TO STOP A CONVEYOR AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE WALKING ON A ROCK CAUSING A STRAIN.

EE WAS GETTING OFF HIS LOADER AND GOT HIS LEG H UNG UP ON THE TRACK AND HE FELL DOWN CAUSING A MILD SPRAIN TO HIS RIGHT KNEE.

THE EMPLOYEE IS MEXICAN AND COMMUNICATION IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE WITHOUT AN INTERPRETOR. HE ALLEGES HIS EYE WAS SWELLING BECAUSE OF THE HEAT. HE COULD NOT GIVE A DATE FOR INJURY. HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR WITHOUT TELLING HIS SUPERVISOR AND A FEW DAYS LATER REPORTED IT AS WORK RELATED. HE SAW THE DOCTOR ON 7/13/00 AND BROUGHT BACK A NOTE STATING NOT TO RETURN TO WORK UNTIL 7/16/00.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON THE CRUSHING PLANT AND GOT HIS FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO PIECES OF IRONAND HE SLIPPED AND FELL CAUSING STRAIN AND SUPERFICIAL LACERATION TO HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER.

EE WAS BREAKING A LARGE ROCK WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER & WHEN HE LIFTED IT, HE STRAINED HIS BACK

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A ROCK HAMMER. HE WAS INSTRUCTED TO LEAVE THE WINDOW CLOSED ON THE EQUIPMENT. WHEN SUPERVISOR LEFT, EMPLOYEE OPENED THE WINDOW AND A ROCK FLEW IN AND HIT HIM IN THE CHEE K, LACERATING HIS LEFT CHEEK. 5 STITCHES WERE REQUIRED TO CLOSE WOUND.

EE WAS INSTALLING V-BOLTS ON A SCREEN AND FELL WHILE MOVING OFF THE SCREEN. HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A BRUISED RIB CAGE.

EE WAS SHOVELING DIRT WITH A SPADE SHOVEL AND EXPERIENCED LOW BACK STRAIN.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A TORCH TO BURN HOLES FOR A KNEE BRACE ON THE LEGS OF A CONVEYOR AND THE TORCH HOSE HUMG UP ON THE BELT AND PULLED THE TORCH OUT OF HIS HAND AND BURNT HIS LEFT FOREARM IT WA S MINOR AND FIRST AID WAS ADMINISTERED. BY 2-9-98, INFECTION WAS IN THE BURN AND HE WAS SENT TO THE DR. ON 2-10-98 FOR ANTIBIOTIC SALVE AND MEDICATION.