INJURED HAD HEATED A PUMP SHAFT FOR EASIER REMOVAL WHEN HE TOUCHED HIS LEFT FOREARM AGAINST IT WHILE REMOVING THE SLEEVE AT THE MACHINE SHOP HE DIDNT REALIZE HIS ARM WAS THAT CLOSE TO THE MET AL HE CLEANED THE MINOR BURN BUT IT BECAME INFECTED OVER THE WEEKEND HE OBTAINED AN ANTIBIOTIC TABS FROM HIS OWN DR PHONING IN A PRESCRIPTION IT BECAME IMPROVED AND HE RETURNED TO WORK ON HI
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Mostrando 50 de 53INJURED WAS JACKHAMMERING A CONCRETE WALKWAY AT BASE OF 30 IN HIGH FOUNDATION WALL HIS HANDHOLD WAS POSITIONED ABOVE THE WALL AND AT 90 DEG TO IT AS THE CONCRETE BROKE AWAY THE JACKHAMMER D ROPPED ABOUT 4 IN CATCHING HIS LEFT RING FINGER IN BETWEEN THE JACKHAMMER HANDLE AND THE TOP OF THE CONCRETE WALL WEARING GLOVES DECRESED THE EXTENT OF THE INJURY
INJURED & FELLOW WORKER WERE MANUALLY LOADING A SHORT BULK CEMENT RAIL C AR VIA A 10IN.DOWNSPOUT HOSE AS THEY STOOD ON TOP A SURGE OF MATERIAL KICKED THE HOSE OUT OF THE CAR OPENING SPLASHING CEMENT UP INTO THEIR FACE INJURED REMOVED TOP SHIRT USING INSIDE OF IT TO WIPE CEMENT OFF HIS FACE & EYES SO HE COULD SEE TO GET OFF THE RAIL CAR TO WASHOUT HIS EYES HE SENT A FELLOW WORK
INJURED HAD JUST FINISHED WELDING AGAINST A HANDRAIL OUTSIDE KILN FLOOR WHEN HE TURNED HIS HEAD AND RAISED HIS WELDING HELMET A PARTICLE OF MATERIAL POPPED OFF THE WELD AND TOUCHED HIS LEFT EY E THE SPOT WOULDNT IRRIGATE OFF THE DR WAS ABLE TO LIFT IT OFF THE SURFACE AND HE RETURNED TO WORK THE FOLLOWING DAY MOVING FARTHER AWAY OR WEARING SAFETY GLASSES UNDER HIS WELDING SHIELD WOU
ASSISTING FELLOW WORKER IN REMOVING BAGS FROM THIER WIRE FRAMES. INJURED WASS TANDING NEAR A STACK OF FRAMES, NOT ALLOWING HIMSELF ENOUGH WORK SPACE, WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS FOOT ON A FRAME AND LO ST HIS BALANCE. HE FELL TO THE GROUND, CATCHING HIMSELF WITH HIS LEFT HAND. HE REQUESTED MEDCIAL CARE. SPRAINED FOREARM MUSCLE STRAIN AND TENDONITIS.
EMPLOYEE HAD BE9N DRIVING CAT TRUCK #17 ON THUR. 1-28-88, REPORTED LEAKING WATER PUMP AT END OF DAY. HE ALSO HAULED ALKALI DUST FROM 3:30 -6:30 PM THAT DAY. THE UNIT HAD PUMP SEAL REPAIRED ON 1-20-88. HE DRO5E IT AGAIN, HAULING ROCK ON 2-1-88 AND HIS EYE IRRITATION CONTINUED THAT NIGHT AFTER WORK. THE TRUCK CAB WAS GONE OVER ON 2-2-88 FOR POSSIBLE FUME LEAKS. HE SAW A DR ON 2-2-88
INJURED HAD JUS7 FINISHED REPLACING WATER PUMP ON CAT 980 LOADER WHEN HE BEGAN TO DISMOUNT FROM THE CAB. HE CLOSED CAB DOOR, TURNED TO REACH FOR LADDER RAILING WHEN HIS WET RIGHT BOOT SLIPPED OFF PLATFORM. 2E FELL FORWARD ABOUT 4' TO CONCRETE PAD WITH WEIGHT PUTON HIS HANDS AS HE ROLLED TO THE SIDE. ABRASION TO LEFT HAND, STRAINED RIGHT HAND. HE REQUESTED DOCTOR'S CARE ON 1/7/88.
WORKING WITH AN2THER WORKER IN BREAKING UP SET-UP CEMNT BATTERY SILOS LOADING ANGLE CONEYOR TO REMOVE MATERIAL TO THE OUTSIDE. AT THAT REQUIRED ANGLE JUNKS OF MATERIAL WOULD ROLL OVER STEPS O N THE CONVEYOR 6ELT AND PERIODICALLY ROLL BACK DOWN THE BELT. HE WAS NOT WATCHING WHEN A CHUNK CAME BACK DOWN THE BELT AND CAUGHT HIS RIGHT FOURTH FINGER BETWEEN IT AND A CHUNK HE WAS PUSHING
INJ WAS REMOVIN1 & REATTACHING A WELDING CABLE TO WELDING MACHINE IN WELDERS ROOM. WHEN HE INSERTED THE CONNECTOR & TWISTED IT HE FELT A SHORT PAIN IN HIS LEFT WRIST. HE NEVER GAVE IT MUCH TH OUGHT BUT REPOR7ED IT TO HIS SUPV, LATER ON THE 29TH OF OCT. HE WAS TWISTING TOGETHER A R.C. 3" PIPE JOINT AND FELT ADDITIONAL PAIN. AS IT REMAINED SORE HE REQUESTED MEDICAL CARE 10-28-87. DR
INJ WAS REATTAC2ING A BOTTOM PLATE OF ALKALI BAGHOUSE CENTER COLLECTION SCREW. WHEN HE INSERTED A SCREW DUST WAS BLOWN INTO HIS EYE. REPEATED IRRIGATION OF HIS EYE WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL IN REMOV EYE IRRITATION.3MEDICAL CARE WAS REQUESTED. EYE PROTECTION WAS NOT WORN. NO FOREIGN BODY WAS FOUND IN THE EYE
INJURED WAS ASS3STING IN CLOSING KILN DOORS USING A CHAIN FALL TO PULL THEM T OGETHER AFTER DOORS WERE CLOSED A FELLOW WORKER WAS DRIVING CHAIN FALL HOOK OUT OF IT S H OLE IN DOORFRAME WHEN IT CAME LOOSE HOOK3SWUNG DOWN IN AN ARC STRIKING INJURED ON LEFT FOOT BEHINMD SMALL T OE HE SOAKED IT EACH NIGHT T HINKING IT WAS A BAD BRUISE BUT AFTER CONTINUED SORENESS HE REQUESTED MEDICAL C
HE LIFTED A 7 1/2 HP MOTOR ON TO HIS SHOULDER, CARIED IT ABOUT 80 FT TO ELEVATOR AND THEN SET IT ON THE GROUND WHEN HE ARRIVED AT GROUND LEVEL. SHORTLY AFTERWARDS HIS BACK BEGAN HURTING. HE CONTINUED WORKI3G AND NOTIFIED HIS SUPERVISOR NEAR END OF HIS SHIFT, WHEN ICE WAS APPLIED. HE WAS NOT ABLE TO REPORT TO WORK THE NEXT MORNING AND OBTAINE DMEDICAL CARE
INJURED WAS WEA9ING SAFETY GLASSES WHILE SWEEPING UP MATERIAL ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CRUSHER DRYER WHEN A FRONT END LOADER DUMPED A LOAD OF GYPSUM IN THE ADDITIVES CHUTE NEARBY AS HE LOOKED UP W IND BLEW MATERI5L DUST TOWARDS HIS FACE AND INTO HIS LEFT EYE HE REQUESTED DR CARE AFTER REPEATED IRRIGATION MEDICATION WAS PRESCRIBED AND HE RETURNED TO WORK THE NEXT DAY
INJURED WAS MOV3NG PALLET OF REPAIR PARTS TO WEST DOCK OF PACKHOUSE. HE WAS MOVING SLOWLY, BUT HE APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THERE WASN'T A REPONSE. HE REACHED HIS ARMS AROUND A CORNER SUPPORT BEA M AS THE FORKLI0T WENT OFF THE DOCK, STOPPING WITH THE FORKS SUPPORTING THE BODY AT AN ANGLE TO THE GROUND. HE THOUGHT HEHAD HIS LEFT FOOT CAUGHT MOMENTARILY BETWEEN THE FORKLIFT FRAMING AND
INJ WAS BENDING3OVER SHOVELING MATERIAL FROM UNDER THE RECLAIM CONVEYOR TAIL PULLEY WHEN HE RAISED UP TOO QUICKLY AND FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOW BACK. HE WAS AT GROUND LEVEL WHERE THE T AIL PULLE Y SETS ABOUT 106 ABOVE THE CONCRETE BASE
INJURED WAS SEA7ED BEHIND THE SEAT SAFETY BRACKET WITH UNIT NOT RUNNING BUT BUCKET ELEVATED,WAITING FOR SUPERVISOR TO FINISH TYING DOWN PIPE ACROSS BUCKET ARMS WITH A CHAIN.HE UNDERSTOOD HE WA SN'T TO STEP OU7 OR GET UP WITHOUT RAISING THE SEAT BRACKET WHICH LOCKS ALL CONTORLS WHEN DISMOUNTING.UNKNOWN TO HIS SUPERVISOR ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RAISED BUCKET HE EXTENDED HIS RIGHT FO
INJURED CAUGHT 2IS GLOVED LEFT THUMB BETWEEN INSPECTION PORT FLANGE & STGEEL BAR HE WAS USING TO BREAK UP A PLUG IN CLINKER SILO ABOVE F-0-W LACERATION WAS CLEANED OUT3 & BANDAGED HE SAW THE CO.DOC.ON 080387 BECAUSE OF CONTINUED SORENESS X-RAYS WAS NEGATIVE HE WAS REFERRED TO AN ORTHOPEDIC DOC.BECAUSE OF A KNOT AT KNUCKLE ON 092887 HE REMOV
HE WAS ASSISTIN1 WELDER IN REPAIRING A COAL MILL DUST COLLECTOR. WORK AREA REQUIRED SQUATTING AND MOVING FROM ONE FRAMEWORK TO ANOTHER. AS HE TURNED HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LEFT KNEE BUT CONTINUED WORKI3G, IT LATER BECAME SWOLLEN. HE ICED PACKED HIS KNEE THAT EVENING. DIAGNOSIS WAS A LEFT KNEE SPRAIN.
IN PROCESS OF R9MOVING C/D DRYER SCREW.WHILE HE HAD SUPPORTED THE SCREW WITH HIS CHAIN COME-A-LONG,HE WAS TAPPING THE COUPLING TO REMOVE IT WHEN THE CHAIN HOOK SLIPPED OUT OF THE CHAIN ALLOWIN G THE SCREW TO 0ALL TO THE FLOOR.IT STRUCK THE UPPER PART OF HIS LEFT FOOT.INJURY WAS ICE-PACKED AND MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS OBTAINED.
INJ WAS SHOVELI3G AWAY A PILE OF DRY MATERIAL FROM UNDER THE PRIMARY CRUSHER 60" BELT COUNTERWEIGHT BY THROWING IT OVER HIS LEFT SHOULDER. AFTER ABOUT 5 MINUTES OF SHOVELING HE FELT A PINPOINT PAIN IN HIS LOW3BACK. HIS WORK SPACE DIDNT REQUIRE HIM TO THROW THE MATERIAL OVER HIS SHOULDER. HE HAD BEEN INSTRUCTED ON PROPER LIFTING PROCEEDURE & USE OF A SHOVEL, BUT DIDNT USE HIS LEGS I
INJ WAS TAPPING3UP ON A LOWER CROSSMEMBER OF THE WAREHOUSE STORAGE RACKS TO LOWER IT A FEW NOTCHES WHEN A LOADED CROSSMEMBDR ABOVE CAME LOOSE ON THE LEFT SIDE WHICH CAUSED THE PALLET TO DIP DR OPPING A BOX OF3PILLOW BLOCK BEARINGS TO THE FLOOR. THE FALLING BOX PUSHED HIM AGAINST THE BACK RACKS WITH POSSIBLE CONTUSION TO THE LOW RIGHT BACK. X-RAYS WERE NEGATIVE. IT IS INDICATED THAT
INJURED HAD BEE3 CLOSING UNDERSIDE DOORS ON CENMENT BULK RAILROAD CARS WITH A 1 1/2 IN STEEL BAR VIA A RATCHET AND TAPPING AGAINST THE TAIL EDGE OF THE SLIDE GATE WHILE LAYING ON HIS BACK ON GROUND WHEN WA5KING AWAY HE FELT A TWINGE BETWEEN HIS SHOULER BLADES AS HE WALKED BACK TO THE SHIPPING OFFICE
REVERSING HAMME9S ON SECONDARY CRUSHER HAMMERMILL WHEN HE GOT FINGER 2ND ON RIGHT HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN 2 HAMMERS CAUSING CONTUSION/ABRASION.X-RAY NEGATIVE NO SUTURES BUT DR CLEANED AND DRESSED WOUND.ON 12-11186 HIT SAME FINGER WHILE USING PRY BAR TO POSITION KILN NOSE CASTING,DIDNT BREAK SKIN.ICE-PACKED. ON 12-12-86 BEGAN SWELLING AND HE REQ MEDICAL CARE 12-14 ENTER HOSPITAL WITH I
INJURED WAS USI3G A SLEDGE HAMMER TO KNOCK IN THE DOOR ON THE RAW MILL WHEN HE DID NOT THINK WHERE HIS HAND WAS ON THE HANDLE. HE CAUGHT HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN THE HANDLE AND A LONG BOL T ON THE DOOR. 3
INJURED LAID A 02 WELDING CABLE ACROSS THE WOODEN SPOOL TO CUT IT WITH A HACKSAWAS HE BEGAN CUTTING THE BLADE CAUGHT ON THE WOODEN SPOOL & JUMPED OFF THE CABLE & CUT DIAGONALLY ACROSS HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER 3
INJURED WAS DIR9CTING WORK IN PATCHING THE KILN FEED SHELF WITH AIR HAMMER TO C OMPACT THE MATERIAL. HE WAS POSITIONED AT THE END OF A LADDER LEANDED AGAINST THE 45 DEGREE SLOPE OF THE SHELF. A 20# CH3NK OF REFRACTORY WHICH LOOKED ADEQUATELY ATTACHED WITH GOATHEAD ANCHORS BROKE LOOSE FROM 12'-14' ABOVE STRIKING HIM NEAR THE L EFT SHOULDER BLADE. HE ROLLED A FEW FEET DOWN THE
INJURED WAS USI3G AN AIR LANCE TO UNPLUG THE FLASH FURANCE DROPOUT CHUTE WHILE PROTECTED WITH FACE SHIELD WELDERS JACKET & WELDER GLOVES. HE STATED THAT HE HAD TROUBLE TRUNING THE AIR VALVE OF F & ON BUT HAD3NOT REPLACED IT. HE SAID THE AIR WENT ON AT HIS AIR ALNCE VALVE BEFORE HE HAD PUNCHED THRU THE MATERIAL CAUSING THE MATERIAL TO BE BLOWN BACK ON HIM GETTING INTO HIS GLOVES.
INJURED WAS WA8HING DOWN THE CONCRETE AREA UNDER THE KILN WITH A 2 1/2 IN FIRE HOSE PULLING THE HOSE WHEN HE STEPPED OFF ONTO A SECTION OF CONCRETE THAT HAD SETTLED ABOUT 2 IN HE HAD NOT RE MEMBERED THAT I7 WAS THERE HE REPORTED HEARING A SNAP IN HIS LEFT CALF AREA WITH IT FEELING LIKE A CHARLIEHORSE HE ICE PACKED IT FOR AN HOUR BUT IT BECAME PAINFUL TO WALK ON X-RAYS WERE NEGATI
WORKING WITH OT2ERS IN RIVER PUMP HOUSE IN REPAIRING #2 RIVER WATER PUMP. HE FELT NAUSEATED BY 9:15 AM BUT CONTINUED WORKING THROUGH THE DAY. HE DID NOT REALIZE HE HAD BEEN BITTEN BY AN INSE CT UNTIL HE SAW3HIS DOCTOR ON 5-5-86 AFTER HIS LEG BECAME SWOLLEN AND PAINFUL ON SUNDAY. HE CALLED IN SICK , NOT REALIZING IT WAS WORK RELATED.
INJURED WAS ASS3STING AT THE MACHINE SHOP IN HEATING BEARING WHEN THE BEARING SLIPPED. HE GRABBED FOR THE BEARING BUT HIS H AND GOT IN FRONT OF THE FLAME, BURING HIS FIRST AND SECOND FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND.3WEARING GLOVES WOULD HAVE ELIMINATED THE INJURY. HE REQUESTED MEDICAL CAR ON 3 13 86 AFTER IT WAS NOT HEALING PROPERLY.
INJURED WAS ASS3STING FELLOW WORKERS PLACE NEW BLOW BARS ON THE PRIMARY CRUSHER ROTOR. BAR WAS BEING POSITIONED BY A WIRE CABLE WITH A CHOKER WHEN THE CHOKER SLIPPED, CATCHING, HIS GLOVED LEF T MIDDLE FINGER3BETWEEN THE BLOW BAR AND CRUSHER HOUSING.
INJURED WAS BEN8ING DOWN TO ENTER THE CAB OF HIS FRONT END LOADER WHEN HE HIT THE TOP OF HIS HEAD ON THE BOTTOM CORNER OF HIS PLEXIGLAS SUN VISOR WHICH HAD VIBRATED DOWN FROM ITS NORMAL FLAT O POSITION AGAIN8T THE CEILING ON THE CAB HAVING HIS HARD HAT ON WOULD HAVE PROTECTED HIS HEAD FROM INJURY HIS SCALP WAS LACERATED AND REQUIRED STITCHES
INJURED WAS HAV3NG DIFFICULTY REMOVING BOLTS FROM BULLDOZER TRACKS IMPACT WRENCH WAS NOT DOING THE JOB USING A POWER HANDLE PUSHING WITH HIS FEET WHEH HE DEVELOPED DISCOMFORT AFTERWARDS THAT A FTERNOON BUT DI8 NOT REPORT IT TO HIS SUPERVISOR UNTIL THE FOLLOWING MONDAY
HE WAS REACHING3UP INSIDE THE 9 F-0-W. DISCHARGE CHUTE FOR POSSIBLE BUILD UP WHEN HE CAUGHT A SPLINTER OF METAL OR WOOD IN HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER. HE REMOVED A METAL SPLINTER AND CLEANED OUT TH E WOUND. IN TIM9 IT HEALED OVER, BUT LATER FESTERED. ALMOST FOUR WEEKS AFTERWARD IT DID NOT LOOK GOOD SO HE REQUIESTED MEDICAL LATTENTION. A FOREIGN BODY WAS FOUND AND REMOVED ISSUED GLOVES S
POSSIBLY PULLIN1 ON 4" VACUMN HOSE MAY HAVE STRAINED HIS LEFT SHOULDER AND NECK. SUPERVISOR COULD NOT SEE HOW HE COULD HAVE DONE IT. HE LATER COMPLAINED OF TINGLING IN LEFT HAND. MEDICAL CARE WAS OBTAINED. D3AGNOSIS WAS A C ERVICAL STRAIN AND XYPHOID INJURY. X-RAYS WERE NEGATIVE RELATIVE TO HIS WORK RELATED CLAIMED INJURY
INJURED HAD RAI8ED HOOD ON YALE FORKLIFT TO TRY TO GET UNIT STARTED WHEN THE HOOD COVER JARRED LOOSE, FALLING AGAINST HIS RIGHT ARM ABOVE THE ELBOW. A CATCH ARM HAS BEEN INSTALLED TO HOLD THE HOOD OPEN. X-RA2 WAS NEGATIVE
INJ LIFTING BOX3OF STAMLER FEEDER BREAKER POINTS OFF BACK OF TRUCK WHEN RIGHT FOREFINGER KNUCKLE CAUGHT ON SHARP EDGE OF METAL ON CORNER OF RAIL TAIL GATE.
INJURED WAS STE1PING ON TRACK TO MOUNT THE BULLDOZER WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING ALL HIS WEIGHT TO LAND ON HIS RIGHT FOOT. REPORTED TO HIS AUPERVISOR THAT HIS BACK WAS SORE, BUT DIDNT WANT T TO SEE A DR, HE3WANTED TO WAIT TO SEE IF IT MIGHT GET BETTER. HE CALLED IN 11-25-85 REQUESTING TO SEE A DR BECAUSE OF PAIN DOWN HIS R LEG. .X-RAY WAS NEGATIVE
INJURED WAS MOVING A CARTONED HOT WATER HEATER ON A TWO WHEEL HAND TRUCK, PULLING IT OVER A 5/8" RIDGE AT THE STORES BUILDING FLOOR. SHE WAS ASSISTED BY ANOTHER PERSON LIFTING FROM THE BACK SI DE. HER LEFT FOOT SLIPPED ON SOME ABSORBENT MATERIAL ON THE FLOOR WHICH ALLOWED THE HAND TRUCK & CARTON TO DROP A SHORT DISTANCE ONTO HER LEFT ANKLE, KNEE AND THIGH X-RAYS WERE NEGATIVE
INJURED WAS PLUGGING A HOSE WITH A RAG, PUSHING THE RAG INTO THE HOSE WITH HIS POCKET KNIFE WHEN IT CLOSED ON HIS RIGHT HAND. IT LACERATED HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER BEHIND THE FIRST KNUCKLE, ASL O CUTTING THE TENDON ON THE BACK OF THAT FINGER.
STEPPED OVER A SLOPING PIECE OF FLATBAR WHILE WALKING THROUGH REPAIR SHOP. SOLE OF LEFT FOOT CAUGHT ON THE BAR THROWING HIM OFF BALANCE. TRIED TO REGAIN BALANCE ON RIGHT FOOT BUT THE RIGHT AN KLE TURNED WITH BODY WEIGHT LANDING ON RIGHT ANKLE. COLD PACKED FOR ANKLE SPRAIN, BUT FOUND OUT ON 5/6/85 THAT SMALL BONE ABOVE ANKLE WAS FRACTURED.
INJURED WAS HOLDING BOLTS IN PLACE WHILE A WELDER SPOTTED THEM ON THE EDGE OF A SCALE PLATFORM FOR SKIRT ATTACHMENT. HE STATED HE TURNED HIS FACE & EYES AWAY FROM THE WELDING FLASH, BUT DID NO T HAVE ANY FACE SHIELD PROTECTION WHICH WOULD BE NECESSARY AT THAT CLOSE RANGE. AT END OF DAY HE FELT EYE IRRITATION AND REQUESTED MEDICAL CARE ON 5/3/85.
INJURED WAS LIFTING & PUSHING AN OIL CIRCULATING RACK AWAY FROM THE HAZEMAG CRUSHER NTO REALIZING WEIGHT. HE REPORTED A SMALL STRAIN BUT DIDN\T THINK IT WAS OF GREAT CONCERN. HE REQUESTED MEDI CAL CARE ON 4/25/85 BECAUSE OF DISCOMFORT. X-RAYS SHOWED NO ABNORMALTIES. MEDICATION WAS PRESCRIBED.
INJURED WAS POSITIONING THE TOP OF THE STEEL AS THE POWER HEAD WAS LOWERED TO MAKE CONNECTION ABOUT HALFWAY UP THE DRILL MAST. HE DID NOT REALIZE HIS RIGHT GLOVED HAND WAS TOO CLOSE TO THE MOV ING SPROCKET/CHAIN. CLIMBONG THE MAST NULLIFIED THE GUARD EFFECT OF THE MAST FRAMING. HE ASKED THE OPERATOR TO LOWER THE POWER HEAD WHICH BROUGHT THE SPROCKET/CHAIN IN CONTACT WITH HIS GLOVE,
ASSISTING ANOTHER REPAIRMAN TO LIFT A PIECE OF LFLOOR GRATING OVER A HANDRAIL WHEN IT BECAME STRUK. AS HE GRASPED IT WITH HIS FINGERS DOWN THROUGH THE GRATING & MOVED HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER W AS CAUGHT IN A PINCH POINT. INCORRECT HAND PLACEMENT WITHOUT GLOVES WERE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS.
INJURED WAS PULLING UP WITH A 15"CRESCENT WRENCH TO LOOSEN A BOLT ON A CEMENT PUMP WHEN THE BOLT CAME LOOSE SUDDENLY. HIS LEFT ELBOW STRUCK THE CORNER OF THE HOPPER. SORENESS CONTINUED WITH M EDICAL ATTENTION REQUESTED ON 5/13/85. X-RAY SHOWED A SMALL BONY SPUR ON THE WLBOW. MEDICATION WS PRESCRIBED.
INJURED WAS USING A SMALL JACKHAMMER TO BREAK AWAY MATERIAL AS IT HIT WETTER SPOTS. THIS SUDDEN MOVE CAUSED A SLIGHT STRAIN TO HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. HE REPORTED IT TO HIS SUPERVISOR THE FOLLOWIN G MORNING BUT FELT THE SORENESS WOULD WORK OUT. A WEEK LATER, 4/8/85 HE REQUESTED MEDICAL CARE TO CHECK IT OUT.
INJURED WAS CLEANING AWAY STUCK MATERIAL AT THE GRATES OF THE ADDITIVES HOPPER AT GROUND LEVEL WHEN HE LOST HIS SHOVEL DOWN THE HOPPER. HE TURNED QUICKLY TO RUN OVER TO THE PIT STAIRWAY TO GO DOWN TO TURN OFF THE CONVEYOR BELT BEFORE HIS SHOVEL WENT INTO THE ELEVATOR. WHEN STEPPING OVER A SUMP PUMP DRAIN HOSE THAT CROSSED HIS PATHWAY, HE CAUGHT HIS FOOT ON IT AND FELL TO THE C
INJURED RIDING BACKWARDS ON PICKUP TAILGATE, SITTING ON A BEARING BOX WHEN VECHICLE TURNED CORNER HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL OFF THE TAILGATE, STRIKING THE GROUND ON HIS LEFT SHOULDER.
FILLING BAGS OF CEMENT AT PACKING MACHINE WHEN PAPERBAG FAILED AT OUTSIDE CORNER.CEMENT SPRAYED AGAINST CHEST AND UP TO FACE KNOCKING OFF GLASSES AND GETTING MAINLY IN RIGHT EYE.BAG FAILURE RE SULTS FROM INADEQUATE GLUE OR TOO DRY BAG.