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NO SPECIFIC INCIDENT, NORMAL JOB DUTIES OF OBTAINING SAMPLES AND TESTING MATERIAL. EMPLOYEE STATES HE FIRST NOTICES SOME SLIGHT PAIN IN RIGHT KNEE APPROX. 3-1-93, WHICH HAS GRADUALLY INCREASED IN INTENSITY.
EMPLOYEE ALLEGES 1982 INJURY REOCCURRED 2-15-93. NOW CLAIMS NECK IS BROKEN AND BLOOD PRESSURE. IN 1982, WAS BREAKING LOOSE BOLTS WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN RIGHT SHOULDER.
TRY TO DISLODGE ROCK FROM CONVEYOR BELT.
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING ELECTRICAL SPLICE WHEN KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT HIS LEG.
68935 CLEANING AREA TO BE WELDED WITH STARTING FLUID,EXPLOSION OCCURRED CAUSING A SMALL FIRE AND INJURY TO EMPL FOREHEAD AND LEFT SIDE OF FACE.
SLIPPED ON METAL STEP
GUARD HOOK
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING B-70 BACK TO PIT AS HE PASSED ANOTHER B-70 A ROCK WAS THROWN TO AVOID THE ROCK HE DUCKED BACK & HIT HIS HEAD ON THE REAR WINDOW
DRIVER WAS HOSING OFF TRUCK,SLIPPED & FELL ON W WET CONCRETE.
EMPLOYEE WAS UTILIZING ELECTRIC GRINDER ON WING PULLEY.
WORKING ON WATER SUPPLY HOSE WHEN TAKING OFF THE BOLT ON CLAMP HOLDING HOSE TO CATWALK THE HOSE SPRUNG LOOSE & HIT EMPLOYEES FINGER
EMPLOYEE WAS KNEELING TO PUNCH A HOLE IN CONVEYOR BELT READYING FOR A BELT CHANGE.
WHILE DRIVING B-70 EUCLID, EMPLOYEE HIT POT HOLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS DOING SOME SHOVELING OFF STAIRWAY WHEN HE PULLED HIS BACK.
EE ATTEMPTED TO LIFT A 4 FOOT X 4 FOOT SCREEN INTO SHAKER BY HIMSELF.
EMPLOYEE REPORTED INJURY TO COMPANY 07-03-91 ALLEDGING TRAUMA BEGAN LAST DAY WORKED 03-07-91
TERMINATED EMPLOYEE ALLEGING STRESS, PSYCHE, INTERNAL COMPLAINTS. NOT REPORTED TO EMPLOYER UNTIL 8/1/91.
EMPLOYEE OFF ON DISABILITY LEAVE SINCE 3/18/91 ALLEGING PSHYCHOLOICAL INJURY. NOT REPORTED TO EMPLOYER UNTIL 9/4/91..
EE WAS CHANGING TEETH ON LOADER BUCKET WHEN A METAL SLIVER BROKE OFF AND LODGED IN EE EYE.
EMPL LIFTING A 68" X 1/2"STEEL PLATE TO UPPER DECK OF SCREEN.STRAINED MUSCLE TO UPPER CHEST.
EMPLOYEE WAS SKIRTS ON #46 BELT-FEED HOPPER. EMPLOYEE STOOD ON A FIVE GALLON PAIL TO REACH BOLTS & AS HE WAS TIGHENING OLTS HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND SLIPPED OFF PAILS STRAINING HIS LOWER BACK.
STEPPED FROM B 70 MISJUDGED CLEARANCE OF HEAD KNOCKING HARD HAT OFF HITTING TOP OF HEAD
EMPLOYEE HIT BUMP IN ROAD WHILE DRIVING B-70 CAUSING SORENESS TO NECK.DRIVER DID NOT NOTIFY EMPLOYER OF INJURY UNTIL 10-03-90.
EMPL TAKING SHIEVE OFF BUSHING OF 200 HP MOTOR SHIEVE DROPPED SMASHING FINGER.
LIFTING OX TANK TWISTED AROUND HUR T BACK
FUELING EQUIPMENT - EMPLOYEE TRIPPED ON HOSE KNOCKING NOZZLE OUT OF TANK AND HITTING EMPLOYEE ON SHOULDER AND BACK.
ATTEMPTING TO APPLY MORE PRESSURE - PUT A PIPE WRENCH ON THE VALVE PULLING DOWN ON THE WRENCH FROM A HEIGHT ABOVE HIS HEAD PULLING DOWN TOWARDS HIS FEET. THE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF OF THE VALVE H ITTING AND KNOCKING HIM TO THE GROUND.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRAVELING LOADED FROM THE PIT TO THE PLANT. EMPLOYEE TOOK A CURVE IN THE HAUL ROAD TOO WIDE, WHICH CAUSED THE LOADED TRAILER PORTION TO GET IN MUDDY AREA AND START TO SLIDE.
DURING NORMAL COURSE OF EMPLOYEE EMPLOYEE'S NECK AND SHOULDER STARTED TO HURT. EMPLOYEE IS UNAWARE OF CAUSE OF INJURY.
EE WHILE TIGHTENING BOLTS ON SYMONS CONE CRUSHER WITH WRENCH PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE TIHGTRENING NUT ON BUNKER SHAKER WITH TO MUCH PRESSURE FELL BACKWARDS LANDIONG ON CORNER OF STEP.
LOSS OF HEARING OVER A LONG PERIOD OF MEPL DUE TO NOISE
WHILE EE WAS REPAIING A JAW CRUSHER EE LEANED OVER TO PICK UP A TOOL. THERE WAS AN ANGLE IRON BRACE ABOVE THE LOCATION WHERE LEANED OVER TO PICK UP TOOL AND UPON RAISING BACK TO AN UPRIGHT POS ITION HE HIT THE BACK OF HIS HARD HAD AGAINST THE ANGLE IRON BRACE.
EMPL CARRYING BUCKET WITH TOOLS ONE IN EACH HAND AND SLIPPED ON STAIRS.
EMPLOYEE DRIVING ENTRANCE ROAD TO PLANT AREA (DRIVING EXCESS SPEED 40 MPH/POSTED 15 MPH) HIT A BERM IN MIDDLE OF YARD WHICH HAD BEEN THERE FOR 3 DAYS. EMPLOYEE WENT TO OWL DOCTOR AND HAS FAILE D TO NOTIFY SUPERVISOR OF STATUS OF INJURY TO DATE OF 6/19/89.
CONVEYOR UNIT STARTED TO SHIFT WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS DOING REPAIRS TO CONVEYOR EMPLOYEE JUMPED TO THE GROUND
EMPLOYEE WHILE OBTAINING #3 GRAVEL SAMPLE LOST GRIP OF RIGHT HAND HOLDING BOTTOM OF BUCKET. EMPLOYEE TRIED TO HOLD ON TO BUCKET WITH LEFT HAND AND HURT HIS BACK.
TIGHTENING BOLT WITH WRENCH WRENCH SLIPPED CAUSING EMP TO STRIKE HIS CHINE ON SHUTE TO BUNKER CONVEY.
EMPLOYEE AFTER CLEANING CHUTE WAS APPROXIMATELY TWO FEET ABOVE GROUND,JUMPED BACKWARDS TO GROUND AND PULLED MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK.
LOSS OF HEARING OVER A LONG PERIOD OF EMPLOYMENT DUE TO NOISE
IN PROCESS OF RAISING SCREENS EMPLOYEE WALKED UNDER SCREENS-SCREEN HIT EMPLOYEES RIGHT SHOULDER AND RESULTED IN THREE PUNCTURE WOUNDS.
EMPL WHILE TRANSPORTING LOAD OF CONCRETE WITH WHEELBARROW LOAD SHIFTED. EMPL ATTEMPTED TO KEEP WHEELBARROW UPRIGHT CAUSING BACK STRAIN.
EMPLOYEE WHILE WIRING A PATCH ON THE SHAKER SCREEN A GUST OF WIND BLEW FOREIGN OBJECT INTO EMPLOYEES EYE
INJ EMPL HAD CH5NGED A LIGHT BULB.RETURNING TO REGULAR AREA HE STUMBLED AND LOST HIS BALANCE.TRYING TO CATCH HIMSELF FOOT BECAME LODGED BETWEEN FRAME GUARD ON TRANSFER BELT AND TRANSFER BELT T AIL PULLEY. 3
EMPLOYEE WHILE 7HECKING CONVEYOR STEPPED ONTO A WOODEN CATWALK AND LEG FELL THROUGH CATWALK TO KNEE CAUSING LEFT KNEE CONTUSION
EMPLOYEE WAS PR2ING DOWN WITH A BAR,THE BAR SLIPPED AND HIT EMPLOYEE UNDER JAR.
EMPL DRIVING EU7LID -BACK STARTED TO HURT.
EMPLOYEE WHILE 4ORKING DIRT ON A CONVEYOR BELT FLEW INTO EMPLOYEES EYE.
EMPLOYEE WHILE 2PENING DOOR OF TRUCK SAND BLEW INTO EMPLOYEE'S EYE.
WHILE LOADING P3T TRUCK, THE 988 B LOADER HIT A BUMP HARD ENOUGH TO RAISE THE OPERATOR OUT O F THE SEAT AND HIF FOOT GOT CAUGHT UNDER THE BRAKE PEDAL TEARING LIGAMENTS IN RIGHT FOOT.
EMP WAS CLIMBIN1 OUT OF CAB OF B70 EUCLID IN ORDER TO CHECK THE LEVEL OF HOPPER HE WAS TO DUMP HIS LOAD INTO WHILE GETTING OUT OF CAB HE STEPPED ON A ROCK CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE EMP HIT UPPER RIGHT3CHEST ON BATTERY BOX COVER OF TRUCK AND THEN FELL TO GROUND UPON SEEKING MEDICAL TREATMENT FOUR DAYS LATER, FOUND A CRACKED RIB
EMPLOYEE BRUISE8 HIS TAIL BONE ON THE SEAT BACK WHICH HAD FALLEN DOWN BEHIND HIM WHEN THE TRUCK HE WAS DRIVING HIT A ROUGH PORTION OF THE HAUL ROAD CAUSING THE CAB OF THE TRUCK TO BOUNCE
EMPLOYEE IS UNS6RE OF EXACTLY HOW INJURY OCCURRED. HE HAD BEEN USING A SIDE HEAD GRINDER AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER VERY STRONG GUSTY WINDS CAUSED FLYING SAND, ETC. TO IRRIATATE BOTH EYES. EMPLOYE E USED FIRST AI8 WHILE AT WORK AND GOT MEDICAL TREATMENT AFTER WORK.
EMPLOYEE WAS MO5ING OFFICE EQUIPMENT INTO NEW DISPACH OFFICE. HE LEANED AGAINST WINDOW WHILE MOVING A CABINET, THE WINDOW BROKE AND A PIECE OF GLASS CUT EMPLOYEES RIGHT FOREARM RESULTING IN A LACERATION WHIC2 REQUIRED 3 SUTURES.
EMPL HAD HYDRAU5IC HOSE CLAMPED IN VISE ON REAR OF SERVICE TRUCK.WHILE TAKING HOSE FITTING OFF OF ADAPTOR THAT WAS CLAMPED INTO VISE,INTERNAL MECHANISM OF VISE BROKE WRENCH SLIPPED AND STRUCK EMPL ON FOREHE5D CAUSING LACERATION REQ STITCHES.
EMPL OPERATING 8-8 DOZER TO PUSH IN CONE OF 1'' WASHED ROCK STOCKPILE.GUST OF WIND STIRRED UP DUST AND FOREIGN OBJECT BLEW INTO EMPL EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING AN AIR ARC TO CUT OUT BRONZE OUTER ECCENTRIC BUSHING IN CONE CRUSHER. EMPLOYEE INHALED FUMES CUASED FROM BRONZE BEING CUT. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING REQUIRED EQUIPMENT. HIGHWINDS WERE A MAJOR FACTOR, TRAPPING FUMES IN CUTTING AREA. EMPLOYEE WAS EXAMINED INCLUDING X RAY BY DR NEXT DAY, RECEIVED MEDICATION AND RELEASED TO WORK.
EMPLOYEE WAS REACHING UP TO PULL THE A.C. SHAKER SCREEN FOR ALIGNMENT AND PULLED MUSCLE IN RIGHT SHOULDER.
EMP WAS CLIMBING DOWN LADDER OF 980 CAT LOADER AT END OF HIS SHIFT AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON LOWER RUNG HE FELL TO GROUND LANDING ON HIS LOWER BACK
PREPARING TO TURN JAW DIES IN 32X40 JAW CRUSHER EMP WELDED LIFTING EYES ONTO THE STATIONARY DIE WEDGES WHEN HE ATTMPTED TO REMOVE DIE WEDGES THE LIFTING EYE WELD BROKE, AND THE LIFTING EYE HI T EMP ON THE LEFT GUM JUST ABOVE TEETH CAUSING A LACERATION WHICH REQUIRED SUTURES AND A POSSIBLE FRACTURE OF THE JAWBONE