An employee was walking up the shop stairsteps when they inadvertently slipped. The employee did not fall to the ground after holding on to the steps. They felt a pain in the left toe, which was diagnosed as a closed fracture.
WHILE WORKING ON LOADER, REPLACING STEP; REMOVING BOLT & STEP, ASSEMBLY PIVITED; STRIKING L. FINGER. DIAGNOSED 5/10/05, FRACTURE.
EE WAS CHANGING OUT AN OLD SCREEN CLOTH AND WAS MOVING THE TENSION BAR FROM THE OLD SCREEN. EE WAS GETTING HELP FROM ANOTHER EE. THE FIRST EE WAS PULLING ON THE TENSION BAR TO THE RIGHT WHILE THE 2ND EE HIT THE BAR WITH A LUMP HAMMER DISLODGING IT FROM THE SCREEN FRAME, PINCHING 1ST EE'S LEFT THUMB BETWEEN THE BAR AND THE FRAME.
EE HAS DEVELOPED A HERNIA. THE INJURY HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED ON THE DATE OF THE ACCIDENT BY THE PHYSICIAN. THE EE COULD NOT VERIFY WHEN AND WHERE THE INJURY OCCURRED.