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WALKING ACROSS YARD ON UNEVEN GROUND. TWISTED ANKLE.
CUMULATIVE ACTIVITY OF RELATED DUTIES FOR PLANT MAINTENANCE.
EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING UP METAL SCRAPS WHE HE RECEIVED AN INSECT BITE. DID NTO REPORT INCIDENT UNTIL LATE.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING SLEDGE HAMMER TO PENETRATE ROCK TO PUT IN GATE TO CLOSE OFF FEED. EMPLOYEE MISSED THE GATE AND HAND HIT GATE.
WHILE CLIMBING LADDER TO CAB OF TRUCK, EMPLOYEE FELT BACK PAIN.
54736YEE CHECKING OIL ON EUCLID AND TURNED TO ACKNOWLEDGE CALL FROM FELLOW EMPLOYEE-TWISTED BACK.
WELDING
EMPLOYEE WAS USING HOSE TO CLEAN AROUND PLANT,HOSE WAS WET AND SLIPPED OUT OF EMPLOYEES HAND;EMPLOYEE TRIED TO CATCH THE HOSE AND CUT HIS FINGER-DOES NOT KNOW IF HOSE NOZZLE OR CONVEYOR CAUSED INJURY.
NATURE.
CHAIN HOIST FROZE UP WHILE IN THE PROCESS OF ADJUSTING 4' CRUSHER.EMPLOYEE PULLED HARDER ON HOIST AND CHAIN BROKE.EMPLOYEE LOST FOOTING AND FELL BACK LANDING ON A ROCK.NOTE: EMPLOYEE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL TREATMENT UNTIL 11-12-91.
CUTTING RIB RUBBERS
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING CROSSING SIGNE ONTO LIFT GATE AT END OF SHIFT KICKED SIGNS TO POSITION WHEN LEG WENT TOO FAR & HE DID THE SPLITSINJURING HIS BACK
WALKING ON UNEVEN GRAVEL. TWISTED HIS ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS DUMPING LOAD WHEN HE PULLED DOOR CLOSED & HIS FINGER WAS PINCHED IN DOOR JAM
EMPLOYEE CLIMBED INTO NORTH SHAKER (FEED CHUTE) TO PATCH HOLE AND HAD TO STRETCH TO PUT ON WASHER AND NUTS. AFTER COMPLETION OF JOB, EMPLOYEE FELT PAIN IN BACK. FIRST DAY LOST TIME: 11-13-90.
EE WAS REMOVING DOOR FROM CRUSHER WHICH WAS LOCATED OVER TIAL PULLEY. WHEN EE JUMPED FROM TAIL PULLEY GUARD TO DISMOUNT SHOULD BE CLIMBED DOWN FROM GUARD HE JAMMED HIS KNEE.
EMPLOYEE CLEARING ROCK DUST FROM CHUTE FELT PAIN IN BACK.
EMPLOYEE WHILE REMOVING A BEARING FROM 4-9 SHAFT. APPLIED PRESSURE TO PULLEY CAUSING LEG TO SLIP OFF HITTING EMPLOYEE ON UPPER LIP.
UNKNOWN- DURING NORMAL COURSE OF EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYEE NOTICED A BULGE IN HIS STOMACH.
EMPLOYEE PULLING SAND PUMP OUT OF SAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING PIN FROM NEW TRAVEL CHAIN-STRUCK PIN WITH SLEDGE HAMMER & SHATTERED PIN
EMPLOYEE SHIFTED FROM REVERSE TO FORWARD WHEN HE HIT ELBOW ON SEAT FRAME CUTTING HIS ELBOW. DID NOT ADVISE ANYONE OF INJURY UNTIL 6-11-90.
EMPL ALLEGES TO HURT KNEE WHEN HE SLIPPED ON FRAME WORK OF CONVEYOR.
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS THE LIFT GATE ON THE VEHICLE WAS NOT WORKING AND HE HAD TO MANUALLY LIFT AND UNLOAD EQUIPMENT.
EMPLOYEE ALLEGES TO HAVE HURT HIS BACK WHILE LIFTING 15' X 3 1/2" BAR OUT OF MUD.
DRIVING A LOADER AND IT STARTED GOING INTO A DITCH. AS IT DID SO, EMPLOYEE JUMPED FROM CAB LANDING ON THE GROUND ON HIS SHOULDER.
CALLED 530 AM 2-13-90 STATING HE WOULD NOT BE IN BECAUSE HIS BACK HURT. HE ALSO STATED HE HURT HIS BACK ON THE JOB ABOUT 1 TO 2 WEEKS EARLIER AND IT WASNOT GETTING BETTER, SO HE WAS GOING TO A DR.
EMPLOYEE WAS UNABLE TO UNPLUG MATERIAL STUCK IN LOAD OUT AREA. EPLOYEE CLIMBED INTO FEEDER AND PROCEEDED TO DIG DRIECTLY OVERHEAD WHEN MATERIAL FELL ONTO TOP OF EMPLOYEE. OWL EMPLOYEES, FIRE A ND RESCUE PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO FREE EMPLOYEE FROMFEEDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON STEP OF TRUCK AND SLIPPED LOSING HIS GRIP AND FELL, LANDING ON LEFT WRIST.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING WELDING CABLES UP #3 GRAVEL CATWALK AND SLIPPED ON ROCKS.
HAND SLIPPED OFF CONTROL FOR BOWL & HIT HOT HYUDRAULIC LINE WHILE OPERATING SCRAPER.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS CARRYING SUMP PUMP DOWN INTO TUNNEL OF GRAVEL LOAD OUT, WHEN HE EXPERINCED A PAIN IN HIS RIGHT KNEE.
EMPL IN PROCESS OF CHANGING SCREENS ON BOTTOM DECK SAND FELL INTO EMPLS L EYE
PASSENGER IN OWL TRUCK THAT WAS BACKING UP & DRIVER RAN INTO PARKED TRUCK INJURING OUR EMPL DURING IMPACT.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING OIL LEVEL ON 84" A.C. CONE CRUSHER WHEN THE BRAKE SLIPPED ON CHAIN HOIST AND RATCHET HANDLE CAME AROUND HITTING EMPLOYEE'S HEAD. THIS REPORT WAS REPORTED LATE DUE TO A LA CK OF KNOWLEDGE. AFTER RECEIVING THE DOCTOR'S REPORT ON 7/5/89 REPORT WAS TYPED.
LIFTING EMPTY 55 DRUM IN TRUCK STRAINED R FOREARM.
EMPLOYEE WHILE WELDING FOREIGN MATTER FELL INTO EMPLOYEES EYE
EMPLOYEE INJURED RIGHT ELBOW WHILE TIGHTENING A BOLT - TOOL SLIPPED AND EMPLOYEE HIT RIGHT ELBOW ON FRAME.
EMPLOYEE WHILE CLEANING AND ADDING WATER TO BATTERY FOREIGN MATERIAL CHIPPED OFF AND LANDED INTO EMPLOYEES EYE. EMPLOYEE DID NOT WEAR SAFTEY GLASSES WHICH WERE PROVIDED BY EMPLOYER.
EMPL WAS HELPING ANOTHER EMPL ADJUST CRUSHER USING SLEDGE HAMMER AND WEDGE EMPL WAS HOLDING WEDGE WHEN HE WAS ACCIDENTLY HITON THE HAND BY EMPL USING SLEDGE HAMMER
EMPLOYEE IN PROCESS OF MOVING 55 GALLON DRUMS HIS HANDS SLIPPED OFF DRUM AND A BARREL LANDED ON HIS RIGHT FOOT.
EMPLOYEE AFTER ADDING OIL TO EQUIPMENT SLIPPED ON OVER SPILL. EMPLOYEE GRABBED HAND RAIL TO STOP HIS FALL AND IN THE PROCESS CUT HIS THUMB AND BRUISED HIS ELBOW.
EMPLOYEE WHILE STACKING EMPTY OIL DRUMS STATED EH TWISTED HIS BACK ON 6-13-88 I.NAME CALLED WORK AND SAID HE WAS SICK APPROX 10 DAYS LATER EMPLOYER CALLED EMPLOYEE AND WAS NOTIFIED BY EMPLOYEE THAT HE HAD BEEN OFF WORK SINCE 6-11-88 DUE TO A WORK INJURY
EMPLOYEE AFTER COMPLETION OF HOSING AROUND EQUIPMENT ATTEMPTED TO WALK ON STEEL BEAM, SLIPPED AND FELL LANDING ON HIS TESTICLES.
EMPLOYEES IN PROCESS OF CHECKING EUCLIDS WALKED OVER TOOLS (TELEDYNE ROCK HAMMER HEAD) AND SPRAINED HIS LEFT ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE IN PROCESS OF POURING OIL INTO 988 LOADER. HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED (SLIPPERY SURFACE DUE TO RAIN) CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO FALL FROM LOADER AND LAND ON HIS BACK ON THE GROUND.
HE WAS DURING COURSE OF EMPLOYEEMENT YELLED TO OWL EMPLOYEE. HE BACAME UPSET AND FIGHT STARTED IN WHICH HE WAS INJURED.
EMPLOYEE WHILE CUTTNG METAL WITH TORCH, HOT SLAG BLEW BACK SPLASHING HIT STEEL UNDER EMPLOYEES CUTTING GLASSES BURNING CORNER OF LEFT EYELID.
EMPLOYEE WHILE LOADING CUTTING EDGES INTO PICK UP TRUCK EMPLOYEE HANDS SLIPPED AND EMPLOYEE DROPPED CUTTING EDGE ON HIS LEFT FOOT.
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING UNKNOWN SUSBSTANCE. DETAILS ARE SKETCHY AS THE EMPLOYEE DID NOT NOTIFY THE EMPLOYER UNTIL AFTER HE HAD MISSED 3 DAYS OF WORK. WOULD NOT GIVE MUCH INFORMATION.
EMPLOYEE TWISTE8 HIS RIGHT ANKLE WHEN HE STEPPED OUT OF HIS EUCLID TRUCK.
EMPL SUSPENDED 7HAT DAY AND TOLD TO LOAD ALL TOOLS INTO HIS CAR.ANOTHER EMPL RETURNED TO AREA AND SAW HIM LYING ON GROUND.APPARENTLY HE HURT HIS BACK LIFTING TOOLS BUT NOT REALLY KNOWN.
EMPLOYEE WAS WI9ING A MOTOR ON GRIZZLY FEEDER. HE PERFORMED THIS WORK IN THE SAME AREA WHERE ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING. THE FLASH FROM THE WELDING CAUSED A FLASH BURN TO EMPLOYEE EYES. EMPL OYEE DID DNOT S9EK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 11-10-87.
EMP OF CONTR W.6.WALTON ELECTRIC WAS ATTEMPTING TO TRACK A VOLTAGE LOSS. HE WAS USING A 500 VOLT SIMPSON METER. FOR UNKNOWN REASONS HE ATTEMPTED TO CHECK A LINE CARRYING 4200 VOLTS. THE METER IS NOT DESIGNED3FOR THAT AMOUNT OF CURRENT. IT SHORTED OUT CAUSING AN ELECTRICAL BURN TO RIGHT ARM AND HAND
EMPL DRIVING EU7LID OVER TRAP AREA DROVE OFF X-OVER RAMP AND DUMPED TRUCK INTO TRAP.TOOK A CRANE AND A LOADER TO REMOVE TRUCK FROM TRAP.
EMPLOYEE SHUT O0F TORCH TO DO SOME ADJUSTMENT.WHEN EMPLOYEE RELIT TORCH THERE WAS A FLASH AND EMPLOYEE'S SHIRT CAUGHT ON FIRE.
EMPLOYEE WELDIN1 GALVANIZED PIPE INHALED VAPOR
EMPLOYEE WHILE 7UTTING DISCHARGE SCREENS REMOVED HIS GOGGLES TO MAKE SURE OF WHAT HE WAS CUTTING WHICH CAUSED BURN TO THE EYES.
EMP LAID GRINDE9 (STILL SPINNING) DOWN ON TABLE AND PIECE OF METAL WAS THROWN ONTO EMPLOYEES EYE
EMPLOYEE WAS IN3THE PROCESS OF CHANGING A SCREEN ON STATION 40. THE SUPPORT ANGLE INSIDE THE TUB HAD WORN TO A SHARP EDGE DUE TO SAND. WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS CHANING THE SCREEN, HIS FOREARM RUBBED ACROSS THE SHA9P EDGE CUTTING HIS RIGHT ARM WHICH REQUIRED STITCHES.
SOMETIME NEAR T2E END OF THE WORK SHIFT,I NAME NOTICED A MILD IRRITATION IN EYE.,THE NEXT MORNING IT BECAME TO PAINFULL TO IGNORE.HE THEN SOUGTHSOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION.
INJ EMPL I.NAME3AND ANOTHER EMPL I.NAME LOOSENING BOLTS ON NORTH 4' CONE CRUSHER IN ORDER TO ADJUST CRUSHER.I.NAME USING HAMMER AND I.NAME HOLDING KNOCK OFF WRENCH.AS I.NAME HITTING TOP HALF O F WRENCH HELD B2 I.NAME WITH HAMMER WRENCH BOUNCED OFF BOLT AND HIT CRUSHER FRAME.I.NAME RIGHT HAND PINNED IN BETWEEN WRENCH AND CRUSHER.
INJURED EMPLOYE9 AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE LIFTING PANELS OF SCREEN CLOTH OUT OF THE BED OF A PICKUP AS HE WAS LIFTING, HE LOST HIS FOOTING ON WET GROUND AND TWISTED HIS BACK.
EMPL CHANGING S7REENS ON HORIZONTAL SCREEN.AS HE LIFTED 1 PANEL OF SCREEN CLOTH 4' X 8' IT SLIPPED AND FELL ON EMPL LEFT ANKLE.EMPL COMPLETED SHIFT BUT DIDNT WORK FOLLOWING DAY.DIDNT REQUEST M EDICAL TREATMEN7 UNTIL 4-21-86.
EMP IS AN ON-HI1HWAY TRUCK, TRAILER AND SEMI-DRIVER. HE WAS IN THE PLANT AT THE ON SITE FUEL PUMPS FUELING HIS TRUCK. THE COVER OF THE FUEL PUMP, WHICH WAS NOT ON SECURELY FELL OFF AND HIT EMP LOYEES RIGHT FO2T FRACTURING THE SECOND TOE
EMPL DRIVING EU7 BOTTOM DUMP FROM PIT WITH LOAD OF MATERIAL TO DUMP INTO FEED TRAP IN BACK OF JAW CRUSHER.AS HE MAD HIS APPROACH 50' FROM TRAP DRIVER OVER.HE SAW ROUGH SECTION IN ROAD.EMPL STO OD UP IN CAB OF3TRUCK TO SMOOTH OUT RIDE OVER ROUGH SPOT.BOUNCED UP AND JAMMED HEAD AGAINST TOP
EMPLOYEE WAS IN8IDE OF THE 4' CRUSHER CLEANING OUT A MATERIAL PLUG-UP. IN ORDER TO GET DOWN FROM THE CRUSHER (5' HIGH), HE PLACED ONE HAND ON THE SOUTH CRUSHER AND ONE HAND ON THE NORTH CRUSHE R AND USED HIS 5RMS TO LOWER HIS BODY TO THE DECK. IN DOING SO, HE APPARENTLY STRAINED HIS BACK MUSCLES.
EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CLEANING UP FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF REPAIR WORK. AS HE PICKED UP A TOOL BOX, HE TURNED AND FELT SOMETHING IN HIS BACK PULL.
EMPLOYEE PARKED3WATER TRUCK TO FILL TANK WITH WATER. WHILE CLIMBING OUT OF TRUCK EMPLOYEE MISSED STEP CAUSING HER TO FALL TO THE GROUND. EMPLOYEE SUFFERRED BROKEN BONES IN RIGHT HAND AND ARM AND RIGHT FOOT1
EMPLOYEE HAD JUST FINISHED SERVICING THE WATER TRUCK AND WAS PARKING IT IN ITS PROPER PLACE. HE WAS TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL, WHEN THE TIRES HIT A SHALLOW DITCH. THE STEERING WHEEL SPUN BACK WARDS, CATCHING HIS RIGHT THUMB IN THE WEBBING. EMPLOYEE WORKED REGULAR SHIFTS ON 2/19 AND 2/20. ON 2/21, HE SOUGHT MEDICAL TREATMENT AND FOUND THAT HE HAD SUFFERRED A FRACTURE OF THE RIGHT T
WHILE RELINING BRAKE SHOES IN THE SHOP, A GUST OF WIND BLEW FOREIGN OBJECT INTO RIGHT EYE OF INJURED EMPLOYEE. EMPLOYEE REPORTED INJURY AND REQUESTED MEDICAL TREATMENT THE FOLLOWING DAY.
WHILE REASSEMBLING CRUSHER EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO ALIGN TOP AND BOTTOM SHELL. EMPLOYEE HAD LEFT BOLTS LOOSE IN HOLES INSTEAD OF SECURING THEM WHEN TOP AND BOTTOM HOLES WERE LINED UP BOLTS DROPPED THROUGH CATCHING EMPLOYEE RIGHT INDEX CAUSING DEEP CUT WHICH REQUIRED STURES.
EE WAS MIXING CHEMICALS FOR THE MUD POND. IN ORDER TO DO SO HE HAD TO CLIMB A LADDER TO A PLATFORM ON A CHEMICAL TANK. AS HE WAS DESCENDING THE LADDER HIS FOOT SLIPPED. EE GRABBED RAIL ON THE LADDER TO STOP HIS FALL & FELT SOMETHING PULLI IN HIS ADBOMEN. IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS A HERNIA .
EMP WAS TRYING TO REACH BOLT ON A SHELF A CARDBOARD BOX CONTAINING A CRUSHER LOCKING NUT WAS LEANING AGAINST THE SHELF EMP PULLED THE BOX FORWARD IN ORDER TO REACH THE BOLT THE BOX SEPARATED A D THE NUT INSIDE FELL ON HIS RT FOOT BADLY BRUISING IT
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO SUPPORT ONE END OF SWING GENERATOR SHAFT ON THE MARION DRAGLINE UTILIZING A GRAB CHAIN AND THE 3 TON ELECTRIC HOIST IN THE DRAGLINE. HE WAS HOLDING THE GRAB CHAIN WI TH RIGHT HAND AND OPERATING CONTROLS OF ELECTRIC HOIST WITH LEFT HAND. HE INADVERTANTLY HAD HIS HAND BETWEEN THE COUPLING AND THE GRAB CHAIN WHEN HE BUMPED THE HOIST TO TIGHTEN CHAIN. THE HOI
EMPLOYE WAS MOVING SUMP PUMP IN CONCRETE SAND SCREW PUMP WHEN HE TWISTED HIS BACK
PREPARING TO GREASE CRUSHER -REQUIRED CARRYING SUPPLIES TO WORK AREA.EMPL CLIMBING LADDER TO REACH WORK AREA CARRYING 5 GAL PAIL OF GREASE AND TWISTED HIS BACK CAUSING PAIN IN BACK AND LEGS.
REPLACING COVER ON HOPPER AFTER REPAIR.INJURY APPARENTLY OCCURRED WHILE LIFTING COVER,WHICH WEIGHS 130 LB.,ABOVE WAIST LEVEL IN ORDER TO PUT IN PLACE.