OLMSTED PLANT Metal/Non-Metal

EE HAS GONE TO THE TRASH DUMPSTER TO THROW TRASH AWAY. HE WAS WALKING ON METAL RAMP THAT WAS WET FROM RAIN AND HE SLIPPED AND TWISTED HIS BACK. HE COMPLETED HIS SHIFT BUT COULD NOT WORK THE FO LLOWING DAY.

EMPLOYEE WAS RESTACKING 50# KITTY LITTER PRODUCT HE REPORTED FEELING PAIN IN LOWER LEFT AND LOWER NIDDLE PART OF BACK. HE WENT TO CHIROPRACTOR WHO HAD HIM OFF WORK 12/20/97 AND 12/22/97. HE RE TURNED TO WORK 12/23/97.

EE WAS STANDING UNDER THE POWDER ADDITIVE DISPENSER. THE DISPENSER OVERFLOWED SPILLING LILAC FRAGRANCE POWDER IN FACE & EYES. SENT TO ER WHERE RX EYE DROPS WERE INSTILLED IN EYES. EE RETD TO W ORK WITH NO LOST TIME

EE WAS STANDING ON A PALLET OF PRODUCT INSIDE OF TRCUK TRAILER. HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE PALLET AND CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO OTHER PALLETS. HE WAS TAKEN TO MASSAC MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ER. WHERE HIS RIG HT ANKLE WAS X RAYED. FRACTURE OF RIGHT ANKLE.

A PALLET OF PRODUCT WAS STALLED ON MAIN CONVEYOR. MAINTENANCE MAN TRIPPED THE LIMIT SWITCH TO SHUT OFF THE EXIT CONVEYOR AND ACTIVATED THE MAIN CONVEYOR. THE PALLET OF PRODUCT JUMPED FORWARD P INCHING AND MASHING THE MIDDLE AND RING FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND. FINGERS WERE X RAYED AT SOUTH EAST MO. HOSPITAL AND FOUND TO BE FRACTURED.

EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING 20# BAGS OF PRODUCT ON A PALLET WHEN HE SPRAINED HIS LEFT SHOULDER. HE WAS SENT TO MASSAC MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ER ON 10-28-97. OFF WORK 10-28-97 & 29 RELEASED TO LIGHT DUTY ON 10-20-97. RELEASED TO FULL DUTY ON 11-4-97.

EMPLOYEE CALLED IN SICK ON 10-24 AND 10-27-97. LATER IN THE DAY ON 10-27-97, HE CALLED HIS SUPERVISOR AND REPORTED HE HAD STRAINED HIS BACK ON 10-23-97 WHILE CLEANING UP AROUND THE PACKAGING L INES IN THE PACKAGING DEPT. HE SAW A CHIROPRACTOR ON 10-27-97 AND REMAINS OFF WORK. MAY RETURN IN TWO WEEKS.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE A BAG OF 20/50 PRODUCT WITH A FORKTRUCK. HE CLIMBED UP ON BAG TO ATTACH STRAP TO FORK OF FORKLIFT WHEN HIS FOOT SUNK DOWN IN THE BAG AND HE LOST HIS BALANCE FALLING A PPROX. 3' TO THE CONCRETE FLOOR. HE TWISTED HIS ANKLE AND BUMPED HIS LEFT ELBOW. UPON EXAM BY DR. HIS LEFT ANKLE WAS DIANOSED AS FRACTURED.

BENTONITE TRANSFER SYSTEM WAS PLUGGED UP. PLANT MAINTENANCE MAN OPENED BUTTERFLY VALVE THAT WAS UNDER PRESSURE, CAUSING BENTONITE TO BLOW OUT INTO FACE AND EYES.

EE WAS STACKING 4/10# BALES ON PACKAGING LINE. HE HAD BEEN STACKING FOR ABOUT AN HOUR WHEN HE FELT HIS BACK TIGHTEN. AFTER ANOTHER 45 MINUTES, HE SAID HIS BACK BEGAN HURTING. HE LEFT WORK SICK WITHOUT REPORTING HE HAD HURT HIS BACK. HE REPORTED THE INCIDENT ON 4/14/97, AND BROUGHT A STATEMENT FROM A CHIROPRACTIC CENTER WHERE HE HAD GONE FOR TREATMENT 4/11/97.

EE WAS PULLING A PALLET DOWN FROMA STACK OF PALLETS WAIST HIGH. THE PALLET HUNG ON ANOTHER PALLET AND WHEN HE JERKED IT HE TWISTED HIS BODY AND STRAINED HIS BACK. THE EE IS TREATING WITH A CHI ROPRACTOR AND HAS LOST NO TIME FROM WORK.

EMPLOYEE WAS BALANCING CONCRETE PIPE WHILE BEING CARRIED BY BACKHOE. THE PIPE BUMPED THEEMPLOYEE WHICH CAUUSED HIM TO GET IN THE PATH OF THE BACKHOE TIRE. THE BACKHOE THEN RAN OVER THE EMPLOY EES FOOT.

EE WAS USING A WRENCH, ATTEMPTING TO BREAK A ROLLER LOOSE ON THE MILL. AFTER LOCKING THE MACHINE OUT, HE APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE WRENCH, THE WRENCH SLIPPED AND THE HANDLE STRUCK HIM IN THE RIG HT JAW KNOCKING HIM DOWN. HIS LEFT HAND WAS CUT REQUIRING STITCHES TO CLOSE AND HE CHIPPED FIVE OF HIS TEETH. HE LOST NO TIME FROM WORK.

EE WAS REACHING ACROSS CONVEYOR TO WIPE OFF THE PHOTO EYE THAT COUNTS BAGS AND SHUTS DOWN THE POWERED BELT. AT THIS TIME, HIS RIGHT ARM CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE CONVEYOR BELT AND PULLED HIM OF F BALANCE. TRYING TO REGAIN HIS BALANCE, THE BACK OF HIS RIGHT HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE CONVEYOR BELT AND METAL ROLLER RESULTING IN LACERATIONS TO HIS LITTLE, RING, AND MIDDLE.

EE WAS ADJUSTING GUIDE PLATE ON MACHINERY WHEN THE WRENCH HE WAS SLIPPED HE HIT HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER AGAINST THE GUIDE PLATE CAUSING A 2CM LACERATION. HE WAS SENT TO DR. OFFICE WHERE HE REC EIVED 4 STITCHES. HE RETURN TO WORK SAME DAY.

EE WAS REPLACING A V BELT IN THE MILL AREA. HE WAS USING A POCKET KNIFE TO CUT THE BELT. THE KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING HIS LEFT THUMB. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM WHERE THE WOUND WAS CLOSED . HE HAD THE TENDON SURGICALLY REPAIRED THE NEXTDAY. HE WILL LOSE NO TIME FROM WORK.

THIS EE IS COMPLAINING OF LOSS OF FEELING & NUMBNESS IN HIS HANDS. HE HAS UNDERGONE VARIOUS TESTS TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE BUT RESULTS ARE INCOMPLETE AT THIS TIME. HE IS OFF WORK BEGINNING 4/25/ 96.

EMPLOYEE WAS PLACING BALES OF PRODUCT ON A PALLET.HE TURNED AND HIT HIS LEFT ELBOW AGAINST A MOVING FORKLIFT JAMMING HIS SHOULDER.

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING BATTERY ON FORKLIFT. HE PUSHED THE SEAT UP AND THE LATCH WAS BROKEN ON THE SEAT. THE SEAT FELL HITTING LEFT HAND. HAND WAS X-RAYED AT MASSAC MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. TO SEE DR. ON 12-8-95.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A 10LB BALE OF EMPTY BAGS FROM A PALLET WHEN HE SPRAINED HIS LEFT WRIST.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON PACKAGING LINE MOVING 2/25# PLAST IC BALES OF PRODUCT ON PALLETIZER WHEN HE STRAINED HIS RIGHT SHOULDER & NECK DID NOT SEEK TREATMENT UNTIL 08-04-95 OFF WORK 8/4 & 8/7/ 95

EE WAS STANDING BY PACKAGING LINE WHEN HE NOTICED BAGS SLIDING. WHEN HE PUSHED THEM BACK HE FELT SOMETHING IN HIS LEFT EYE. COULD NOT WASH IT OUT. WENT TO DR WHO REMOVED OBJECT WITH Q-TIP AND ADMINISTEDED ANTIBIOTIC OINTMENT.

EMPLOYEE WAS PRESSURIZING SASSAFRASS TANK WHEN FILTER BLEW OFF AND SPRAYED LIQUID IN FACE. EMPLOYEE WAS PUT UNDER EYE WASH STATION AND RINSED OFF. HE DID NOT WANT TO GO FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT B UT EYES WERE RED AND SUPERVISOR WANTED HIM TO BE CHECKED. HE WENT TO ER WHERE HE WAS EXAMINED AND GIVEN EYE DROPS TO USE.

EMPLOYEE WAS HAND BAGGING 4KG PRODUCT ON PACKAGING LINE WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK.DID NOT GO FOR TREATMENT UNTIL 03-27-95.

EE WAS TAPING & SEALING BAGS ON PACKAGING LINE WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT FOREARM. WENT TO ER WHERE SPLINT WAS APPLIED.

EE WAS HAND BAGGING 11 PRODUCTS ON PACKAGING LINE 2 WHEN HE STRAINED HIS RIGHT WRIST.

EE WAS HAND BAGGING ON PACKAGING LINE. WHEN HE GOT HOME HIS BACK BECAME SORE AND PAINFUL. WENT TO CHIRPRACTOR FRO TREATMENT, 3/9/95.

EE WAS STACKING 44 POUND BALES ON A PALLET WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK. WENT TO ER. TYLENOL GIVEN, ADVISE REST.

EMPLOYEE WAS HAND BAGGING ON PACKAGING LINE BAGGING 10# PRODUCT WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK.

EE WAS HAND BAGGING 10 LB PRODUCT ON PACKAGING LINE WHEN HE HEARD HIS WRIST POP. WENT TO EMERGENCY ROOM WHERE A SPLINT WAS APPLIED AND MEDICATION GIVEN. EE WAS ON OVERTIME SHIFT AND NOT ON REG ULAR JOB WHEN ACCIDENT OCCURRED. EE IS ABLE TO PERFORM HIS JOB AS JANITOR AND HAS MISSED NO TIME FROM WORK.

EMPLOYEE WAS DUMPING A HOPPER. THE HOPPER ROLLEDBACK ON HIS HAND CUTTING HIS RING AND MIDDLE FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND. ONE FINGER REQUIRED STITCHES.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A CUTTER BLADE ON THE PAYLOADER WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK DID NOT SEEK TREATMENT UNTIL 01-31-95

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ON ICE AND SNOW COVERED WALK WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL FALLING ON HIS LEFT SHOULDER. HIS SHOULDER HAS CONTINUED TO HURT HIM FOR THE PAST YEAR AND HE DECIDED TO SEEK MEDICAL TREATMENT. SURGERY PENDING. DIAGNOSIS: FROZEN SHOULDER.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING OUT OF MAINTENANCE SHOP WHEN HE TRIPPED ONTHE THRESHOLD IN THE DOORWAY HE CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH TH4E HEEL OF HIS LEFT HAND PUTTING ALL OF HIS BODY WEIGHT ON HIS LEFT ARM HE NOTICED SLIGHT PAINTHAT WORSENED AS THE DAY WENTON HE WENT TO THE ER WHERE XRAY SHOWED A FRACTURE OF THE LEFT ELBOW RADIAL HEAD

EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING A PALLET ON CONVEYOR BY PALLETIZER ON PACKAGING LING. CORNER OF PALLET HUNG ON RAIL OF CONVEYOR. WHEN PALLET CAME LOOSE IT CAUGHT EMPLOYEE'S ARM BETWEEN GUARD RAIL FOR ELE CTRONIC EYE AND PALLET BRUISING AND SCRAPING RIGHT ARM.

EE ALLEGES BACK STRAIN OCCURRED AS A RESULT OF AN OLD INJURY IN MAY OF 1991. HE CANNOT GIVE A SPECIFIC INCIDENT FOR THE NEW INJURY. HE IS RECEIVING MEDICAL TREATMENT FROM DR. RANDY OLIVER AND REMAINS OFF WORK.

EE WAS FREEING A PLASTIC JUG FROM SLEEVING EQUIPMENT. THE JUG CAME FREE SUDDENLY CAUSING RIGHT HAND TO HIT SHARP EDGE ON TOP OF SLEEVER. CUT RIGHT THUMB REQUIRED 2 STITCHES. EE WENT TO ER AND RETURNED TO WORK AND COMPLETED HIS SHIFT.

EMPLOYEE WAS COMING DOWN STEPS ON LINE #2 WRAPPER WHEN HIS BOOT HUNG ON STEP. HE CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH HANDRAIL BUT TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE. DID NOT SEEK TREATMENT UNTIL 10-19-94.

EMPLOYE ENTOICED PAIN IN HIS RIGHT KNEE THAT WORSENED AS THE SHIFT WENT ON. THE PAIN CONTINUED UNTIL HE COULD NOT PUT WEIGHT ON HIS LEG. HE STATED HE DID NOT KNOW HE HURT HIS KNEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING DOWN OFF PLATFORM TO PALLETIZER PLATFORM. HE TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE WHEN HE STEPPED FROM ONE LEVEL TO THE NEXT.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ON TOP OF STACKED PRODUCT WHEN HIS FOOT WENT THROUGH TWO PALLETS CAUSING HIM TO FALL.HIS RIGHT KNEE WAS WEDGED BETWEEN THE PRODUCT.

EMPLOYEE TURNED HER ANKLE WHEN SHE SLIPPED ON NCATWALK. THE EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO UNJAM BAGS AT BAG STACKER.EMPLOYEE WORKED 08-05 BUT WAS OFF 08-08.

A PINCH VALVE FELL ON EMPLOYEE'S HEAD,WHILE MAINTENANCE WAS WORKING ON THE POWDER SYSTEM ABOVE,THE VALVE CAME LOOSE AND FELL.

EMPLOYEE WAS TURNING FORKS ON FORK LIFT WHEN FORK SLIPPED PUT OF HIS HAND. IN AN ATTEMPT TO CATCH THE FORK HE WAS IN AN AWKWARD POSITION. HE IMMEDIATELY FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS MANUALLY HOLDING TAPE CUTTER ON TAPE MACHINE IN UP POSITION WHEN RT INDEX FINGER WAS PINCHED AS HE PUSHED TO RELEASE FINGER CUTTING BLADE CAME DOWN & CUT TIP OF MIDDLE FINGER ON R T HAND HE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL TREATMENT UNTIL FOLLOWING DAY FINGER REQUIRED THREE STITCHES

EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING BALES ON SMALL PKG. LINE WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LEFT WRIST AND NOTICE SWELLING. SENT TO ER ON 7-1 - WRIST SPLINT, MEDS GIVEN. RETURN TO WORK ON 7-5 AND EXPERIENCED PAI N AGAIN - OFF WORK. DIAGNOSIS- TENDONITIS.

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A PALLET OF JUGS WHEN SOMETHING BLEW INTO LEFT EYE.

EE CAUGHT HIS LEFT THUMB IN THE BAG SEALER, THEN JERKED IT OUT CAUSING CONTUSION.

EMPLOYEE WAS HAULING PALLETS FROM PALLET PATIO WHEN SOMETHING BLEW INTO HIS LEFT EYE. EMPLOYEE FLUSHED EYE WITH WATER BUT EYE WAS STILL IRRITATED ON 5-20-94 AND HE SOUGHT MEDICAL TREATMENT. DOCTOR PRESCRIBED ANTIBIOTIC EYE DROPS.

EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING BALES (10#) ON PACKAGIN LINE WHEN HE STRAINE DHIS LOWER BACK. DID NOT SEEK TREATMENT UNTIL 5-18-94 WHEN HE SAW A CHIROPRACTOR.

EMPLOYEE WAS HAND BAGGING ON PKG LINE WHEN HE RUBBED SKIN OFF OF RT LITTLE FINGER HE SOUGHT MEDICAL TREATMENT ON 05-06- & REPORT ED THE ACCIDENT BECXAUSE FINGER BECAME INFECTED WITH RED STREAK RUNNING UP TO WRIST DR PRESCRIBED ANTIBIOTIC

A MAINTENANCE EMPLOYEE HAD TAKEN THE CASE PACKING MACHINE OFF LINE TO TROUBLESHOOT A PLASTIC JUB JAMMING PROBLEM. THE EMPLOYEE CYCLED THGE MACHINE SEVERAL TIMES TO ASSIST IN THE IDENTIFICATI ON OF THE PROBLEM. AT ON POINT HE REACHED INTO THE MACHINE, TRIGGERED A PHOTOCELL AND CAUSED THE MACHINE TO CYCLE. THIS RESULTED IN THE MASHING OF THE EMPLOYEE'S LEFT HAND.

EE WAS HAND BAGGING ON 10# LINE ON 3/1. ON 3/2 HE REPORTED TO SUPERVISOR HIS RIGHT WRIST WAS SWOLLEN AND HURTING. HE WAS SENT TO ER ON 3/2 WHERE HE WAS GIVEN A WRIST SPLINT AND INSTRUCTED TO U SE ICE. HE RETURNED FROM ER, COMPLETED HIS SHIFT AND HAS LOST NO TIME. REFERRED TO ORTHOPAEDIST 3/4.

EMPLOYEE WAS ON PLATFORM PALLETIZER ON LINE #1. STEPPED ON LOWER LEVEL OF PLATFORM AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE.

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED & FELL IN SLIPPERY MUD SPOT. WHEN FALLING, HE TRIED TO CATCH HIMSELF WITH RIGHT HAND. IMPACT FROM HAND HITTING CONCRETE TRYING TO HOLD HIS WEIGHT UP SENT PAIN TO SHOULDER & NE CK -- RIGHT SIDE.

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS LIFTING SEAT ON FORKLIFT WHEN HE STRAINED HIS UPPER RIGHT BACK. HE ALSO STATED HE HAD HAD A PREVIOUS BACK INJURY.

EE STATED HE WAS UNSURE HOW ACCIDENT HAPPENED. HE NOTICED HIS FINGER SCRAPED, STIFF AND BLEEDING WHEN HE REACHED IN HIS POCKET FOR CHANGE. HE WAS SENT TO ER WHERE HE RECEIVED X-RAY. DIAGNOSIS: RIGHT 5TH FINGER CONTUSION. SPLINT WAS APPLIED.

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING BANDS FROM BUNDLE OF JUGS USING A POCKET KNIFE. THE FORCE USED TO CUT BAND CAUSED THE KNIFE TO COME UP STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE ABOVE RIGHT EYE CAUSING LACERATION REQUIRING 2 STITCHES.

EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE CLAY SHED GETTING JUGS WHEN HE LOOKE DUP AND DUST WENT IN HIS RIGHT EYE. HE DID NOT SEEK TREATMENT UNTIL 10-2-93 WHEN HE WOKE UP AND EYE WAS SWELLED SHUT. HE WENT TO ER A ND EYE WAS PATACHE.D HE WAS NOT SCHEDULED TO WORK ON 10-4 RETURNED TO DR. WHO RECOMMENDED EYE SPECIALIST. EYE SPECIALIST DIAGNOSIS_CONJUNCTIVITIS - OFF WORK.

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS CUYTTING A STRAP ON A PALLET OF CARDBOARD WITH A POCKET KNIFE WHEN HE POKED THE KNIFE IN HIS LEFT FOREARM CAUSING A PUNCTURE TYPE WOUND. EMPLOYEE IS A DIABETIC. THE WO UND REQUIRED 2 SMALL STITCHES ONLY, BUT EMPLOYEE WAS SENT TO ER DUE TO RISK OF INFECTION BECAUSE OF MEDICAL CONDITION. EMPLOYEE WAS GIVEN ANTIBIOTIC.

EE WAS ENGAGED IN HORSEPLAY. EE WAS WORKING IN PACKAGING DEPT. WHEN HE GRABBED ANOTHER EE AND WRAPPED HIS LEGS AROUND HIM. WHEN THE OTHER EE TRIED TO GET FREE THEIR HEADS BUMPED TOGETHER CAUSI NG A LACERATION TO HIS LEFT EYE BROW. AFTER AN INVESTIGATION THE EE WAS DISCHARGED AFTER IT WAS DETERMINED HE WAS THE INSTIGATOR.

EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING A WHEEBARROW & HIT HIS LEFT HAND ON ROLLER ADJUSTMENT BOLT ON LINE 5 PKG. LINE BRUISING LEFT HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING WITH ELECTRIC WELDER WHEN STINGER ON WELDER TOUCHED HIM UNDER CHIN CAUSING HIM TO BE SHOCKED. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE KNOCKED THE CORD AWAY FROM HIM & HE WAS LAYED TO THE FLOOR . X-RAYS INDICATES COMPRESSION FRACTURE TO T6 ALSO 2ND DEGREE BURN ON CHIN.

EE WAS FILLING ADDITIVE POWDER DISPENSER WHEN HE DROPPED THE SCOOP AND POWDER FELW IN HIS FACE AND EYES.

EE WAS WORKING ON LARGE PAK PKG LINE WHEN THE STACKER JAMMED. IN AN ATTEMPT TO UNJAM THE BAGS THHE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS RIGHT ELBOW.

EE PULLED A PALLET DOWN FROM THE TOP OF A STACK OF PALLETS AND STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON SMALL PKG. LINE WHEN WRAPPER DID NOT WRAP. EMPLOYEE REACHED UNDER PLATFORM TO CHANGE PLASTIC WHEN HIS LEFT WRIST WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN TABLE AND PLATFORM.

EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING ON SMALL PKG. LINE WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO STRAIGHTEN A BALE ON CONVEYOR. WHEN BAG REACHRED ROLLER HIS HAND WENT BETWEEN ROLLER AND CONVEYOR CATCHING RING & SPRAINING LEFT H AND. HE WENT TO EMERGENCY ROOM ON 7/1, RECEIVED X-RAY & ICE COMPRESS - LOST NO TIME. ON 7/9 FINGER ON L HAND BECAME INFECTED EMPLOYEE WENT TO ER AGAIN - NO LOST TIME.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING CLAY FROM ROLLERS ON BARBER GREENE FEEDER. THE CLEANER BECAME LODGED BETWEEN THE BELT & THE ROLLER PINCHING RIGHT THUMB BETWEEN THE CLEANER HANDLE & THE FEEDER FRAME.

EE WAS STACKING 30 FILLED BAGS ON A PALLET WHEN HE SPRAINED HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE STATED HE AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A WHEELBARROW FILLED WITH CLAY TO DUMP INTO HOPPER WHEN HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS DUMPING A LARGE PLASTIC BAG FILLED WITH JUGS INTO TRASH HOPPER. THERE WAS A HANDRAIL AROUND HOPPER THAT WAS NOT BOLTED DOWN. THE BAG HIT THE HANDRAIL KNOCKING IT OVER AND THE SUP PORT LEG OF THE HANDRAIL HIT THE EMPLOYEE IN LEFT KNEE.

EMPLOYEE STATED HE LEANED OVER SAFETY RAIL TO PULL A BAD BALE OF PRODUCT OFF LINE WHEN EMPLOYEE MISSED SCHEDULED SHIFT 01-2 5-93

EMPLOYEE CAME TO THE PLANT ON 02-01-93 & TOLE THE PLANT MANAGER HE HAD AN ACCIDENT ON 01-21-93 WHILE WORKING ON THE LARGE PACK PALLETIZER HE STATED HE JAMMED HIS RT INDEX FINGER ON TOP PLAT E OF THE PALLETIZER HE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL T REATMENT UNTIL 01-25-93 HE CALLED IN SICK THE ENTIRE WEEK OF JAN 25-JAN 29

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING CLUMP LINE OPERATOR TRANSFER BENTONITE FROM TRASH HOPPER INTO LARGE BAG WHEN HE GOT HIS RIGHT HAND BETWEEN HOPPER AND FORKLIFT MASK MASHING HIS WRIST AND HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING FORKLIFT WHEN HE TURNED TO LOOK BEHIND AND HE STATED HE FELT A SHARP PAIN AND STIFFNESS IN HIS LOWER BACK. EMPLOYEE STATED HE HAD HAD A SIMILAR INCIDENT IN THE PAST AND HAD BEEN OFF WORK.

HEMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS USING A PRY BAR TRYING TO FREE BAGS ON PALLETIZER WHEN HE FELT HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN LEFT SIDE OF CHEST EMPLOYEE REPORTED ACCIDENT TO SUPERVISOR ON 01-18-93 BUT DID NOT REPORT HE SOUGHT MEDICAL TREATMENT UNTIL 01-2 593 WHEN A BILL WAS RECEIVED & HE WAS QUESTIONED

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A PULLEY OFF ID FAN MOTOR WHEN PULLEY FELL SMASHING LEFT RING FINGER BETWEEN PULLEY AND CONCRETE.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON BENTONITE UNLOAD STATION WHEN THE TRANSFER VALVE ON THE PRESSURIZED TANK STUCK. EMPLOYEE TRIED TO MANUALLY DISENGAGE THE VALVE WITH A SCREWDRIVER CAUSING PRESSURE TO RE LEASE BLOWING BENTONITE INTO EYES.

EE STATED THAT SOMETIME IN JAN HE STEPPED IN A HOLE AND TURNED HIS ANKLE. HE DID NOT GO FOR TREATMENT UNTIL 4-13-93, WHEN HE SAW A DR. HIS TREATMENT INCLUDED AN X RAY AND TWO INJECTIONS. EE ST ATED HE HAD A SMALL CHIP OF BONE IN HIS ANKLE. WHEN ASKED WHY HE WAITED SO LONG TO HAVE TREATMENT HE STATED HE HAS TROUBLE WITH HIS ANKLES ANYWAY AND DID NT WANT TO GO TO DR HE MISSED NO TIME

EE STATED HE WAS ON LARGE PAK PACKAGING LINE WHEN BAGS TURNED SIDE WAYS ON CONVEYOR. HE ATTEMPTED TO CLEAR CONVEYOR WHEN HIS LEFT ARM BECAME LODGED BETWEEN BAG AND METAL CONNECTED TO THE CONVE YOR.

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS USING A HAND DRILL, DRILLING OUT BOLT WHEN SHAVINGS OF METAL ENTERED HIS LEFT EYE SCRATCHING HIS EYEBALL.

EE STATED HE WAS STACKING BAGS ON LIFT STATION ON PKG LINE 2 HE FELT HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK THE EE WAS WEARING A BACK SUPPORT. THIS WAS NOT REPORTED UNTIL 10-26-92.

EMPL PLACING 7 LB FILLED JUGS INTO CASES WHEN RIGHT WRIST BEGIN TO HURT AND SWELLING WAS NOTI-CED.

EMPLOYEE WAS WASHING HIS HANDS WITH PINE CLEANER. HE RINSED HIS HANDS AND THEN BEGAN TO WASH HIS FACE. AFTERWARDS EMPLOYEE NOTICED EYES BURNING AND SWOLLEN.

EMPL WORKING ON LARGE PACK PACKAGING LINE OPERATING SEMI-AUTOMATIC PALLETIZER WHEN EMPL CUT INDEX FINGER LEFT HAND. BEGAN TO HANDLE THE BAGS DIFFERENTLY WHEN THEY CAME OFF THE CONVEYOR,RESULTE D IN MUSCLE STRAIN/TENDONITIS TO LEFT LOWER ARM.

71950IN L GROIN WHILE STACKING PRODUCT ON LG LINE

66929NG ON CLUMP LINE FILED JUGS ON CONV

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON THE CLUMPING LINE. HE WAS SETTING IN A CHAIR, HANGING 7 # JUGS AND PLACING THEM ON A CONVEYOR. HE RAISED UP FROM THE CHAIN AND BUMPED HIS LEFT KNEE ON THE CONVEYOR.

EMPL CLEANING AROUND SMALL CLAY BREAKER WHEN A DIRT CLOD FELL OFF CONVEYOR AND HIT EMPL IN LEFT LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO UNHANG A PALLET ON ROLLER CONVEYOR.HE WAS WALKING ON CONVEYOR WHEN HIS RIGHT FOOT BECAME LODGED BETWEEN ROLLERS SEVERLY BRUSING HIS RIGHT FOOT.

EMPLOYEE WAS OFF BEARING ON SMALL PAK PACKING LINE, PULLED AN EMPTY PALLET OFF OF STACK TO DROP ON FLOOR, DROPPED THE PALLET ON HIS RIGHT FOOT & TOE.

EE WAS BAGGING TEN POUND PRODUCT ON PACKAGING LINE WHEN HE COMPLAINED OF SORENESS IN HIS CHEST.

BAGGING KITTY LITTER SORENESS OF R ELBOW

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A PALLET OF FILLED JUGS OF PRODUCT BY HAND WHEN HE GOT HIS INDEX FINGER BETWEEN PALLET & CONCRETE FLOOR EMPLOYEE DID NOT GO TO DOC UNTIL 04-04-92 WHEN HIS FINGER BEGIN TO S WELL EMERGENCY ROOM DOC ADVISED OFF WORK & TO REPORT TO FAMILY PHYSICIAN ON 04-07-92

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING OUT DITCH FROM WHIRLPOOL AFTER HE CHANGED DUST TO WHIRPOOL AND THE DITCH STOPPED UP. EMPLOYEE STEPPED BACK INTO DITCH WHERE WATER FROM THE SCRUBBER WAS RUNNING. WATER I N THIS DITCH WAS HOT AND EMPLOYEE RECEIVED SCALDING TYPE INJURY ON BOTH LEGS FROM THE ANKLES TO THE KNEES WHICH RESULTED INF IRST, SECOND AND THIRD DEGREE BURNS.

EE WAS OPERATING FORKLIFT DURING SHIFT. EE SAID THE JOLTING OF THE FORKLIFT AND ALSO THE LEANING TO SEE AROUND FORKLIFT MASK WHEN STACKING IN WAREHOUSE CAUSED HIS BACK TO HURT. HE ONLY MENTION ED THIS ON OCT 2ND BUT DID NOT ASK TO FILL OUT ACCIDENT REPORT. HE CALLED ON 10-18 ON 10-18 SAID HE COULD NOT WORK. HE REMAINS OFF WORK.

EMPLOYEE STATED HE GOT UP ON MONDAY MORNING 09-23-91 AND HIS BACK WAS HURTING.HE CAME TO WORK,WORKED LESS THAN AN HOUR AND WENT HOME.EMPLOYEE COULD NOT GOVE A SPECIFIC DATE OR INCIDENT.WE BECA ME AWARE OF THIS BEING A WORK REALTED INJUEY ON 01-24-92 WHEN WE RECEIVED NOTICE THAT EMPLOYEE HAD FILED WITH INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION.THE EMPLOYEE HAS BEEN RECEIVING DISABILITY BENEFITS FROM OU

EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING ON A TENNANT SWEEPER.HE STATED HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS ABDOMINAL AREA AND PASSED OUT FALLING FROM THE SWEEPER ONTO THE CONCRETE FLOOR STRIKING HIS HEAD AND LEFT SHOULD ER.EMPLOEYE WENT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM ON 08-01-91,WHERE THE EMERGENCY ROOM DOCTOR TOOK AN X-RAY AND SAID HE COULD RETURN TO WORK.HE CAME BACK TO WORK ON 08-02-91.ON 08-05- HE SAW HIS FAMILY

LIFTING BAGS SENDING DOWN RAMP, FELT SHARP PAIN IN LOWER L BACK

EMPLOYEE WAS WASHING DOWN CONCRETE AREA NEAR THE SCRUBBER USING SIDE TO SIDE MOTION HE STRUCK HIS HAND AGAINST A STEEL LEG HOLDING UP THE SCRUBBER EMPLOYEE REPORTED THE ACCIDENT BUT DID NOT GO TO DOC UNTIL 06-13-91

LIFTING 50 BAGS FROM FLOOR HURT BACK

EE WAS CLEANING UP PACKAGING LINE. HE BENT OVER TO PICK UP A 25 LB BAG OF PRODUCT AND TURNED WITH IT WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIW LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLEAR CONVEYOR OF BAGS TURNED CROSS WAY ON AND NEAR ENTRANCE TO THE BAG FLATTNER, THE BELT WAS RUNNING AND RIGHT ARM WAS PULLED INTO BAG FLATTNER.

EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING 25# BALED PRODUCT, REBALING ON LARGE PACK LINE. HE REACHED DOWN TO PALLET, EXTENDING HIS ARMS TO PICK UP BAG WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK AND LEG.

EMPLOYEE WAS BENDING OVER USING A CUTTING TORCH TO REMOVE METAL STUDS FROM CONCRETE FLOOR.A PIECE OF HOT METAL OR CONCRETE FLEW UP UNDERNEATH SAFETY GLASSES AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON INSIDE CRONE R OF LEFT EYE.

EMPL WAS PLACING BALER ON SEMI AUTOMATIC BALER WHEN HE CAUGHT RIGHT RING FINGER BETWEEN CYLINDER THAT HOLD FILLED BALES &BAG GUIDE MASHING FINGER.

EMPLOYEE WAS BAGGING ON SMALL PACK LINE PUSHING BAGS DOWN INTO BALER WHEN HE FELT SORENESS IN HIS WRIST.

EMPLOYEE WAS MOPPING THE BREAKROOM PUSHING AND PULLING THE MOP WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK AND HIS BACK STIFFENED TO THE POINT HE COULD NOT CONTINUE MOPPING.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING EXCESS PLASTIC FROM EXIT CONVEYOR LINE HAS PHOTO CELLS THAT TURN THE BELTS ON & OFF DURING THE INTERVAL WHEN THE CONVEYOR WAS OFF EMPLOYEE REACHED INTO THE CONVEYOR PHOTO CELL TURNED THE CONVEYOR ON ROLLING EMPLOYEES HHAND BETWEEN THE BELT & TAIL PULLEY EMPLOYEE WAS ABLE TO HIT THE EMERGENCY STOP BUTTON

EMPLOYEE WAS SEALING BAGS ON THE LARGE PACK LINE WHEN A BAG ENTERED THE SEALER WRONG. IN AN ATTEMPT TO CATCH THE BAG EMPLOYEES RIGHT INDEX FINGER WAS CAUGHT IN THE ENTRY ROLLER OF THE SEALER. EMPLOYEE WAS TAKEN TO EMERCANY ROOM WERE THEY TOOK X-RAYS BUT NO FRACTURE WAS FOUND.

EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING 30# BALES OF PRODUCT ON A SCISSOR LIFT IN PACKAGING DEPARTMENT WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN RUN THROUGH HIS RIGHT SHOULDER & BICEP

EMPL STACKING BAGS ON SEMI-AUTO PALLETIZER.WAS WEARING GLOVES,REACHED OUT TO GET BALE OF PRODUCT,CONVEYOR CAUGHT GLOVE PULLING HAND INTO AND BETWEEN HEAD PULLEY AND 1ST STEEL INCLINE ROLLER & AGAINST COVEYOR BELT.FRICTION FROM BELT CAUSED BURN TYPE INJURY TO DORSUM SURFACE OF RIGHT HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING BAG HOUSE FOR POSSIBLE BLOCKAGE. THE ROTARY AIR LOCK WAS TURNING BUT NOTHING WAS COMING OUT. EMPLOYEE CHECKED FOR MUD BY INSERTING HIS HAND IN AIR LOCK, WHEN HE DID HIS FINGER CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE PADDLE WHEEL AND HOUSING ONT EH AIR LOCK CUTTING HIS FINGER TIP.

EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING WORN OUT TIPS ON AIR LOCK HE WAS HOLDING THE HEAD OF A BOLT WITH A WRENCH IN H IS RIGHT HAND USING RATCHET TO TIGHTEN NUT IN LEFT HAND RATCHET SLIPPED & HE CUT HIS THUMB ON SHARP TIP

EMPL WAS OPERATING THE LARGE PACK LINE RUNNING THE BAG SEALER WHEN HE MOMENTARILY GLANCED TO THE SIDE HE CAUGHT HIS L THUMB IN THE SEALER

EMPL WAS WIPING DOWN THE SEWING MACHINE ON TEH PACKAGING MACHINE ON THE PACKAGING LINE WHEN HIS FINGER PASSED OVER A PHOTO ELECTRIC EYE WHICH ACTIVATED THE RIBBON CLIPPER ON THE SEWING MACHINE CUTTING THE TIP OF HIS R LONG FINGER

EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE SCRAP YARD LOOKING FOR AN OLD DOCK PLATE. THERE WERE THREE SECTIONS OF AN OLD ELEVATOR LAYING ON THE GROUND, AND INSTEAD OF WALKING AROUND THEM HE ATTEMPTED WALKING ACROSS THEM. WHEN HE STEPPED OFF THE ELEVATOR ONTO THE GROUND HE FELT SOMETHING POP IN HIS BACK CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO GROUND, UNABLE TO MOVE.

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLIMB ON TOP OF TALL BULK DRUM TO LOOK DOWN INSIDE THE INSPECT CONTENTS. EMPLOYEE JUMPED, USING HIS ARMS TO HELP PULL AND PUSH HIS BODY ON TOP OF DRUM, ALLOWING HIS WIERGHT TO REST ON HIS LOWER ABDOMEN.

EMPLOYEE WAS WASHING DOWN CONCRETE AREA, PULLING A 1-1/2" HOSE, WHEN HE STEPPED ON A SPOT OF MUD AND SLIPPED FALLING FLAT ON HIS BACK.

EMPL WAS HOSING DOWN CONCRETE AREA WHEN HE BUMPED ELBOW ON SUPPORT LEG ON CONVEYOR. EMPL DID NOT REPORT ACCIDENT. WE WERE MADE AWARE IT WAS ACIDENT ON JOB WHEN BILLING WAS RECEIVED FROM HOSPIT AL WHERE EMPL WAS TREATED ON 6/19/89 EMPL WAS QUESTIONED BY SUPERVISOR & ACCIDENT REPORT WAS FILLED OUT ON 7/6/89. NO TIME WAS LOST.

EMPL HOSING DOWN CONCRETE WITH WATER HOSE.HE HAD HOSE WRAPPED AROUND HIS LEFT HAND WAITING FOR WATER TO COME ON.HOSE HAD A KINK IN IT & WHEN PUMP CAME ON IT MOVED KINK FORWARD JERKING LEFT THU

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EMP. WAS STACKING 25 POUND BALES OF PRODUCT ON PALLET WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING SOME PACKAGES TO THE FRONT OFFICE FOR UPS SHIPMENT.WHEN HE REACHED THE SOUTH END DOOR OF THE OFFICE HE SET THE PACKAGES DOWN MOMENTARILY IN ORDER TO GETR HIS HANDS FREE TO OPEN THE DOOR.AFTER DOING THIS,EMPLOYEE LEANED DOWN TO PICK UP THE PACKAGES AND AT THE SAME TIME LEANED UP AGAINST THE STEEL RAILING SURROUNDING CONCRETE PORCH THE RAILING GAVE WAY CAUSING TH

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING WITH CUTTING TORCH.HE WAS HOT ANS SWEATING AND SAFETY GLASSES KEPT SLIPPING DOWN.A PICE OF SLAG POPPED AND HIT HIM IN LEFT EYE.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING U LINE USING AN AIR GUN TO BLOW DUST & LOOSE STONE OFF OF LINE WHILE USING AIR GUN A PIECE OF FOREIGN MATERIAL WAS BLOWN IN LEFT EYE

EMPLOYEE WAS S EALING BAGS ON LARGE PACK LINE HE PULLED CHAIR UP TO THE LINE RAISED UP & STRUCK THE RT.SIDE OF HIS FACE NEXT TO RT.EYE ON A DUST PICK-UP PIPE

EMP WAS OFF BEARING 50# BALES OF PRODUCT ON LARGE PACK LINE WHEN HE TWISTED HIS RT WRIST

EMPLOYEE WAS RE4OVING A FEED CHUTE FROM THE DISCHARGE END OF AN OBSOLETE CONVEYOR WORKING OUT OF A WORK CAGE ON A FORK LIFT HE ATTEMPTED TO CUT FEED CHUTE LOOSE AND SET IT IN CAGE BY HAND TH E CHUTE CAME LO2SE AND HIT HIM IN LEFT SHOULDER

EMPLOYEE WAS BA1 SUPPLIER ON 25# LINE. HE WAS BEATING OUT BAGS TO RUN ON THE LINE WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EMP WAS BAGGING3ON LINE, WHEN HE PUT A 10# BAG OF PRODUCT IN A BALER AND FOREIGN MATERIAL CAME OUT OF BAG AND WENT IN LEFT EYE

EE WAS GETTING 7OUPONS FOR PACKAGING LINES. HE B ENT OVER IN A TWISTED POSITION TO PICK UP A BA%*%*% BOX OF COUPONS & FELT HIS LEFT SIDE POP.

EMPLOYEE WAS ST5CKING 60 LB BALES OF PRODUCT WHEN HE TURNED TO STACK BALE ON PALLET HE FELT SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER RT BACK

EMP WAS WORKING3ON CRUSHER WELDING IN CLAY SHED PULLING THE CABLE ON A CABLE COME A LONG WHEN END GOT HUNG UP HE JERKED ON CABLE SOMETHING PULLED IN H IS BACK HE FELL TO THE FLOOR UNABLE TO GET UP 3

EMP WAS LOADING3TRUCK AND WAS REMOVING PIECE OF CARDBOARD FROM UNDERNEATH TWO BALES OF PRODUCT, JERKED TOO HARD HITTING SELF BETWEEN EYES AND ACROSS LEFT EYEBALL WITH CARDBOARD

OPERATOR WAS GUIDING BAGS INTO SEALER, HELD ONE BAG TOO LONG AN D HAND WAS PULLED INTO MACHINE. BAG HAD SMALL RIP IN RIGHT HAND SIDE AND WAS FOLDING THIS OVER LITTLE AND HOLDING IT TO FEED INT O SEALER TO HAVE PERFECT SEAL.

WAS CUTTING METAL BANC FROM PALLET SECURING EMPTY BAGS BAND SPRUNG UP CUTTING HAND

EMP WAS REMOVING A METAL CATWALK AND HAND WAS PINCHED AND CUT BY TWO PIECES OF METAL

EMP WAS OPENING CAN FROM VENDING MACHINE FINGER SLIPPED LACERATING RIGHT THUMB ON LID OF CAN

EE WAS TAKING UNITS OF PRODUCT FROM MOVING CONVEYOR LINE TURNING & LIFTING & STACKING THE 50# UNITS ON PALLET.

EMP WAS REACHING UNDER A DUST COLLECTION TUBE OVER THE LINE TO DROP COUPON IN BAG. HIS ARM GRAZED A WIRE SCREEN HAVING SHARP POINTS ON EDGES

EMPLOYEE WAS PICKUNG UP 50# UNITS OF PRODUCT FROM CONVEYOR LINE TURNING AND STACKING THE UNITS ON PALLET EXPERIENCED PAIN AND FELT BACK POP WHEN LIFTING ONE 50# UNIT

EMPLOYEE WAS THREADING PLASTIC IN STRETCH WRAP BALER AND CAUGHT FINGER ON SHARP EDGE OF MACHINE CUTTING FINGER.

INSTALLING FAN OVERHED IN CEILING FOREIGN BODIES FELL GETTING IN RIGHT EYE

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING 30# BAG AND PLACING ON TOP OF ANOTHER 30# BAG AND SENDING THROUGH AUTOMATIC WRAPPER

LIFTING ROLL OF PLASTIC WEIGHING APPROX 130 POUNDS BY SELF AND PLACED ON B ACK OF MACHINE

PUSHING WHEELBARROW FULL OF CLAY,WHEELBARROW OVERBALANCED AND TRIED TO HOLD IT UP AND KEEP FROM OVERTURNING.

EMPLOYEE PULLED PALLET WEIGHING APPROX 75LB OFF TOP OF STACK BACKED INTO ANOTHER EMPLOYEE ANBD PALLET LANDED ON TOP OF LEFT FOOT

EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN CLEANING SHIPPING HALLWAY WALLS WITH CLEANING AGENT HAD WASHED HANDS RUBBED EYUES WITH BOTH HANDS CAUSING IRRITATION

EE WAS HELPING FORKLIFT OPERATOR RAISE & PUT DOCK IN PLACE BETWEEN TRAILER & LOADING DOCK, PLATE FELL STRIKING TOP OF RIGHT FOOT.

WAS LEANING OVER REMOVING SHEET OF PAPER WITH LEFT HAND FROM LOWER RIGHT DESK DRAWER, WHISKED PAPER EDGE ACROSS EYEBALL LEFT EYE

STACKING 10# BAGS IN BALER BAGS AND STACKING BALER ON PALLET, SPRAINED MIDDLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND