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EE WAS REMOVING PLYWOOD FROM PRODUCT IN LOADING OF A RAILCAR. SPLINTER ENTERD THE LITTLE FINGER OF LEFT HAND NEAR THE NAIL ON TOP OF FINGER. EE REMOVED SPLINTER, FINGER BECAME ABCESSED. WENT T O DR. ON 9-1-94.
EE WAS PLACING PALLET ON TURNTABLE AT BLOCK PRESS. EE TWISTING INSTEAD OF MOVING FEET. THE PALLET WAS EMPTY.
EE WAS CLEANING A BEAM OVERHEAD ON 2ND FLOOR OF MILL. SHE WAS WORKING FROM A STEP LADDER 6 FT HIGH WITH ONE FOOT ON LADDER AND THE OTHER FOOT ON A 2X8 STRINGER NAILED TO THE WALL. ABOUT 3 FT B ELOW HER WAS A COUNTER WITH A SINK. AS A RESULT OF THE LADDER SHIFTING OR HER OTHER FOOT SLIPPING OFF THE STRINGER, SHE FELL TO THE COUNTER WITH HER RIGHT FOOT LANDING ALONG THE FRONT WALL OF
EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN ASSIGNED TO CLEAN OUT A BOX CAR AT DOOR 6. WHIE STANDING, HIS LEG GAVE OUT ON HIM CAUSING HIM TO FALL ON KNEE. EMPLOYEE IS DIABETIC AND HAS BEEN UNDER DR'S CARE FOR SOME NER VE TROUBLE FOR SOME NERVE TROUBLE FROM SAME RIGHT LEG. BRUISED KNEE DURING FALL.
EMPLOYEE WAS PREPARING TO HOIST A PLATFORM FRAMETO A LOCATION 12 FT ABOVE. WHILE ATTACHING THE RIGGING TO THE FRAME, THE FRAME SHIFTED AND A CORNER OF THE FRAME CAUGHT ON THE FILTER WHEEL WHICH WAS ROTATING ADJACENT TO THE EMPLOYEE'S WORK AREA. THE FILTER WHEEL PULLED THE FRAME UP AND DOWNWARD TOWARD THE FLOOR. AS A RESULT THE EMPLOYEE'S LEFT ANKLE WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE FLO
HITTING STEEL W/ SLEDGE HAMMER & A SLIVER OF STEEL BROKE OFF & EMBEDDED IN LEG & GROIN AREA.
EMPLOYEE HURT HIS BACK PALLETIZING 50 LB BAGS. EMPLOYEE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTIION UNTIL 8-26-93/
EMPLOYEE LEANED OVER A DESK TO OBSERVE SOME PAPER WORK WITH A CO-WORKER WHEN HE FELT HIS BACK POP.
EMPLOYEE WAS COMING DOWN A STAIRWAY & HE SLIPPED IN TRYING TO KEEP FROM FALLING HE GRABBED FOR THE HANDRAILS HIS LEFT HAND SLIPPED OFF THE HANDRAIL & AS A RESULT HIS LEFT FOREARM CAME INTO CON TACT WITH A METAL NUT ON A PVC TREADED ADAPTER WHICH LACERATED HIS FOREARM & REQUIRED STITCHES TO CLOSE
EMPLOYEE WAS RESTACKING 50# BAGS. AS HE WAS PULLING THE BAG FROM THE STACK OF BAGS HE FELT A PAIN IN THE LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE SCOOPED SALT FOR ABOUT 3 HOURS AND THEN BAGGED AND PALLETIZED SALT BAGS THE BALANCE OF THE SHIFT. AFTER HE WENT HOME, HIS BACK AND BUTTOCK BECAME VERY STIFF AND SORE.
EMPLOYEE WAS FILLING & LEADING BAGS INTO THE SEWING HEAD WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LEFT WRIST SAME DISCOMFORT HE HAS EXPERIENCED BEFORE
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING BETWEEN TURNTABLE AND BLOCK CONVEYOR. FORKLIFT OPERATOR WAS SETTING IN PALLETS, WHEN HE BACKED UP HE MOVE THE PALLETS. HE SET THE BLOCK DOWN ON THE PALLET THEN PICKED IT BACK UP AND PLACED IT ON THE BLOCK CONVEYOR. THIS CAUSED A POP IN THE LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING 50LB SALT BAGS FROM TABLE & PLACING THEM ON A PALLET AS HE REACHED TO PLACE A BAG ON THE TOP LAYER ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF PALLET HE SPRAINED A MUSCLE IN MIDBACK ON LEFT SI DE
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING 50 LB SALT BLOCKS FROMT EH HPM PRESS DISCHARGE CONVEYOR AND PLACING THEM ON A PALLET. DURING THE ACTIVITY, HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LEFT WRIST WHICH MADE IT VERY DIFF ICULT TO CONTINUE THE TASK.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLOSING THE OUTER DOOR ONT HE FREIGHT ELEVATOR AND AS A RESULT OF NOT USING THE PULL STRAPS PROVIDED, GOT HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN THE TWO SECTIONS OF THE DOOR.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING INTO RAILCAR AND AS HE GOT ONTO FLOOR OF RAILCAR, HIS FEET SLIPPED ON THE WET METAL FLOOR OF THE CAR CAUSING HIM TO FALL BETWEEN RAILCAR AND BUILDING, SCRAPING HIS RIGHT S HIN AND TWISTING HIS KNEE.
EMPLOYEE HAD SEWN BAGS FOR 2 HOURS AND DEVELOPED A PAIN IN THE BACK OF HIS LEFT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS CATCHING 50 LB SALT BAGS AT #6 SEWING STATION AND STACKING THEM ON A PALLET WHEN HE FELT A "POP" IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. AS A RESULT, HIS RIGHT SHOULDER STARTED HURTING HIM. HE WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY DUE TO INJURY.
54736YEE WAS PALLETIZING 80 LB BAGS.A DAMAGED BAG CAME DOWN THE CHUTE AND EMPLOYEE TOOK THE BAG INTO THE BAGGING MACHINE AREA.HE DUMPED THE CONTENTS INTO ANOTHER BAG,UPON RETURNING TO THE PALL 53999NG AREA HE NOTICED SOME BACK PAIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS NAILING A 2X4 BOARD TO THE BOTTOM ON THE FLOOR ABOVE TO USE AS A NAILER TO SECURE SKIRTS ON THE GRANULATED BULK LOADING BELT ON SECOND FLOOR OF REFINERY MILL. WHILE INSTALLING THE 2X4 BOARD, ACCUMULATED SALT DUST AND RUST WAS DISLODGED FROM BEAMS UNDER THE FLOOR AND FELL ON THE EMPLOYEE. THE EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES. TWO SMALL EMBEDDED PARTICLES WERE REMOVED
EMPLOYEE WAS FILLING BAGS AT THE SALT SCALES AND FEEDING THEM INTO THE SEWING HEAD AND FELT PAIN IN THE LEFT WRIST AND THUMB WHICH HE HAD COMPLAINED OF FOR A COUPLE DAYS. THE PAIN IS SIMILAR T O THE DISCOMFORT HE EXPERIENCED IN NOVEMBER OF 1991 WHICH DID NOT REQUIRE MEDICAL ATTENTION. ON 7-8-92, EE WANTED TO SEE A DOCTOR. THE DOCTOR PUT THE EE ON RESTRICTED DUTY FOR ONE WEEK, THEN
USING UNIMOVE TO TRANSFER BLOXKS FROM PRESS TO PALLET SUFFERING PAIN IN NECK ON R SIDE AND DOWN SHOULDER
EMPLOYEE REPORTED ON 4-28-92 AT 5:15PM THAT HIS RIGHT ELBOW WAS STILL BOTHERING HIM FROM AMN INJURY WHICH OCCURRED OCTOBER OF 1990. EMPLOYEE STATED THAT NO SINGLE EVENT HAD CAUSED HIKM INJURY, BUT THE ELBOW HAD STEADILY INCREASED IN DEGREE OF PAIN. AS A RESULT, THE SURGERY TO REPAIR THE ELBOW TOOK PLACE ON 6-2-92.
INJ R SHOULDER PULLED ON DOOR
EMPLOYEE NOTIFIED HIS SUPERVISOR THAT HE WAS EXPERIENCING LOWER BACK PAIN, BUT DID NOT NEED MEDICAL ATTENTION. ON 4-2-92, EMPLOYEE STATED HIS BACK WAS STILL BOTHERING HIM AND HE WANTED MEDICA L ATTENTION. EMPLOYEES NORMAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDE SEWING BAGS, PALLETIZING BAGS AND OPERATING A FORKLIFT. WE ARE UNAWARE WHICH OF THESE ACTIVIITIES MAY HAVE CAUSED HIS BACK PROBLEM.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON THE ELMS PRESS FELT AREA AROUND SHOULDER BLAD TIGHTEN UP. THE EMPLOYEE SUFFERED A STRAINED MUSCLE IN LEFT SHOULDER BLADE AREA.
PULLED A PALLET OFF A STACK. AS THE PALLET FELL TO THE GROUND, HE WAS BACKING UP AND STRUCK AN I-BEAM. HE THEN COULD NOT GET HIS FOOT OUT OF THE WAY. THE PALLET STRUCK HIS LEFT FOOT CAUSING AN INCISION AND FRACTURE.
EE WAS CLOSING THE OUTSIDE DOOR ON A RAIL CAR WHILE STANDING BETWEEN THE CAR AND BUILDING AFTER THE EE UNLATCHED THE DOOR, HE GAVE THE DOOR A PUSH AND AS A RESULT GOT HIS MIDDLE FINGER ON RIGH T HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN THE DOOR OF CAR AND CAR, CAUSING A LACERATION WHICH REQUIRED 4 STITCHES TO CLOSE.
EE WAS HANGING 50 LB BAGS WHEN HE TRIED TO CATCH ONE BAG AND FELT A PULL IN HIS BACK.
KNEE GAVE OUT WHILE PALLETIZING BAGS
HE WAS CLEANING OUT EXCESS SALT AND OIL BUILD-UP FROM EXCESS OIL RING ON BOTTOM OF RAM ON HPM PRESS. WHILE USING A 14" SCREW DRIVER TO PRY UP ON THE ACCUMULATED SALT AND OIL BUILD-UP, THE MATE RIAL BROKE FREE AND HIS RIGHT WRIST STRUCK THE OIL DEFLECTOR DEVICE WHICH HAND SHARP EDGED LACERATING THE BACK OF WRIST AT WRIST BONE.
EMPL HAD PICKED UP EMPTY BARREL WITH TOP OUT & PLACED IT ON PALLET. HE SAW BARREL WAS ON EDGE OF PALLET & GRABBED TOP OF BARREL TO CENTER IT ON PALLET. AS HE MOVED BARREL HE CAUGHT TWO FINGERS ON ROUGH EDGE THAT HAD BEEN LEFT WHEN TOP WAS CUT OUT. EMPL WAS NOT WEARING ANY TYPE OF HAND PROTECTION.
EMPLOYEE HAD JUST COMPLETED THE PALLETIZING OF A PALLET, WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN ABDOMINAL AREA. EMPLOYEE BELIEVED IT TO BE HIS APPENDIX. DOCTOR'S FINDINGS WAS A STRAINED LOWER ABOMINAL MUSCLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE CLOSE A BOTTOM GATE ON HOPPER CAR. EMPLOYEE HAD PRY BAR INSTERED IN GATE HUB AND WHILE PULLING ON BAR IT SLIPPED. AS A RESULT, EMPLOYEE'S LEFT HAND ST RUCK THE SIDE OF HOPPER CAR INJURING HIS LEFT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS CATCHING 50 LB SALT BAGS ON PICKING TABLE AND LOADING THEM ON WOODEN PALLETS. AS HE REACHED FOR A BAG COMING DOWN THE DISCHARGE CHUTE, HIS LEFT HAND STRUCK THE FRONT EDGE OF THE C HUTE, CAUSING A HAIR LINE FRACTURE TO LEFT RING FINGER.
EMPLOYEE RETURNED TO WORK ON 04-29-91 FOLLOWING A 10 WEEK ABSENCE FROM WORK DUE TO CHEST SURGERYEMPLOYEE WORKED 22 SWEEKS IN MILL CLEANUP POSITION TO BUILD UP HIS ENDURANCE ON 05-13-91 I NAME WAS ASSIGNED TO PALLETIZING BLOCKS ON THE PRESS FOLLOWING MORNING I NAME REPORTED A VERY PAINFUL CHEST & REQUEST PERMISSION TO SEE A DOC
MAKING REPAIRS TO GATE,OTHER EMP LOST CONTROL OF FORKLIFT STRUCK HIM MULT FRACT ON R ANKLE
EMPLOYEE WAS ENGAGED IN MIXING A CHARGE OF IODIZED PREMIX. AS HE BENT OVER THE PICK UP A 50 LB BAG OF PREMIX, WHICH WAS ON THE BOTTOM LAYER ON WOODEN PALLET SETTING ON THE FLOOR, HE FELT A PAI N IN HIS BACK AS HE PICKED THE BAG UP. EMPLOYEE THOUGHT HE COULD WORK THE PAIN OUT, HOWEVER ON 5-6-91, HE REQUESTED MEDICAL TREATMENT.
EMPLOYEE HAS BEEN ENGAGED IN SHOVELING PILES OF SALT & MINICUBE FROM THE FLOOR INTO WASTE SALT CARTS THESE CARTS ARE THEN DUMPED BY HAND INTO THE DISSOLVING TANK DURING THE ACTIVITIES THE EMPL OYEE HAS DEVELOPED PAIN IN THE RT SHOULDER
THE EMPLOYEE INDICATED HIS BACK HAD BEEN TIGHTENING UP OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS.HE COULD NOT TIE IT TO ONE SPECIFIC INCIDENT.THE PAIN GOT PROGRESSIVELY WORSE,TO THE POINT HE COULDN'T STAND O R SIT WITHOUT PAIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS SWEEPING IN THE VACUUM BELTWAY WHICH WAS MODERATELY DUSTY & COUGHED POPPING HIS BACK OUT OF PLACE EMPLOYEE WAS NOT WEARING A DUST MASK
EMPLOYEE FAILED TO SHUT OFF THE FISCHBEIN SEWING UNIT BEFORE THREADING THE NEEDLE.THE UNIT WAS ACTIVATED WHEN THE EMPLOYEE TRIPPED THE SWITCH CAUSING THE NEEDLE TO ENTER HIS MIDDLE FINGER OF L EFT AHND.THE EMPLOYEE THEN TORE HIS FINGER FROM THE NEEDLE CAUSING A LACERATION REQUIRING STITCHES.
EMPL WAS ASSISTING DRAFTER TAKE MEASUREMENTS OF #6 BAGGING MACHINE HOPPER. MEASUREENTS WERE TAKEN WITH USE OF LADDER. WHEN DESCENDING & AT SECOND RUNG HE THEN STEPPPED TO FLOOR PLACING RIGHT F OOT BETWEEN ELECTRICAL BOX 7 GEAR BOX OR TURNTABLE. ANOTHER EMPL WAS STEADYING LADDER.
MOVING R CAR WHICH WAS ABOVE RAIL DOOR IT BETAN ROLLING KEPT PUSHING WITH R SHOULDER IT IS PAIN FUL
CAUGHT R FOOT IN FORKLIFT LANDED ON CEMENT FLOOR, L WRIST A ND KNEE SPRAINED
EMPLOYEE REPORTED PAIN RUNNING FROM HER THUMB TO ELBOW AS A RESULT OF THE CONTINUED USE OF A PORTABLE HAND GRINDER & DUMPING CARTS PAIN HAD PERSISTED FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS EMPLOYEE CON TINUED HER NORMAL JOB ACTIVITIES UNTIL 03-14-91 WHEN WRIST SURGERY WAS PERFORMED TO REPAIR INJURY
EMPL WRIST BOTHERING HIM AS RESULT OF WORK ACTIVITIES REQ IN JOB.RECD MEDICAL TREATMENT FROM 8-8-/12-22.DURING THIS PERIOD OF TIME EMPL CONTINUED TO WORK.ON 12-22 EMPL HAD CARPAL TUNNEL RELEAS E SURGERY.
EMPL WAS PLACING 50# BLOCK ONTO PALLET WHICH EMPL DID NOT REALIZE HELPER WAS ALSO PLACING PAD BETWEEN LAYERS OF BLOCKS. EMPL DID NOT HAVE GOOD FOOTING BECASUE OF SURPRISE WHEN HE TURNED TO PLA CE BLOCK ON PALLET & SAW HELPER. PULLED MUSCLES IN LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS PALLETIZING 50 LB. BAGS, THE CREW HAD JUST CHANGED OVER TO RUN 80 LB. BAGS. AS THE CREW BEGAN THE 80 LB. BAGS, EMPLOYEE HURT HIS BACK WHICH CONTINUED TO GET WORSE DURING THE SHIFT .