Plant 1Metal/Nonmetal

Employee was lifting a piece of rubber belting 24"" x 72"" up onto a screen deck and injured their back.

Employee was tightening the hold-down bolts on the lower screen deck of a Cedar Rapids 6x20 Screen. Employee suffered a lumbar strain/spasm while getting up from a crouched position. Employee was treated at the Virginia Regional Medical Center and prescribed Ibuprofen and Flexeril. He may return to work without restriction as limited by pain.

EE was removing a guard from #2079 Cedar Rapids Srcreen and got his left hand pinched between the guard and the hand rail.

Employee was walking with a wrench and tripped over an electrical cord and landed on his chest.

Employee was lifting a pinion guard into place in the crusher. After the lift the ee experienced pain in left shoulder and back.

Employee's annual audiometric test indicates a standard threshold shift.

EE AND COWORKER WER LIFTING A STARTER MOTOR INTO A 990 LOADER. EE HURT LEFT SHOULDER DURING THE LIFT.

EE'S RIGHT INDEX FINGER WAS INJURED ON 5-1-02 AFTER IT WAS HIT BY A HAMMER WHILE HE WAS HOLDING A WRENCH. EE WENT TO THE CLINIC ON 5-24-02 ANDIT WAS DETERMINED THAT HIS FINGER IS FRACTURED.

EMPLOYEE WAS PUNDING WEDGES INTO CONE ON THE CRUSHER AND WAS HIT IN THE HIP/ THIGH WITH A HAMMER.