EE IS A LOADER OPERATOR AND OVER A PERIOD OF 25 YEARS HE HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH SPLIT EXTENSOR TENDONITIS OF THE RIGHT THUMB AND IS ALSO HAVING PROBLEMS WITH HIS LEFT THUMB DUE TO REPETIVE MOTION WHEN OPERATING THE BUCKET ON THE LOADER. EMPLOYEE WILL BE OPERATIED ON 2/22/05. THE REASON FOR THE DELAY OF THIS REPORT IS DUE TO THE UNKNOWN EXACT DATE OF INJURY.
Employee was operating a water truck on the quarry ramp and stated he lost his brakes and could not stop the truck. To stop the truck he ran into a large rock near the bottom of the ramp. Due to extensive damage, it was difficult to determine if the brakes were faulty.
EE WAS SITTING IN BED OF PICKUP TRUCK HOLDING DOWN A DRUM OF OIL. THE OPERATOR OF THE PICKUP RAN OVER A POTHOLE IT CAUSED THE EE TO COME UP AOFF THE FLOOR OF THE REAR BED AND LAND BACK DOWN ONTO HIS BUTTOCKS(COCCYX BONE) WHICH GAVE HIM SOME PAIN THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THE NEXT DAY EE TOOKHIMSELF TO HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT. HE WAS RELEASED WITH NO RESTRICIONS.
A LOADER OPERATOR, AFTER LOADING A 10-WHEELER DUMP TRUCK, ASSISTED THE DUMP TRUCK DRIVER IN FREEING A STONE WHICH WAS JAMMED BETWEEN THE BED OF THE TRUCK & THE TAIL GATE. AFTER FREEING THE STO NE, THE TAIL GATE PINCHED THE LOADER OPERATOR'S RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER. NO SUTURES WERE REQUIRED. THE HOSPITAL GAVE HIM SOME LIGHT PAIN MEDICATION.
EE WAS REPAIRING A 20 FT VIBRATING FEEDER (WHICH WAS TAGGED OUT & LOCKED OUT FOR SERVICE) & WHILE PULLING ON THE DRIVE BELT WITH HIS RIGHT HAND HIS LEFT HAND POINTING FINGER GOT PINCHED BETWEE N THE DRIVE PULLEY & THE BELT.
WAS WORKING ON TOP OF CRUSHER AND WAS BENDING OVER RAIL TO PULL A BUCKET OF TOOL UP WITH A ROPE AS HE WAS PULLING THE ROPE HE STRAINED HIS BACK WHICH HE HAD ALBREADY INJURED FROM A PREVIOUS IN JURY AT ANOTHER PREIVOUS EE . EE CAME BACK TO WORK ON 2-28-02 BUT WENT TO HOSPTIAL ON 3-5-02 FOR TREATMENT. WAS OFF SIDE 3- & 5-02.
EE WAS STEPPING DOWN OFF OF THE EUCLID DUMP TRUCK AFTER CHECKING THE ANTI FREEZE LEVEL IN THE ENGINE. HE STEPPED ONTO THE BUMPER AND THEN ONTO THE STEP AND LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL ONTO THE G ROUND. HE STATED THAT HE WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH HIS KNEE AND IT WAS POSSIBLE HIS KNEE GAVE OUT.