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EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING A COLUMN IN THE PROCESS PLANT WHEN SHE FELT A PULL FOLLOWED BY PAIN IN HER RT. SHOULDER AS SHE LIFTED A SAMPLE TO POUR INTO THE COLUMN,OULLINGOR TEARING A TENDON IN HER RT . SHOULDER.
UPON VISITING THE PHYSICIAN AGAIN ON THE 27TH OF MAY, EE WAS TOLD THAT SURGERY WOULD BE NECESSARY TO RESULVE THE PROBLEM. SURGERY IS SCHEDULED FOR THE 23RD & 30TH OF JUNE.
EE WAS SQUATTING DOWN TO REMOVE END CAPS ON R.O. UNIT, AS HE STOOD UP AND TURNED HIS BACK WENT OUT. HE COULD NOT STAND UP STRAIGHT AND WAS IN PAIN.
THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT HAD CRASHED, RUBY PUMPNEEDED TO BE TURNED OFF & NORMAL ROUNDS NEEDED TO BE MADE. EE WAS IN A HURRY TO ACCOMPLISH ALL OF HER TASKS & TRIPPED OVER THE DISCHARGE PIPE IN THE PUMP HOUSE, FALLING & HITTING HER RIGHT KNEEONT HE FLOOR CAUSING IT TO BECOME STIFF/SORE/SWOLLEN
EE COMPLAINS THAT HIS WORK, PREPARING SAMPLES HAS CAUSED ONSET OF SYMPTOMS RELATED TO CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME. EE HAD SOME OF THESE SYMPTOMS PRIOR TOE EMPLOYEMENT WITH THIS CO. WHO WAS UNAWARE UNTIL 11-01-96, NOT REPORTABLE UNTIL EE RECEIVED CORTISONE INJECTIONS ON 1-23-97.
EE COMPLAINS THAT HER WORK PREPARING SAMPLES HAS CAUSED ONSET OF SYMPTOMS RELATED TO CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME. EE HAD SOME OF THESE SYMPTOMS PRIOR TO EMPLOYMENT WITH BROHM WHICH BROHM WAS UNAWAR E OF UNTIL 4-12-96.
EE'S BACK BEGAN BOTHERING HIM - HAS HAD BACK PROBLEMS & THOUGHT IT WOULD GO AWAY. NOTIFIED EMPLOYER ON 11/20/96 THAT DOCTOR SAID PART OF PROBLEMWAS WORK RELATED FROM LIFTING.
REPEATED MOTIONS HAVE CAUSED NERVES IN HANDS TO BECOME PAINFUL, POSSIBLE CARPEL TUNNEL.
FELL FROM LOWBOY TRAILER.
EE WAS CUTTING BANDING OFF A BUNKLE OF 18" NESTABLE CULVERT. THE BANDING SPRANY GUP AND HIT THE EE S ARM UPON THE COMPLETION OF THE CUT. HE WAS TREATED AT BLACK HILL MEDICAL CENTER AND RELEASE D FOR WORK BUT THE CUT BECOAME INFECTED AND HE MISSED HIS NEXT SCHEDULE SHIFT
EMPLOYEE CUT HIS RIGHT LEG WITH A UTILITY KNIFE.
EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING HIGH DENSITY POLYPROPYLENE LINER AND NOTICED HIS BACK WAS SORE AT THE END OF THE DAY. WHEN IT DIDN'T GET BETTER AFTER A FEW DAYS HE REPORTED IT TO HIS SUPERVISOR. AFTER 9 DAYS HE WENT TO A CHIROPRACTOR. IT IS REPORTABLEBECAUSE OF THE CHIROPRACTIC TREATMENT.
VICTIM WAS REPOSITIONING HIMSELF ON CONVEYOR WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL STRIKING HIS RIGHT FOREARM. REPORTED TO HIS SUPERVISOR, BUT REFUSED TO GO TO CLINIC. VICTIM ON 8-7-95 REQUESTED TO GO TO CLINIC. THIS ACCIDENT REPORTABLE DUE TO PRE SCRIPTION ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS.
VICTIM WAS HELPING TO MOVE PORTABLE DRILL WHEN HE EXPERIENCED BACK PAIN, BECAME WORSE, VICTIM DID NOT MAKE NEXT SCHEDULED SHIFT.
VICTIM WAS SAND BLASTING A PUMP IMPELLOR AND PARTICLE OF SAND ENTERED EYE.
VICTIM WAS SHOVELING SNOW FOR MOST OF SHIFT, FELT OKAY AT END OF SHIFT. HAD DIFFICULTY GETTING OUT OF BED NEXT FEW DAYS.
SLIPPED ON MUD & WET ROCKS WHILE PLACING A 5 GALLON BUCKET FULL OF SODA ASH & WATER UNDER A 6IN PIPE EE FELT SOMETHING POP ON RT SIDE & MIDDLE OF HIS BACK
CHECKING THE PH OF 4 BOTTLE ROLL SAMPLES WHEN HE STARTED FEELING DIZZY AND WEAK.
EE WAS SHOVELING DIRT WHEN HE HURT HIS BACK.
UNKNOWN. WORKING IN REFINERY.
SAFETY CHAIN SLIPPED ON CYLINDER ALLOWING THE BOTTOM OF CYLINDER TO SWING SLIGHTLY AND PINCH LEFT FOREARM AND HAND BETWEEN THE REAR TIRE AND CYCLINDER CAUSING HAND AND FOREARM TO SWELL UP.
VICTIM WAS HOLDING TORQUE AMPLIFIER TO TIGHTEN NUTS .WRENCH SLIPPED HITTING VICTIM.
SLIPPED AND FELL ON HOOD OF TRUCK WHILE ADJUSTING RH SPOT MIRROR.
VICTIM WAS HELPING TO PICK RELIC MINE TIMBERS OFF BELT CONVEYOR.BY THE END OF THE SHIFT VICTIM HAD SEVERE MUSCLE SORENESS IN BACK.
VICTIM ORIGINALLY INJURED HIMSELF ON 02-26-92.VICTIM HAD BEEN GOING TO CHIROPRACTOR FOR 6 WEEKS DISCOMFORT BECAME TOO GREAT BY 04-08-92 VICTIM HAS NOT MADE SUBSEQUENT SHIFTS.
VICTIM WAS HELPING REFINER MOVE TRAYS OF METAL BEARING PRECIPITATE. VICTIM'S LEFT LITTLE FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO TRAYS WHEN THEY ROLLED TOGETHER. VICTIM RETURNED TO FINISH REGULAR WORK S HIFT. VICTIM THEN TOOK THE NEXT DAY OFF.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLOSING DOOR ON GRADER AND SHUT FINGER IN DOOR
VICTIM COMPLAINED TO SUPERVISOR ABOUT PAIN/LOSS OF FEELING IN HANDS.WENT TO PHYSICAN,PHYSICIAN TOLD VICTIM SHE HAD REYNAUDS SYNDROME(EXCESSIVE SMOKING).WHEN VICTIM RECEIVED MEDICAL BILL,SHE CA LLED THE DR AND RAISED HELL.DR THEN WROTE LETTERTO COMPANY SAYING VICTIM MAY HAVE EARLY STAGES OF CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME.THIS INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED ON OCTOBER 23,1991.INFORMATION ON FILE.
VICTIM LOADED A PARTIALLY FULL ELECTRICAL CABLE REEL INTO BACK OF MAINTENANCE VEHICLE, INJURING SELF.
MUDDY CONDITIONS MAKE THE LOADER SHIFT SIDE TO SIDE WHILE OPERATING.THE EXTRA SWAYING.
LOOSE FOOTING NEAR EDGE OF LAYBAKC. EMPLOYEE LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL TO THE GROUND ON HIS BACK. SORE BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING MODULOC BUCKET TIP FROM LOADER BUCKET. EMPLOYEE WAS USING SLEDGE HAMMER CHIP FLEW OFF BUCKET TOOTH, HIT AND EMBEDDED IN EMPLOYEES RIGHT THIGH.
VICTIM WAS USING FAST SETTING GROUT TO SEAL AROUND PIPE PENETRATION GROUT GOT INSIDE GLOVE GIVING HIM ALKALINE BURN. INJ NOT REPORTED UNTIL 6/11/91. RECEIPT FOR PRESCRIPTION SKIN CREAM RECEIVE D UNTIL 7/12/91.
OPER HIT BUMP IN ROAD AT EXCESSIVE SPEED JARRED BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING TRUCK ON HAUL ROAD AT APPROX. 25 MPH. TRUCK WAS EMPTY. EMPLOYEE HIT BUMP IN ROAD, JARRED BACK. EMPLOYEE DID NOT REPORT INJURY UNTIL 4/10/91, THERE IS A POSSIBLITY THAT WOR K COMP MAY DENY THIS CLAIM ON THE BASIS THAT THEY FIND IT DID NOT HAPPEN AT WORK.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING HAUL TRUCK HE HIT DIP IN ROAD & JAMMED BACK
EMPL WAS EXITING BACKHOE FOOT SLIPPED ON LADDER & HE CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH RIGHT ARM PULLING MUSCLES IN SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING 245 SHOVEL SHANKS/TIPS ONTO PICKUP (APPROX. 125 LB EACH). FELT SLIGHT BACK STRAIN AT TIME. PAIN WAS MORE SEVERE NEXT MORNING. DID NOT REPORT INJURY UNTIL 4-16-91 WHEN PAIN STARTED TO BECOME UNBEARABLE. DURING TIME BETWEEN INJURY AND REPORTING, EMPLOYEE HAS LIFTED PARTS AND SHOVELED SNOW- ALL OF WHICH MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED.
VICTIM WAS ATTENDING ANNUAL REFRESHER TRAINING CLASS OFF-SITE AT CONFERENCE ROOM OF LOCAL MOTEL.INSTRUCTOR WAS DEMONSTRATING EXPLOSIVE NATURE OFDIFFERENT FUELS. DURING DEMONSTRATION A RUBBER CORK STRUCK VICTIM IN LEFT EYE.
EE WAS LEAFING WORK HE WAS GETTING INTO HIS PICK UP WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED HE DID NOT KNOW ANYTHING HAD HAPPENED UNTIL HE GOT HOME AND HIS KNEE WAS SWELLED UP.
VICTIM WAS PICKING LARGE TIMBERS OFF BELT CONVEYER, STRAINED RIGHT SHOULDER SOME TIME DURING SHIFT. WENT TO SEE CHIROPRACTOR 4 DAYS LATER AND REPORTED INCIDENT OF FOLLOWING DAY.
EMPL CHANGING A BIT ON DRILL TEK.HE WAS ON DECK WHEN THE TONG BROKE.HE JUMPED BACK AND HIT BACK ON DOOR HANDLE.
EMPL HIT BUMP-SEAT BOTTOMED OUT JARRING EMPL BACK.
OIL ON FLOOR, OF CAB, SLIPPED ON OIL HURT BACK
EMPLOYEE STATES HE HURT HIS BACK BOUNCING AROUND IN TRUCK. HE DOES WEAR HIS SAFETY BELT.
EMPLOYE WAS REMOVING TRACK FROM D9L. METAL FLECK FLEW INTO EYE. EMPLOYEE RINSHED EYE. DID NOT HELP.
VICTIM WAS HELPING UNLOAD 6" X 20' HDPE PIPE FROM TRUCK. VICTIM REACHED DOWN TO STRAIGHTEN PIPES ON GROUND. A SECTION OF PIPE ROLLED OFF TRUCK STRIKING VICTIMS THU. BROKEN CARPAL BONE LEFT THU MB.
EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING LIGHT PLANT HE HAD CHECKED THE OUTLET & IT WAS DEAD EMPLOYEE WITH LEFT HAND ON FRAME GRABBED TRANSFORMER RECEIVED ELECTRIC SHOCK
TIPPING BARREL OF OIL UPRIGHT HAD FOOT ON ONE END WAS PULLING ON OTHER FOOT SLIPPED EDGE OF BARREL CUT LOWER LEG
EMPL OPERATING CAT 773 HAUL TRUCK SMALL BUG FLEW IN EYE EMPL RUBBED EYE DID NOT REPORT INCIDENT UNTIL 7/16\90.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING 773 TRUCK, RAN OVER BUMP IN ROAD, TWISTED BACK.
EMPL ASSISTING REPAIRMAN WORKING ON HEAT EXCHANGER.REPAIRMAN USING HAND-HELD SIDE-GRINDER TO REMOVE A BOLT.PIECE OF EITHER GRINDING WHEEL OR BOLT FLEW BEHIND GLASSES AND STRUCK LEFT EYE.SAW DR 3-8-90 AND REPORTED DR VISIT 3-9-90.
EMPL CHECKING INTEGRITY OF NEWLY INSTALLED SHEAVE BLOCK/ROPE LIFTING ARRANGEMENT.EMPL FEET BECAME ENTANGLED IN ROPE AND HE FELL RECEIVING LACERATION TO OCCIPITAL AREA OF HEAD.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPEATRING LOADR, UNLOADING CRUSHER ROCK FROM L PAD. AS HE WAS BACKING UP WITH BUCKET FULL, LARGE OF FOZEN MATERIAL FALL ON END OF BUCKET, JARRING LOADER. EMPLOYEE HIT HEAD ON TO P OF CAB.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING UP LOADER SLIPPED AND FELL.
VICTIM AND OTHER EMPLOYEE WERE TIPPING A 55 GALLON DRUM TO EMPTY IT OF ORE SAMPLES. EMPLOYEE HELPING VICTIM TIPPED BARREL TOO FAST. VICTIM WAS GIVEN PRESCRIBED MEDICATION, MAKING INCIDENT REPO RTABLE.
VICTIM WAS USING A HOOK KNIFE TO CUT CONVEYOR BELTING. VICTIM GAVE A JERKING PULL, KNIFE PULLED THROUGH AND CUT VICTIMS LEFT LITTLE FINGER.
EMPLOYEE SETTING BUCKET TEETH ON LOADER WITH SLEDGE HAMMER CHIP FLEW OFF AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN CHEST.
EMPLOYEE HANDLING A PIECE OF SHEET METAL, SHEET SLIPPED, SMASHED RING FINGER ON RIGHT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING PUGGED BIT BACK PRESSURE BUILT UP AND BLEW OUT. ROCK AND AIR HURT ARM.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING DOZER ON STOCKPILE. HE GOT OUT TO GUIDE TRUCK TO DUMP HE TOLD THE DRIVER WHERE TO DUMP, CLEARED HIMSELF OF THE AREA AND INSTRUCTED THE TRUCK TO DUMP. EMPLOYEE BELIEVED TRUICK WAS DONE DUMPING HE STARTED BACK TO TELL TRUCK DRIVER MORE INFORMATION. HE SLIPPED ON WET ROCK AND FELL, AT SAME TIME A ROCK FELL FROM TOP OF TRUCK ROLLED OFF PILE AND ROLLED OVER HIS
EMPL WAS USING A PICK AND A BAR TO DIG/PRY COMPACTED MATERIAL FROM INSIDE A SCLAPING SCREEN A PIECE OF MATERAIL FLEW BEHIND HIS SAFETY GLASSES INTO THE EYE EMPL HAD EYE WAHSED OUT IMMEDIATELY THEREAFTER ON 3-20-89 VICTIM RETURNED TO CLINIC TO HAVE ADDITIONAL MATERIAL REMOVED FROM EYE
VICTIM TOLD SUPERVISOR ON 2-16, THAT HE HAD WRENCHED HIS BACK ON THREE OCCASSIONS PREVIOUS TO THAT DATE. AT THAT TIME AN ACCIDENT REPORT INTERNAL WAS FILLED OUT. VICTIM REINJURED HIS BACK ON 2 -22. AT THAT TIME HE STARTED HE HAD SEEN A DR DURING HIS DAY OFF, AND THAT HE WAS TAKING PRESCRITION MUSCLE RELAXANTS.
EMPL WAS DRIVING TO WORK HEWAS ON THE JOB SITE DRIVING UP ACCESS RD WHEN A BROHM COMPANY VEHICLE CAME AROUND THE CORNER AND VEHICLES COLLIDED EMPL WAS DRIVING PERSONAL VEHICLE
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN FROM 769 WATERTRUCK AND RING ON LEFT HAND CAUGHT ON STEP WHEN EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING OFF LAST STEP. RING FINGER WAS CUT DEEP BUT WAS NOT BROKEN. RING HAD TO BE CUT OF F AND WOUND WAS WRAPPED. DOCTOR SAID IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO STITCH.
EMPL WAS LOADING A WOODEN PALLET INTO A GARBAGE TRUCK WHEN PALLET SLIPPED AND CAME DOWN ON EMPL FINGER
EMPLOYEE WAS OPENING GATE TO PROPERTY AND STRAINED HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING PRYBAR WHEN WELD HE WAS PRYING ON GAVE WAY AND EMPLOYEE FELL ON HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING SCRAPER, HE RAN OVER A ROCK AND TWISTED HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING D8L DOZER AND PULLED MUSCLE IN GROIN AREA. HE DID NOT THINK IT WAS SERIOUS AT THE TIME BUT THE CONDITION WORSENED AND WAS REPORTED ON FRIDAY,APRIL 1,1988 WHICH WAS HIS F IRST DAY OFF WORK.
EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING DOWN FROM D8L DOZER WHEN HE SLIPPED AND LANDED ON HIS BACK ON A ROCK.
LACK OFATTENTION TO OVERHEAD OBSTICLE WHEN WORKING IN A MOVING PARTS ARA DISLOCATED HIP BRUISED MUSCLE HYPEREXTENDED KNEE