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INJURED WAS GRINDING METAL. THE GRINDER SLIPPED, KICKED UP AND THE HANDLE CAME UP UNDER THE FACE SHIELD INFLICTING THE CUT.
INJURED WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF PVC PIPE WITH A HANDSAW.
INJURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO TILT A FULL 55 GALLON DRUM
INJURED WAS CUTTING VEGETATION FROM AROUND MONITOR WELLS.
USING GRINDER BECAME JAMMED ATTEMPT TO FREE IT IT KICKED BACK STRIKING THE INJ IN R FOREARM
INJURED WAS CHECKING CONTINUITY ON LINES BETWEEN STARTER PANEL, MOTOR, AND SWITCH. HE HA DHIS METER IN THE OHM'S RESISTANCE MODE. HE THEN STARTED TO CHECK VOLTAGE ON THE LINE, FAILING TO TUR N HIS METER TO VOLTS MODE.
INJURED WAS LOWERING A COIL OF WRE WT APPROX 500 LBS USING A WINCH WITH A FRICTION BRAKE HE LOOSENED THE BRAKE TO ALLOW THE LOAD TO BE LOWERED HE LET THE BRAKE OFF TOO FAST WHICH CAUSED THE CR ANK HANDLE TO SPIN AROUND AND STRIKE HIS LEFT HAND BREAKING HIS RING FINGER
INJURED WAS CHE7KING TANK LEVEL IN VACCUUM TRUCK AND WHILE ATTEMPTING TO GET DOWN HIS FOOT SLIPPED FROM CORRUGATED METAL FOOT STEP THIS CAUSED HIS LEFT LEG TO STRIKE VACCUUM MANIFOLD PIPING
INJ SETTING IDL9 SPEED ON FORKLIFT.INJ REMOVED ENGINE COVER AND WHILE WORKING ON IDLE SPEED INJ RIGHT GLOVED HAND GOT HIT BY ENGINE FAN.
INJURED WAS PIC5ING UP TOOLS AFTER TAKING LIGHTS OFF POLE POLE WAS SUSPENDED ABOUT 2FT WITH CHERRY PICKER EMPLOYEE RUNNING CHERRY PICKER PULLED WRONG LEVER MAKING THE POLE SWING SIDEWAYS HITT EMPLOYEE & KNOC5ING HIM AGAINST 6IN TRUNK LINE & HIS KNEE HIT A 6IN VALVE
INJURED WAS KNE9LING AT THE BACK OF THE DRILL RIG BY THE ROTARY TABLE HE HAD JSUT REMOVED THE HOIST PLUG FROM THE DRILL COLLAR WHICH WAS IN THE HOLE HE WAS SWINGING THE SAND LINE BLOCK OUT OF THE WAY AND WAS3PREPARING TO STAND UP I.NAME MOVED THE ROTARY TABLE BACK INOT THE DRILLING POSITION PINCHING I.NAMES FINGERS
INJ LAYING DOWN36'' DRILL COLLARS.WHILE HE WAS PUSHING COLLARS TO CLEAR PIPE RACK HE STRAINED HIS BACK.
INJ WAS GUIDING3A TRUCK TRAILER LOADED WITH PVC LATERALS TRUCK DRIVER WAS BACKING UP WHEN EDGE OF TRAILER PUCHED A 2 IN PVC LATERAL AGAINST PANEL CAUSING A BIND WHICH RESULTED IN THE 2 IN PV BREAKING AND A3 PIECE HIT THE INJUREDS MOUTH
LOOSENING SANDF3LTER VALVES.ALLEGED INJURY.
INJURED WAS WALKING CATCHING SAMPLES HE SAID A METAL OXYGEN LINE WAS HIDDEN IN GRASS & HE TRIPPED OVER IT AND FELL
INJURED WAS LIFTING HOPPER FROM GROUND TO BULK TRAILER-LIFTED EVERYTHING OK BUT ON THE LAST PUSH UP TO CLEAR THE FENDER ON BULK TRAILER IT PULLED THE MUSCLE.
INJURED WAS GETTING OFF TRACTOR WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS FOOT IN CUT OUT HOLE ON FLOOR OF BACKHOE
INJURED HAD BEEN HAULING CASING IN MORNING. SAT DOWN TO EAT LUNCH AND FELT TINGLE WHEN HE GOT UP. DOESN\T KNOW EXACTLY WHEN INJURY OCCURRED.
INJURED WS WORKING WITH CEMENTING CREW PREPARING CEMENTER FOR CEMENTING 708I WHEN THE CASING CREW HAD FINISHED SETTING 4-INCH PVC SCH 40PIPE IN HOLE INJURED WAS POSITIONED JUST TO SIDE OF LIF T WHEN AT ABOUT 10-FT OVERHEAD CHAIN DISENGAGED SAFETY LATCH CAUSING CHAIN & LOAD TO FALL
INJURED DRAGGED A DEAPHRAM PUMP FROM GROUND SURCACE TO CEMENT LOADING PAD APPROX. 20FT. HE THEN HAD TO REMOBE RESIN FROM BARRELS TO RESIN TRAILER. HE ALSO STATED HE TILTED ONE FO THE BARELS R EMOVE ALL RESIN BUT IT ALMOST FELL SO HE STOPPED IT FROM FALLING.
HYDRO-SULFRIC ACID LINE UNDER PRESSURE BROKE & SPRAYED ACID ON VICTIMS UPPER ARM, CHEST AND FACE
INJURED PICKED UP A PIECE OF PIPE THAT A JETTING HOSE HAD GOTTEN HUNG UPON
INJURED WAS LIFTING UP FOOT BATH CONTAINER WHEN BACK JUST STARTED HURTING.
INJURED HAD STARTED COMPRESSOR TO BEGIN JETTING WELL.PACKING GLAND THAT HOLDS THE JETTING HOSE IN WELL WAS LEAKING WHEN HE PUT PIPE WRENCH ON GLAND TO TIGHTEN IT THE HOSE BEGAN COMING OUT OF W WELL.HE GRABBED HOSE AND IT JERKED HIS ARM. PAIN BEGAN IMMEDIATELY IN BI-CEP MUSCLE OF LEFT.
INJURED WAS HELPING TO UNLOAD SMALL MILLER WELDING MACHINE FROM PICKUP. HE HAD LOWERED FIRST END TO FLOOR, AND WAS LOWERING LAST END. FINGER WAS CAUGHT UNDER ANGLE IRON FRAME AND SEVERED.
INJURED WAS ON HIS WAY TO BACKWASH HYDROCLONES I.NAME STAPPED OVER 4" PVC DRAIN LINE WITH HIS LEFT FOOT FIRST. WHEN HIS FOOT CAME DOWN HE STEPPED ON A ROCK ABOUT 1 1/2" DIAMETER WITH HIS LEF T HEEL CAUSING PAIN.
INJURED WAS ON TOP OF TRAILER UNLOADING FRP PIPE. HE STEPPED ON TIRE OF TRAILER TO GET DOWN AND THE WHEEL WAS OFF THE GROUND AND THE WHEEL TURNED CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO THE GROUND.
LIFTING PUMP MOTOR ONTO TRUCK
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING UP AND DOWN POND BANK AND EXPERIENCED A PAIN IN THE CHEST AND GOT SICK TO HIS STOMACH
INJURED WAS STANDING A PUMP UP ON END TO WASH THE INSIDE OF PUMP
INJ WAS TURNING ON P10 PUMP AND STEPPED OFF A STEEL COVERED SUMP ON TO A ROCK WHICH CAUSED HIM TO TWIST HIS ANKLE
INJURED WAS PULLING VALVE SEAT FROM MUD PUMP WITH VALVE PULLER & 24" PIPE WRENCH. WHILE TIGHTENING NUT ON VALVE PULLER EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS BACK.
THE INJURED WAS CARRYING A VALVE TO FORKLIFT WHEN HIS FOOT GOT CAUGHT ON PIPE OR GUARD, LOST BALANCE AND TOSSED VALVE AWAY FROM BODY. MAY HAVE AGGRAVATED LATER IN AFTERNOON WHEN HELPING TO MOV E LLW DRUMS ONTO TRAILER.
INJURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO PULL PUMP OUT OF M-13A WHEN ELECTRIC SYSTEM WENT OUT. AS PUMP STARTED TO DESCEND INJURED GRABBED HOLD OF MANUAL BAR IN AN EFFORT TO SLOW DESCENT OF PUMP SO CO-WORKER COULD INSERT PIN TO STOP DESCENT. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO SLOW DESCENT OF PUMP WORKER STRAINED BACK.
DRILLER WAS PULLING PIPE OUT OF HOLE AND PULLED INTO A TIGHT SPOT, SLACK GOT IN CABLE AND PIPE FREED UP CAUSING A SUDDEN JERK ON CABLE PULLING CABLE THROUGH CLAMPS AND BLOCK CAME DOWN STRIKIN G EMPLOYEE ON RIGHT HAND.
THE EE WAS WORKING IN FREEZING TEMP. WHEN HE NOTICED HE COULDN\T BLINK HIS LEFT EYE & HIS MOUTH WENT OFF TO THE SIDE OF HIS FACE. HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR & IT WAS DETERMINED HE HAD A CONDITIO N KNOWN AS BELL\S PALSY.
THE INJURED WAS CHANGING A VALVE THAT WAS LEAKING. HE HAD A CHEATER PIPE BETWEEN TWO FLANGES PRYING IT APART WHEN IT SLIPPED CAUSING THE INJURED TO FALL BACK, STRIKING HIS RIGHT HAND AGAINST A N 8 IN. PVC PIPE.
THE INJURED WAS CONTRACTED TO PAINT THE 02 TANK WHICH IS LOCATED ON THE MOSER PROPERTY (CLAY WEST PLANT). AS HE WAS PREPARING TO LEAVE THE PREMISES, HE UNTIED THE LADDER FROM THE 02 TANK AND T HE LADDER SLIPPED ON THE ROUNDED SURFACE OF THE TANKL CAUSING THE INJURED TO FALL APPROX. 30 FT BEFORE STRIKING THE GROUND.
WHILE LOWERING PIPE INTO HLE,ROPE USED TO PULL PIPE DOWN CAME LOOSE AND CO-WORKER PULLING ON ROPE SLIPPED AND FELL ON TOP OF INJURED EMPL.CO-WORKERS KNEE STRUCK EMPL ON THE B ACK.
PUTTING FULL CHLORINE CYLINDER ON RACK.PUSHING ON CYLINDER AND GOT FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN 2 CYLINDERS AND BROKE FINGER.
INJURED WAS STANDING ON TOP OF TRAILER UNLOADING A PIECE OF 02 HOSE AND WHEN HE THREW IT OVER A 2IN BUTTERFLY VALVE THAT WAS TANGLED IN THE HOSE CAME LOOSE AND FELL AND STRUCK HIS RIGHT 5TH TO E
MAXIMO VASQUEZ HAS BEEN EMPLOYED WITH TEXAS URANIUM OPERATIONS, U.S. STEEL CORP SINCE 9-18-78. HE HAS WORKED PRIMARILY IN THE MAINTENANCE DEPT.. IN NOV 1982, HE WENT INTO THE UTILITY POOL WORK ING AS A LABORER WHEREVER REQUIRED. ON 1-28-83 FOLLOWING VACATION FROM JAN 7, HE BEGAN WORK AS A PUMP MECHANIC, A JOB HE HAD DONE PREVIOUSLY WHEN HE WAS WORKING IN MANTENANCE. DURING HIS EMPL