EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO HITCH A LOADED ACID TRAILER TO THE BUMPER OF A 4X4 PICKUP.THE BUMPER ON THE PICKUP WAS HIGHER THAN THE MINIMUM LIFT HEIGHT OF THE LIFT JACK AND THE EMPLOYEE HAD TO M ANUALLY LIFT THE ACID TRAILER TONGUE TO HITCH ONTO THE BUMPER.AS HE EXERTED FORCE TO LIFT,HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS TONGUE TO HITCH ONTO THE BUMPER.AS HE EXERTED FORCE TO LIFT HE FELT A SHA
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 9
- Years on record
- 1983–1989
- Latest incident
- Nov 1989
Reportable incidents
9 on file1989 · 2 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO UNHITCH SLURRY TRAILER FROM TRACTOR AS HE WAS EXERTING FORCE ON LIFT JACK,HE FELT A HARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK AREA.INJURY WAS DIAGNOSED AS LOWER BACK MUSCLE SPASMS.
1988 · 2 incidents
WHILE REMOVING AN 8" VALVE ON NORTH INJECTION PUMP EMPLOYEE PULLED ON LALVE STEM AND FELT A SHARP PAIN TO HIS RIGHT SIDE OVER HIP.
WHILE ATTEMPTING TO OPEN AN 8 IN BUTTERFLY VALVE EMPLOYEE EXERTED SOME FORCE CAUSING A SHARP PAIN INHIS CHEST EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO PLACE A SAND FILTER ON LINE
1987 · 1 incident
EMPLOYEE SUFFER9D A SCRATCHED LEFT CORNEA WHEN HE WIPED HIS EYEBROW WITH HIS SHIRT SLEEVE. HE HAD BEEN CUTTING SOME SCREEN MESH TO CONSTRUCT SOME STRAINERS WHEN SOME PIECES OF SCREEN FELL UNTO HIS SHIRT SLEE5E. HE REMOVED HIS SAFETY GLASSES TO WIPE HIS BROW, WHEN HE FELT SOME DISCOMFORT.
1984 · 1 incident
EMPLOYEE WAS ENGAGING A MAIN ELECTRICAL BREAKER IN WELLFIELD AS SOON AS BREAKER BECAME ENGAGED AN ELECTRICAL SHORT RESULTED ELECTRICAL FLASH CAUSED A SECOND DEGREE BURN TO RT FOREARM PRIMARY DAMAGE TO ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WS CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORM ON 051984 RESULTING IN SHORT CIRCUIT
1983 · 3 incidents
MR GUZMAN HAD PULLED A LEASED PORTABLE TRAILER-MOUNTED COMPRESSOR TO THE POND AREA WITH HIS PICKUP TRUCK. AS MR. GUZMAN LIFTED THE TRAILER TONGUE TO UNHITCH IT FROM THE PICKUP, THE TRAILR SLOW LY BEGAN MOVING FORWARD. HE HELD THE TRAILER BACK TO KEEP IT FROM HITTING THE TAILGATE OF THE PICKUP WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN THE GROIN AREA. MR. GUZMAN HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR SURGERY ON
MR GUZMAN AND SEVERAL EMPLOYEES WERE DIGGING POST HOLES AT PROPOSED WELLFIELD III WHEN THEY ENCOUNTERED SOME HARD CALICHE A STEEL BREAKING BAR WAS REQUIRED TO HELP BREAK THE CALICHE. AS MR GUZ MAN WAS THRUSTING THE BAR INTO THE POST HOLE, IT RICOCHETED OFF THE CALICHE AND THE TOP PORTION OF THE BAR HIT GUZMAN ON THE UPPER LIP CAUSING A LACERATION 5 STITCHES WERE REQUIRED TO CLOSE
EMP WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A 4 IN COUPLING FROM A PIECE OF 4 IN PVC PIPE THE COUPLING HAD BEEN GLUED AND THE EMP WAS USING A SCREWDRIVER TO PRY THE COUPLING OFF THE FORCE OF THE SCREW DRIVER CAUSED A PVC SHAVING TO HIT MR GARZA IN LEFT EYE HE SUFFERED A SCRATCHED LEFT CORNEA