EMPLOYEE WAS USING A HYDRAULIC RAM JACK TO REMOVE A SCRAPER TIRE. THE TIRE ROTATED CAUSING THE RAM TO SLIP. IT FLEW BACK & CAUGHT THE EE'S RT. HAND BETWEEN THE RAM & THE FRAME OF THE SCRAPER.
EE WAS CLEANING A PLUGGED CHUTE. HE HAD THE 8"" PIPE CHUTE LIFTED WITH THE CABLE AND ATTACHED TOTHE CABLE HOOK. IT WAS NOT HOOKED PROPERLY AND THE PIPE CHUTE FELL WHEN THE CABLE SLIPPED. THE CHUTE STRUCK EE'S RIGHT FOREARM.
EE WAS MAKING A ROUND CHECKING EQUIPMENT AND SLIPPED ON A PUDDLE OF GREASE THAT HAD BEEN LEFT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FLOOR. HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE WHEN HE SLIPPED. HIS KNEE HAS GOTTEN PROGRES SIVELY WORSE. HE SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION, AND HAD SURGERY TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM TORN CARTILAGE ON OCT 11, 2002 AT WHICH TIME THE ACCIDENT BECAME REPORTABLE.
EE IS AN OPERATOR IN PACKAGING PLANT. A 50# BAG OF SALT WAS RIPPED IN THE FILLING PROCESS. EE REMOVED IT FROM THE BELT & TURNED & THREW IT INTO THE WASTE HOPPER INSTEAD OF CARRYING IT OVER TO HOPPER. WHEN HE THREW THE BAG, HE FELT A BURNINGIN HIS LOWER RT ABDOMEN & LATER DEVELOPED A LUMP (HERNIA) WHICH HE PUSHED BACK IN. HE'S SCHEDULED FOR REPAIR SURGERY 4/2/02.
EMPLOYEE WAS ON A PLATFORM UNPLUGGING A DUST LINE. HE FINISHED THE JOB AND CLIMBED DOWN THE LADDER. HE JUMPED FROM SEVERAL RUNGS UP AND LANDED ON A SLEDGE HAMMER THAT HAD BEEN LEFT ON THE FLO OR. HE BROKE HIS RIGHT LEG JUST ABOVE THE ANKLE.
EMPLOYEES WERE CUTTING AND REMOVING PIPING. THEY WERE MOVING A 15' PIECE OF PIPE BY DRAGGING IT WITH A CHAIN ATTACHED TO A FORKLIFT. THE PIPE SECTION HAD NUMEROUS ELBOWS IN IT AND IT CAUGHT ON A CEMENT PILLAR AND FLIPPED, HITTING ONE EE IN THE UPPER THIGH.