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EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING 100 LB. BAGS OF FIBER FROM CONVEYOR. ACCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN EMPLOYEE TURNED TO PLACE BAG OF FIBER ON PALLET. AS EMPLOYEE STEPPED TOWARD PALLET, HE BUMPED HIS LEFT KNEE ON CORNER OF DUST DISTRIBUTION BOX.
EMPL HANDLING 100 LB BAGS OF ASBESTOS FIBER.EMPL LIFTED 100 LB BAG TO PLACE IT ON CONVEYOR BELT BETWEEN AUTOMATIC SEWER AND TAILING END OF CONVEYOR.1ST AID REPORT FIRST MADE OUT ON 8-2 BUT EMP L DIDNT REPORT FOR MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 9-27-
INJURED EMPL WAS LOADING PALLETS OF ASBESTOS FIBER ONTO TRACTOR TRAILER WITH ELECTRIC TRANSPORTER WHEN HE ACCIDENTALLY PINCHED LEFT HAND BETWEEN TRANSPORTER HANDLE & LEFT SIDE OF TRAILER BOX WALL.
EMPL WAS WATERING QUARRY ROADWAYS. WHEN HE STEPPED FROM CAB OF MACK. EMPL INJURED KNEE WHEN HE STEPPED ON GROUND. EXACT CAUSE OF ACCIDENT UNKNOWN.
EMPLOYEE WAS MAKING HIS REGULAR CHECKING OF COMPANY PROPERTY WHEN HE SLIPPED ON SNOW COVERED ICE. P LANT IS SHUT DOWN DURING WINTER MONTHS.
GETTING OFF FROM TRUCK
GREASE ON FLOOR
STACKING FIBER BAGS EMPLOYEE WAS TAILING BALERS AT THE END OF HOLDING TABLE WHEN HE BUMPED HIS LEG ON TABLE SUPPORT LEG
EMPLOYEE CLIMBED DOWN FROM #5 SHOVEL LADDER,STEPPED FROM LADDER ONTO A STONE, TWISTED HIS ANKLE AND HURT HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A POWER SHOVEL AT THE FACE OF THE QUARRY WHEN THE ROCK CAME DOWN AND STRUCK AGAINST THE FRONT OF THE SHOVE, CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO BUMP HIS HAND AGAINST THE CONTROLS. EMPLOYEE WAS TREATED FOR A MINOR CUT OF THE LEFT INDEX FINGER AND RETURNED TO WORK. ON 8-29-89, EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED OF A BUNCH ON THE FINGER AND WAS SENT TO THE COPLEY HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT.
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO ADD A DRILL ROD TO A CRAWLER DRILL WHEN TRYING TO LOOSEN UP THE COUPLING THAT WAS TOO TIGHT TO TURN BY HAND HE HIT IT WITH A HAMMER A PIECE OF HAMMER BROKE OFF & STR IKING & PIERCING IN HIS LOWER RT HAND RIB CAGE
EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING OFF A PALTFORM WHEN HE STEPPED ON A VACUM CLEANER HOSE CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS PRYING ON A BAR WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE SHOVEL PADS ON A POWER SHOVEL, WHEN THE BAR SLIPPED AND EMPLOYEE FELL TO THE GROUND, LANDING ON HIS RIGHT ARM.
EMPL WAS ATTEMPTING TO PLACE A 100 POUND BAG OF ASBESTOS FIBER ONTO A PALLET WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LIFT THE POLE SECTION OF A WATER TANK TRAILER.
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LIFT A 100# BAG OF ASBESTOS FIBER AND AS HE BENT DOWN TO PICK IT UP HE CAUGHT AND BUMPED HIS LEFT KNEE ON THE CORNER OF A STEEL HOPPER.
EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN WASHING WINDOWS FROM A STEPLADDER IN THE STAIRWAY OF THE MILL FLOOR, AND WHEN GETTING DOWN AFTER FINISHING HE BUMPED HIS RIGHT ELBOW ON THE STEEL CORNER POST OF THE STAIRWAY RAILING.
EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING A QUARRY MAINTENCE MAN IN REPAIR OF RIGHT REAR BRAKE ON A TEREX TRUCK HAULAGE UNIT HE WAS DRIVING. BRAKES HAD BEEN STICKING AND WAS BROUGHT INTO THE GARGE TO BE FIXED. AFTER DRAINING THE AIR THE EMPLOYEE WAS ASKED BY THE WORKER TO HOLD THE CYLINDER, WHILE HE WAS MOAKING ADJUSTMENTS AS HE PLACED HIS HANDS AROUND IT THE PISTON STARTED MOVING PINCHING HIS LEFT
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO STEP OVER A CONVEYOR BY MEANS OF A TWO STEP ACCESS AREA THIS ACCESS AREA HAD BEEN REMOVED & WHEN PUT BACK IN PLACE WAS NOT WELDED INTO PLACE AS EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON FIRST STEP PLATFORM TILTED UPWARD STRIKING HIS LEFT KNEE CONVEYOR WAS NOT RUNNING AS WE WERE STILL IN A SHUTDOWN PERIOD
EMP WAS ATTEMPT3NG TO CHECK A BOLT THAT APPEARED LOOSE ON A TANDOM SHAKING TABLE, WHILE THE TABLE WAS OPERATING CAUSING HIS FINGER TO GET PINCHED BETWEEN THE BOLT AND AN ANGLE IRON SUPPORT BAR
EMP WAS BAGGING3ASBESTOS FIBER BY OPERATING COMPRSSION PACKERS. HIS SHOULDER STARTED BOTHERING HIM IN THE AM AND WORSENED AS THE DAY WENT ON. FELT BETTER THE NEXT DAY BUT STARTED BOTHERING HI AGAIN AS THE DA2 WENT ON. WENT TO THE DR THAT PM
EMPLOYEE WAS ST5CKING TIMBERS AT OUR WAREHOUSE WHEN HE TRIPPED OVER A TIMBER AS HE ATTEMPTED TO MOVE OUT OF THE WAY OF A STACK THAT WERE FALLING.
EMPLOYEE BENT O5ER TO PICK UP AN EMPTY WOOD PALLET OFF THE FLOOR WHEN SOMETHING SNAPPED IN HIS BACK
EMP WAS ATTEMPT3NG TO REMOVE A BAG FROM A FEED CHUTE TO A IMPACT MILL, WHICH HAD BEEN SHUT DOWN FOR REPAIRS. THE BAG HAD BEEN PLACED IN THE CHUTE TO PREVENT FEED FROM ENTERING THE MILL WHILE R EPAIRING. HE WA8 PULLING ON THE BAG WHILE STANDING ON THE MILL APPROX. 2' FROM THE FLOOR. WHEN HE YANKED THE BAG IT CAME OUT EAS ILY CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO THE FLOOR, HITTING A VACUUM CLEANER
EMPLOYEE WAS AT7EMPTING TO MOVE A TRAILING CABLE AWAY FROM THE PATH OF THE BUCKET OF A POWER SHOVEL WHICH WAS LOADING A TEREX HAULAGE UNIT.THE CABLE HOOK THAT HE WAS USING WAS NOT SECURED INTO THE CABLE AND A8 EMPLOYEE PULLED TO MOVE THE CABLE THE HOOK SLIPPED OFF AND EMPLOYEE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL TO THE GROUND LANDING ON HIS RIGHT WRIST,RESULTING IN A FRACTURED WRIST.
EMPL RELOCATING3INTAKE HOSE FROM WATER PUMP TO AREA WHERE WATER WAS DEEPER IN C AREA QUARRY FLOOR.IT WAS 6'' RUBBER HOSE AND AS HE WAS PULLING OR LIFTING HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.EMPL WORKED REGULAR SCHEDU5ED SHIFTS UNTIL 9-4-86 AT WHICH TIME IT WASNT GETTING BETTER SO DECIDED TO SEE A DR.
EE WAS WLKING A5ONG AN INCLINE CONVEYOR BUILDING WHEN HE TRIPPED ON A CLEAT ON THE FLOOR OF THE WALKWAY CAUSING HIM TO LOOSE HIS BALANCE & SPRAIN HIS RIGHT ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS LI0TING A 100 POUNDBAG OF ASBESTOS FIBER FROM A GAGGING MACHINE.FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS BACK.CONTINUED WORKING UNTIL 07/18/86.WENT TO DOCTOR ON 07/22/86,DIAGNOSED A LOW BACK S RAIN AND ADVISE8 NOT TO RETURN TO WORK FOR AT LEAST A WEEK, AND ADVISED NOT TO LIFT ANYTHING HEAVY INH THE FUTURE.
EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING UP 100# BAG THAT HAD FALLEN ON THE FLOOR.
EMPL FINISHED EATING LUNCH AND WAS WALKING TO DISCHARGE END OF #1 DRYER.EMPL WENT TO STEP OVER HOSE BUT HE STEPPED ON HOSE CAUSING HIM TO TWIST RIGHT ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE HADTAKEN A 100 LB. BAG OF FIBER FROM GLUE ROLL CONVEYOR AND WAS PLACING IT ON WOODEN PALLET WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. PION WAS PERFORMING HIS WORK ACTIVITIES IN THE EMPLOYEE HAD TAKEN A 100 LB. BAG OF FIBER FROM GLUE ROLL CONVEYOR AND WAS PLACING IT ON WOODEN PALLET WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. I.NAME WAS PERFORMING HIS WORK ACTIVITIES IN
ACCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON A PIPE WRENCH ATTACHED TO HOIST BRAKE TOGGLE IN AN ATTEMPT TO BACK OFF HOIST BRAKE. WHEN ADJUSTMENT TOGGLE BROKE LOOSE EMPLOYEE STRUCK HIS RIGHT HAND ON HOUSE CIRCLE GEAR CAUSING SEVERE LACERATIONS OF THE RIGHT MIDDLE, RING AND LITTLE FINGERS.
EMPLOYEE HAS REMOVED A 100 LB BAG OF ASBESTOS FIBER FROM 6 GROUP COMPRESSION PACKER AND WAS TURNING TO REMOVE A BAG OF FIBER FROM THE 4/5 GROUP COMPRESSION PACKER WHEN HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED ON ASBESTOS COVERED FLOOR CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS LEFT KNEE.
EMP WAS REMOVING BAGS OF FIBER FILL FROM GLUE ROLL CONVEYOR AND STACKING THEM ON PALLETS EMP STATED HE PULLED MUSCLE IN RT SHOULD ON 8 7 84 WHILE HANDLING 100 LB BAGS OF FIBER HE ALSO STATED H HE REINJURED HIS SHOULDER AGAIN ON SEPT 26 84
EMPLOYEE PHONED SAFETY OFFICE ON MORNING OF JUNE 19 AND STATED THAT HE FELT A TWINGE IN GROIN AREA WHEN HE MOVED A ROCK APPROX. THE SIZE OF A BUSHEL BASKET AWAY FROM REAR TIRES OF NO. 21 TEREX AND THEN AGAIN A FEW MINTUES LATER WHEN HE PULLED ON NO. 6 POWER SHOVEL CABLE HE REPORTED AS AN OUT PATIENT AT COPLEY HOSPTIAL WHERE HE SAW DR. SCHROYER IN AFTERNOON. DR REFERRED HIM TO OTH
EMP PHONED I.NAME PERSONNEL MGR. DURING THE EARLY EVENING OF 6-16-84 AND STATED THAT HE SPRAINED HIS R FOOT DURING HIS MIDNIGHT SHIFT OF 6-15TH AND HE WOULDNT BE IN TO WORK THE FOLLOWING WEEL. I.NAME REPORTED THAT HE INSTRUCTED I.NAME THAT HE WAS NOT THE PERSON TO TALK TO BUT I.NAME SHOULD CONTACT THE SAFETY DEPT. I.NAME PHONED THE SAFETY DEPT MON. AFTERNOON AND STATED THAT HE TWIS
I NAME FELT A BURNING SENSATION IN HIS GROIN AREA AT APPROX. 1000 AM ON THE MORNING OF APRIL 19 WHILE HANDING 100 LBS BAGS OF FIBERS THAT THE DR\S DIAGNOSIS WAS A SIMPLE HERNIA WHICH WOULD REQ UIRE SURGERY.
EE WAS WAZLKING FROM MILL TO RESEARCH WITH FIBER SAMPLES WHEN HE SLIPPED & FELL ON SNOW COVERED ICE ON GRADE BETWEEN MILL YARD & OFFICE YARD AREA. EE DID NOT SEE THE DOCTOR UNTIL 4-2-84 WHEN HE SAW DR.BERTOCCI AS HIS KNEE WAS GIVING HIM SOME DISCOMFORT. I.NAME IS SCHEDULED TO SEE DR.SPINA ON 6-25-84 AS HIS KNEE IS STILL GIVING HIM PROBLEMS. I.NAME IS SCHEDULED FOR SURGERY ON 7-
INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO SCALE A LARGE BOULDER WEIGHING SEVERAL TONS FROM THE EAST WALL OF C-1150 QUARRY. EMPLOYEE WAS PRYING ON THE BOULDER WITH A 6 FOOT IRON BAR WHEN HE FELT A SHA RP PAIN IN HIS LWER BACK.
GREEN MOUNTAIN EXPLOSIVES WAS IN THE PROCESS OF LOADING 19EA. 50\X6" DRILL HOLES WITH APEX 1320. AS THEY STARTED TO LOAD HOLE NO 9 THE TANKER TRUCK STALLED. AS WILFRED COUILLARD G.M.E. LABO ORER ENTERED THE TRUCK CAB TO RESTART TRUCK, HE SAW FLAMES AT THE RIGHT REAR CORNER OF THE CAB. AT THIS TIME ROMEO L. MYOTT QUARRY SUPERINTENT WHO WAS AT THE REAR OF THE TANKER SAW
EMPLOYEE WAS UNPLUGGING CENTRAL VACUUM SYSTEM DISCHARGE OVER "Y" CONVEYOR ON FIRST FLOOR. WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO FREE MATERIAL FROM AROUND PARTIALLY OPENED AIR OPERATED DOOR, AND FRO M INSIDE DISCHARGE CHUTE WITH HIS HANDS, THE DOOR AUTOMATICALLY CLOSED PINCHING HIS FINGERS BETWEEN THE CHUTE AND DOOR.