HOLIDAY/EL MESQUITE Metal/Non-Metal

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE POLY HOSES FROM A CULVERT BY BENDING DOWN & PULLING THEM THROUGH THE CULVERT. HE FELT A LOWER BACK DISCOMFORT WHEN HE PULLED ON ONE OF THEM.

CONTRACT EE WAS TRACING AN ELECTRICAL CABLE AND TRACED IT TO A CULVERT. AS HE ATTEMPTED TO PULL THE CABLE OUT OF THE CULVERT HE STIRRED UP A NEST OF HONEYBEES THAT WERE INSIDE THE CULVERT. EE SUFFERED BEE STINGS TO THE HEAD AND EAR WHICH CAUSED HIM TO HAVE AN ALLERGIVC REACTION.

CONTRACT EMPLOYEE WAS SHREDDING POLY HOSE WHEN A 12' PIECE OF HOSE BECAME LODGED IN THE SHREDDER. EMPLOYEE DISENGAGED THE SHREDDER AND AS HE ENGAGED IT AGAIN THE HOSE WHIPLASHED AND STRUCK HIM ACROSS THE NECK AND CHEST AREA. CONTRACTOR SUFFERED SOME SCRAPES AND CONTUSIONS TO THE NECK AND CHEST AREA.

EMPLOYEE WAS KNEELING ON BOTH KNEES ATTEMPTING TO TIGHTEN SOME BOLTS ON AN RO AND CAP. WHEN HE STRETCHED TO REACH THE FURTHEST MOST BOLT HE FELT A MINOR DISCOMFORT TO HIS LEFT GROIN AREA. HE H AD DIFFICULTY WALKING. WAS DIAGNOSED BY THE DOCTOR AS A LEFT INGUINAL STRAIN.

EMPLOYEE IS IN CHARGE OF CEMENTING CREW AND IS INVOLVED IN CEMENTING ACTIVITY. HE HAD COMPLAINEDOF MINOR BACK PAIN FOR SEVERAL DAYS UNTIL 10/15/99 WHEN THE PAIN GOT WORSE. HE IS INVOLVED IN LI FTING OF CEMENT SACKS AND CONSTANT CLIMBING ON AND OFF OF THE CEMENTING UNITS. HE VISITED A DOCTOR ON 10/25/99. HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH PULLED LIGAMENT IN HIS BACK. GIVEN PRESCRIPTION FOR PAIN.

EE IS ASSIGNED TO CEMENTING CREW TO PLUG & ABANDON WELLS IN THE FIELD. THIS TASK INVOLVES LIFTING OF 100LB CEMENT SACKS TO A HOPPER OVER THE COURSE OF 8 HRS. HE HAD BEEN COMPLAINING OF MINOR PAIN BUT ON 10/12/99 PAIN GOT WORSE. HE HAS PAININ RIGHT ARM & SHOULDER. HE SUFFERED THIS KIND OF ACCIDENT BACK IN 1/99. HE HAS POSSIBLE CERVICAL DAMAGE

EE WAS REMOVING ELECTRICAL CABLE FROM ONE FIELD TO TAKE TO ANOTHER. HE SHUT OFF 3 MAIN BREAKERS WHICH HE THOUGHT ENERGIZED AN ELECTRICAL RACK. HE USED THE CABLE CUTERS TO CUT AN ENERGIZED 480 VOLT CABLE ON THE ELECTRICAL RACK. THIS RACK WASENERGIZED FROM A DIFFERENT SOURCE. THE RACK WAS LABELED. HE SUFFERED ELECTRIAL SHOCK AND BACK MUSLE SPASMS. LOST 4 DAYS WORK.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPENING AND LCOSING 6" BUTTLERFLY VALVES ONTOP OF THE 1X COLUMNS WHEN HE FELT SOME BACK PAIN AS HE OPENED A VALVE USING A CHEATER PIPE.

EE WA WORKING ON THE PVC CHIPPER/SHREDDER & HAD TO PULL OUT POLY HOSES & PVC PIPE FROM UNDERNEATH SOME MATERIAL & EQUIPMENT. EE SPENT MOST OF THE DAY BENT OVER & EXPERIENCED SOME BACK DISCOMFO RT. HE VISITED A DR & DIAGNOSED AS A LOWER BACK STRAIN. HE WAS PRESCRIBED RX MEDICATION & PLACEDON RESTRICTED DUTY

EE'S JOB ACTIVITY REQUIRES REPETIVE HEAVY LIFTING OF CEMENT SACKS & EE HAD TROUBLE SLEEPING THATNIGHT DUE TO RIGHT SHOULDER PAIN. EE VISITED A LOCAL DR & DIAGNOSED AS BURSISITS. HE WAS PRESCR IBED RX MED AND PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY. HE LAER VISITED A SPECIALIST AND HAD A CORTISONE INJECTION & PRESCRIBED RX MEDICATIONA

EE WAS WORKING ON A GASOLINE POWERED CENTIRFUGAL PUMP AND WHEN HE PULLED ON THE STARTED ROPE, TO START IT, HE FELT A SLIGHT DISCOMFORT IN THE RT SHOULDER AREA. EE REPORTED THE PAIN BUT IT WAS NOT CONSIDERED SERIOUS ENOUGH FOR A DR VISIT. THE PAIN GRADUALLY WORSENED AND HE SAW A SPECIALIST ON 8-27. DIAGNOSED AS SHOULDER BURSITIS AND PLACED ON 6 WKS LIMITED DUTY.

EE WAS HELPING REPAIR A 12" PVC LINE THAT HAD FAILED. PARTS TO REPAIR THE LINE WERE HEAVY AND WAS STR5AINING A GREAT DEAL TO GLUE ALL THE PARTS TOGETHER. WHILE WORKING ON THIS PROJECT, HE FELT A SHARP PAIN TO HIS LOWER STOMACH/GROIN AREA. HE VISITED A DR. 5-4-98 AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A RIGHT INGUINAL STRIAN. HE WAS PRESCRIBED MEDICATION FOR THE PAIN.

EE WAS WALKING ALONGSIDE A PUMP HOIST WHEN HE STEPPED ON A ROCK THAT CAUSED HIS RIGHT LEG TO BUCKLE. HE SUFFERED ONLY MILD PAIN BUT PAIN GRADUALLY WORSENED. HE VISITED A DR. ON 5-5-98 AND WAS DIANOSED WITH SPRAINED KNEE. HE WAS PRESCRIBED MEDICATION FOR PAIN & INFLAMMATION.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A PUMPHOIST AND HAD PARKED UNDERNEATH SOME POWERLINES. HE WAS CARRYING SOME ELECTRICAL CABLE ON THE PUMP HOIST AND WAS ATTEMPTED TO RAISE THE MAST TO FACILITATE THE CABL E DROP-OFF. EMPLOYEE WAS AWARE OF THE PWERLINES BUT HE THOUGHT HE COUDL MISS THEM. THE MAST CONTACTED A POWERLINE AND CREATED A PHASE TO GROUDN CURRENT. EE SUFFERED BURNS TO HIS L HAND AND FT

EE WAS WORKING AS A DRILLING ASSISTANT ON THE DRILL RIP PERFORING WORK OVER DUTIES IN A WELLFIELD. HE WAS LAYING DOWN DRILL PIPE WHEN HIS THUMB WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE DRILL PIPE & SIDE OF WATE R TRUCK.

EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING CEMENTING DUTIES IN WELLFIEDL E-2 WHEN HE FELT SOME PAIN AND DISCOMFORT TO HIS RIGHT SHOULDER AND ARM. HIS JOB DESCRIPTION CALLS FOR HEAVY LIFTING. LOCAL DR DIAGNOSED INJURY AS SEVERE MUSCLE SPASMS AND ADVISED TO STAY HOME FOR SEVERLA DAYS. AN APPOINTMENT HAS BEEN MADE WITH A SPECIALIST ON 6-27.

EMPLOYEE WAS LOOKING FOR SOME PVC PARTS TO REPAIR A MINOR LEAK IN THE LAB IN AN ADJACENT STORAGE BUILDING. THE DOOR TO THIS BUILDING WAS OFF ITS HINGES AND PLACED AGAINST THE ENTRANCE. WHEN TEH EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO LIFT AND SLIDE THE DOOR, HE FELT SOME BACK PAIN.

EE WAS PERFORMING MAINTENANCE ON A WELL IN THE FIELD & AS HE ATTEMPTED TO BRACE HIMSELF WITH HIS LEFT LEG, THE LEG SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HIM. THIS ACTION CAUSED HIS LEFT KNEE TO TWIST. IT WAS INITIALLY LOGGED IN AS FIRST AID, HOWEVER PERSISTENT PAIN PROMPTED A DOCTOR'S VISIT. HE WAS GIVEN PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION FOR THE PAIN. EE IS SCHEDULED FOR SPECIALIST APPOINTMENT ON MARCH 31S

EMP REINJURED HIS LEFT KNEE DURING HIS NORMAL COURSE OF WORK. HAD INITIALLY INJURED KNEE ON 8-18-96. ALTHOUGH RELEASED TO WOEK BY DR, EMP CLAIMS KNEE NEVER REALLY HEALED. REPETITIVE MOTION OF GETTING ON AND OFF TRUCK CAUSED SOME PAIN TO LEFT KNEE. WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED WORK DUTY. SCHEDULED FOR SPECIALIST APPT ON 1-28-97.

EMP WAS CONDUCTING RADIOLOGICAL SURVEYS IN THE PLANT AREA WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO STEP OVER A CONCRETE BERM. AS HE STEPPED OVER THE BERM HE PLACED HIS FOOT ON A 1/2" POLY HOSE AND LOST HIS BALAN CE. FELL TO ONE KNEE. INJURY WAS DIAGNOSED BY THE DR AS HYPERTENSION OF THE LEFT KNEE. WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY.

EE WAS OPERATING A FOKLIFT WHEN THE WEIGHT OF THE FORKLIFT CAUSED THE LID OF AN OLD SEPTIC TANK TO COLLAPSE. THIS ACTION CAUSED THE EE TO JERK BACKWARDS. HE SUFFERED WHIPLASH AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CERVICAL & BACK STRAIN.

EE WAS WALKING AROUND THE WELLFIELD TURNING ON ELECTRICAL PANELS WHEN HE TRIPPED OVER SOME HOSE & ELECTRICAL CABLES. HE FELL TO ONE KNEE [R]. ORIGINALLY REPORTED TO US AS AN INCIDENT WITH NO D AMAGE CAUSED ATO EE. HE INJURED HIS BACK ON JAN-95 & HAS BEEN SEEING DRS SINCE THEN FOR HIS BACK INJURY. FOR THE PAST YR HE HAS LIMPPED VERY NOTICABLE & HAS DEVELOPED PAIN IN HIS R KNEE. ....

EMP WAS WALKING AROUND THE WELLFIELD WHEN HE STEPPED ON A POLYHOSE IN A WET AREA. EMP SLIPPED AND LOST HIS BALANCE, BUT DID NOT FALL. DID NOT FEEL ANY PAIN OR DISCOMFORT AT THAT TIME. WHEN HE WOKE UP THE NEXT MORNING, HE WAS SUFFERING LOWERBACK PAIN. SUFFERED A LOWER BACK STRAIN, WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY AND GIVEN RX MEDICATION.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A SHOVEL TODIG UP A SEPTIC TANK LID WHEN HE FELT SOME LOWER BACK DISCOMFORT. LID WAS LOCATED 4-6" BELOW GROUND LEVEL. DURING THIS JOB ACTIVITY, SEVERAL LIDS WERE UNCOVERED. INJURY WAS NOT REPORTED UNTIL 5-4-96. DIAGNOSED AS A SPRAIN OF THE LUMBOSACRAL REGION - MRI REVEALED A HERNIATED DISK. HE WAS PLACED ON LIGHT DUTY BY DR ON 5-16-96.

EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING WELL CEMENTING DUTIES IN A WELL FIELD. EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING AND STANDING ON COMENTING UNITS FENDER WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL ABOUT 4 FT TO THE GROUND ON HIS RIGHT SHOU LDER. THE WATER AND CEMENT SLURRY CAUSED THE FENDER TO BE VERY SLIPPERY.

EE WAS DRO[PPING THE FILTER PRESS AND AS HE WAS PUSHING THE YELLOWCAKE WITH A HOE INTO A PUMP OPENING, HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING REMOVE A 55 GAL DRUM FULL OF SAND FROM A WELLFIELD WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AS HE TILTED DRUM. THE TILT WAS NECESSARY TO ALLOW THE BACKHOE TO SLIDE UNDE RNEATH THE DRUM AND LIFT IT UP.

EMPLOYEE WAS DUMPING THE FILTER PRESS(REMOVING YELLOWCAKE FROM PLATES) AND PUSHING THE YELLOWCAKE INTO A TROUGH WITH A PUSH BLADE. WHILE HE WAS EXERTING FORCE TO PUSH THE YELLOWCAKE, HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING A BRACE TO AN I-BEAM WHEN HE WAS SUDDENLY SHOCKED ON THE LEFT ARM. HIS LEFT ARM WAS BEING USED AS SUPPORT AAINST A 3" PIPE. WAS UNABLE TO USE ARM FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF T IME.

EE CLAIMS THAT EXTENSIVE & PROLONGED SITTING OVER SEVERAL MONTHS IN AN UNCOMFORTABLE CHAIR RESULTED IN NECK, SHOULDER, LOWER BAKC TENSION & PAIN.

EE WAS INSIDE AN 1X COLUMN ATTEMPTING TO CLEAN OUT OR WASH OUT SOME RESIN AND DIRT ON THE DISTRIBUTOR PLATE. PLATE IS APPROX. 18 FT FROM THE TOP OF THE COLUMN. EE ASKED FOR HAMMER AND CHISEL B E THROWN DOWN TO HIM TO PUNCH OUT SOME CALCITED HOLES ON THE PLATE. THE STILLMAN THREW THE CHISEL DOWN FIRST AND AS EE REACHED TO PICK UP THE CHISEL THE HAMMER HIT HIS HEAD.

EE WAS USING A 12" PIPE WRENCH TO THREAD 1" PIPE FOR THE OXYGEN SYSTEM. PIPE WAS ON THE GROUND AND EE HAD TO KNEEL AND BEND OVER TO PERFORM HIS WORK DUTIES. FELT SOME BACK PAIN AT THE END OF T HE DAY.

EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING BOLTS ON A PUMP HOUSING WITH A 3/4IN RATCKET WHEN HE FELT SOME DISCOMFORT AS HE EXERTED FORCE EMPLOYEE WAS ISSUED PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION FOR PAIN & MUSCLE RELAXER

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO OPEN A 12IN BUTTERFLYVALVE USING THE VALVE HANDLE WHEN THE HANDLE BROKE HE FELL OVER A 12IN POLYPIPE & ONTO THE GROUND HE FELT SOME PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK

EE CLAIMS HIS LOWER BACK LEFT BUTTOCK AND LEFT LEG BEGAN HURTING THE WEEK OF SEPT 6TH HIS WORK ACTIVITY CONSISTED OF RIDING A TRACTOR SHREDDER MOWING GRASS ALONG THE MAIN ENTRANCE ROAD WHEN HE BEGAN EXPERIENCING SOME DISCOMFORT. HE DID NOT REPORT HIS INCIDENT UNTIL SEPT 19. HE WAS SENT TO A DR ON SEPT 21. WHERE HIS CONDITION WAS DIAGNOSED AS SCIATIC NEUVALGIN.

EE WAS CHANGING BAGS AT H6 BAG FILTER STATION WHEN A BLACK BUG FLEW INTO HIS LEFT EYE THRU THE AREA ABOVE THE SAFETY GLASSES. EE DEVELOPED BLISTERS ON HIS CHEEK AND LEFT EYE LID. SWELLING WAS ALSO EXPERIENCED AS A RESULT OF HIS INCIDENT. MEDICATION WAS PRESCRIBED BY THE DR FOR THE INJURY.

EMPLOYEE WAS DESCENDING THE STAIRWAY FROM THE 1X COLUMNS WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN IHS RIGHT KNEE. DIAGNOSED AS BURSITIS AND WAS GIVEN MEDIACATION FOR THE PAIN.

THE CREW WAS CEMENTING A WELL. HE WAS WORKING WITH THE CEMENT HOPPER, TRYING TO UNCLOG IT. HE STUCK HIS ARM DEEP INTO THE HOPPER TO BREAKDOWN SOME CEMENT CLODS. HE DID NOT WASH THE CEMENT OFF OF HIS ARM AND THE SKIN BECAME IRRITATED.

EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN UNPACKING MICROCOMPUTER EQUIPMENT FOR TWO DAYS WHEN ON THE THIRD DAY HE FELT SAME DISCOMFORT IN HIS BACK BOXES WERE PLACED ON THE FLOOR & EMPLOYEE HAD TO LEAN OVER & LIFT THE EQUIPMENT OUT OF THE BOX

EMPLOYEE SUFFERED AN ABRASION TO THE CORNEA WHEN DEBRIS WAS BLOWN INTO LEFT EYE, WHILE BLEEDING AN AIRTANK ON WATER TRUCK.

EMPLOYEE WAS GLUING 20'SECTIONS OF PVC PIPE ON A PIPE TRAILER & HE WAS HOLDING ONE END OF THE GLUED SECTION. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE PUSHER THE OTHER END OF THE SECTION TO ASSURE THE PVC PIPE SIDE IN TO THE SOCKET, & THE INJURED EMPLOYEE DID NOT REMOVE HIS HANDS FROM THE END. THE FORCE OF THE PIPE SMASHED HIS LEFT HAND AGAINST THE PIPE TRAILER.

EE WAS THREADING A 1 INCH PIPE IN THE MECHANIC CSHOP WHEN THE THREADER SLIPPED ON THE PIPE. THE SLIPPAGE ALONG WITH THE FORCE BEING EXERTED CAUSED THE EE TO FALL FORWARD AND HIT HIS CHIN ON TH E VISE THAT WAS HOLDING THE PIPE IN PLACE SLIPPAGE MAY HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY A MAKESHIFT NAIL BEING USED AS COLLER PIN ON THE THREADER TWO SUTURES WERE NEEDED TO CLOSE THE WOUND.

EE WAS INSIDE A 8' X 8' SAND FILTER ATTEMPTING TO SHOVEL OUT THE MEDIA INSIDE THE VESSEL WHEN HE FELT SOME DISCOMFORT IN HIS RIGHT ELBOW. THE LATERALS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE VESSEL PREVENTED EAS Y ACCESS, SO THE SHOVEL HAD TO BE USED AT DIFFERENT ANGLES TO COLLECT THE MEDIA. HE WAS REFERRED TO A DOCTOR & WA SDIAGNOSED WITH TENDONITIS AND GIVEN RX MEDICINE FOR PAIN.

CONTRACTOR HAD DELIVERED OUR SLURRY TRAILER TO ANOTHER SITE (TOHAL'S) & WAS DISENGAGING THE DC ELECTRICAL CONNECTION WHEN THE PULLING ACTION CAUSED HIS LEFT HAND TO CONTACT THE FIFTH WHEEL. TH E SHARPNESS OF THE FIFTH WHEEL CAUSED A DEEP LACERATION TO HIS LITTLE FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND. HE WQS REFERRED TO A DOCTOR WHO APPLIED SOME SUTURES TO THE WOUND.

EMPLOYEE HAD LIFTED A 12" PVC TEE FROM A BOX ON THE FLOOR AND AS HE TURNED TO LAY THE PART DOWN, HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LEFT KNEE. THE INJURY WAS DIAGNOSED BY A LOCAL PHYSICIAN AS A SPRAI NED KNEE. HE WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED WORK DUTY.

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO OPEN THE FILLER PRESS WITH A POWERPULL WHEN THE TEETH ON THE RATCHET BROKE AND THE FORCE CAUSED HIM TO FALL AGAINST A FORKLIFT. THE FORKLIFT WAS BEING USED A DEAD W EIGHT FOR THE POWER PULL. INJURY OCCURED ON 6/16/93, BUT DID NOT BECOME REPORTABLE UNTIL 7/2/93 WHEN HE WAS PLACED ON 10 DAYS RESTRICTED DUTY. SENT TO DR. DIAG-CONTUSION TO BCK SOFT TISSUE.

EMPLOYEE CUT A 1/2" STEEL AIRLINE (VERTICAL) WITH A HACKSAW. THE PIPE WAS IN A BIND AND AS SOON AS IT WAS CUT, THE PIPE WHIPPED BACK AND CUT HIS RIGHT THUMB.

EMPLOYEE WAS CONDUCTING ROUTINE WELLFIELD PRESSURE READINGS ON A BOOSTER PUMP WHEN HE STEPPED OVER A SMALL SUMP, THE SUMP WAS FULL OF WATER & WATER HAD ACCUMULATED ON THE PUMP PAD. H2O HAD BE EN STANDING FOR SOME TIME ON THE PAD & ALGAE GROWTH MADE THE SURFACE SLIPPERY. THE EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING RUBBER BOOTS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. LOST FOOTING & FELL AGAINST SUCTION VALVE ON

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE YELLOWCAKE SLURRY HOSE FROM THE BACK TANK OF THE SLURRY TRAILER TO THE FRONT TRANK ON TOP OF THE WALKWAY. AS HE WAS MOVING THE HOSE HE STEPPED ON THE TANK CAUSING HIS RUBBER BOOT TO SLIP UNDER THE WALKWAY WITH HIS BODY LANDING ON TOP OF THE HOSE AND TANK.

AFTER A RAINSTORM,EMPL WAS HEADED TO ELEC PANEL BOX TO CHANGE ROTATION ON A PUMP. CROSSED OVER A CULVERT,STEPPED IN SOME DRILLING MUD AND SLIPPED & FELL ON BUTTOCKS.

LIFTED SEVERAL HEAVY OBJECTS AND GRADUALLY STARTED FEELING PAIN IN LEFT TESTICLE.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A CHIPPING HAMMER TO REMOVE A BOLT THAT HAD BEEN CUT OFF A PVC FLANGE WITH A TORCH. A METAL SLIVER FROM THE HAMMER BECAME EMBEDDED IN THE SOFT TISSUE IN HIS LEFT HAND.

HE WAS COMING OUT OF HOLE. WHILE HE WAS SLIDING PIPE DOWN, LAST PLUG CAME OFF AND PIPE HIT HIM ON LEFT UPPER EYEBROW AND BOTTOM PART OF CHIN. THIS ALSO CAUSED SCRAPING ON HIS CHIN AND STOMACH. STITCHES WERE REQUIRED FOR EYEBROW AND CHIN. DUE TO THE IMPACT ON CHIN, 2 TEETH ARE ALSO LOOSE.

WAS MAKING CONNECTIONS OF TWO 20FT LONG JOINTS OF PVC PIPE & PINCHED RT LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN PIPE TRAILER & 20FT PIPE JOINT RESULTED IN FOUR STITCHES

EMPLOYEE WAS TOLD BY DRILLER TO HOLD ONTO THE BOTTOM SLIPS WHILE ANOTHER EMPLOYEE TRIED TO LINE UP TOP SLIPS. HE HAD TROUBLE, SO DRILLER RAISED COLLAR, FORGETTING ABOUT JAVIER. THIS RESULTED I N PINNING HIS MIDDLE AND RING FINGER CAUSING INVOLVED FINGERS TO BE CUT.

EMPLOYEE CONFRONTED ME ON 10-1-91 AT 1500 HOURS THAT HE WAS FEELING SOME DISCOMFORT IN HIS GROIN AREA. ON SEPTEMBER 30 WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO STEP OVER A PIPE ON THE GROUND HE FELT A SHARP PAIN . HE DID NOT REPORT THE INCIDENT BECAUSE HE THOUGHT IT WAS JUST STOMACH PAIN. EARLIER IN THE DAY HE AND SEVERAL EMPLOYEES WERE INSTALLING AN 8" PVC LINE ON A PIPE RACK APPROX 15' ABOVE GROUN

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING MINOR MAINTENANCE TO THE TRUCK, HE PULLED THE HOOD LEVER INSIDE THE TRUCK. HE WENT OUT AND BANGED ON THE HOOD WITH HIS RIGHT HAND TRYING TO OPEN IT ACCIDENTALLY H ITTING A CHROME BUG GUARD CAUSING A LACERATION TO HIS RIGHT PALM REQUIRING ELEVEN STITCHES.

WHILE EMPTYING A 55 GAL DRUM OF SULFURIC ACID INTO HOLDING TANK A PART OF THE RACK USED TO SUPPORT THE DRUM FELL THROUGH THE PALLET OPENING CAUSING THE LOAD TO SHIFT AND TIP OVER. INJURED IN A N EFFORT TO KEEP THE DRUM FROM FALLING INTO THE TANK OF SULFURIC ACID HEL ONTO THE DRUM WHILE CALLING FOR ASSISTANCE FROM ANOTHER EMPLOYEE. ABOUT 40 MINUTES AFTER THE INCIDENT, INJURED BEGAN

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PULL SUBMERSIBLE PUMP FROM WELL 2219 WITH A PULLING RIG. A ROPE THAT IS USED TO SUPPORT PUMP WAS TIED ONTO PULLING RIG AND WHEN HE EXERTED SOME FORCE ON THE ROPE IN AN UPW ARD MOTION THE ROPE FAILED CAUSING A 2X2 WOOD HANDLE USED TO SUPPORT PUMP ACROSS A WELL HEAD CASING TO COME DOWN WITH GREAT FORCE STRIKING EE S RIGHT HAND.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING WEEDS AROUND PIPING WITH WEEDEATER. HE MOVED BACKWARDS AND STEPPED IN OPEN WELL HOLE WHERE SURFACE PLUG WAS BROKEN. THIS CAUSED HIM TO FALL ON HIS BACK AND TWIST HIS A NKLE AT THE SAME TIME.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPENING A BUTTERFLY VALVE WHICH WAS APPARENTLY STUCK WHEN HE FINALLY OPENED IT HIS RT ARM ELBOW STRUCK A 10IN PVC LINE AT THAT TIME THE EMPLOYEE FELT PAIN IN THE ELBOW BUT CONTINU ED HIS WORK AS USUAL APPROX 2 HOURS LATER HE NOTICED A SWELLING OF HIS ELBOW AT THAT TIME THE EMPLOYEE WAS TAKEN TO THE DOCTOR

OPERATOR WAS JUMP STARTING TRACTOR TRAILER AND WHEN HE WAS GETTING OFF TRUCK,HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON PAVEMENT.OPERATOR SPRAINED HIS LEFT KNEE WHEN HE FELL.NOTE:STEPS ON TRUCK WERE WET DUE TO MO RNING FOG.

EMPLOYEE WAS RAISING A 4IN.HOSE WITH METAL QUICK DISCONNECTS TO PASS IT TO ANOTHER EMPLOYEE STANDING ON THE PRODUCTION HEADER PLATFORM HE STEPPED UP ON THE LADDER & AWKWARDLY T WISTED HIS BODY TO THE RT.TO PASS THE HOSE UPWARD & IN SO DOING PULLED HIS LOWER RT .BACK MUSCLES

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING 1 1/2" PIPE FROM THE RIG PIPE RACK.EMPLOYEE DID NOT POSTION HIMSELF PROPERLY AND PULLED ON PIPE FROM AN AWKWARD,OFF BALAMCE POSITOON CAUSING STRAIN ON HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS CONDUCTING AN INTEGRITY TEST ON WELL. WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING FOR LEAKS, HE PLACED HIS RIGHT ARM ON THE TOP OF THE WELLHEAD AND APPLIED SOAPY WATER AROUND THE AREA WHERE W ELLHEAD ATTACHES TO THE CASING WITH HIS LEFT HAND. AT THIS TIME, THE WELLHEAD BLEW OFF STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT ARM (ABOUT 120 LBS PSI).

EMPL UNHOOKING 4INCH CABLE FROM TRUCK BUMPER CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN CABLE AND BUMPER AS WINCH CABLE TIGHTENED.

THE EMPLOYEE WA8 HOLDING SOME PIPE WHICH WAS BEING CUT BY THE WELDER. HE WAS HOLDING THE PIPE BELOW THE CUTTING AREA WHICH EXPOSED HIS HANDS TO THE SLAG FROM TEH ARC WELDER. THE SLAG FELL INSI DE HIS RIGHT HA3D GLOVE AND CONSEQUENTLY BURNED HIS HAND.

A BOARD OF WOOD9N PALLET BROKE OFF EXPOSING A NAIL POINTED UP WHILE TRYING TO VCOVER THE PALLET OF CEMENT WITH PLASTIC, THE EMP STEPPED ON THE EXPOSED NAIL, THE NAI PENETRATED THE 6OOTS SOLE AND EMPLOYEES LEFT FOOT

EMPLOYEE WAS RE4OVING A CEMENT HEAD FROM A PVC CASING WITH A PIPE WRENCH. PIPE WRNECH SLIPPED CAUSING PIPE TO SPRING BACK CAUSING A 2 INCH QUICK COUPLER EAR TO PIERCE A HOLE IN BETWEEN THE EMP LOYEE S RIGHT H5ND THUMB AND INDEX FINGER.

IT WAS A CLEAR3DRY DAY AND EMPLOYEE COMING DOWN STAIRS THAT GRANT ACCESS TO THE TOPS OF OHERNS ELUTION AND IX COLUMNS WHEN HIS RT HEEL SLIPPED OFF OF A STEP CAUSING HIS RT LEG TO SHOOT OUT IN FRONT OF HIM A7 THE SAME TIME THIS INCIDENT CAUSED EMPLOYEE TO SIT DOWN RESULTING IN HYPEREXTENSION OF RT KNEE

EMPLOYEE CUTTING NIPPLES OUT OF 2" PVC AND PLACING THEM BESIDE PICKUP WHERE CUTTING OPERATION WAS TAKING PLACE. CREW WAS STARTING TO PICK TOOLS UP BEFORE QUITTING TIME, APPROXIMATELY 3:30 P.M. WHEN EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON ONE OF THESE 2" PIECES OF PVC CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO LOOSE HIS BALANCE. WHEN EMPLOYEE TRIED TO CORRECT HIS BALANCE HE TURNED HIS BODY IN OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF FALL. THIS

WAS STEPPING OFF LADDER ON SMOOTHE FLAT CEMENT FLOOR WHEN EMPLOYEE TURNED LEFT ANKLE