IRIGARAY/CHRISTENSEN PROJECT Metal/Non-Metal

EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING ON A SECTION OF PIPE SO IT COULD BE BOLTED TOGETHER WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING POP IN HIS RIGHT FOREARM SORENESS CONTINUED AFTERWARDS. ON 11-9-01 HE HAD A CIROPRACTOR RE-SET WHAT TURNED OUT TO BE A DISLOCATED ELBOW.

EE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF HOSE OFF A WELLHEAD WHEN THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT HIS ARM. THE CUT WAS ABOUT 1" LONG AND DEEP ENOUGH TO REQUIRE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR STITCHES.

EMPLOYEE PICKED UP A HOT PIECE OF IRON WHILE WELDING.

A SUBMERSIBLE PUMP WAS PULLED TO THE TOP OF A WELL BY REELING UP THE ATTACHE DPOLY PIPE WITH A HYDRAULICALLY OPERATED HOSE REEL. WHILE EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE THE PUMP FROM THE WELL, THE 2 INCH POLY PIPE BROKE AT A FUSED CONNECITON. THE SPOOLED POLY PIPE RECOILED ADN THE LOOSE END HIT EE IN THE FACE, BREAKING HIS NOSE AND CAUSING MINOR BRUISING.

WAS SPRAY PAINTING PIPING IN THE PLANT. LEANED FORWARD WHILE HOLDING PAINT CONTAINER AND IMMEDIATELY EXPERIENCED SEVERE LOWER BACK PAIN. RECEIVED SEVERAL CHIROPRACTOR ADJUSTMENTS TO PUT A VERTABRAE BACK INTO POSITION.

EE WAS DRAGGING A 4" X 20' HOSE WHEN IT CAUGHT ON SOMETHING AND JERKED HIM TO A STOP. EE THEN FELT A SHARP PAIN TO HIS BACK. A DR. DIAGNOSED THE INJURY AS A HERNIATED DISC.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING TO TRUCK AND SLIPPED ON THE ICY GROUND AND FELL FLAT ON HIS BACK.

EE SLIPPED ON A WET PIPE, FELL FORWARD AND CAUGHT HIMSELF PARTIALLY WITH ONE HAND. SEVERE BACK PAIN WAS IMMEDIATELY NOTICED.

SLIPPING ON AN ICY SLOPE.

NO OBVIOUS CONDITIONS CONTRIBUTED TO THE INJURY. THE EE WAS NOT LIFTING HEAVY OBJECTS, HE WAS SIMPLY WALKING AT THE TIME. EE WAS PREVIOUSLY CONDUCTIN ROUTINE LIGHT DUTY WORK. EE SUFFERED A BAC K INJURY PREVIOUSLY (2-13-96) WHICH WAS REPORTED TO MSHA. THIS INJURY COULD BE A REOCCURRENCE FROM THAT INJURY.

EMP WAS SIMPLY GETTING OUT OF THE SEAT OF A PICKUP TRUCK WHEN HE EXPERIENCED SEVERE PAIN IN LOWER LEFT RIBS.

A BACKHOE WAS MOVING A SECTION OF 14 INCH POLY PIPE INTO POSITION TO BE CONNECTED WHEN IT SPRANG OUT OF THE CONCRETE SUPPORT BLOCK AND HIT EMPLOYEE ON HIS LEFT HIP, KNOCKING HIM DOWN.

EMPLLOYEE ADDED HYDROCHLORIC ACID TO A ONE INCH PLASTIC PIPE CONTAINING WATER, CARBON DIOXIDE AND DISSOLVED SODA ASH. THE PIPE BURST WHEN THE VALVE WAS OPENED WHICH ADDS THE ACID TO THE OTHER SOLUTION.

EMP WAS POUNDING A GROUND ROD INTO THE GROUND USING A HOMEMADE DRIVER. CAUGHT LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE GROUND ROD AND THE DRIVER.

INDIVIDUAL WAS DRIVING THE TRUCK PULLING A CEMENTING UNIT UP A HILL. THE TRUCK APPARENTLY RAN OUT OF GAS & STALLED. THE TRUCK STARTED GOING BACK DOWNT THE HILL & THE DRIVER PANCKED & JUMPED OU T.

LIFTING AND INSTALLING LARGE VALUES AND PIPING.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO START A SMALL AIR PUMP USED TO PUMP SODIUM HYDROXIDE (CAUSTIC SODA). HE REMOVED HIS FACE SHIELD TO CHECK THE AIR COMPRESSOR. HE THEN PICKED UP ONE END OF THE BAS E PLATE WHICH WAS ATTACHED TO THE PUMP (MODIFICATION BY EMPLOYEES). HE WIGGLED THE PUMP AND BASE PLATE THEN DROPPED THE END ONTO THE FLOOR. SOME CAUSTIC SODA WAS APPARENTLY UNDER THE BASE PLA

EE ATTEMPTED TO PULL A SUBMERSIBLE PUMP OUT OF A WELL CASING AND FELT A SUDDEN BACK PAIN. EE FINISHED THE SHIFT BUT MISSED THE FOLLOWING 2 DAYS. EE SUFFERED A SPRAINED STRAINED BACK AND RECEIV ED CHIROPRACTIC TREATMENTS.

EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING DIRECT BURIAL WIRE AND FELL INTO 3' DEEP TRENCH WHILE TRYING TO CROSS THE TRENCH.THE EMPLOYEE FELL ON HIS BACK ON THE TRENCH BUT DID NOT FEEL HE WAS SERIOUSLY HURT.EMPLOYE E STARTED FEELING INCREASED PAIN AND TROUBLE MOVING RIGHT ARM AS TIME PROGRESSED.

WHEN LIFTIN GPIPE HOISTING PLUG MALFUNCTIONED AND PIPE FELL HOISTIN GPLUG MALFUNCTIONED DUE TO EXTREMELY COLD WEATHER.

INDIVIDUAL WAS CARRYING A 4X4 TIMBER ON RIGHT SHOULDER, STARTED UP A SMALL EMBANKMENT & HIS RIGHT KNEE POPPED & BUCKLED.

EE WAS LIFTING A PIECE OF IRON AND EXPERIENCED INCREASING BACK PAIN THERE AFTER. EE DID NOT COME TO WORK ON 8-15-94, DUE TO DR APPT. EE WAS RELEASED TO WORK BUT CHOSE NOT TO, BECASUE OF THE T IME OF THE DAY AND THE LONG DISTANCE TO THE MINE SITE.

EE WAS DRIVING FORKLIFT & BUMPED HIS ARM ON THE STEERING WHEEL & TORE LOOSE SCAR TISSUE.

WORKER STEPPED ON UNEVEN FROZEN GROUND SLIPPED IN A SMALL HOLE FROM VEHICLE TRACKS & INJURED RT KNEE

WORKER HAD HAND ON KELLY GUIDE WHEN KELLY WAS PUT INTO MOTION.

EMPLOYEE STOOD AND TURNED FROM WORK STATION- SLIPPED ON ICE. THE SLIP RESULTED IN A TORN LIGAMENT IN THE RIGHT ANKLE.

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING IN THE LEVELING OF A PORTABLE BUILDING. HIS FUNCTION WAS TO ASSIST IN STABILIZING. WHILE STANDING IN A 10 FOOT TRENCH, THE SUPPORT THAT WAS HOLDING A FLANGE RING FAILED CAUSING THE FLANGE RING TO FALL STRICKING THE EMPLOYEE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HEAD AND SHOULDER.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO RELIGHT PILOT LIGHT OF HEATING FURANCE AFTER REPAIRS WERE COMPLETED ON THE SUPPLY LINE EE BLEED SUPPLY LINE TO FURANCE PILOT. AS THE BLEEDING OF THE LINE TOOK PLACE A POCK ET OF PROPANE GAS DEVELOPED WITHIN THE ENCLOSURECLOST AS AN OPEN FLAME USED TO LIGHT THE PILOT APPROACHED THE PILOT A FLASH IGNITION OCCURRED RESULTING IN 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO THE VICTIM RIGHT

EMPLOYEE WAS RELEASING A SECTION OF PIPE FROMT HE JAWS OF A FUSING MACHINE. THE PIPE WAS UNDER TENSION AND SPRANG UP, KICKING THE HINGED JAW INTO HIS CHIN. EMPLOYEE RECEIVED SEVERAL STITCHES TO CLOSE A SMALL CUT IN HIS CHIN. NO PRESCRIPTION WAS GIVEN.

EMPLOYEE GOT OUT OF THE TRUCK AT WELL LOCATION AND WAS WALKING TO WELL, SLIPPED ON ICY GROUND. HE WAS GIVEN A PRESCRIPTION DRUG FOR PAIN AND SWELLING.

EMP LIFTED APPROX NINE LG SPOOLS OF ELECTRICAL CABLE ON TRAILER WITH THE HELP OF ANOTHER EMP. NO PROBLEMS RESULTED UNTIL HE WOKE UP THE NEXT DAY PAIN APPEARED TO BE A PINCHED NERVE IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER

SLIPPED IN BED OF PICKUP WHILE MOVING HEAVY DRUM HIT KNEE ON TRUCK BED.

EMPL WAS PULLING A 1" RUBBER HOSE WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK

HC1 ACID DAY TANK OVERFLOWED SPILLING ACID ON FLOOR & RELEASING ACID FUMES INTO PLANT ATOMOSPHERE. ALTHOUGH PLANT VENTILATION SYSTEM WAS FULLY ON WHEN EMPL ENTERED PLANT HE INHALED ENOUGH FU MES TO CAUSE CHEMICAL BURNING OF HIS LUNGS.

EMPL DOES NOT KNOW WHEN OR HOW INJURY OCCURRED ON SECOND DAY OF HIS 4 DAY SHIFT A PAIN SLOWLY BEGAN IN HIS RIGHT HIP. DR. DOES NOT KNOW SOURCE OF PAIN AT THIS TIME. A LIGHT DUTY RELEASE HAS BEEN GIVEN BY DR.

INJURY OCCURRED WHILE ADDING 50 LB SACK OF SALT TO A MIX TANK. THE SALT WAS RESTING ON THE TOP OF THE STEPS LEADING TO THE TANK. THE PERSON BENT DOWN, LIFTED THE SACK OVER THE RIM OF THE TANK AND DUMPED THE SALT IN. ALL REGULATIONS WERE IN COMPIANCE. THE PERSON MOST LIKELY LIFTED THE SACK IMPROPERLY.

SLIPPED ON ICE AT DOOR TO MAINTENANCE AREA. FLUID ON ELBOW WAS DRAINED. EMPL. DID NOT INFORM COMPANY OF TYPE OF MEDICAL TREATMENT. EMPL. INTENDS TO RETURN FOR FURTHER DRAINING OF INJURY 3 /14/88.

WHILE TRYING TO3LOAD A REEL OF WIRE ON A FORK-LIFT ATTACHMENT ON A BACK-HOE, THE LEFT MIDDLE FINGER ON THE LEFT HAND WAS SMASHED. SIX STITCHES WERE REQUIRED TO REPAIR THE FINGER.

WHILE CUTTING A3RUBBER HOSE ON LOCK ON A LOCK BLADE FOLDING KNIFE GAVE WAY. THE BLADE CLOSED ON THE RIGH FINGER CUTTING THE FINGER.