Windsor Metal/Non-Metal

THE EE WAS INITIALLY INJURED ON 5-20-98, BUT HAS BEEN WORKING IN HIS NORMAL DUTY SICNE. THE INJURY IS NOW REQUIRING SURGERY AS OF 5-10-99. THE DOCTOR GAVE THE COMAPNY A DIAGNOSED ON 5-10-99. A REOCCURANCE OF THE UNITIAL INJURY WAS DIAGNOSED

WHILE EE WAS REMOVING A CONVEYOR GUARD HE FELT A PAIN IN THE GROIN AREA.

WHILE WORKING IN A DARK BUNKER, EE REMOVED HIS CUTTING GOGGLES & A HOT SPARK ENTERED HIS LEFT EYE.

AS EMPLOYEE BENT OVER HE FELT A POPE IN HIS BACK.

AS EE HELD THE END OF A BUCKET TOOTH ON A LOADEN HE STRUCK THE OTHER END WITH A 4LB, HAMMER TO KNOCK IT LOOSE. AN SMALL PIECE OF STEEL CHIPPED OFF OF THE TOOTH AND IMBEDDED IN HIS FOREARM.

EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING A BOLT, USING AN IMPACT WRENCH, THE BRACKET TURNED & CUT HIS FINGER.

EE WAS CLEARING A PLUG IN THE FEED TUNNEL. WHEN THE PLUG COLLAPSED, IT BLEW DUST INTO HIS EYES. EE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES AT THE TIME OF INJURY.

EMPLOYEE WAS STEAM CLEANING EQUIPMENT & IMMEDIATELY AFTER CLEANING WAS CRAWLING UNDER EQUIPMENT CLEANING OUT DEBRIS HE IS INSURE IF HE GOT BACKSPRAY OR IF SOLUTION DRIPPED INTO HIS EYE WHILE H E WAS UNDER THE LOADER

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING A LADDER WHICH WAS LEANING AGAINST DRAGLINE TRACKS SO HECOULD LOOSEN A BOLT AS HE REACHED A POSITION APPROX 3FT ABOVE THE GROUND THE LADDER SLIPPED FROM UNDER HIM & AS HE FELL HE HIT HIS FOREARM & ELBOW ON THE TRACK

EMPLOYEE HAD APPARENTLY STEPPED IN SOME GREASE A& AS HE WAS CLIMBING INTO A PICKUP TRUCK HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON THE DOOR STILL & HE HET GROUND WITH FULL WEIGHT ON RIGHT LEG WHILE IT WAS IN AWKWAR D POSITION.

OVER THE YEARS, THE REPETETIVE MOTIONS OF TYPING OUT WEIGHT TICKETS, TEARING THEM OFF THE PRINTER HAS IRRITATED THE RIGHT WRIST.

EE HAD BEEN WORKING IN AN ASPHALT PLANT PUGMILL ALL WEEK, REPLACING PARTS, LIFTING HEAVY PIECES TWISTING AND TURNING IN TIGHT QUARTERS.

EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING A WELD BEAD ON A METAL BEAM WITH A HAND GRINDER. THE GRINDING WHEEL CAUGHT ON A ROUGH SPOT ON THE EDGE OF THE BEAM AND PULLED OUT OF THE EMPLOYEE'S HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE GRINDING WHEEL ON AIR GRINDER AIR HOSE WAS CONNECTED & THE ON LEVER LOCKING DEVICE WAS MISSING FROM THE GRINDER EMPLOYEE ACCIDENTLY HIT THE ON LEVER & IT NATU RALLY BEGAN RUNNING & GROUND HIS KNUCKLE

EMPLOYEE WAS APPARENTLY HOSING OUT MATERIAL FROM UNDER PLANT WITH A 2" HOSE. TO KEEP IT AIMED IN ONE SPOT HE PLACED A LARGE ROCK ON IT AND WHILE HE WAS DOING THAT, HE DROPPED THE ROCK ON HIS F INGER.

MAINTENANCE CREW WAS CHANGING SCREEN SON PLANT. AS PART OF CREW WAS PASSING SCREEN TO HIGHER PLATFORM EMPL PULLED ON IT TO LIFT IT & FELT PAIN IN BACK OF CHEST.

EMPLOYEE WAS WAITING ON TOP OF SURGE RAMP IN A CAT 633 SCRAPER. OTHER EMPLOYEE WAS ON CAT D8 DOZER, DRESSING AND SMOOTHING OUT BUMPS HE HAD PREVIOUSLY MADE, HE CONTINUED UP THE RAMP AND THE BL ADE OF HIS DOZER STRUCK THE SCRAPER.

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A LARGE ROCK THAT WAS STUCK BETWEEN GRIZZLEY BARS.

EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING CRUSHER. WHILE SWINGING 18 LB SLEDGE HAMMER AND TIGHTENING HEA DNUT ON CRUSHER, HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS CAHNGING SCREENS ON #2 TYLER AND WHILE HE WAS LIFTING HE STRAINED HIS BACK.HE THOUGHT IT WOULD GET BETTER OVER THE WEEKEND,BUT ON MONDAY HE WAS DOING THE SAME JOB AND AGGRAVATED T HE STRAIN.

EMPLOYEE CAME TO MAIN OFFICE ABOUT 1PM ON 9/21 COMPLAINING HE WAS ILL AND WAS GOING HOME. HE INDICATED THAT HE WOULD NOT BE IN THE NEXT DAY EITHER. HE REMAINED HOME SICK AND CALLED AGAIN ON 9- 27 TO SAY HE HAD BEEN TO HIS DOCTOR AND TAKEN SOME TESTS THAT INDICATED HE HAD CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING.

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING IN THE BOOM OF MANITOWOC DRAGLINE,SANDBLASTING SAME IN PREPARATION FOR PAINTING.HE REACHED BEHIND HIM TO PULL HOSE FOR MORE SLACK AND SLIPPED,FALLING AGAINST THE WEB OF T HE BOOM,STRIKING HIS RIBS.

EMPLOYEE WAS STRIKING UPWARDS ON A CHUTE DOOR TO OPEN IT WHEN THE HAMMER (4LB) GLANCED OFF THE DOOR & STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE JUST ABOVE THE RT EYE

EMPLOYEE AND ONE OTHER MECHANIC WERE REMOVING LINKS FROM THE DRIVE CHAIN OF A CAT 633 PADDLE WHEEL SCRAPER. TWO PADDLE FLIGHTS WERE HOOKED TOGETHER WITH A 3/4 TON "TUGIT" CHAIN COME-ALONG TO R EMOVE THE SLACK FROM THE BACKSIDE OF THE CHAIN. A LINK IN THE CHAIN ON THE COME-ALONG BROKE AND DROPPED THE LOWER PADDLE FLIGHT ON THE EMPLOYEE'S FOOT, KNOCKING HIM OVER.

EMPL WAS REPLACING LEADS ON DRAGLINE CABLE AND AS HE WAS LAYING OUT THE CABLE ONE END COILED AND SNAPPED BACK ON HIM STRIKING HIM IN THE LEG

EE WAS DRIVING SERVICE TRUCK AROUND YARD DOING MAINTENACNE AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS. AT ONE POINT THE GROUND WAS UNEVEN AND AS HE DROVE AROUND A TURN THE SEAT SHIFTED IN THE TRUCK STRAINING HIS BA CK.

LARGE HEAVY ROCKS WERE COMINGUP WITH THE RAW MATERIAL TO BE CRUSHED THE ROCKS WOULD NOT FIT IN OUR CRUSHER SO THE MEPL AND TWO OTHERS WERE PUSHING THEM OFF THE CONVEYOR BELT INT HE PROCESS OF DOING SO THE EMPL STRAINED HIS BACK RETURNED TO WORK ON MODIFIED DUTY NO HEAVY LIFTING OR REPETITIVE BENDING

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING MANITOWOC 4600 DRAGLINE (TRAINING). HE WALKED INTO THE ENGINE ROOM, BEHIND ENGINES, AND AS HE DID SO HE SLIPPED. HE GRABBED FOR A RAILING TO KEEP FROM FALLING, AND AS HE DID SO HE TWISTED HIS BACK.

EMPL WAS RAISING AN OXYGEN BOTTLE LYING ON THE GROUND TO AN UPRIGHT POSITION WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK EMPLS DR INDICATED THAT THIS WAS A REINJURY TO HIS BACK THAT HAD ORIGIN ALLY OCCURRED 4/14/89 WHILE EMPL WAS WORKING FOR ANOTHER COMPANY ARGONAUT CONST

EMPL WAS DRIVING SCRAPER ON HAUL ROAD WHEN HE ENCOUNTERED BEE WHICH STUNG HIM.

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING AND CHIPPING SLAG WITH A HAMMER. WHILE HE WAS CHIPPING A PIECE OF METAL FLEW UP FROM HIS PROIJECT AND HIT HIM IN THE EYE.

EE. WAS USING AN AIR IMPACT WRENCH TO BOLT A METAL STRAP TO THE FRAME OF A STICK PICKER. HE PUT HIS FINGERS BETWEEN THE STRAP AND FRAME TO HOLD THE BOLT IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE HOLE IN THE FRAME , AND WHEN HE TRIGGERED THE WRENCH, THE BOLT WENT HOME FASTER THAN THE EE ANTICIPATED SQUASHING HIS MIDDLE FINGER.

EMP WAS SHOVELING AWAY MATERIAL BUIDUP AROND CRUSHER AND THE STRAIN OF PROLONGED SHOVELING CAUSED STRAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK

NATURE OF EMPLOYEES WORK INVOLVES HEAVY LIFTING PULLING HAMMERING ETC.HE APPARENTLY NOTICED SOME PAIN IN HIS ARM APPROX.2MOS.AGO BUT THOUGHT IT WOULD GO AWAY IT WOULD RECEDE SOMEWHAT BUT DURIN G A PARTICULARLY STRENUOUS SHIFT ON 061588 THE PAIN BECAME GREATER & HE FELT IT SHOULD BE LOOKED AT

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING CAT SCRAPER HAULING DIRT FROM TERRACE PIT TO SURGE PIT WHEN SOMETHING BLEW INTO HIS EYE.

EMPLOYEE WAS SWINGING 20 LB HAMMER IN BASEBALL BAT FASHION TO TIGHTEN A NUT ON MAIN SHAFT CRUSHER ASSEMBLY AND APPARENTLY STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK MUSCLES WHILE DOING SO

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING UP STAIRS TO LUBE SHAKER WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS RT KNEE

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ACROSS PLANT YARD UNDER CONVEYOR BELT WHEN SOMETHING FLEW INTO HIS EYE

EMPLOYEE WAS CA9RYING SCREEN 94'X5') TO SCREEN STORAGE RACK. PALLET OF UNEVENLY STACKED SCREENS WAS IN FRONT TO RACK, IT WAS JUST LIGHT ENOUGH TO SEE WHERE HE WAS WALKING, BUT DARK IN THE RACK ITSELF ANDHAD 4UST STOPPED RAINING. EMPLOYEE DID NOT WANT TO STEP ON PALLET OF SCREENS SO HE THREW THE SCREEN INTO THE RACK WHERE IT APPARENTLY SNAGGED ON ANOTHER SCREEN AND BOUNCED BACK AT H

EMPLOYEE WAS US3NG 3 FT PRYBAR TO MOVE TURBO CRUSHER LID BACK INTO PLACE.

STEPPED OUT OF 7AB OF TRUCK AND WHEN HE CONTACTED GROUND TWISTED LEFT ANKLE.

EMPLOYEE WAS DI1GING ROCK OFF PLUGGED FEEDER BELT IN CLOSE QUARTERS TUNNEL.

AS EMPLOYEE GOT3OUT OF CAB OF HIS TRUCK, HE TWISTED HIS ANKLE.

WALKING ON PIPE3REPAIRING SAND SCREW SLIPPED OFF PIPE AND FELL 3' TWISTING LEFT ANKLE.

EMPL RAN OVER B6MP AND STRUCK ELBOW AGAINST DOOR OF SCRAPER.

EMPLOYEE WAS FUELING THE FUEL TRUCK WHEN HE SLIPPED ON THE CURB OF THE CEMENT SLAB.

EE WAS SAWING A BOARD WITH A SKILL SAW WHEN SAW KICKED BACK AT HIM STRIKING HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER & LEFT THUMB.

WORKING UNDER CRUSHER. WAS CRAWLING UNDER CRUSHER TO INSPECT GEARS, REMOVED SAFETY GLASSES TO LOOK INTO A TIGHT AREA WHERE GLASSES OBSTRUCTED VIEW. WHEN GLASSES WERE REMOVED SOMETHING FELL IN TO EYE.

I HAD WELDED AS MUCH OF THE PATCH AS I COULD ON THE CLASSIFIER AND AN AREA THAT WAS CONCAVED NEEDED TO BE BEAT OUT I TOOK A HAMMER IN THE CLASSIFIER AND WAS MOVING ALONG THE SCREW I LOST MY F FOOTING SLIPPED SPUN AROUND SIDEWAYS AND LANDED ON THE SPRAY BAR HANGER AND SPRAY BAR ON MY BACK

EMP WAS KNEELING TO GREASE THE GYRA SIXC CRUSHER EMP MUST STAY IN A KNEELING POTITION FOR APPROX 15 MIN TO OIL EACH CRUSHER