LENF HAND ON BACK HOE TO BRACE HIMSELF AS HE LOOKED UNDER THE BACK HOE - HAND SLIPPED AND SLID ACROSS THE EDGE OF A PIECE OF METAL ON THE BACK HOE - SHORT DEEP CUT ON SIDE OF LEFT THUMB - REQU IRED 4 STITCHES - RETURNED TO WORK SAME DAY, NO RESTRICTONS - WAS NOT WEARING HIS GLOVES.
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Showing all 20TIRE MAN WAS PREPARING TO CHANGE TIRE IN AREA AWAY FROM CRUSHER OPERATIONS WHEN HE WAS STUNG BY A BEE OR WASP- UNKNOWN WHAT KIND- HE IS ALLERGIC TO STINGS- WENT TO ER- BAD REACTION TO MEDS. (PRE-EXISTING ARTERY CONDITION) ARTERIES COLLAPSED- SURGERY REQUIRED.
EE BROUGHT 2"X 6" BOARD TO THE CRUSHER TO REPLACE ONE THAT WAS BROKEN. HE LAID THE BOARD DOWN,TOHELP CO-WORKER ON THE IMPACT, HE WAS GOING TO MOVE AROUND TO THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF IMPACT AND STE PPED BACKWARD A FEW STEPS AND STEPPED OFF OF AN ELEVATED AREA. (ABOUT 1') ON TO THE EDGE OF THE BOARD EDGE, ROLLING HIS ANKLE IN THE PROCESS. NOTHING WAS BROKEN ONLY SPRAINED.
TRAVELING TOO FAST DOWN AN INCLINE, HE TRIED TO SLOW DOWN BY APPLYING LEFT BRAKE. HE APPLIED TOOHARD AND THE ENGINE WAS NEUTRALIZED. STEERING BECAME DIFFICULT AND HE LOST CONTROL, SIDE-SWIPED A PICKUP, RAN UP A BERM AND TURNED ON IT'S SIDE.HE RECEIVED MINOR CUTS AND SCRAPES ON LEFT LEG. THE ROCK BREAKER IS REPAIRABLE.
EE WAS GETTING OUT OF A R-22 UCLID WHEN HE STEPPED OUT HE HURT HIS FOOT. THIS WAS A THURSDAY ANDHE DID NOT SAY NOTHING TO ME UNTIL FRIDAY WHEN HE TOLD ME HE JUST SPRANGED HIS FOOT, IT WOULD BE O.K. HE CAME TO WORK SATURDAY MORNING AND THE DOCTOR HE WENT AND SEEN SAID NO WORK UNTIL AFTER A CHECK UP APPOINTMENT.
ON RETRACTABLE LADDER. STEPPED ON LOADER WITH LEFT FOOT AND SHIFTED WEIGHT TO LEFT SIDE. LADDER CLOSED CATCHING RIGHT FOOT BETWEEN LADDER AND LOADER. PINCHED & SPRAINED FOOT(RIGHT).
MECHANIC CHANGING TEETH ON LOADER BUCKET, EE GOTUP & TWISTED HIS WAIST WRONG WAY, HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK MUSCLES. THIS MECHANIC IS ONLY ON THE CRUSHER ON OCCASION NOT ON FULL DUTY HERE FUL L TIME
HE WAS SHOVELING OUT FROM UNDER IMPACT BELT. HE SPRAINED HIS BACK.
EE HAD BEEN SERVICING HIS WELDING MACHINE. AS HE STEPPED DOWN OFF THE BACK OF HIS TRUCK, HE SLIPPED THEREFORE SPRAINING HIS RIGHT KNEE.
EE SHOVELING ROCK OFF BELT TWISTED BACK WRONG AND COMPLAINED OF HURTING BACK. FOREMAN TOOK HIMTO FIRST MED IN TEMPLE.
EE STEPPING DOWN FROM CRANE DECK HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL AND STRIKE HIS HEAD ON THE OUTRIGGER, CUTTING HIS SCALP. FIVE STITCHES REQUIRED TO CLOSE THE WOUND
EE REPORTED FOR WORK WITH BACK PAIN SAID DIDNOT KNOW WHY HE HURT. HIS SUPERVISOR OFF TO TAKE HIM TO THE CO DR. AND TOLD HIM HE HAD TO CONSULT DR BEFORE HE WOULD BE SHOWED TO WORK. EE TOLD THE SUPERVISOR HE DID NOT CONSIDER HIS BACK PAIN WORK RELATED HE WANT TOSEE HIS DR HE SAID HIS DR HIS PAIN WAS WORK RELATED. THE DR INITIALLY GAVEHIM ONE WEEK OFF WHEN HE FOUND HE HAD NO SICK LEAV
EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING A WORN IMPACT BAR FROM CRUSHER TO PLACE OF STORAGE AFTER PUTTING IT DOWN IT SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND & CUT HIS LEFT THUMB
EE REPORTED HE WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER WHEN HE GOT A CATCH IN HIS BACK. HE REFUSED TO GO TO THE DR HOWEVER HE CONSULTED A FRIEND THE NIGHT OF THE 8TH. THE FRIEND ADMINSTERED A BACK ADJUSTMEN T. THE MORNING OF THE 9TH HE WEN T TO THE EMERGEERGENCY ROOM AND WAS TOLD TO TAKE 2 DAYS OFF THEN LIGHT DUTY FOR 2 WEEKS.
EMPLYEE AS A HISTORY OF HEART PROBLEMS APPROX 30 MINUTES AFTER STARTING WORK HE REPORTED TO HIS SUPERVISOR THAT HE WAS HAVING PROBLEMS & NEEDED TO SEE HIS DOC HIS DOC DIAGNOSIS WAS A LIGHT HEART ATTACK & HE HAD THE EMPLOYEE HOSPITALIZED
I NAME REPORTED UNABLE TO WORK 22 OCT 90 HE HAD CONSULTED A DOC ON THE 21 OF OCT Z& DIAGNOSED AS HAVING A COMPRESSION FX OF A VERTEBRA HE REPORTED HE THOUGHT IT HAPPENED WHEN HE HAD PICKED UP A PIECE OF PLYWOOD ON THE 10OF OCT HE HAD CONTINTO WORK THROUGH THE WEEK OF 15-19 OCT
HE WAS WORKING INSIDE FEEDER HOPPER HE SLIPPED AND TWISTED RIGHT KNEE.
OPERATOR REPORTED HE WAS GOING TO CONSUIT HIS DOC ABOUT LOSS OF FEELING IN HIS HANDS & ARMS HE REPORTED LATE THE 29TH THAT DR DID NOT WANT HIM TO RETURN TO WORK UNTIL HE HAD CONSULTED DR ON JU LY 2 1990 INDIVIDUAL MISSED HIS APPOINTMENT & WAS RESCHEDULED FOR JULY 6 1990 HE ASKED TO WORK UNTIL HIS APPOINTMENT ON JULY 6 1990 HE WAS TOLD HE NEEDED A RELEASE FROM A DOC HE COULD NOT GET
EMPLOYEE HAD CLIMBED UP LADDER CATWALK WHERE THEY WERE WORKING TO GET DOWN HE JUMPED ON A CONVEYOR BOLT BELOW AND THEN TO THE GROUND WHERE HE SLIPPED ON WET GROUND IN STEAD OF USING LADDER PRO VIVED TO GET DOWN.
TWO DRILLERS CHANGING DRILL STEEL STEEL FELL FROM ROCK AWAY FROM DRILLERS BUT FLIPPED A ROCK UP & HIT DRILLER ON HAND ROCK WAS ABOUT FOUR INCHES IN DIAMETER SKIN WAS NOT BROKEN TOOK DRILLER TO HOSPITAL FOR X-RAY DRILLER BACK WORKING IN ONE HOUR