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A TRANSMISSION WAS BEING LIFTED BY A CHAIN HOIST. EE TOUCHED THE CHAIN AND IT SLIPPED PINCHING HIS LEFT PALM.
EE CALLED OFF WORK 10/8, 10/9, 10/11 , 10/12 AND 10/13. REPORTED ACCIDENT AFTERNOON OF 10/13. ALLEGEDS HE TWISTED HIS ANKLE WHILE WALKING ON UNEVEN GROUND WHILE LOADING EXPLOSIVES. NO ONE SAW HIM TWIST HIS ANKLE. HE TOLD NO ONE HE DID IT. WE ARE APPEALING THIS CASE WITH STATE INDUSTRIAL INSURANCE.
EMPLOYEE WAS PRYING PART OF ROAD GRADER FRAME INTO PLACE. PRYBAR SLIPPED LACERATING RIGHT LITTLE FINGER.
EE DROVE THE WATER TRUCK INTO AN AREA HE SHOULD NOT HAVE DRIVEN INTO. HE BECAME DISORIENTED AND BACKED THE TRUCK OFF OF A 10 FOOT BANK. THE TRUCK ROLLED OVER ONCE AND CAME TO A REST ON ITS SID E WITH CAB POINTED UNPWARD. EE WAS OPERATING THETRUCK KNOWINGLY WITHOUT BACK UP LIGHTS HE NOTED IT ON HIS PRESHIFT.
EE WAS BUILDING A SMALL STORAGE BUILDING. HE CLAMPED A PIECE WITH A C CLAMP. WHEN HE RETURNED LATER TO WORK, HE RAN INTO THE C CLAMP, LACERATING JUST BELOW HIS LEFT EYE.
EMPLOYEE STEPPED STEP ASCENDING MACHINE. FOOT SLIPPED EMPLOYEE FELL TO GROUND.
EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON A TRUCK STEP. FELT KNEE MOVE PAIN STARTED LATER ON USE OF KNEE.
TIGHTENING A BOLOT ON TRANSMISSION IN DRILL. USED 3/4" BOX END WRENCH. WRENCH SLIPPED OFF BOLT, EE STRUCK LEFT ELBOW AGAINST THE FRAME OF THE DRILL. THIS HAPPENED A SECOND TIME MINUTES LATER. EE FINISHED SHIFT AND RETURNED TO WORK NEXT DAY.HAD SURGERY AND BONE CHIPS REMOVED--9/26--OFF 4 DAYS.
EE COMPLAINED OF BACK PAIN THE END OF DEC 1994-HE TOOK OFF 4 WEEKS IN JAN AS VACATION. HE CAME BACK TO WORK ON JAN 30 1995. HE WORKED ON AN DOFF UNTIL FEB 21 1995 HIS LAST DAY AT WORK ON MARCH 8 1995 HE WAS DEAGNOSED WITH METASTATIC ADENURUREINUMA OF UNCERTAIN ETILOGY EE DIED ON MARCH 30 1995 LISTED CAUSE OF DEATH METASTIC LUNG CANCER.
EMPLOYEE WAS INVOLVED IN CHANGING OF TRAM HAUL LINES IN STEPPING OFF THE TRAM STRUCTURE HE STEPPED IN SOME GREASE-LOST HIS BALANCE & HIT HIS SHIN