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EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING HIS MONOGOGGLES WHEN HE FELT A FOREIGN OBJECT IN HIS RIGHT EYE. HE WAS SENT TO AN EYE SPECIALIST WHERE A PIECE OF FOREIGN MATERIAL WAS REMOVED. EMPLOYEE IS NOT LOSING ANY TIME AND IS NOT ON WORK RESTRICTIONS.
EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING UP BOLTS AND PUTTING THEM IN A BUCKET WHEN HE FELT SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. ON 1-2-01 HE STARTED RECEIVING MULTIPLE PHYSICAL THERAPY. EMPLOYEE IS NOT LOSING ANY TIME BUT IS ON WORK RESTRICTIONS.
EE WAS REMOVING A 4" PIPE CAP WHE HE DROPPED IT ABOUT 4" ON HIS LEFT FOOT. HIS DR PUT A BRACE ON HIS FOOT. EE TOOK HIMSELF OFF WORK AND THEN HIS DR. TOOK HIM OFF WORK. LAST DAY WORKED WAS 12-1 8-00.
EE WAS PLACING A 2"X10" PVC PIPE ON DUMPSTER TO BE CUT WHEN HE RELEASED THE PIPING IT SHIFTED STRIKING HIMON THE RIGHT EAR & CAUSING A CUT. THIS CUT REQUIRED 9 STITCHES. EE IS NOT LOSING TIME & IS NOT ON RESTRICTIONS
EMPLOYEE WAS HOSING DOWN WITH A 1 1/2" HOSE. THE HOSE GOT A KINK IN IT AND AS EE WAS TRYING TO FREE THE KINK, HE LOST CONTROL OF THE HOSE CAUSING THE NOZZLE TO STRIKE HIM ON THE FACE AND SPRAY ING CAUSTIC IN BOTH EYES. EE IS NOT LOSING ANY TIME AND IS NOT ON WORK RESTRICTIONS. ING CAUSTIC IN BOTH EYES. EE IS NOT LOSING ANY TIME AND IS NOT ON WORK RESTRICTIONS.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN A FLIGHT OF STAIRS WHEN HE STEPPED ON A SCALING BAR. THIS CAUSED HIS LIFT ANKLE TO TWIST AND POP. EMPLOYEE IS NOT LOSING ANY TIME BUT IS ON WORK RESTRICTIONS.
EE WAS SHOVELING DIRT WHEN HE JAMMED HIS LEFT THUMB. HIS THUMB DID NOT GET BETTER. HE WENT TO OUTSIDE DR WHO PRESCRIBED SURGERY. EE HAD SURGERY ON 5/9/01. EE IS NOT LOSING ANY TIME BUT IS ON WORK RESTRICTIONS.
EE WAS LOOSENING A VALVE WITH A SLEDGEHAMMER WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. HE HAS STARTED TO RECEIVE MULTIPLE PHYSICAL THERPY. EE IS NOT LOSING ANY TIME BUT IS ON WORK RESTRICTION S WITHIN HIS JOB SCOPE.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A SCOOTER THAT DID NOT HAVEA WIND SHIELD AND HE GOT A FOREIGN OBJECT IN HISLEFT EYE LID. HE WAS GIVEN A PRESCRIPTION.
EE WAS WALKING ON A WALKWAY WHEN HE TRIPPED ON A PIECE OF PROTRUDING GRATING 1/2" HIGH. IT WAS RAINING AND HE FELL ON HIS RIGHT HAND CAUSING A FRACTURE TO A RIB. EE IS NOT LOSING ANY TIME AND IS NOT ON WORK RESTRICTIONS.
EE WAS CLEANING SCALE FROM THE FLOOR WITH A HIGH PRESSURE HOSE. AS HE MOVED TO CHANGE BODY POSITION, THE STREAM OF HOSE WATER SPLASHED BACK UNDER HIS FACE SHIELD AND UNDER HIS MONO GOGGLES. TH E CAUSTIC WATER CAUSED A BURN TO HIS LEFT EYE. EMPLOYEE IS NOT LOSING ANY TIME AND IS NOT ON WORK RESTRICTIONS.
EE WAS SETTING UP TO INSTALL CHANNEL IRON. HE WAS PULLING ON AN EXTENTION CORD WHEN HE FELT A FOREIGN OBJECT IN HIS LEFT EYE. HE RECEIVED A CORNEAL ABRASION FROM THE MATERIAL. EE IS NOT LOSING ANY TIME AND IS NOT ON WORK RESTRICTIONS.
EMPLOYEE WAS MACHINING A PIECE OF CAST IRON ON ALATHE AT A SLOW SPEED. HE USED A PEDESTAL FAN RATHER THAN AN APPROVED VACUUM TO CONTROL DUST EMISSIONS. AS A RESULT, HE GOT CAST IRON DUST PARTI CLES IN HIS EYES. NO LOST TIME.
EE WAS CLEANING PUNCH PLATE WITH A "T" HANDLED SCRAPER..WHILE REMOVING UNK STUCK OBJECT IT BROKE LOOSE CAUSING HIM TO LUNGE FORWARD PINCHING HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE HANDLE & THE HOPPER FRAME THIS RESULTED IN A FRACTURE TO THE END JOINT OF HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER. EE IS NOT LOSING ANY TIME & IS NOT ON WORK RESTRICTIONS.
EE WAS HOLDING A BACK-UP WRENCH WHILE EE WAS USING HAMMER WRENCH. WHILE EE WAS SWINGING THE HAMMER, THE LEAD CAME OFF STRIKING EE ABOVE HIS RIGHT EYE. THE LACERATION WAS APPROX 1 1/2" AND RE QUIRED STITCHES.
EE WAS CLIMBING A FIXED METAL LADDER WHEN HE STRUCK HIS HARD HAT ON THE THE HAND RAIL. HE STARTED RECEIVING PHYSICAL THERAPY ON HIS NECK. EE IS NOT LOSING ANY TIME AND IS NOT ON WORK RESTRICTI ONS.
EMPLOYEE WAS DESCALING ON #3 WASHER OVERFLOW TANK WHEN A PIECE OF SCALE FELL, STRIKING HIS LEFT HAND. THE SCALE CAUSED A LACERATION TO HIS HAND WHICH REQUIRED STITCHES. EMPLOYEE IS NOT LOSIN G ANY TIME AND IS NOT ON WORK RESTRICTIONS.
EMPLOYEE WAS DESCALING A PRE-MIX TANK WITH A JACK HAMMER AND WAS WEARING FULL SLICKER GEAR. HE STARTED TO CRAMP, DUE TO HIGH TEMPERATURE AND NOT DRINKING ENOUGH WATER. EMPLOYEE IS NOT LOSING ANY TIME AND IS NOT ON WORK RESTRICTIONS.
EE WAS USING A SMALL 25 LB. PUMP TO TRANSFER OIL FROM A 55 GALLON TO AN AIR COMPRESSOR. THE SMAL PUMP WAS ON TOP OF THE DRUM WHEN IT ROLLED OVER ONHIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER. THIS CAUSED A FRACTUR E TO HIS FINGER. EE IS NOT LOSING ANY TIME AND IS NOT ON WORK RESTRICTION.
EE CLIMBED DOWN FROM FRONT END LOADER AND STEPPED ON SOME ALGEA, CAUSING HIM TO SLIP AND FALL. HIS DR SCHEDULED HIM TO HAVE SURGERY ON HIS RIGHT KNEE ON 12-15-00 WITHOUT THE PLANT'S KNOWLEDGE. EE NOTIFIED THE PLANT ON 12-22-00. LAST DAY WORKED WAS 12-14-00.
EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK ON THE HEAD BY THE LID ON HIS TOOL BOX. THIS HAS RESULTED IN A STRAIN TO HIS NECK. EMPLOYEE HAS STARTED ULTRA-SOUND AND THERAPY. EMPLOYEE IS NOT LOSING ANY TIME AND IS NOT ON WORK RESTRICTIONS.
EMPLOYEE AND CO-WORKER WERE ATTEMPTING TO LOWER DRILL MAST. ONE EMPLOYEE STRUCK THE DRILL STEM WITH A HAMMER CAUSING A SMALL PIECE OF METAL TO FLY OFF PIERCING EMPLOYEE'S LEFT ARM. HE WAS GIV EN MEDICATION TO PREVENT INFECTION. EMPLOYEE IS NOT LOSING ANY TIME AND IS NOT ON WORK RESTRICTIONS.
EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING UP TOOLS INSIDE DORRCO FILTER WHEN HE SLIPPED, FALLING BACKWARDS TO THE SAME LEVEL. HE TRIED TO STOP HIS FALL BY EXTENDING HIS LEFT ARM. HE FELL ON HIS LEFT HAND, CAUSIN G A FRACTURE TO HIS LEFT WRIST. EMPLOYEE IS NOT LOSING ANY TIME, BUT IS ON LIMITED WORK RESTRICTIONS DUE TO THE CAST.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A SHAFT OUT OF A SCOOTER WHEN HE STEPPED ON A ROCK AND LOST HIS BALANCE. HEFELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER LEFT BACK. HE IS NOW RECEIVING MULTIPLE PHYSICAL THERAPY ON HIS BACK. EMPLOYEE IS NOT LOSING ANY TIME AND IS NOT ON WORK RESTRICTIONS.
EE WAS USING A PULLEY AND CABLE TO LOWER A SCAFFOLD. HE DID NOT NOTICE HIS HAND WAS ON THE CABLE. WHEN HE STARTED TO MOVE, HIS LEFT THUMB WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE CABLE AND PULLEY. THIS CAUSED A FRACTURE TO HIS THUMB. EE IS NOT LOSING ANY TIME AND IS NOT ON WORK RESTRICTIONS AT THIS TIME.
WHILE OILING THE DRILL BIT ON A MAGNETIC DRILL, THE BIT "HUNG UP" IN THE HOLE CAUSING THE DRILL TO SPIN. THE MAGNET LOST CONTACT WITH THE PLATE ON CAUGHHT EE'S FINGER IN A PINCH POINT BETWEEN THE BASE AND THE PLATE.
EE WAS REMOVING AN AIR LANCE FROM HOPPER WHEN HE STRUCK LEFT ELBOW ON A SCREW FEEDER EE WAS NOT ON RESTRICTED DUTY ON 1/24/01 HE HAD SURGERY ON HIS ELBOW EE IS LOSING TIME
EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF DESCALING A PROCESS LINE WHEN HE FELT A POP IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER. HE HAS STARTED RECEIVING PHYSICAL THERAPY. EMPLOYEE IS NOT LOSING ANY TIME AND IS NOT ON WORK RESTRICTIONS.
EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN WORKING FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME IN A CONGESTED AREA WHERE THERE WAS NO VENTILATION. HE BECAME FATIGUED AND FELT DIZZY. HE WAS ADMINISTERED FLUIDS INTRAVENEOUSLY. EM PLOYEE IS NOT LOSING ANY TIME AND IS NOT ON WORK RESTRICTIONS.
EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF ROLLING A BLIND. HE WAS MOVING A WING NUT BY HAND WHEN IT CAME LOOSE AND BEGAN TO FALL. WHEN THE EMPLOYEE TRIED TO CATCH THE WING NUT, HIS FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETW EEN THE WING NUT AND INSULATION. THIS CAUSED A FRACTURE TO HIS FINGER. EMPLOYEE IS NOT LOSING ANY TIME AND IS NOT ON WORK RESTRICTIONS.
EMPLOYEE WAS IN PROCESS OR ROLLING A BLIND WHEN CAUSTIC SPRAYED FROM FLANGE, SPRAYING HIM IN THEFACE, WHICH CAUSED HIM TO STRIKE THE PALM OF HISLEFT HAND. PALM RECEIVED 3 STITCHES. HE IS NOT LOSING ANY TIME AND IS NOT ON WORK RESTRICTIONS.
EE WAS STEPPING UP ONTO A STEP WHEN HE FELT A POP IN HIS KNEE. EE IS NOT LOSING ANY TIME AND IS NOT ON WORK RESTRICTIONS.
WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING, CAUSTIC SPRAYED TOWARDS HIM. HE JUMPED OVER A 3 1/2 FOOT WALL AND THEN DOWN A LADDER. AS HE JUMPED FROM THE LADDER, HE FORGOT TO LET GO, SPRAINING HIS RIGHT SHOULDE R. EMPLOYEE IS NOT LOSING ANY TIME AND IS NOT ONWORK RESTRICTIONS. HE HAS JUST STARTED RECEIVINGMULTIPLE PHYSICAL THERAPY.
EE WAS CUTTING TUBES IN THE #2-10 HEATER, WHEN HE DROPPED THE TORCH IT FELL & WENT ACROSS HIS RIGHT WRIST. HE SUFFERED A 2ND DEG BURN APPROX THE SIZE OF AQUARTER JUST BELOW HIS THUMB
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING THROUGH OPERATING AREA AND STEPPED INTO DRAINAGE TROUGH INJURING HIS RIGHT KNEE. EMPLOYEE IS NOT ON WORK RESTRICTIONS AND IS NOT LOSING ANY TIME. EMPLOYEE IS RECEIVING AN MRI ON 5-2-00.
EE WAS HOLDING A BACK UP WRENCH WHILE BOLTS WERE BEING TIGHTENED. THE WRENCH PINNED HIS HAND TO THE BODY OF THE HEATER. THIS CAUSED A FRACTURE TO HIS INDEX FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND. EE IS NOT L OSING ANY TIME AND IS NOT ON WORK RESTRICTIONS.
EE WAS CLIMBING DOWN A LADDER WHEN HE NOTICED AN IRRITATION IN HIS RIGHT EYE. HE WAS SENT TO A SPECIALIST. HE RECEIVED MEDICATION AND IS REQUIRED TO TAKE IT FOR SEVERAL DAYS. EE IS NOT LOSING ANY TIME AND IS NOT ON WORK RESTRICTIONS.
AN EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING THE BOTTOM UP ON A PRECIPITATOR WHEN HIS GOGGLES STARTED FOGGING UP. WHILE REMOVING HIS GOGGLES WITHOUT REMOVING HIS GLOVES, HE FELT SOMETHING IN HIS LEFT EYE. HE RECEI VED A CAUSTIC BURN IN HIS LEFT EYE AND WAS PRESCRIBED MEDICATION. HE IS NOT LOSING ANY TIME AND IS NOT ON WORK RESTRICTIONS.
AN EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A 55 GALLON DRUM FOR TRANSPORTING. A DRUM SLIPPED OFF THE DECKING TILTING AND PINCHING THE SMALL FINGER ON THE LEFT HAND, BETWEEN TWO DRUMS. THE EMPLOYEE'S FINGER WA S BROKEN. HE IS LOSING TIME.
AN EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING A TOP HEAT EXCHANGER. HE STEPPED INTO A 14 SQUARE INCH OPENING IN THE PLATFORM FALLING INTO THE DRILL MAST. HE RECEIVED A LACERATION TO HIS FACE WHICH REQUIRED STITCH ES. EMPLOYEE IS NOT LOSING ANY TIME AND IS NOT ON WORK RESTRICTIONS.
EE FELL THRU WEAK SPOT IN METAL FLOORING FROM A FIXED STRUCTURE TO A METAL GRATING 15' BELOW METAL FLOORING. EE WAS USING A VACUUM HOSE TO CLEAN METAL FLOORING AT THE TIME HE FELL
EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO COAX A DOG WITH FOOD OUT OF COOLING TOWER CELL. THIS WAS NOT AN INSTANTANEOUS EVENT. THE DOG BIT THE END OF HIS FINGER. HE IS NOT LOSING ANY TIME AND IS NOT ON WORK RESTRICTIONS.
EE WAS PULLING A HOSE INSIDE A SETTLER WHEN HE SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO EXPERIENCE A PAIN IN HIS LOWER LEFT SIDE & BACK. HE STRATED MULTIPLE PHYSICAL THERAPY, EE IS NOT LOSING ANY TIME BUT IS O N WORK RESTRICTIONS
EE WAS WALKING ON SANDBAG WHEN HE SLIPPED ON SOME MUD CAUSING HIM TO STRAIN HIS BAC. HE WAS PRESCRIBED MEDICATION & IS RECEIVING PHYSICAL THERAPY. HE IS NOT LOSING ANY TIME BUT IS ON WORK RESTRICTIONS
EE WAS THROWING BAGS INTO A GARBAGE TRUCK WHEN HE STARTED TO FEEL BURNING IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. EE IS NOT LOSING ANY TIME BUT IS RECEIVING PHYSICAL THERAPY AND IS ON WORK RESTRICTIONS.
EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SPREADING A HORIZONTAL FLANGE, THE RESIDUAL LIQUOR SPRAYED HIM IN THE LEFT EYE. HE IS NOT LOSING ANY TIME AND IS NOT ON WORK RESTRICTIONS.
EE WAS WALKING & STEPPED ON A HOSE CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS KNEE ON 2/22/00 HE WENT FOR A MRI ON 3/1/00 HE GOT RESULTS ON 3/15/00 & WENT IN FOR SURGERY ON 3/17/00EE WILL BE LOSING TIME & WIL L BE ON WORK RESTRICTIONS
WHILE DRIVING A SCOOTER, EE NOTICED AN IRRITATION IN HIS RIGHT EYE. A PIECE OF SAW DUST WAS REMOVED AND MEDICATION WAS GIVEN. THE EE IS NOT LOSING ANY TIME AND IS NOT ON WORK RESTRICTIONS.
EE WAS CLIMBING OUT OF A CAB OF HIS TRUCK TO ENSURE THAT THE WATER SPOUT AND WATER TRUCK WERE LINED UP. HE SLIPPED STRIKING HIS RIGHT TORSO ON TOP OF THE CAB. EE IS NOT LOSING ANY TIME BUT IS ON WORK RESTRICTIONS.
EE WAS WASHING HIS FACE AT A SAFETY SHOWER WHEN HE RUBBED HIS RIGHT EYE WITH HIS FINGER. HIS FINGER HAD CAUSTIC ON IT CAUSING A BURN. THE EE IS NOT LOSING ANY TIME AND IS NOT ON WORK RESTRICTI ONS.