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AS THE MAN PICKED IUP HIS 10 LB TOOL BAG HE FELT PAIN IN HIS ABDOMEN & GROIN AREA.
MINER WAS USING CROSS OVER ON LONG CONVEYOR AND WHILE DESCENDING HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE LAST STEP AND HIS LEFT FOOT TWISTED DURING HIS LANDING. WET AND SLIPPERY STEP.
WHILE APPLYING PRESSURE TO A BRAKE CALIPER TO DISASSEMBLE IT, IT CAUSED BRAKE FLUID TO RELEASE AND SPRAY INTO EE'S RIGHT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING AWAY FROM WORK AREA AND PLACED HIS RIGHT FOOT ON AN UN-EVEN SURFACE(ROCK),RESULTING IN HIS RIGHT LEG TWISTING. THIS CAUSEDHIS RIGHT KNEE TO EXPERIENCE PAIN AND DISCOMFORT
THIS NEW DRIVER (EMPLOYED 6 WKS) WAS DUMPING A LOADED 50TON HAUL TRUCK AT WESTERN AGGREGATES DUMP SITE. HE BACKED UP TO AN ACTIVE EDGE, THE BANK GAVE WAY, THE TRUCK FELL ON ITS TAIL THEN FL IPPED OVER ON ITS TOP
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING UP THE STACKER BELTS, WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL, SUFFERING A SPRAIN TO THE LEFT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A SPARE TIRE ON TO THE FLATBED OF A TRUCK. EMPLOYEE FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.
EE WAS GRINDING AND BUILDING UP PARTS FOR A PARKING BRAKE. HE THEN FELT SOMETHING IN HIS EYE. EE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.
EE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES TO CUT A PIECE OF METAL WITH A CUTTING TORCH. HOWEVER, HE SHOULD HAVE WORN A FULLL FACE SHIELD
OUTDOOR CONDITIONS THAT ALOW INSECTS TO MOVE FREELY.
EE WAS WALKING TO THE EDUCTOR PUMP TO BACK FLUSH THE SYSTEM. HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON WET SURFACE.
WHILE LIFTING RIGGING SLING, EE INJURED HIS BACK AND RIGHT HIP.
EE WAS CRANKING A SWING STACK WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND THE CRANK CAME BACK AND HIT EE ABOVE RT EYE.
EE WAS USING HAMMER TO HIT BRASS A PUNCH, MISSEDPUNCH AND HIT LEFT INDEX FINGER.
WHILE STEPPING FORWARD & STOOPING DOWN UNDER METAL WALKWAY OVERHEAD [APPROX 4' TO 5' HIGH] EE'S RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED ON GREASE &/OR WATER ON THE METAL DECK CAUSING FORWARD MOVEMENT OF BODY & STR IKING OVERHEAD WALKWAY WITH TOP OF HEAD.
WHILE MOVING A BOX OF 50 BOLTS OVER THE COUNTER,EMPLOYEE PULLED/STRAINED HER SHOULDER.
EE WAS MOVING GOLD CYLINDERS FROM THE RACK TO THE BARGE. THE CYLINDERS WERE ON THE MANUAL HOIST IN THE AIR. WHILE PUSHING CYLINDER AROUND THE SAND SKIP ON THE BARGE, EE STRAINED HIS BAKC. INCI DENT WAS NOT REPORTABLE UNTIL 3-18-97 WHEN EE'S INJURY BECAME TOO DIFFICULT FOR HIM TO WORK.
EE REPORTED LOWER BACK PAIN TO HIS SUPERVISOR ON 9-23-96 STATING HE HURT HIS BACK AT WORK BUT DID NOT KNOW WHEN OR HOW IT HAD HAPPENED. OUR WORKER'S COMP CARRIER IS INVESTIGATING THE INCIDENT.
EE WAS HOLDING THE BUCKET PIN TONGS WHILE THE PIN WAS BEING DRIVEN IN. AS THE TONGS MOVE WITH THE PINS, EE CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN TONG HANDLE & BUCKET.
EMPLOYEE PERFORMING PRE-TRIP INSPECTION. STRAINED/BRUISED BACK AND HIP WHEN HITTING A METAL BRACKET AFTER CHECKING TRANS FLUID ON VEHICLE. EMPLOYEE CONTINUED TO WORK ON 2-22 AND 2-23. REPOR TED ACCIDENT ON 2-26.
EMPLOYEE REPORTED ON 6-16-95 NON-INDUSTRIAL BACK INJURY. ON 6-23-95, EMPLOYEE INDICATED HE WANTED TO FILE A WORKER'S COMP CLAIM BUT FAILED TO FILL OUT ACCIDENT REPORT FROM WITH HIS SUPEREVISO R. CAL SIERRA WAS NOTIFIED ON 7-6-95 BY OUR WORKER'S COMP CARRIER, CAL COMP, EE HAD REPORTED A WORKER'S COMP CLAIM. CAL SIERRA HAS LITTLE OR NO INFORMATION ON INCIDENT & CAL COMP WILL INVESTIG
EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING IN HOPPER ON AN EXTREMELY WINDY DAY SAND OR DIRT FELL FROM DREDGE BUCKET AND THE WIND BLEW IT INTO EMPLOYEE'S LEFT EYE.
WHILE WALKING OVER THE CROSSOVER PLATFORM OF THE DREDGE, THE EMPLOYEE LOST HIS FOOTING.
UNKNOWN NOTE THIS INJURY WAS REPORTED AS A SUSPECTED WORK INJURY ON 09-07-94 THE EMPLOYEE EXPLAINED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS SLOW & PROGRESSIVE OVER A SIX MONTH PERIOD HE HAS NO IDEA AS TO WHAT MA Y HAVE CAUSED THE ACCIDENT WHERE OR WHEN
WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS DOING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE HE SWUNG A SLEDGEHAMMER TO DRIVE IN A BUCKET PIN & MISSED THE PIN
WHILE MOVING TABLES IN GOLDROOM FROM UPPER DECK TO LOWER DECK, EE CAUGHT SAFETY BELT ON TABLE. EE GRABBED HANDRAIL FOR THE STEPS AND HANDRAIL AND STEPS FELL WITH THE EE. AN EE WITNESSING GRAB BED THE FALLING EE SO HE WOULDN'T GO TO THE FLOOR.
EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING IN BOLTING UP A 20 " HOSETO A PIPELINE. A CHOKER SLING WAS ON THE HOSE AND CONNECTED TO A CRANE HOOK. THE CHOKER WAS SLACK. EMPLOYEE TRIED TO FREE THE CHOKER USING A NEW PRY BAR. WHEN THE EMPLOYEE PULLED, THE PRYBAR SLIPPED OFF THE CHOKER AND PINCHED THE EMPLOYEE'S HAND BETWEEN THE BAR AND HIS CHEST. THE NEW BAR WITH FRESH EDGES LACERATED THE EMPLOYEES
EMPLOYEE WAS DESCENDING ONE FLIGHT OF STAIRS ON DREDGE 21 WHEN EMPLOYEE STEPPED ONTO THE LANDING HIS KNEE SNAPPED EMPLOYEE WAS NOT CARRYING ANYTHING
EMPLOYEE & SUPERVISOR WERE REPLACING THE DREDGE STACKER RETURN SNUBBING IDLER. ROLLER WAS BEING PLACED ON HAND RAIL SO THE EMPLOYEE COULD CHANGE HIS GRIPO. EMPLOYEE SET THE ROLLER DOWN ON HIS OWN HAND WHICH PINCHED HIS FINGER.
ON THE DREDGE EE ATTEMPTED TO MOVE A PORTABLE PUMP MOUNTED ON WHEELS TO A NEW LOCATION. HE PICKED UP THE HANDLE OF THE PUMP CART, TURNED HIS BODY AND PULLED ON THE HANDLE.
ON DREDGE 21, EE WAS SCRAPING SCALE FROM JIG USING A PUTTY KNIFE. A PIECE OF SCALE LODGED UNDERNEATH HIS FINGERNAIL. INFECTION DEVELOPED DURING THE FOLLOWING WEEK INFECTION REPORTED ON 1-31-94 .
EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING DOWN FROM LADDER & WORK PLATFORM WHEN LEFT FOOT WAS ON DECK LEVEL ONE WITNESS SAID HIS FOOT SLIPPED & THEN HIS KNEE GAVE OUT. ANOTHER WITNESS SAID EMPLOYEE TURNED HIS BO DY TO GET A WRENCH & TWISTED HIS KNEE. EMPLOYEEONLY REMEMBERED THAT HE STEPPED DOWN ONTO HIS LEFT FOOT. DR. DIAGNOSIS ON NOV. 10TH REQUIRED RESTRICTIVE WORK DUTY FOR ABOUT 30 DAYS.
AFTER A WELD PASS WAS COMPLETED, A NEEDLE SCALER WAS USED TO LOOSEN THE WELD SLAG. THEN AN AIR NOZZLE WAS USED TO BLOW AWAY THE SLAG. THE AIR BLAST FROM THE NOZZLE BLEW A PIECE OF SLAG INTO TH E EE S LEFT EYE. EE USED EYE WASH BUT DID NOT REPORT THE INCIDENT UNTIL THE NEXT DAY. EE REPORTS HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.
ON 9/27/93, EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING DREDGE BUCKETS. AS PART OF HIS JOB, EMPLOYEE WOULD LIFT 80 LB BUCKET BUSHINGS INTO PLACE, A FEW TIMES PER DAY. ON 9/28/93, EMPLOYEE REPORTED THAT HIS SHOULDE R WAS A LITLE SORE FROM THE PRIOR DAY'S ACTIVITY. EMPLOYEE SAID THAT HE WAS OKAY AND REQUESTED NO MEDICAL TREATMENT. THE JOB TASK WAS CHANGED TO REDUCE THE LIFTING. (CONTINUED-SEE ATTACHMENT)
EE INDICATED THAT THE REPETITIVE DUTIES OF HIS RESPONSIBILITIES AS A MACHINIST CAUSED AN INJURY. EE HAS SUSTAINED BILATERAL CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME DUE TO THE REPETIVTIVE DUTIES OF HIS JOB. TH IS CLAIM WAS ORIGINALLY DELAYED IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THE INDUSTRAIL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EE POSITION AS A MACHINIST AND HIS ALLEGATION THAT THE CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME IS RELATED TO HIS JOB.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING BELTING WITH UTILITY KNIFE & USING A STRAIGHT EDGE AS A GUIDE. KNIFE SLIPPED OUT OF CUT LINE & STRUCK RIGHT HAND INDEX FINGER. KNIFE REMOVED SKIN FROM FINGER PRINT AREA TO FULL SKIN DEPTH. WORK & ACCIDENT OCCURRED INSIDE WAREHOUSE.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING FROM A LINEMANS CHAIR SUSPENDED FROM A CRANE BOOM HE WAS WEARING A SAFETY BELT WHERE A 2ND LANYARD WAS SNAPPE TO THE BELT LANYARD SO THAT THE SAFETY LINE COUD REACH THE TI E OFF ON THE CRANE BOOM TWO LANYARDS WERE SLACK & THE SNAPS WHERE THE LANYARDS JOINED WERE AT FACE LEVEL WHEN EMPLOYEE SWUNG CHAIR INTO POSITION LANYARED SNAPS SWUNG & STRUCK EMPLYEE IN LIP L