EMPLOYEE WAS GATHERING TOOLS AFTER COMPLETING HIS ASSIGNMENT. EMPLOYEE DROPPED 24" CRESCENT WRENCH ON LEFT HAND RING FINGER.
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Showing 50 of 2,960EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN WORKING IN THIS AREA FOR PASS TWO DAY, WHEN ON THIS DAY A PIPE FELL FROM THE PIPE RACK AND HIT HIM ON THE BACK AND SIDE.
WAS RUNNING THEW LOADER TAKING DOWN A BUILDING--STOPPED THE MACHINE AND GOT OUT WALKING AROUND THE FRONT OF THE LOADER WHEN A PIPE HIT HIM FROM ONE OF THE OTHER PIECES OF EQUIPMENT WORKING ON THE SITE.
EE REPORTS WHILE WORKING ON CLAMP, CLAMP SLIPPED, HITTING HIM IN MOUTH.
EMPLOYEE REPORTS WHILE HAMMERING, CUT FINGER ON PIECE OF METAL.
EE WAS TRYING TO REMOVE A WINDOW FROM A WINDOW FRAME WITH A SCREW DRIVER. HE WAS PRYING OUT ON THE CORNER TO BREAK THE WINDOW FREE FROM THE WINDOW FRAME. A PIECE OF THE WINDOW BROKE OFF. HE TR IED AGAIN TO FREE THE WINDOW BY REACHING THROUGH THE HOLE OF THE WINDOW AND PULLING OUTWARD. A BIGGER PIECE OF WINDOW BROKE OFF AND FELL ONTO HIS RIGHT WRIST CAUSING A LACERATION REQUIRING SU
EMPLYEE REPORTS WHILE WORKING ON LINER JOB, HE BRUSHED AGAINST LINER CAUSING A METAL SLIVER TO GO INTO HIS RIGHT THIGH.
EE REPORTS WHILE WELDING ON TAILIN BOX, AN EXPLOSION OCCURRED.
EE REPORTS WHILE WELDING ON TAILING BOX, EE STRUCK ARCH WITH WELDER AND AN EXPLOSION OCCURRED.
EE SUSTAINED CONTUSIONS TO HIS KNEES WHEN HE STEPPED ON A ROCK. EE'S KNEE GAVE OUT, HE FELL LANDING ON HIS KNEES, SWELLING OCCURRED ON BOTH KNEES. EE WAS WALKING TO HIS LOCKER BY THE WELD SHOP HE WAS CUTTING A TABLE.
EE WAS USING WRENCH ON MIXER BOLTS. HE STATED THAT HE WAS REACHIN AROUND MIXER WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS BACK EE WAS SITTING ON TOPOF RECLAIM BATCH TANK & LEANED FORWARD IN ABOUT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE TO TIGHTEN BOLTS
EMPLOYEE REPORTS WHILE RUNNING BUFFALO MACHINE, HE SMASHED HIS RIGHT THUMB.
EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO HIS LEFT FOREARM WHILE REMOVING DAMAGED FAN GUARDS OFF A LOADER.
WHILE DRIVING A HAUL TRUCK, EMPLOYEE BACKED THROUGH BERM, GOING OVER EDGE OF LEVEL.
EE WAS STANDING 10-12 FT FROM WHERE ANOTHER EE WAS DRIVING A PIN INTO A DOZER TRACK WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER. A PIECE OF METAL FLEW OFF OF PIN AND HIT EE IN THE THROAT.
EE WAS HEATING RAIL BORES ON A DRILL, HIS CO-WORKER WAS HAMMERING IN THE RAIL PIN WHEN A PIECE OF THE PIN SHEARED OFF AND STRUCK EE IN THE LEFT FOREARM. HE WAS TREATED AT THE EMERGENCY ROOM, R ECEIVING STITCHES.
EE STATES HE WENT TO LIFT A DRILL ROD TO LOAD ON THE TRUCK, WHEN HE TURNED HE FELT A PULL IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EE SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO HIS LEFT WRIST WHENHE FELL & STRUCK HIS HAND AGAINST A SHARP ROCK
EE WAS DRIVING A MUCKER U/G (#510710) WHEN HE HIT A BUMP, ROCK, OR SOMETHING THAT BOUNCED HIM STRIKING HIS SAFETY GLASSES AGAINST AN UNKNOWN PART OF THE VEHICLE. THIS RESULTED IN HIS SAFETY GL ASS SIDE SHIELD LACERATING HIS LEFT EYE LID. THE LACERATION REQUIRED FOUR STITCHES.
EE WAS GETTING READY TO MOVE THE SHREDDER WAITING FOR LOADER OPERATOR TO GET CLOSE HE NOTICED POWER CABLE CORS WAS LAYING ON A SMALL PILE OF UNSHREDDED CLAY IN FRONT OF THE SHREDDER. IN THE WA Y OF THE LOADER HE PUT ONE FOOT ON THE CLAY PILE& LEANED FORWARD & PULLED ON POWER CABLE TO GET IT OUT OF THE WAY OF THE LOADER. THE STRAIN TO BHE BACK OCCURED WHEN HE STARTED TO PULL THE CAL
EE REPORTS WHILE STACKING HANGER BARS, ONE FELL OUT OF HAND ON TO FINGER.
EE CLAIMS HIS RIGHT HAND MIDDLE FINGER WAS FRACTURED WHEN HE WAS CUTTING PIPE DIE HANDLES ON A PIPE MACHINE. HE ATTEMPTED TO PUT HANDLE INTO THE VISE BEFORE IT QUIT TURNING. THE HANDLE CAUGHT HIS HAND AND SMASHED HIS FINGER.
EE REPORTS WHILE WALKING TO HAUL TRUCK HE FELL CUTTING HIS EYE
OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS EE'S HEARING HAS DETERIORATED, POSSIBLY RESULT OF WORK RELATED HEARING LOSS
EE WAS DUMPING STEEL TRASH BIN & GUST OF WIND BLEW FOREIGN OBJECT INTO HIS RIGHT EYE
EE CLAIMS A METALLIC FORIEGN BODY LODGED IN HIS RIGHT HAND WHEN HE WAS USING A CHIPPING HAMMER TO CHIP SLAG FROM A CUT. A PIECE OF METAL FLEW OFF THE HAMMER AND STRUCK HIS RIGHT HAND. THE META L PENETRATED HIS GLOVE.
EE STATES THAT HE FELT SOMETHING IN THE EYE AFTER GOING TO BED SUNDAY NIGHT.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING OFF OF TRUCK AND DID NOT NOTICE THAT THE LADDER WAS OFF THE GROUND. HE FELL SIX FEET TO THE GROUND.
EE SUSTAINED A FRACTURE TO HIS RIGHT 5TH FINGER WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO MOVE ROCK OUT OF THE PRIMARY CRUSHER. THE ROCK ROLLED BACK AND SMASHED HIS FINGER.
EE REPORTS WHILE MOVING CABLE, HE TRIPPED HITTING HIS ELBOW EE ON NO WORK STATUS STARTING 8-24-99.
EE WAS INVOLVED IN WORK THAT REQUIRED HEAVY LIFTING WHICH AGGRAVATED A HERNIA
EE SUSTAINED A CONTUSION TO HIS LEFT FOOT WHEN THE LEFT OUTRIGGER STRUCK THE OUTSIDE OF HIS FOOT. THIS INCIDENT WAS CLASSIFIED AS A NONREPORTABLE FIRST AID CASE. THE EE CONTINUED TO EXPERIENCE PAIN, DR. REFERRED HIM TO AN ORTHOPEDIST. THE DR. ORDERED ANOTHER XRAY AND FOUND A FRACTURE TO HIS FOURTH TOE.
EE WAS LIFTING COVER ON CONVEYOR AND DEVELOPED PAIN IN LEFT ELBOW.
EE REPORTS WHILE LIFTING HOSE REEL, FELT STRAIN IN BACK
EE WAS DRILLING A HOLE WITHA DRILL WHEN THE BIT CAUGHT CAUSING THE DRILL TO SPIN OUT OF THE EE'SHAND
FELL BACKWARDS OFF OF SCAFFOLDING.
TWISTED BACK WHILE LIFTING/TWISTING CONVEYOR COVER.
EMPLOYEE FELT A STRAIN IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER WHENTHE OTHER EMPLOYEE WHO WAS HELPING HIM MOVE A STEEL IDLER ROLLER, LIFTED HIS END WHICH ADDED PRESSURE TO INJURED EMPLOYEE'S END. WHAT WAS BELIEV ED TO HAVE BEEN A STRAIN TO HIS SHOULDER WAS DIAGNOSED AS A ROTATOR CUFF TEAR. SURGERY WAS PERFORMED ON 11/18/99.
EE WAS LINING UP PINS ON BREAK-OUT TOOL. TORQUE ARM OF TOOL FELL ON LEFT HAND MASHING HAND-LACERATION TO RING FINGER L HAND.
EE REPORTS WHILE DRIVING HAUL TRUCK, LUMBAR SUPPORT IN SEAT EXPLODED CAUSING PAIN IN HER NECK AND BACK. EE RETURNED TO WORK THEN PUT ON NO WORK STATUS 8 -18-99 HAS NOT YET BEEN RELEASED.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A LOADER WHEN DOOR OPENEDAND HE REACHED AND CLOSED IT. IN DOING THIS, HE CAUGHT HIS LEFT RING FINGER IN THE DOOR. THIS WAS DIAGNOSED AS A LACERATION AND A FRACTURE OF TH E DISTAL TIP OF HIS FINGER.
EE WAS UNLOADING REELER OFF OF A FLATBED TRUCK WHEN HE STEPPED ON A ROCK TWISTING HIS RIGHT ANKLE & FALLING TO THE GROUND. THE ATTENDING DR RX PHYSICAL THERAPY
EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED 2ND DEGREE ELECTRICAL BURNS TO HIS HAND WHLE REMOVING T-LEADS FROM CYCLONE STARTER. ONE OF THE LEADS SLIPPED BEHIND THE STARTER CAN AND SHORTED THE 480-VOLT BUSS.
EE SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO HIS FINGER WHILE CUTTING A PIECE OF PLATE STEEL IN A LATHE. A STRINGER CHIP CAME AROUND THE TOOL POST AND GATHERED AROUND THE FEED LEVER CUTTING HIS FINGER.
EE WAS AT FACE OF A TUNNEL LOADING WHEN A ROCK FELL HITTING HIM. THIS CAUSED CONTUSIONS ON HIS HEAD & LEFT SHOULDER
EE WAS ANTICIPATING A COUPLING OF A DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE WITH A LOCI AND OPENED THE AIR LINE TO THE LOCI. THE AIR LINE ARCED UPWARD AS IT EXHAUSTED AND STRUCK HIM UNDER THE CHIN, CUTTING HIS CHIN .
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING VEHICLE WITH CLEANER. EMPLOYEE TRIED TO UNCOIL STEAM RUBBER HOSE. EMPLOYEESPRAYED HIMSELF ON THE LOWER RIGHT LEG WITH HOT WATER. RECEIVED SECOND DEGREE BURN TO LOWER RIGH T LEG.
EMPLOYEE WAS REFILLING WATER TRUCK. A MUCKER TURNED INTO MUD PRESS AND PINNED HIM BETWEEN MUCKER BUCKET AND WATER TRUCK. EMPLOYEE WAS RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL ON 6-24-99.
EE AND OTHER WERE REMOVING THE LOCK RING FROM AN INSIDE WHEEL ON 793 CAT HAUL TRK, THEY LIFTED THE LOCK RING OFF THE FINAL DRIVE AND TO THE GROUND. WHEN THE ROCK RING STRUCK THE GROUND EE S LE FT HAND SLID UP THE LOCK RING ALLOWING HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER TO SLIP INTO THE GAP BETWEEN THE ENDS OF THE LOCK RING PINCHING HIS FINGER AND BREAKING THE BONE.
WHILE INDIVIDUAL WAS FLAGGING TRUCKS HE WAS WALKING BACKWARDS AND FELL OVER A ROCK IN THE ROAD, RECEIVING CONTUSIONS TO THE LEFT SHOULDER.