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DOING HEAVY LIFTING, 2 HOURS LATER NOTICE A SHARP PAIN IN RIGHT HIP AND DOWN LEG AND STIFF LOWER BACK. WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF BACK STRAIN UNTIL 6-25-01. AFTER RETURNING A WEEK'S VACATION.
WAS PRYING A 2" THICK 200# PIECE OF STEEL WITH A PRY BAR WHEN STEEL SLIPPED AND FELL ON LEFT HAND RING FINGER. LEFT HAND RING FINGER FRACTURE AND OPEN WOUND.
REMOVING ROCK FROM THE GRATE WITH HAMMER. ROCK BROKE PIECE OF ROCK AND FLEW INTO LEFT EYE BRUISING EYE AND LID.
I WAS CLIMBING DOWN THE LADDER OF A FRONT-END LOADER. I THOUGHT I WAS ON THE LAST STEP, BUT WHEN I WENT TO STEP DOWN I WAS NOT. I FELL BACKWARDS AND LANDED ON MY BACK.
HE WAS BENDING OVER TO PERFORM SOME MAINTENANCE ON THE PLANT STRUCTURE AND TWISTED. THIS RESULTED IN A MUSCLE SPASM, WHICH PROGRESSIVELY BECAME MORE PAINFUL AS TIME PROGRESSED. (MUSCLE SPASMS WERE FIRST DIAGNOSED, BUT FURTHER TESTING IS BEING DONE TO DETERMINE IF THERE WAS ANY DAMAGE DONE TO THE PREVIOUS BACK SURGERY HE HAD DONE IN THE FALL OF 1991.
EE WAS STEPPING OFF THE BACK TAILGATE OF A PICKUP TRUCK. HE TWISTED HIS ANKLE AND FELL DOWN. THIS WAS HIS RIGHT ANKLE. HIS ANKLE SWELLED UP AND HE WENT TO HIS DR. TO DETERMINE WHAT WAS WRONG W ITH IT.
EMPLOYEE WAS DELIVERING A LOAD OF MATERIAL TO A CUSTOMER. HE HAD UNLOADED & HAD GOTTEN OUT OF THE TRUCK & WAS WALKING ALONG THE SIDE OF IT, WHEN HE SLIPPED ON THE ICEY SURFACE. HE WENT DOWN ON THE GROUND WITH HIS LEGS TWISTING UNDER HIM. HE THEN CRAWLED TO THE TRUCK & ALERTED THE CUSTOMER. THE SQUAD WAS CALLED & TRANSPORTED HIM TO THE HOSPITAL.
HE WAS HELPING WITH REGULAR MAINTENANCE OF THE PLANT IN THE MORNING. IN MID-AFTERNOON, HE DEVELPED LOWER BACK PAIN AND AS THE PAIN PROGRESSED, HE BECAME UNABLE TO STAND. HE WAS THEN REMOVED TO THE HOSPITAL BY A MEDICAL SQUAD.
WORKING ON DOZER-DOING REPAIR WORK.
OPERATING HEAVY EQUIPMENT ON EXTREMELY ROUGH TERRAIN.
BILATERAL CARPAL TUNNEL DIAGNOSIS-CAME FROM A LONG PERIOD OF TYPING AND USING CALCULATOR.
I WAS HAMMERING3A SPIKE RAIL WHEN IT FLEW UP INTO MY EYE. I WENT STRAIGHT TO THE E/R IN LOUDONVILLE. I SAW DR THERE & HE REFERRED ME TO OTHER DR.
I STEPPED BACK OFF OF THE BOTTOM STEP OF A STEP LADDER & MY LEFT FOOT BUMPED INTO A RUBBER TIRE THAT WAS STORED IN THE BASEMENT OF OUR OFFICE & IT CAUSED ME TO BACKWARDS ONTO & IT CAUSED ME FALL BACKWARDS ONTO THE BASEMENT FLOOR & LAND ON MY HANDS. I BROKE MY WRISTS.