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A piece of metal broke off a bearing housing when employee was hammering the housing to remove the bearing. The piece of metal embedded in the left knee. A general surgeon is needed to remove the metal from the knee. This is scheduled for a later date.
According to the doctors report it would appear that there has been some inhalation of small quantities of coal dust and/or other silica containing dust. this is however, not sufficient for a diagnosis of interstitial lung disease due to occupational dust exposure.
stepped off dozer while carrying a battery and twisted back, causing pain.
Assessment: ILD (Interstitial lung diease), Patient has bultiple exposures and risk including the silica exposure and smoking. Injury is a previous chronic heavy smoker, who smoked for more than 30 years. He also worked for about 25 years in stone cutting
Employee was palletizing rock when a slab slid off the rock bank into his foot and caused him to fall into the rock bank, which kept sliding onto his right hand. His right thumb was injured.
EMPLOYEE WAS ROLLING A ROCK OFF A BLUFF. WHEN HE STRAIGHTENED UP HE HAD A MUSCLE SPASM IN HIS BACK RESULTING IN A LUMBAR STRAIN.
EE WAS PICKING UP STONE TO STACK. WHEN HE WENT TO SET A PIECE DOWN, HE DID NOT GET HIS HAND OUT FROM UNDER THE STONE AND IT SLID DOWN AND SMASHED HIS FINGERS - CAUSING ONE TO BE BROKEN.
EE WAS STACKING ROCK WHEN A PIECE SCALLED OFF AND HIT HIM ON RIGHT FOREARM CAUSING A LACERATION ON ARM. RESULTED IN 3 STITCHES.
EMPLOYEE WAS HORSEPLAYING WITH ANOTHER EMPLOYEE THAT RESULTED IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER BEING IN- JURED.
THE QUARRIES WERE PRYING ON A PIECE OF STONE AND A SMALL SLIVER BROKE OFF AND HIT EE IN THE HEAD.
EE WAS DOING SOME MAINTENANCE WORK ON DOZER. A PIECE OF METAL HE WAS REACHING FOR FELL-SMASHING HIS #4 FINGER ON LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE DOZER ROLLER.
EE SLIPPED ON ICE, FELL AND HIT HEAD ON A 2X4, LACERATING HIS SCALP.
EMPLOYEE JUST BENT OVER TO PICK UP ROCK TO PALLETIZE WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS PITCHING ROCK WITH A HAMMER AND CHISEL. A PIECE OF METAL FROM THE CHISEL BROKE OFF AND IMBEDDED IN THE EMPLOYEE'S LEFT HAND.
EE WAS SPLITTING ROCK WITH A MADDOCK. A PIECE OF ROCK FLEW OFF AND STRUCK EE IN MOUTH SHIPPING 2 TEETH AND BROKE PARTIAL.
EE WAS PITCHING ROCK WITH A HAMMER AND CHISEL. A PIECE OF METAL FROM ONE OF THE TOOLS FLEW OFF AND PUNCTURED HIS LEFT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING UP ROCK TO PALLETIZE, BENDING OVER AND LIFTING ROCK TO PLACE ON PALLET. HE FELT A BURNING IN THE RIGHT AND LEFT SIDES OF THE GROIN AREA.
EE WAS WALKING A ROCK BACK AND FORTH WHEN IT BROKE IN HALF. A PIECE OF THE ROCK FLEW UP AND HIT EE IN RIGHT KNEE.
EE WAS PULLING ROCK AND PLACING ON PALLET. HE TWISTED HIS KNEE WHILE DOING THIS.
EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING ROCK ON A PALLET. WHEN HE BENT OVER TO SLIDE A PIECE OF ROCK ONTO PALLET, HE FELT A SUDDEN POP AND FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE BENT OVER TO PICK UP A PIECE OF FLAGGING. AS HE STRAIGHTENED UP, HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK.
THE EE WAS BULL NOSING ROCK WITH A BULL NOSE ROUTER. AS HE WENT TO TAKE THE ROUTER FROM THE ROCK AND PLACE ON THE TABLE IT ACCIDENTLY GOT TO CLOSE TO HIM GRABBING HIS CLOTHS AND CUTTING HIS PE NIS.
EE WAS PITCHING ROCK WITH A HAMMER AND CHISEL. WHEN HE HIT THE CHISEL WITH THE HAMMER A PIECE OF METAL BROKE OFF AND EMBEDDED IN EMPLOYEE'S HAND. EE HAD TO HAVE METAL CUT OUT AND HAND STITCHED UP.
EE WAS QUARRYING ROCK WHEN HE FELL. WHEN HE FELL ON THE ROCKS A SHARP SPRAWL CUT HIS RIGHT PALM REQUIRING STITCHES TO CLOSE WOUND.
EE WAS WIRING A SAW. AS HE WAS PULLING ON THE WIRE, HE FELT A STINGING IN HIS RIGHT HAND. HE PULLED A TENDON OVER THE RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER.
EE STEPPED DOWN OFF A BLUFF, STEPPED ON A ROCK THAT TURNED WITH HIM, CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS ANKLE.
EE WAS UNLOADING SAWS. THE SLABS OF ROCK STARTED SLIDING OFF SAW & SLID ACROSS EE'S HAND SLICING 2 OF HIS FINGERS ON LEFT HAND. INJURY REQUIRED 8 STITCHES IN HAND.
EE WAS STACKING ROCK. LIFTING ROCK FROM GROUND & STACKING ONTO A PALLET. EE WAS WEARING HIS SAFETY BELT AT THE TIME.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING ROCK AND PLACING ON PALLET WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN THE GROIN AREA.
EE WAS BENDING OVER PICKING UP ROCK AND STACKING IT ON PALLETS.
EE WAS WALKING ACROSS YARD INTO BLDG AND JUST COLLAPSED. HE HAD COMPLAINED EARLIER OF A BAD HEADACHE. HE WAS TRANSFERED TO HOSPITAL AND KEPT 23 HOURS FRO OBSERVATION. AT THIS TIME DIAGNOSIS IS UNKNOWN. WE ARE WAITING FOR DR REPORT ON WHETHER IS WAS WORK RELATED.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING UP PICKING UP AND CARRING MATEERIALS. WHILE LIFTING AND TURNING, THE EMPLOYEE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK AND NECK.
A BOARD WAS DROPPED HITTING A WEDGE THE WEDGE FLEW UP STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE IN THE EYE THE WEDGE BROKE HIS GLASSES
A PIECE OF STEEL OFF THE HAMMER CHIPPED OFF AND LODGED IN RIGHT INDEX FINGER. EMBEDDED CLOSE TO THE BONE. REQUIRED MINOR SURGERY TO REMOVE.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING ROCK AND STRAINED HIS BACK.
CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME CAUSED BY REPEATED US OF JACKHAMMER OVER A PERIOD OF YEARS.
EE WAS SPLITTING A ROCK WITH A HAMMER AND WEDGE A SLIVER OF THE ROCK FLEW OFF AND UP INTO EE S EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING ROCK FROM ONE PALLET AND STACKING IT ON ANOTHER PALLET. IN DOING SO, EMPLOYEE TWISTED AROUND AND STRAINED HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON THE D-8 DOZER LOOSENING BOLTS WITH A WRENCH THE WRENCH SLIPPED CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO JERK HIS ARM HE PULLED THE TENDONS & MUSCLES IN HIS RT ELB0W
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING WHEEL LINER FROM SAW, LOST HIS FOOTING AND FLL BACKWARDS INTO EDGE OF LARGE ROCK.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A JACKHAMMER TO DRILL THE ROCK. THE HOLE BLEW OUT AND THE SAND AND DIRT BLEW UP INTO THE EYES. THE EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.
EE WAS WALKING DOWN A HILL TO HIS WORK AREA HE SLIPPED AND FELL. THE WEDGE HE WAS CARRYING FLEW UP INTO THE AIR STRIKING HIM ON THE HEAD.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING PIECES OF ROCK FROM ONE PALLET, TURNING AND STACKING IT ON ANOTHER PALLET. IN DOING SO, HE TWISTED HIS BACK CAUSING MUSCLE SPASMS IN THE LOWER LEFT BACK AND HIP.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO DISLODGE A PICE OF DRILL STEEL FROM DRILL HOLE.HE EXERTED TOO MUCH PRESSURE ON THE JACKHAMMER AND STRAINED HIS LEFT SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS UNTIGHTENING BOLTS ON TEH BELLY PAN ON BOTTOM OF DOZER. THE BELLY PAN SLIPPED OFF BEFORE ALL THE BOLTS WERE REMOVED, PINNING THE EMPLOYEE UNDERNEATH THE DOZER FOR SHORT WHILE. T HE EMPLOYEE RECEIVED A CONCUSSION, LACERATION OF SCALP, AND POSSIBLE BRUISES AND INJURY TO THE NECK, SHOULDERS, AND BACK AREA.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A JACKHAMMER TO DRILL ROCK. THE STEEL ON THE JACKHAMMER BROKE AND WEDGED THE FINGERS ON THE EMPLOYEES LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE JACKHAMMER AND THE STEEL CAUSING AN ABRASION ON T HE MIDDLE FINGERS. TIS IS A SECOND TIME INJURY.
EMPL WAS USING JACKHAMMER TO DRILL ROCK. STEEL ON JACKHAMMER BROKE & WEDGED FINGERS ON EMPLS LEFT HAND BETWEEN JACKHAMMER & STEEL CAUSING OPEN WOUND ON FINGER REQUIRING FOUR STITCHES TO CLOSE.
EMPLOYEE PICKED UP A SET OF FEATHERS AND WEDGES (APPROX. 2-3 LBS) AND TURNED TO THROW THEM UPON THE BANK OF THE QUARRY. IN DOING SO, HE TWISTED HIS BACK AND PULLED THE MUSCLES IN HIS UPPER BAC K.
BREAKING STONE, STRAINED BACK LIFTING P OF STONE
USING JACK HAMMER TO DRILL ROCK PULLED JACKHAMMER UP ON A ROCK STRAINED BACK IN PROCESS