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ACCORDING TO EE, ASSIGNED WORK THAT TAKES HER AWAY FROM HER WORK STATION USING EQUIPMENT IN OFFICE NOT SET UP FOR HER BUILD. INCREASED WORK LOAD & NOT BEING ABLE TO REST HER RIGHT ARM. CURRENT LY RESTRICTED, SEEN BY PHYSICIAN ON 7/15 WHEN DIAGNOSED.
LIFTING IMPACT WRENCH & LARGE SOCKET FELT PAIN IN RIGHT ELBOW. DIAGNOSED AS REPEAT TRAUMA ON 7/11/03.
WAS WITH ELECTRICIAN; THEY WERE CHECKING DENSITY TRANSMITTER FOR 3A PUMP DENSITY GAUGE. SOMEHOW EE CAME INTO CONTACT WITH 460 CIRCUIT. NEXT SCHEDULED WORK DAY IS 4/24/03.
USING RAKE TO FIND METAL ON 2F FEEDER BELT. WHILE RAKING, FELT PINCH IN MIDDLE OF BACK & RIGHT SIDE OF NECK. CHIROPRACTIC TREATMENT SOUGHT.
APPARENTLY SLIPPED ON ICE AND FELL TO THE GROUND WHILE PERFORMING INSPECTION ON TRUCK.
CLIMBING OFF 9348 TRACTOR AT 9039 DRILL FELT PAIN IN LEFT KNEE. NOT REPORTED UNTIL 3/31 (VERBALLY). SOUGHT MEDICAL CARE ON 3/31/03 HAS RESTRICTIONS AT THIS TIME.
REMOVING HYDRAULIC CYLINDER PINS ON BACKHOE PINSCOMING OUT VERY HARD WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER SO EE USED JACK HAMMER TO REMOVE PINS. AFTER PINS WEREOUT NOTITICED NUMBNESS AND RECEIVED DIAGNOSES ON 4-1-03
DIRECT CONTACT WITH 2 EMPLOYEES W/ACTIVE TB. TESTED POSITIVE. ALSO CHEST X-RAY & LUNG CULTURE. EMPLOYEE DID NOT REPORT UNTIL 3/17/03.
LIFTING 10 INCH VICTAULIC COUPLINGS, FELT SHARP PAIN IN LOW BACK. RECEIVING CHIROPRACTIC TREATMENT. 50# LIFTING RESTRICTIONS FOR 15 DAYS.
SANDBLASTING, PULLING HOSE, MOVING TWISTING ON WOODEN PLANKS INSIDE FAN, NOTICED BACK FELT STIFF. WENT TO HAMMER OUT CHUNK OF CONCENTRATED FELT SHARP PAIN IN BACK. RESTRICTED DUTY FOR SEVERAL WEEKS.
REMOVING INJECTOR PUMP FROM 9205 PRODUCTION TRUCK TO INSTALL IN ANOTHER TRUCK, CLIMBING TO RIGHT SIDE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, HE SLIPPED, REACHED FOR GRAB HANDLES, WEREN'T ANY, GRABBED STEEL BEAM & FELT PULL IN BACK & SHOULDER. CHIROPRACTIC TREATMENT 3/12/03.
STRIPPING CABLE INSIDE DISCONNECT BOX WHEN KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING LITTLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND. STITCHES REQUIRED.
PUSHING A CART WITH PAN FEEDER PANS ON IT WHEN IT STRUCK A ROCK THAT WAS STUCK INGRATING STOPPING CART FELT PAIN IN LOW BACK. THIS IS A RECIVED OF AN OLD INJURY WILL SEEK CHIROPRACTIC TREATMEN T.
PERFORMED PM ON 9016 HITACHI EXCAVATOR. HAD TO CLIMB & TWIST TO ATTACH SUCTION HOSE & HAD TO CRAWL & SLIDE OVER TRACK. EE STATES THIS IS A RECURRANCE OF OLD INJURY. RESTRICTED DUTY BEGAN 2/11/ 03.
EE REPORTED THAT HE FELT HE HAD SUFFERED HEARING LOSS DUE TO NOISE EXPOSURE.
STARTED DOWN BERM ON FOOT WHEN ROCK SLIPPED CAUSING EE TO SLIP FALL BACKWARDS. WHEN EE WAS FALLING HE CAUGHT HIMSELF BACK FELT PAIN IN BACK, BUTTOCK AND THIGH.
EE INDICATES NO NEW INJURY NO AGGRAVATION HAD SEEN DR. ANNUAL REVIEW-SAW DR AGAIN ON 1/21/03. DR AUTHORIZED EE OFF WORK UNTIL MRI & POSSIBLE SURGERY
OPENING 2C SYNTRON CHUTE GATE USING TUGH DOORS ARE HARD TO OPEN AND CLOSE. WHILE OPERATING THE TUG IT EE FELT A PINCH IN NECK AND RIGHT SHOULDER.
WALKED INTO TRUCK SHOP PRIOR TO HIS SHIFT TO CHAT. WENT TO LEAN AGAINST PICKUP MISJEDGE DISTANCE, FELL TO FLOOR, HIT SHOULDER & BACK. SCHEDULED OFF 1/14 & 1/15/03. RESTRICTED 1/13/03.
REPORTED ONGOING TINGLING, LOSS OF FEELING IN LEFT HAND CAUSING LOSS OF SLEEP, ETC. EMPLOYEE FEELS WORK-RELATED.
EXPOSED TO ANOTHER EE WITH TUBERCULOSIS. TESTED BY ST.LOUIS COUNTY HEALTH DEPT., TESTED POSITIVE FOR LATENT TB.
UNLOADED 2 BUCKET TEETH IN BUCKET. WHEN FIRST TOOTH WAS THROWN INTO BUCKET A PIECE OF THE BUCKET BROKE OFF HIT EE. 12-31-02 RECEIVED VERBAL REPORT FROM HOSPITAL INDICATING STITCHES WERE REQUIR ED AS METAL PIECE WAS IMBEDDED & REMOVED.
FELT PAIN WHILE BOARDING 9024 SHOVEL STEPS. THE WAS THE MACHINE WAS PARKED THE BOTTOM STEP WAS ALMOST WAIST HIGH. WILL HAVE REPAIRED.
UNLOADING RAILROAD CAR EAST END OF CONCENTRATOR EE CLIMBING IN & OUT OF RAIL CAR TO TOSS OUT TIMBER KNEE LOCKED WHEN ENTERING CAR & STARTED TO FEEL SOME PAIN. FELT MORE PAIN AS HE CONTINUED T O CLIMB IN & OUT OF RAIL CAR.
LOOSENING NUTS ON H FILTER TO CHANGE BAGS FELT PAIN IN RIGHT WRIST LATER BECAME NUMB. USING WRENCH TO LOOSEN BOLTS.
INSTALLING FILTER SECTOR ON H FILTER. POUNDING ON SECTOR TO DRIVE IT ON. THE SECTOR POPPED OUT STARTED TO FALL DOWN CHUTE, EE GRABBED WITH RIGHT HAND FELT PAIN.
WAS HOOKING UP HOSE ON TOP OF VACUUM TRUCK. HE TRIPPED ON HOSE & FELL OFF TRUCK, DID NOT TIE OFF. FELL 12 FEET.
MOVED 20' LONG 4" DIAMETER PIPE OUT OF LOADER'S WAY. ROLLED PIPE ABOUT 15' UNTIL 1 END HIT SOME BRUSH. PICKED UP OTHER END & MOVED IT 3' TO GET OUT OF ROADWAY.
SLIPPED ON MUD LANDING ON BACK CAUSING SORE BACK, ASSISTING AS PLANT DURING SHUTDOWN, NORMALLY AS MINE RECUR OF 1998 BACK INJURY. UNAWARE EE SOUGHT MEDICAL TREATMENT, NOTIFIED ON 10/14/02.
ANOTHER EE WAS ON ROLL FEEDER DECK HOISING FLOOR EE CAME THRU THE DOORWAY AND A SHOT OF WATER AND MUD CAME THRU DOORWAY SO HE TURNED AROUND STEPPED BACK AND AT THE SAME TIME ANOTHER EE YANKED THE HOSE HE STEPPED OVER CAUSING HIM TO TRIP ANDFALL TO FLOOR.
SEPARATING DIFFERENT SIZES OF 20' LONG STEEL, MOVING 4" ANGLE IRON, HE FELT PULLING SENSATION IN LOW LEFT SIDE OF BACK. REOCCURANCE OF 1/15/90 INJURY.
GOING TO PLUG HYDRAULIC PUMP INTO WELDING OUTLETSTEPPED OVER WATER LINE HANGING ABOUT A FOOT OFF THE GROUND TRAILING FOOT CAUGHT ON HOSE LOST BALANCE FELL TO FLOOR BEGAN TO LOOSE TIME ON 9-22-02
WHILE SWITCHING EQUIPMENT EE RECEIVED A WASP STING ON INSIDE OF RIGHT HAND BELOW THE THUMB.
ASSIGNED TO RESUPPLY POWER TO 9042 DRILL. WHILE UNLOADING ELEC. JUNCTION FROM PICK-UP BED, FEET SLIPPED BENEATH HIM CAUSING HIM TO FALL WITH BOX ON TOP OF HIM. DID NOT SEEK DR. OR NOTIFY ER UN TIL 10/03/02, RESTRICTED DUTY AT THIS TIME.
CLAIMS REPEATED TRAUMA DUE TO DAILY JOB DUTIES. ON 9/12/02 RECEIVED DIAGNOSIS OF CARPAL TUNNEL ON RIGHT SIDE. SURGERY.
EE STANDING NEXT TO SHOVEL WHILE VENDOR AND CO. MECHANIC WERE TAKING NEW STYLE TEETH OFF TO CHECK AND CLEAN. WHILE MECHANIC WAS SECURING PIN IN ADAPTOR WITH SLEDGE HAMMER A PIECE OF STEEL FLEW OFF IMBEDDED IN RIGHT SHOULDER RECEIVED MEDICAL NAME ON 9-9-02 INDICATING SURGERY REMOVAL.
DRIVING TRUCK FRO ABOUT 5 MONTHS. TIGHT IN LOW BACK FEELS TIGHTNESS & KNOT IN BACK CAUSED BY BUMPY ROADS. CARE SEEN BY PHYSICIAN ON 8/20/02 REFERRED FOR CHIROPRACTIC.
LOADING OLD DECK BUSHING INTO BACK OF PICKUP. USING JIB CRANE ON 9042 DRILL. FELT PAIN IN LOW BACK. WAS GETTING BUSHING TO RIGHT PLACE IN PICKUP & FELT PAIN. CHIROPRACTIC CARE RECEIVED - NOTIF IED 8/14/02.
CHANGING INTO WORK CLOTHES, PUT ON WORK BOOT, PUT RIGHT FOOT ON BENCH TO LACE BOOT, FELT PAIN IN BACK.
CLEANING UP WASTE ROD SCRAP FROM #4 ROD MILL. PICKED UP TWO PIECES OF ROD. PICKED UP LARGER PIECE, TIPPED IT END TO END INTO ROD SKIP THEN PICKED UP SHORTER/SMALLER ONE FELT TWINGE IN UPPER TH IGH/GROIN AREA. DIAGNOSED HERNIA NOT REPAIRED-RECD DIAGNOSIS 8-5-02.
ASSISTING CONTROL ROOM OPERATOR TO CHANGE MONITOR, CONNECTING LEADS & POWER CORDS BEHIND CONSOLE. REACHING SLIGHTLY TO THE RIGHT WHILE STRAIGHTENING OUT CABLES FELT PAIN IN BACK. 8/5/02 NOTIFI ED COMPANY OF CHIROPRACTIC TREATMENT.
INSTALLING I LINERS TO CHUTE STANDING ON ANGLE SLOPE TO INSTALL LINER BEHINDING OVER TWISTING WORKING FOOT SLIPPED WHILE HOLDING LINER. RECEIVED CHIROPRACTIC TREATMENT ON 7-26-02.
SLIPPED ON MUD & WATER WHILE CARRYING 36" PIPE WRENCH. EE BELIEVES THIS IS A REOVR. OF 11/08/01 INJURY. SAW CHIRO. FOR TREATMENT. RECEIVED NOTICE OF CHIRO TREATMENT ON 7/23/02.
PUTTING LIFTER BARS ON CONVEYOR TO INSTALL IN BALL MILL. HE WAS USING A PORTABLE LIFT CART BUT INJURED BACK WHEN SLIDING LIFTER BAR FROM LIFT TO CONVEYOR.
THE DRIVER WAS EXITING THE CAB OF THE TRUCK HOLDING ON TO THE HAND RAIL ON THE CAB HE MISSED THESTEP WITH HIS FOOT, THIS CAUSED HIM TO SPRAIN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER AS EXTRA WEIGHT WAS PUT ON HIS RIGHT ARM, TRYING TO NOT LOSE HIS BALANCE.
WHILE HE WAS DESCENDING THE LOCOMOTIVE'S STAIRS HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED & BOTH FEET LANDED ON THE BOTTOM STEP. HE SUSTAINED A CONTUSION TO HIS RIGHT FOOT.
EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO INSIDE OF RIGHT ELBOW AND BACK OF RIGHT HAND WHILE PULLING A LOADED TRAIN INTO THE CRUDE ORE DUMP POCKET AT THE EVTAC PLANT. EE'S ARM WAS OUT OF THE WINDOW OF THE LOCOMOTIVE AND WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE LOCOMOTIVE CAB AND A TRAPPING MACHINE IN THE DUMP POCKET.
CLEANING REED GUN AT END OF JOB HE PUT HIS RIGHT HAND IN REED GUN & GOT HIS HAND CAUGHT IN AGGITATOR.
UNPLUGGING ROCK FROM PAN FEEDER CHUTE WITH 5' PRY BAR. REACHED DOWN WITH PRYBAR TO UNPLUG FELT PAIN IN BACK. BEGAN LOSING TIME ON 6-25-02.
NOTICED NUMBNESS IN RIGHT HAND & WRIST WHEN USING KEYBOARD & MOUSE. NO PAIN JUST NUMBNESS. DID NOT SEEK TREATMENT UNTIL 12-09-02. DIAGNOSIS: PARESTHESIA.