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Coming out of scraper cut. Had can too low and hit a bump. This caused employee to lunge to the left. Hit head on rops causing laceration to back of scalp. Required five staples.
Dropped garbage can on toe.
INDIVIDUAL DID NOT RETRACT THE BLADE OF BOX KNIFE COMPLETELY. IN TURN IT CUT HIS HAND.
EE WAS PATROLLING BY FOOT THE READY LINE OF EQUIPMENT NORTH OF THE OFFICES. HE STEPPED IN A HOLE AND FELL DOWN ON HIS LEFT KNEE.
PULLED A MUSCLE IN LEFT LOWER BACK WHILE SHOVELING SNOW.
O&K HYDRAULIC SHOVEL BUCKET MADE CONTACT WITH HAULTRUCK BOX, UPPER REAR LEFT SIDE.
A MAINTENANCE MECHANIC WAS REPLACING A BATTERY BOX ON A CAT 16G MOTOR GRADER. HE PUT HIS HAND INSIDE THE BOX TO BOLT IT DOWN & HIT HIS HAND ON A SHARP EDGE & LACERATED HIS HAND. THE CUT REQUIR ED THREE STITCHES.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING ROUTER BIT ON DOZER RIPPER. HE WAS SUPPORTING A PUNCH WITH HIS KNEE & MISSED THE PUNCH & HIT HIS KNEE WITH A HAMMER.
EMPLOYEE WORKING WITH CONCRETE. FELT SLIGHT PAIN IN BACK. LATER THAT EVENING HE HAD SEVERE PAIN.
HERNIA IN ABDOMEN.
CUT ON HAND FROM #007 HITACHI SHOVEL HAND RAIL. NO IMPAIRMENT AT THE TIME OF INCIDENT. INFECTION OCCURRED LATER.
CLEANING UP OIL SPILL IN SHOP, PUSHING WET FLOOR DRY WITH FLOOR SCRAPER. TWISTED SCRAPER TO TURN FLOOR DRY OVER AND HEARD A POP AND FELT PAIN IN RIGHT CHEST TO UNDER RIGHT SHOULDER. EMPLOYEE DIAGNOSIS- CRACKED RIGHT 3RD RIB.
LINING UP END LINK ON DRAG CHAIN IN DRAG SOCKET, USING A BAR. BAR SLIPPED SMASHING LEFT LITTLE FINGER.
OPERATOR GOING TOO FAST FOR CONDITIONS, RESULTING IN FRONT RIGHT TIRE COMING OFF OF BEAD, CAUSING OPERATOR TO LOSE CONTROL OF MACHINE AND GO OFF OF ESTABLISHED HAUL ROAD, GOING OVER A SMALL EM BANKMENT AND CAUSING OPERATOR TO HIT HIS HEAD ONINSIDE OF CAB OF SCRAPER.
WHILE DISMOUNTING A DOZER SLIPPED ON SLICK SURFACE, BUMPING RIGHT FOOT ON THE ARM THAT GOES TO THE TOP OF THE DOZER. A BONE WAS BROKEN IN HIS RIGHT FOOT.
EE WAS HALPING TO HOOK UP A POST DRIVER TO A TRACTOR. WAS MOVING OUT OF THE WAY WHEN DRIVER FELL 3-4 INCHES CATCHING RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN DRIVER AND TOP OF POST.
EE WAS PUTTING OUTRIGGER PAD BACK IN THE RACK ON CRANE. HE WAS TALKING TO ANOTHER EE, THINKING THE PAD WAS IN THE ROCK AND LET GO OF IT. THE PAD FELL ON TOP OF HIS RT FOOT.
WHILE CARRYING A 14"X48" REPLACEMENT MIRROR, IT BROKE & CUT LEFT WRIST.
ATTEMPTING TO GET TO A VALVE TO SHUT OFF THE WASH-DOWN WATER IN THE TUNNEL. EMPLOYEE TWISTED LEFT ANKLE IN A RUT.
WHILE WASHING E2QUIPMENT WITH HIGHT PRESSURE WASHER, EE GOT A GOREIGN PARTICLE IN LEFT EYE. THE EYE WAS WASHED AND WHEN EE GOT UP NEXT DAY, THE EYE WAS SWOLLEN AND SHOWING SIGNS OF INFECTION.
EE WAS PUTTING A PIECE OF POWER CABLE IN THE LINE AT THE DRAGLINE. HE HAD TO TAKE A LOOP OFF THE SLED AND THREAD THE COUPLER UNDER THIS CABLE. IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THIS JOB, HE STRAINED HIS
TRIPPED OVER A PRY BAR LEFT ON THE FLOOR AND FRACTURED LEG ABOVE ANKLE.
AFTER WASHING WINDOWS, LOST FOOTING, SLIPPED AND FELL.
WHILE MOPPING & PUTTING DOWN RUGS IN OFFICE AREA, CART USED TO HAUL RUGS STARTED TO FALL & EE REACHED TO STOP FALLING CART. SHE REALIZED THAT SHE COULDN'T PREVENT FALL SO BACKED OFF, HOWEVER, SHE PULLED BACK, ABDOMINAL, LEG, SHOULDER & ARM MUSCLES. THIS WAS TREATED AS A STRAIN. AFTER THAT & SHE WAS FEELING BETTER, SHE NOTICED A HERNIADEVELOPING. SHE REPORTED THIS TO OCC ON 2-6 AT W
AN EMP OF CARR CONSTRUCTION WAS SQUATTING IN FRONT OF LEFT CUTTING EDGE OF A 627E SCRAPER, OWNEDBY CARR CONST. WAS TAKING BOLTS OUT OF CUTTING EDGE, TAPPING LOOSE BOLTS OUT, WHEN A FROZEN DIRT CLUMP FELL FROM TOP OF DRAFT ARM OF SCRAPER STRIKING HIM ON NECK AND BACK. WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES, HARD HAT AND STEEL TOED BOOTS.
PINCHED LEFT RING FINGER BETWEEN TWO RAILROAD TIES WHILE REPAIRING RAILROAD.
WHILE FABRICATING THE DIFFERENTIAL REMOVAL TOOL TO USE ON THE WATER TRUCK, EMPLOYEE GOT METAL DUST IN LEFT EYE. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES AND GOGGLES.
WHILE REMOVING FAN HOUSING FROM SWING MOTOR ON DRAGLINE, STRAINED BACK.
AS PART OF CHANGING OUT A HYDRAULIC PUMP ON A MOTOR GRADER THE DRIVE YOLK MUST BE REMOVED FROM THE OLD PUMP. THE REMOVAL OF THE DRIVE YOLK IS DONE USING A GEAR PULLER. AS THE GEAR PULLER WAS BEING TIGHTENED THE MECHANIC USED HIS LEFT HAND TO STEADY THE GEAR PULLER. WHEN THE DRIVE YOLK BROKE LOOSE, THE MECHANIC'S LEFT MIDDLE & INDEX FINGERS WERE PINCHED BETWEEN YOLK & GEAR PULLER.
WHILE WORKING AT THE TOP OF THE RADIAL STACKER, HE WAS USING THE HANDRAIL AS A BRACE TO GIVE HIMSELF SUPPORT TO PUSH THE GEAR BOX BACK IN PLACE. DURING THIS PROCESS, THE HANDRAIL BROKE LOOSE F ROM THE WALKWAY AND HE FELL APPROX. 25-30 FT TO THE GROUND FRACTURING HIS CLAVICAL.
EMPLOYEE IS A WELDER AND HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH RIGHT CARPAL AND CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME. HE HAS PREFORMED HIS JOB IN A NORMAL MANNER. THIS HAS BEEN AN ON-GOING PROBLEM FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS. SURGERY IS PENDING.
DISLOCATED LEFT SHOULDER PUSHING UP ON OVER HEAD DOOR.
WHILE INSTALLING AUXILLARY GERERATOR ON DIESEL SHOVEL, EE STEPPED INTO AN OPEN HATCH WITH RIGHT FOOT. THIS CAUSED HIM TO HIT HIS RIGHT RIB CAGE ON THE SIDE OF THE OPENING.
EE PUT RIGHT LITTLE FINGER IN AN AREA ON A PLANETARY HOUSING & GOT FINGER PINCHED WHEN GEAR MOVED. STITCHES WERE REQUIRED. THIS REPORT IS LATE BECAUSE I WAS NOT INFORMED THAT STITCHES WERE REQ UIRED UNTIL 11/2/95.
WHILE WORKING NEXT TO THE WASH BAY, A PIECE OF DEBRY DEFLECTED BY THE HIGH PRESSURE SPRAYER STRUCK EYE CAUSING A SMALL LACERATION. NO PERMANENT DAMAGE WAS INCURRED. EQUIPMENT WAS NOT OEPRATE D BY PERSON INJURED.
EE WAS TRYING TO GET TO AN INLINE FUSE AND THE AREA WAS VERY TIGHT. HE PULLED HIMSELF INTO THE AREA WITH HIS RIGHT ARM AND FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. HE WENT TO THE DR ON 12-1-95 BECAUSE THE PAIN WAS NOT GOING AWAY. THE DR PUT HIM ON LIGHT DUTY AND GAVE HIM A SHOT IN THE MUSCLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A 50LB BAG OF SAND AND FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK. EMDICATION, PHYSICAL THERAPY AND RSTRICTED DDUT FOR A UNDETERMNED AMOUNT OF TIME WAS PRESCRIBED.
EE CHANGED INJECTORS ON D-11 DOZER ON 8-2-95. HE TOLD HIS SUPERVISOR ON 8-3-95 THAT HE MAY HAVE HURT HIMSELF ON 8-2-95 AS HE WAS HAVING DISCOMFORT IN HIS LEFT TESTICLE. HE HAD SCHEDULED A WEEK VACATION AND DURING THIS TIME HE FELT PAIN IN THE SAME AREA AGAIN AND SOUGHT MEDICAL ADVICE. THE DR SUSPECTED AN INGUINAL HERNIA AND REFERRED THE EE TO A SURGEON. THE SURGEON RELEASED THE EE
THE TOOL BEING USED TO TIGHTEN A WHEEL BEARING NUT SLIPPED WHEN THE NUT CAME FREE & RIGHT ELBOW HIT THE WHEEL HUB
WHILE PUSHING MUD ON SHOP FLOOR WITH A BROOM, FELT A STRAIN IN LEFT SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING DRAGLINE DUMP ROPES AND WELDING ON EYE ON THE CAT ENDS SO THE ROPE COULD BE TUGGED INTO POSITION.THE ROPES HAD BEEN SET ON A LADDER THAT WAS LAYING ON ITS SIDE.THE EMPLOYE E LIFTED ONE ROPE WITH BOTH HANDS AND RELEASED IT OFF THE LADDER.HE FELT A POP IN RIGHT ELBOW AND A BURNING SENSATION AROUND THE MEDIAL EPICONDYLE OF HIS RIGHT ELBOW.
HE HAD JUST FINISHED CLEANING GRIZZY OFF WHEN HE STEPPED SIDEWAYS NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO WHERE HE WAS STEPPING, HIS FOOT WENT THRU GRIZZLY CAUSING HIM TO FAL HITTING HIS GROIN ON GRIZZLY BAR.
EMPLOYEE PICKED UP AND CARRIED A HEAVY BAG OF GARBAGE, THEN PICKE DUP AND PLACED A RUG. FELT PAIN IN PALM AND KNUCKLES OF RIGHT HAND. STRAINED A TENDON, WAS GIVEN A SPLINT ANDANTI-INFLAMMATI ON MEDICATION ADN RELEASED TO WRK. NO RESTRICTIONS AND NO LOST-TIME.
BASED ON MEDICAL INFORMATION RECEIVED, THIS TYPE OF INCIDENT OCCURS USUALLY TO MALES OVER FIFTY YEARS OF AGE WHO HAVE ENGAGED IN HEAVY PHYSICAL LABOR FOR MANY YEARS. THE LONG-HEAD OF THE BICEP MUSCLE WEARS AWAY AND ALLOWS THE TOP END OF THE MUSCLE TO BECOME UNATTACHED.
EMPLOYEE REACHED INTO A LOADED TRASH DUMPSTER TO HELP REMOVE A PALLET HE DID NOT HAVE GLOVES ON HE WAS JERKING & PULLING ON THE PALLEET TO GET IT TO COME FREE HE DOES NOT KNOW WHAT CUT HIS HAN D
FELT PAIN IN UPPER RIGHT AR,/SHOULDER AFTER LIFTING AND PLACING METAL PUSH BLOCKS WEIGHING ABOUT 75#.
LIFTING A RETURN ROLLER 75-100 LBS TO PLACE IN SCRAP BINS AND FELT PAIN IN LOW BACK.
EXITING A PICKUP AND STEPPED ON UNEVEN GROUND TURNING ANKLE.
WHILE SLIDING A STAND UNDER DRAG DRUM, EMPLOYEE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
WHILE ADJUSTING A MIRROR ON A HAUL TRUCK, EMPLOYEE FELT PAIN IN LEFT SHOULDER AFTER PULLING ON A WRENCH.