EE was putting on a hopper belt. The picking up and twisting for the period of time strained EE's back muscles. Pain went down the right leg.
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Showing all 12EE was cleaning material from under the hopper with a shovel. EE scooped up some material and turned to toss the material off the shovel and felt a pull in EE's back.
Employee was moving culvert pipe on a trailer. They were going to unload the pipe but they were wedged together. Employee picked one end of the middle pipe up and pulled their back.
EE was helping to change the tail pulley can on hopper. EE pulled real hard on the can and it slipped and caught finger between the pulley and the metal beam.
EE said he had fallen at home over the weekend and had hurt his right knee. He was going up some steps to help work on a screen and fell hitting his left knee.
Had picked up an oxygen bottle that was in the back of a truck to untangle the hoses and pulled a muscle in his back.
Picking up some rollers.
Was working on pump on dredge went to put front face plate on. Where it slides to connect got hand caught between the plate and face plate.
They were putting a face plate on a pump. He had his hand on the pump and did not realize it. When they lowered the part, it mashed his left hand and cut it. Had to have stitches.
They were unloading pipe off a trailor with a end loader and he did not turn the pipe loose and it swing back and caught his had between pipe and trailor.
We are putting up a sand plant, they were taking the speed reducer off. EE had walked around the end of the plant at the same time they took the pins out. The speed reducer flipped off and hit him in the head knocking him to the ground and landed on his legs.
EE was standing by the belt. a loader was pulling the belt. the chain broke and the chian hit him on. the hand breaking the index finger on his left hand. they were putting in a new belt line.