Injured shoulder while shoveling garnet out of hydrosizer. Went to doctor and was given a injection of steroids and placed on light duty.
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Showing all 4EE was working on the screen deck had braced himself on the handrail and the weld broke and the handrail gave way. Reached up to grab something to catch himself. Shoulder was tight , pain when raising arm up and back.
EE was pulling pipe (22' section 12" diam) and twisted pipe around into pipe welder. Felt sharp pain in L. Shoulder when pulling, pushing and lifting arm.
While moving a spiral and frame the spiral hung up. This caused a piece of square tubing to break off striking employee on hardhat, knocking it off and suffering a laceration on his forehead.