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Lifted end of shaft on a grinder and the weight dropped and cut left hand's index & middle fingers. Taken to ER and stitches were required to close the wound.
EE STRUCK HEAD WHILE UNDER A BEAM. HE WAS PUTTING IN A PLUG IN AN AIRSLIDE IN THE FIND GRIND AREA. HE DIDN'T WANT TO GO TO THE DR. AT THAT TIME ON THE 10TH OF MARCH HE WANTED TO GO TO THE DR. AT THAT TIME DID NOT PLACE EE ON LIGHT DUTY HOW EVER ON 3-17-03 THE DR. PLACED HIM ON LIGHT DUTYEE'S NECK AND LEFT SHOULDER IS STRAINED.
EE WAS CHANGING A HOSE FROM ONE MILL TO ANOTHER BIN BECAUSE THE BIN HE WAS RUNNING IN WAS FULL. HE REACHED DOWN TO MOVE HOSE & FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. HE WAS TAKEN TO E.R. WHERE HE WA S TOLD HE HAD A STRAINED SHOULDER MUSCLE. HE WAS PLACED ON LIGHT DUTY.
EE WAS REMOVING GUARD OVER A RETURN IDLER. AS HE SLID THE GUARD OFF IT CAME DOWN ON HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER & MASHED THE TIP. THE NEXT DAY HE WAS TAKEN TO THE DOCTOR. WHO ORDERED X-RAYS. THE TIP OF THE FINGER HAD A FRACTURE OF THE BONE. A METAL TIP WAS PLACED OVER THE END OF THE FINGER SO NOTHING WOULD HIT IT.
EE WAS UNLOADING SAND SAMPLES FROM THE BED OF A PICK UP TRUCK. SHE LEAN OVER THE SIDE OF THE BED OF THE TRUCK TO LIFT A PALE OF SAND WEIGHING APPROX. 14 LBS. AS SHE LIFTED THE PALE, SHE SAID S HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HER LOWER BACK.
EE WAS SHOVELING CLAY FROM UNDER THE CLAY DRYER EXTRUDER AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING SCREENS AND LOST HIS BALANCE, STRAINING HIS BACK.
EE WAS PUTTING ROBSIN ROD MILL. EE STRUCK THE SIDE OF THE ROLLER BED WITH HIS RIGHT ARM AND CUT A SMALL CUT. CUT WAS ABOUT 1/4" LONG BUT IT WAS DEEP. EE WAS TUBES TO THE DR WHEN HE RECEIVED 2 STITCHES. EE RETURN TO WORK.
EE WAS STACKING 50 LB. BAGS ON PALLET ASSEMBLY. AS HE TURNED TO THROW A BAG HE FELT PAIN IN THE LOWER RIGHT SIDE OF HIS BACK. DOCTOR DETERMINED THAT HE HAD A MUSCLE STRAIN.
EE WAS CLEANING THE ELEVATORS AND TALC FELL INTOBOTH EYES.
EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING DOOR OFF OF SAND TANK AT LOWER LOADING. THE DOOR CAME OFF AND SOME WATER CAME OUT THE EMPLOYEE JUMPED BACK TO KEEP FROM GETTING WET TO PULLED MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK AREA. E MPLOYEE WENT ON VACATION THE NEXT DAY AND DID NOT WANT TO GO TO THE DR EMPLOYEE CAME BACK FROM VACATION AFTER A WEEK OFF.
THE EE INJURED HIS BACK WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LIFT A STEEL DOCK BOARD. THE DOCK BOARD WAS WEDGED BETWEEN AN OLD MECHANICAL DOCK BOARD AND THE CONCRETE FLOOR OF THE WAREHOUSE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING HOSES ON BAG MACHINE; WHEN HE FINISHED, HE WALKED AROUND TO WHERE THE OTHER EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING BAGS. EMPLOYEE BEGAN TO HELP STACK BAGS AND TWISTED TO LAY A BAG DOWN; HIS LOWER LEFT BACK MUSCLE PULLED.
EE WAS TRANSFERING A 50 LB BAG OF MATERIAL FROM ONE PALLET TO ANOTHER. AS EMPLOYEE TWISTED SHE FELT PAIN IN HER LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS BAGGING TALC, THE BAG SLIPPED AS HE REACHED FOR IT, TWISTING HIS LEFT WRIST. HE DIDN'T TELL US UNTIL 2-24-00. SENT HIM TO THE DOCTOR, THE DOCTOR PUT A WRIST BAND ON IT AND HE RETU RNED TO WORK.