EE WAS SHOVELING UP LOOSE MEDIA. HE SAID HE WONT TURNING OR TWISTING AND HAD HIS KNEES BENT. ALL OF A SUDDEN HE GOT A SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK, HIS KNEES BUCKLED AND HE DARN NEAR DROPPED TO HI S KNEES. HE HAS HAD BACK PROBLEMS BEFORE. REHAB CTR SAID HE HAD DISC PINCHING NEVER AND SINCE HE WAS SO TALL, HIS OVERRAL POSTURE HAS TO BE DEALT WITH. SLOUCHES TO MUCH AND MUST DO EXERCISES
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Showing 50 of 72DOOR HINGES BROKE AND DOOR FELL OFF CAB OF DOZER. INJURED PICHED UP DOOR AND WENT TO PUT IT INSDIE CAB. HE WAS STANDING ON THE TRACK PUSHING DOOR UP INTO CAB, FACING TOWARD REAR OF DOZER, WH EN DOOR SLIPPED. HE GRABBED TOP OF DOOR WITH HIS RIGHT HAND AND IN THE PROCESS CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN DOOR AND DOOR FRAME. THIS AREA OF DOOR HAD BROEKN PART OF HINGE STICKING OUT AND WE F
EE WAS REMOVING RIGHT REAR BATTERY FROM 950 FRONT END LOADER, WHICH IS SITUATED UNDER THE OPERATORS SEAT SEAT WAS IN THE UP POSITION AND FELL BACK DOWN ON EE LEFT ARM. INVESTIGATION FOUND LATC H ON SEAT TO WORK PROPERLY, BUT EE DID NOT CHECKTO SEE IF HE HAD THE SEAT LATCHED BEFORE HE BEGAN WORK.
EMPL WAS MOVING ROCKS TO MAKE ROOM FOR INSTALLATION OF GUARD SHIELD AROUND PLANT 4 CURSHER FEEDER. TWISTING MOTION WHILE PICKING UP ROCKS STRAINED BACK.
EMPLOYEE COULD NOT REMEMBER HURTING HIS BACK BUT THOUGHT IT PROBABLY HAPPENED WHILE PICKING UP ROCKS IN MAIN VENT SHAFT.
EMPL WAS PULLING BLOCKS AND REMOVING WEDGES FROM VERTICAL BREAK HOLES IN BLOCK AND HOLDING WEDGES IN OTHER HAND WHEN HE FREED WEDGE IT CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN WEDGE AND HAND HELD WEDGE BONE BROKEN AND BURSTED NAIL IN END OF RING RINGER L HAND
ACCIDENT OCCURRED DOING MAINTENANCE ON HAMMER MILL PLANT 4.EMPL LIFTED LARGE PART HE SHOULD HAVE SOUGHT HELP ON AND STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.ON 3-23-89 EMPL SOUGHT MEDICAL HELP.STRAIN TO LOWER BACK,BECAME LOST TIME 3-23-89.
EMPL WAS CLEANING SPILLED MATERIAL OFF FLOOR WITH SHOVEL PART OF NORMAL JOB DUTIES WHEN HE STARTED COMPLAINING OF LOWER BACK PAIN. RELATED TO ORIGINAL ACCIDENT ON 1/18/84 WHEN EMPL ORIGINALLY HURT BACK. SINCE EMPL HAS BEEN PLAGUED WITH BACKPROBLEMS.
EMPL WAS LOADING 50# BAGS OF STONE ON PALLET WHEN HE PLACED BAG ON SCALES TO CHECK WEIGHT. WHEN BAG HE EXPERIENCED SHARP PAIN IN BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING SHAFT IN RAYMOND MILL WHENCHAIN SLIPPED AND PINCHED TOP OF LEFT HAND
I.NAME REPLACING WORN OUT PIECE OF 4'' PIPE ON U-11 PUMP IN SINK FLOAT.HE AND I.NAME REMOVING PIPE TOGETHER.I.NAME HAD LOWER SECTION UNBOLTED AT RUBBER PINCH VALVE AND WAS REMOVING IT FROM VAL VE.I.NAME HOLDING TOP SECTION AT FLANGE WHEN I.NAMES PIECE WAS OUT PIECE REMOVED FROM PIPE ABOVE IT.HAD HAND ON FLANGE,TOP SECTION DROPPED DOWN AND SMASHED FINGERS BETWEEN FLANGES.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO STRAIGHTEN BAG CAUGHT IN PRESS BELT WHEN HIS RT HAND GOT BRUISED
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING PIECE OF DRILL STEEL OUT FROM UNDER QUARRY BAR WHEN HE FELT MUSCLE PULL IN HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS HAND STACKING 50LB BAGS OF MARBLE DUST. HE MISSED A BAG AND IT FELL TOWARD THE FLOOR. WHILE THE BAG WAS FALLING, HE REACHED DOWN TO CATCH IT. HE SAID HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK. DOCTOR PLACED HIM ON RESTRICTIVE DUTY.
ACCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE SLIDING A ELECTRIC MOTOR FROM MOTOR BASE ON THE FORKS OF FORK LIFT. EMPLOYEE PULLED MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPENING DOOR ON TOP OF HOPPER CAR FOR RAILROAD. ONE DOOR WAS STUCK. EMPLOYEE STRAINED LOWER BACK TRYING TO LIFT DOOR OPEN.
EMPLOYEE WAS CRATING CHUNKS OF ALCAL WHEN HE BENT OVER AND PICKED UP A ROCK HE SAID HE FELT SOMETHING "SNAP" IN HIS BACK. AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, EMPLOYEE SAID HE DIDN'T WANT TO GO TO THE DOCTOR. BUT THE PAIN PERSISTED AND ON AUGUST 22, HE WAS SENT TO DR. EVIDENCE OF MUSCLE STRAIN AND PROSTATIS. RETURNED TONORMAL JOB.
I,NAME WAS SWITCHING PRODUCT LINES AT THE BAGGER CHANGE OVER STATION. HE TWISTED HIS BACK LIFTING A 6" RUBBER HOSE LINE. DR. CAMP PRESCRIBED A MUSCLE RELAXER.
EMPLOYEE WAS UNSTACKING A STACK OF WOOD PALLETS HE WAS LIFTING TOP PALLET OFF WHEN CORNER OF PALLET HIT END OF CONVEYOR BELT CAUSING OTHER END OF PALLEET TO STRIKE HIS LEFT FOOT BRUISED LEFT F OOT
EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO FREE DRILL STEEL IN CENTRALIZERS WITH LEFT HAND AND SPRING ON TURN HANDLE FOR CENTRALIZER CAME LOOSE PINCHING HIS RT RING FINGER REMOVED FINGERNAIL AND CHIPPED AND CRACK ED BONE END OF RT RING FINGER
EMPLOYEE WAS OPENING BIN GATE TO TURN DUST INTO SCREW CONVEYOR WHEN A SUDDEN SURGE OF DUST CAUSED A SMALL ROCK TO FLY INTO EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS ADDING GRINDING MEDIA TO THE SECONDARY BALL MILLS. HE STRUCK HIS RIGHT WRIST AGAINST THE METAL DISCHARGE CHUTE. HE SUFFERED A BRUISED WRIST BUT WAS PRESCRIBED MEDICATION FOR PAI N.
EMPLOYEE WAS BAGGING AND PALLETIZING LIME-RITE IN 40 LB BAGS FOLLOWING NORMAL PROCEDURE THIS REQUIRES A MINIMUM OF LIFTING AND MOVEMENT
HE WAS WORKING BENEATH A HAUL TRUCK. HE GOT MUD AND DEBRIS INTO HIS RIGHT EYE. FLUSHED EYE WITH WATER, APPLIED AN EYE WASH MEDICATION AND REPORTED INJURY TO HIS SUPERVISOR. AT HIS TIME HE DECL INED FURTHER MEDICAL TREATMENT. ON 3-10-88, HE COMPLAINED THAT HIS EYE WAS STILL BOTHERING HIM. DR. REMOVED A PIECE OF TRASH AND PRESCRIBED EYE DROP MEDICATION. HE RETURNED TO HIS REGULAR JOB
EMPL STACKING 50LB BAGS FELT CATCH IN HIP.DR EXAMINED HIM FOR POSSIBLE INJURIES.EMPL HAD PROBABLE MUSCLE STRAIN RX MESCLE RELAXER.RETURNED TO REGULAR JOB DUTIES.
EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING ALCAL CHUNKS HIS HARD HAT FELL INTO THE ROCK BIN HE WENT DOWN STAIRS AND HUMPED THE BIN UNTIL HIS HARD HAT FELL OUT HE DID NOT SECURELY CLOSE THE HOPPER BEFORE RETRIEVING HIS HAT A ROCK FELL FROM THE BIN AND STRUCK HIM ON THE LEFT SHOULDER HE ONLY SUFFERED A BRUISE BUT A PRESCRIPTION FOR MUSCLE RELAXER WAS GIVEN HIM
EMPLOYEE WAS MO5ING AIR LINE WHEN HE TWISTED HIS BACK- PULLED MUSCLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CL3MBING DOWN LADDER FROM #2 BELT.WHEN HE PUT HIS FOOT ON THE FLOOR,HIS FOOT TURNED TWISTING HIS RIGHT KNEE.
WAS STACKING 100# BAG OF CA CO.3 OFF PACKER SPOUT ONTO PALLET WHEN A PAIN WAS FGELT IN HIS LOWER BACK. STRAINED LOWER BACK.
CALVIN WAS STAC5ING 100 # GRAVEL BAGS WHEN HE COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN LOWER BACK. HE IS SEEING DR EXTENT OF INJURY IS NOT KNOW AT THIS POINT
THE INJURED WAS3REMOVING THE CAGES FROM THE PLANT 2 SILO DUSTCOLLECTOR.ONE OF THE CAGES WAS STUCK AND WHEN HE PULLED HARDER,IT BROKE LOOSE AND HIS HAND HIT THE BAG HOUSE DOOR,THE EDGE OF THE D OOR HAD A SHARP3CORNER.THE CUT ON HIS HAND REQUIRED 13 STITCHES.
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING HEADING WITH EXPLOSIVES WHEN HE WIPED FACE WITH SHIRT, SHIRT HAD GOTTEN ANFO ON IT. WHEN EMPLOYEE WIPED SWEAT FROM FACE WITH SHIRT, HE GOT ANFO IN HIS EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CL9ANING OUT CHUTE ON BAGGING MACHINE WHEN HAND HIT THE EDGE OF CHUTE CAUSING LACERATION TO LITTLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING DUST FROM BEHIND THE SHIPPING BAGGER AREA. HE COMPLAINED LATER OF LOWER BACK PAINS. WAS EXAMINED BY DR. CAMP, REVEALED POSSIBLE BACK MUSCLE STRAIN AS WELL AS INFLAMMED P PROSTATE.
EMPLOYEE WAS HE5PING FELLOW EMPLOYEE TAKE SET OF TRACKS OUT OF TRUCK WHEN HE HURT HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS AB2UT TO LET THE HOOD DOWN ON FORK LIFT WHEN HIS LEFT HAND WHICH WAS HOLDING THE HOOD UP SLIPPED LETTING THE HOOD FALL DOWN ON EMPLOYEES RT HAND AS HE WAS REMOVING THE LATCH
MECHANIC WAS RE1AIRING A CYLINDER FROM A SCRAPER WHEN HE WAS DISASSEMBLING THE CYCLINDER TO REPACK IT HE HAD THE END OF CYLINDER HANGING FROM THE BOOM HE WAS TAPPING THE TUBE WHEN IT SUDDENLY CAME APART AND 7HE SECOND STAGE DROPPED DOWN AND PINCHED THE FIRST FINGER AND MADE A SEVERE LACERATION ON HIS LEFT HAND
EMPLOYEE WAS US3NG SHOVEL TO MOVE DUST FROM AROUND #3 PACKING MACHINE WHEN SHE COMPLAINED OF A SHARP PAIN IN HER LOWER BACK.
THE DRILL DRIFT9R SLIPPED OUT OF EMPLOYEE'S HAND AS HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO DISMOUNT THE DRILL FOR REPAIRS. LACERATION TO LEFT INDEX FINGER IN THE JOINT AREA.
EMPLOYEE WAS HE5PING MECHANIC POSITION IDLER FOR 983 LOADER (ROUND STEEL WHEEL 4' DIA. X 8" THICK) WHEN HE PINCHED HIS SMALL FINGER. FINGER LATER BECAME INFECTED REQUIRING HIM TO GO TO DOCTOR ON 6-8-87. 3
EMPLOYEE WAS RO7ATING THE TURNTABLE DECK ON THE STRETCH WRAP MACHINE BY HAND.HIS RIGHT HAND BECAME ENTRAPPED BETWEEN THE ROLLER SUPPORTS AND THE FRAME DECK.THE RING FINGER ON THE RIGHT HAND WA S LACERATED AND3FRACTURED.
I.NAME WAS SHOV9LING OFF THE TOP OF A BIN HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS GROIN AREA IT WAS LATER DIAGNOSED AS A RUPTURED HERNIA
EMPLOYEE WAS CL9ANING EXCESS ROCK OUT OF RAYMOND MILL,PREPARING TO CHANGE PARTS,WHEN HE HIT HIS RIGHT THUMB ON PLOW HOLDER WHICH HAD WORN SHARP FROM GRINDING ROCK.RESULTED IN LACERATION TO RIG HT THUMB.3CM LA7ERATION-SUTURES X3.
EMPLOYEE WAS HE5PING FELLOW EMPLOYEE LIFT NEW BATTERY UP ON LOADER AND PULLED TWO MUSCLES IN LOWER BACK. HURT IT FURTHER NEXT DAY HELPING MECHANIC MOVE RADIATOR.
EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING 100# BAGS WHEN HIS WRIST BEGAN TO HURT.
I,NAME WAS LIFT3NG THE FOLLOWER PLATE OT PUT OVER THE SHAFT ON U-9 MEDIA PUMP. HE RESTED THE PLATE ON TWO BOLTS. HIS END SLIPPED AND HIF FINGER GOT SMASHED IN BETWEEN THE FOLLOWER PLATE AND TH E SHAFT. HIS LI7TLE FINGER ON THE LEFT HAND AT THE NAIL END WAS SMASHED.
I.NAME CLEANING3UP ON TOP FLOOR OF MILL.WHILE SHOVELING PLASTER,HIT OVERHEAD BEAM WITH SHOVEL AND PLASTER DUST GOT INTO EYE.
RIGHT SIDE HERN3A INTESTINE STRANGULATION WHILE RESTACHING 50# BAGS OF MARBLE DUST ON PALLETS
EMPLOYEE SAYS H9 MUST HAVE HURT HIMSELF WHILE DOING HIS JOB WHICH AT TIMES INVOLVES MOVING SMALL PIECES OF MARBLE OR RAILROAD TIE PIECES
I,NAME HAD JUST3CAME INTO WORK AND WENT TO CHECK WITH THE DAY SHIFT QUARRY MAINTENANCE-MAN AS TO WHAT HE WAS DOING. THE FIRST SHIFT MAN WAS USING A TORCH TO HEAT AN OBJECT ON A PIECE OF EQUIPM ENT TO MOVE IT 3N PLACE AND WASALSO USING A PIECE OF SHAFTING TO PRY WITH. THE SHAFTING WAS HOT P I,NAME NOT KNOWING IT, GRABBED IT TO HELP THE MAN AND THUS BURNT THE PALM & FOUR FINGERS ON H