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EMPLOYEE WAS HE5PING TO REPLACE TAIL PULLEY SHAFT IN A BUCKET ELEVATOR WHILE CLEANING NEW SHAFT WITH A PIECE OF EMERY CLOTH HE FELT SOMETHING GET IN HIS EYE POSSIBLEY PARTICLE OF RUST OR EMERY CLOTH 3
EMPLOYEE WAS PU5LING ON THE SUCTION HOSE TO DRILL RIG WHEN HE STRAINED HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER. IT WAS LATER DETERMINED EMPLOYEE SEVERED A TENDON IN THIS HAND AND HAD SURGERY ON A OUT PATIENT B ASIS. HE LOST 2NE DAY FROM WORK.
December 12, 1985OK · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WAS ATTEMPTI3G TO OPEN THE TOP HATCH OF A GRAIN TYPE COVERED HOPPER. WHEN THE LID WAS PARTLY OPENED IT CAUGHT & WHEN THE EE PULLED ON IT HE FELT PAIN IN BACK. EE WORKED NEXT SCHEDULED SHI FT AFTER ACCIDE3T THEN REPORTED OFF 3 DAYS BEFORE REQUESTING MEDICAL ATTENTION.
November 13, 1985NJ · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN SHOP ON PIPE FLANGES EMPLOYEE STOOPED TO MOVE ONE FLANGE INTO POSITION PLACING ON TABLE FOR WELDING IN DOING SO FELT PAIN IN BACK
October 7, 1985SC · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WAS REPAIRING STEEL CABLE ON A SMALL HOIST WHEN WIRE FROM CBALE PUNCTURED RT THUMB. HE WAS WEARING GLOVES AT THE TIME OF ACCIDENT & THOUGHT IT WAS TOO MINOR TO REPORT. 3 DAYS LATER SLIGHT INFECTION DEVELOPED & MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS REQUESTED. ANTI-BIOTIC WAS PRESCRIBED.
August 27, 1985PA · Metal/Non-Metalbeltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor riderHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING AXEL BLOCKS OUT OF 3 CHASER MILL. THE BLOCK FELL BACK PINNING HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE BLOCK AND TUB FRACTURING HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER.
June 21, 1985PA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
I.NAME WAS SITTING ON TAILINGS RETURN CHUTE TAKING TOPS & COVERS OFF & HAD TO PULL HIMSELF UP NUMEROUS TIMES PUTTING ALOT OF PRESSURE & STRIN ON RT LEG & HIP DUE TO ANGLE OF ROOF & TAIL.INGS CHUTE
April 3, 1985PA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS ENROUTE TO ASSIGNED JOB DUTY WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN SHOVELING UNDER BELT WHEN HE EXPERIENCED SHARP PAIN IN BACK & NUMBNESS IN HIP AREA PLEASE NOTE THAT EMPLOYEE HAS HAD CHRONIC BAC K PROBLEMS IN PAST INCLUDING BACK SURGERY
March 19, 1985PA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS CENTERING A SHAFT IN LATHE CHUCK PREPARING TO MACHINE BOTH ENDS OF SHAFT IN PROCESS OF ROTATING THE CHUCK SHAFT SLIPPED OUT OF THE CHUCK JAWS STRIKING HIS RIGHT FOREARM FRACTURIN G A BONE
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING CLEAN UP TOOLS AFTER COMPLETING A JOB ON CRUSHER FEEDER HOPPER HE WAS STANDING ON THE H OPPER REACHING OVERHEAD TO UNHOOK A HOIST WHEN HE EXPERIENCED A SHARP PAIN IN HI S ABDOMEN AREA
December 12, 1984NJ · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPL HELPING REPAIRMAN SET UPRIGHT FULL BARREL OF SURFACTANT -500 LB-WHILE DOING THIS EMPL FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.
December 3, 1984PA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING BOTTOM PLATES AT THE CHASWER MILL WHEN HE EXPERIENCED A SHARP PAIN OF LOWER BACK AND A BURNING SENSATION IN LEFT SIDE .
October 13, 1984NJ · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE REPAIRMAN WAS INSPECTING THE DAMP SAND BELT CONVEYOR CONVEYOR DOOR OR LID CAME DOWN ON EMPLOYEES HEAD, PUSHING LEFT SIDE OF FACE INTO LIP OF FRAME NOSE FRACTURE OTHER INJURIES UNKNOW N AT THIS TIME. EMPLOYEE UNDER SURBVEILLANCE OF DR, EXTENT OF DAMAGE UNKNOWN AT PRESENT
September 21, 1984FL · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON THE BRAKE CYLINDER ON TRUCK #114. HE INADVERTENTLY LOOSENED THE SPRING LOADED SIDE OF THE CYLINDER, FORCING HIS HAND INTO A PITCOCK VALVE ON THE AIRTANK, BREAKING TWO B ONES IN HIS RIGHT HAND. SURGERY WAS REQUIRED AND EMPLOYEE\S RETURN DATE IS STILL UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.
August 17, 1984SC · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS THROWING #50 BAGS ON PALLET AND FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS BACK. EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN BAGGING FOR APPROXIMATELY 20 MIN. SINCE HIS BREAK. EMPLOYEE WAS BENDING OVER IN A TWISTED OVER IN A TWISTED POSITION. EMPLOYEE WAS TIRED. 4SA HAD RECENTLY BEEN REVIEW EMPLOYEE IS FAMILIAR WITH PROPER LIFTING PROCEDURES EMPLOYEE SUFFERED LOWER BACK STRAIN.
April 15, 1984SC · Metal/Non-Metalprep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING HEAD FROM #1 RIVER PUMP USING A BOX WRENCH TO REMOVE THE BOLTS. INSTEAD OF WALKING AROUND PUMP TO REMOVE BOLTS ON OPPOSITIE SIE HE LEANED ACROSS THE PUMP CAUSING HIM TO PULL MUSCLES IN UPPER BACK.
March 29, 1984PA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS ON TOP OF RAILROAD CAR OPENING LID TO LOAD SAND INTO THE CAR. THE POSITION OF HIS FEET AND THE METHOD OF LIFTING USED, CAUSED THE EMPLOYEE TO PULL TENDON AND MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK.
February 5, 1984SC · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON THE 50 TON BIN\S FEEDER. A FELLOW EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING IN REMOVING THE STAR WHEEL AND BUMPED THE FEEDER. THE BIN WAS EMPTY EXCEPTION CAUSED THE FINES TO SLIDE THROUGH
November 2, 1983MO · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
DUE TO OVERCAST WEATHER CONDITIONS MRS. GOODSON RELOCATED AN IBM MAG CARD II TYPEWRITER WITH ITS READING/RECORDING COMPONENT & A LARGE WOODEN DESK TO OBTAIN BETTER LIGHTING. THE NEXT DAY, SHE EXPERIENCED SORENESS & DISCOMFORT IN HER LEFT ARM & HAND WHICH GREW PROGESSIVELY WORSE. SHE WAS TREATED 11-1-83 BY DR. LOUCKS WHO ADMINISTERED A CORTISONE INJECTION & PRESCRIBED BUTAZOLIDIN.
September 21, 1983WV · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
CUT FINGER ON PIECE OF STEEL WHICH HE WAS PICKING UP.
August 19, 1983MO · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE, DREDGE HELPER, APPROACHED DREDGE SWING CABLE FROM BOAT FOR THE PURPOSE OF UN-HOOKING DREDGE FROM LAND ANCHOR. FOR UNKNOWN REASON, CABLE WHIPPED UP & STRUCK EMPLOYEE ACROSS FACE, KNOC KING HIM OVERBOARD. MINOR LACERATION-BRUISES-SWELLING-FACE. X-RAYS TAKEN, NO FRACTURES.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING WEEDS IN QUARRY THE NEXT DAY HE CAME IN WITH A RASH ON HIS ARMS AND STOMACH EMPLOYEE DID CUT POISON IVY OR POISON OAK WHILE HE WAS CUTTING WEEDS HE MUST HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO SOME POISON IVY OR POISON OAK
June 28, 1983WV · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING DOWN FROM DRAGLINE AND AGGRAVATED TENDONS IN HIS R LEG. HE WAS TREATED BY DR MORTON WHO GAVE HIM AN INJECTION AND MEDICATION FOR PAIN AS REPORTED BY HIS SUPERVISOR EMPLOY EE HAS NOT LOST ANY TIME FROM WORK
April 19, 1983PA · Metal/Non-Metalbeltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor riderHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING SAND AT BELT IN THE REDUCTION BLDG. WHEN HE EXPERIENCED SEVERE LOWER BACK PAIN CAUSING HIM TO BLACK OUT. THE MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS ACUTE LUMBOSSCRAL STRAIN WITH UNDERLYING D EGNERATIVE DISC DISEASE.
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