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EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING EMPTY PALLETS TO PREPARE TO SEND THEM TO SURFACE. AS HE PICKED UP A PALLET ND SWUNGIT ON THE 3 FT. HIGH STACK, HE FELT A SLIGHT PAIN IN HIS BACK. EMPLOYEE STARTED PHYSIC AL THERAPY ON 4-28-94.
EMPLOYEE WAS GUICING A LINER INTO PLACE IN CHUTE THAT FEEDS HYDROCONE CRUSHER. THE CHOKER HOLDING THE LINER UNHOOKED THE INSPECTION DOOR LATCH, & THE INSPECTION DOOR FELL FORWARD HITTING HIM I N THE FOREHEAD CAUSING A LACERATION THAT REQUIRE THREE STITCHES.
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO FUEL #46 GETMANSCALER AT FUEL STATION. HE DIDN'T HAVE THE FUEL NOZZLE ALL THE WAY IN THE TANK INLET WHEN HE TURNED THE FUEL ON. TIS CAUSED THE FUEL TO SPLASH BACK INTO HIS FACE. FUEL OIL SPLASHED INTO HIS RIGHT EYE. HE WENT TO DR AND WAS GIVEN A PRESCRIBED OINTMENT FOR EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A LOOSE ROCK FROM FACE HE WAS TO CHANGE WITH HIS LEFT HAND & WEIGHT OF ROCK MASHED HIS LEFT RING FINGERNAIL. HE WENT TO DR. DRILLED A HOLE INTO THE NAIL TO LET PREASSURE OFF.
EMPLOYEE WAS FILLING THE ANFO TANK ON HIS GETMAN CHARGING RIG. HE LIFTED A BAG OF ANFO AND TURNED TO POUR IT INTO THE ANFO TANK. THEN HE TURNED, HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE WAS SEE N BY DOCTOR ON 11-05-92. STARTED PHYSICAL THERAPY ON 10-29-93. WENT TO DOCTOR AGAIN ON 10-27-93. ON 1-18-94 HE WAS TOLD BY DOCTOR TO TAKE 24 TO 36 HOURS OFF WORK AND RECEIVED AN EPIDURAL BL
EE WAS FILLING FUEL TANK ON FRONT END LOADER WHEN THE FUEL HOSE NOZZLE JUMPED CAUSING FUEL TO SPLASH INTO THE EYES OF EE AND ON HIS FACE. DR GAVE EE OINTMENT FOR HIS EYES.
EE OPENED OVERHEAD DOOR TO HOIST ROOM WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO EXIT THRU SAME DOOR, HE BUMPED HIS HEAD ON BOTTOM OF DOOR AND JAMMED HIS NECK. HE STARTS THERAPY ON 1-7-94.
EMPLOYEE AT SURFACE SERVICE HOIST PENTHOUSE WAS CLOSING AIR LINE WHEN HIS HAND SLIPPED AND HIS RIGHT ARM WENT THROUGH THE GLASS WINDOW. HE REQUIRED FOUR STITHCES.
EMPLOYEE WAS AT BARGE PUMP INSTALLING NEW VALVE ON FLYGT PUMP. HE STRAINED HIS RIBS WHILE MOVING THE PUMP. WE WENT TO DOCTOR ON 9-28-93. STARTED PHYSICAL THERAPY ON 10-28-93.
WHILE CHANGING HOIST ROPE EMPLYEE WAS IN PROCESS OF REMOVING PIN FROM THIMBLE ON ROPE ATTACHMENT HOIST BRAKE WASNT HOLDING HE REINSTALLED PIN & FELT DISCOMFORT IN BACK & SHOULDER EMPLOYEE STAR T ED THERAPY ON 08-11-93
HIT HIS BACK AND SHOULER ON WATER PIPE WHILE CLIMBING A LADDER RESULTING IN LOWER BACK PAIN.
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS WHILE ON HIS BACK UNDER #66 JUMBO DRILL PERFORMING MAINTENANCE, HE TURNED AND REACHED FOR A 3/4" IMPACT WRENCH WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS RIGHT HIP. HE WENT TO DR ON 8-3 -93 AND DUE TO THERAPY STARTED LOSING TIME 8-25-93.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING FULL CYLINDER OF OXYGEN RUPTURING HEMORRHOIDS. STARTED LOSING TIME ON 1-13-93.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING 4'X 8' SHEET OF PLYWOOD. AS HE LIFTED THE PLYWOOD IT FELL SIDEWAYS AND HE PULLED MUSCLES IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. HE WENT TO ADOCTOR ON 3/10/93. HE STARTED THERAPY ON 7-1-93.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING OUT POWER CABLE FROM DRILL TO CONNECT TO SWITCH BOX WHEN HE STRAINED MUSCLE IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. EMPLOYEE BEGAN PHYSICAL THERAPY ON 04/02/93.
DOOR ON CAB WOULD NOT LATCH. WHEN EMPLOYEE TRIED TO SLAM DOOR, HE CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN FRAME AND DOOR PINCHING HIS FINGER. (DR. PUT A FINGER SPLINT ON FINGER).
THE EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO MOVE REEL OF ELECTRICAL CABLE WEIGHING APPROXIMATELY 600 POUNS FROM STORAGE FOR PICKUP WITH FORKLIFT. IN DOING SO, HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN RIGHT SIDE, LOW GROIN AREA , RESULTING WITH AHERNIA THAT WAS REQUIRED WITH SURGERY ON 1-13-92.
INJURED WAS GUIDING THE PLANETARY GEAR INTO PLACE ON THE FINAL DRIVE OF A 631D TRUCK,WHEN HIS RIGHT THUMB GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE GEAR AND GEAR HOUSING.
HE WAS TREADING POWER CABLE BACK ON CABLE REEL, CAUGHT HIS LEFT THUMB IN PINCH POINT BETWEEN CABLE AND REEL.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A FLYWHEEL ON A ENGINE, WHEN HE DROPPED IT ABOUT 2" ONTO HIS RING FINGER LEFT HAND, CAUSING A CUT.
MAN WAS HANGING A POWER LINE ON SPAN WIRE. HE LIFTED THE POWER LINE UP TO THE SPAN WIRE. HIS SHOULDER POPPED AND STARTED HURTING.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A TRANSMISSION MOUNT. THE SWIVEL CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN TRANSMISSION AND BRACKET, CUTTING THE TOP OF INDEX FINGER RIGHT HAND.
2 GET MANS WERE BEING USED TO HANG WATER LINE ONE ON EACH END OF PIPE ONE END OF PIPE HAD BEEN SECURED ON 1ST GETMAN WHILE IN THE PROCESS OF SECURING THE OTHER END ON THE 2ND GETMAN THE PIPE T WISTED OR SLIPPED CAUSING 1ST END TO BE DROPPED TO THE GROUND WHEN THIS HAPPENED I NAME HAND GOT PINCHED BETWEEN PIPE & BASKET PIPE NOT BEING SECURED ON BASKET OTHER THAN BEING HELD BY HAND
NIPPLE FLEW OFF STRIKING THE WALL BOUNCING BACK PAST CONT THRU AIR STRIKING ON ARM
ASEMBLING MACHINE AT JINT SET LOWER CENTER PN IN PLACE IT FELL IN SOCKET SEVERING PART OF LITTLE FINGER L HAND TO THE FIRST JOINT
CRAWLING OUT OF END OF MILL PUT HAND ON FAN TO SUPPORT SELF HIMSELF WHILE GETTING OUT FAN FELL OVER ANC CUT HIS INNER EAR TO FAN AS HE FELL TO FLOOR
INJURED WAS UNLOADING 1 12" PIPE OFF OF A FOUR WHEEL WAGON,THE PIPE SLIPPED CATCHING HIS LEFT RING FINGER BETWEEN THE WAGON AND THE PIPE.
EMPLOYEE STATES A PIECE OF CHANNEL IRON HE WAS WORKING WITH SLIPPED FROM HIS HAND AMD STRUCK HIS LEFT FOOT BEHIND THE PROTECTIVE STEEL TOE OF HIS BOOT.RESULT WAS FRACTURE OF MIDDLE TOE,LEFT FO OT.
EE WAS LIFTING A CONVEYOR BELT IDLER FRAME FELT A PULLING AND PAIN IN HIS RIGHT ELBOW.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A NEW HOIST CYLINDER ON WAGNER WHEN THE HOIST CYLINDER PIN WAS PULLED. HIS FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN PIN AND FENDER OF STS.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A CHAIN AROUND DRAIN LINE AND AS HE REACHED DOWN TO GET A PEICE OF WIRE, A SLIVER OF FIBERGLASS MATERIAL PUNTURED HIS RIGHT THUMB.
EMPLOYEE WAS WASHING SCOOPTRAM SAT DOWN ON SHOP TOWELS THAT HAD DIESEL FUEL ON THEM AN HOUR OR SO LATER H IS HIPS BEGAN TO BURN ON 12-18-89 WENT TO PHYSICIAN & RECEIVED A PRESCRIPTION ONLY
WHILE INSTALLING PIPE, THE EYE BOLT HOLDING THE PIPE CAME LOOSE, PINCHING THE RIGHT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN THE CHAIN AND THE PIPE.
EMPL WAS REBUILDING PUMP HE REACHED DOWN TO PICK UP BOWL & PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK.
PUTTING A LINE UP POLE IN A FRESH HOLE.
I.NAME WAS HELPING HIM PUT A PIECE OF ANGLE IRON IN THE DRILL PRESS. I.NAME WAS HOLDING AND HE WAS TIGHTENING THE VICE. WHEN HE PULLED ON THE VICE HANDLE TO TIGHTEN, HIS BACK POPPED.
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING ROCK FROM CLOGGED CRUSHER WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF ROCK ROLLED DOWN ROCK PILE BRUISING RING FINGER ON RT HAND EMPLOYEES FIRST VISIT TO DOC WAS 11-01-89 NOT REPORTED UNTIL 11 -01-89
EMPLOYEE WAS PREPARING TO CHANGE A DRIFT ROUND AND WHILE MOVING LADDER AT THE FACE, THE LADDER HOOKED UP ON OLD ROOF BOLT WHICH CAME LOOSE AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE ON THE TOP OF THE NOSE.
EMPL WAS CHARGING CUT L INDEX FINGER ON SHARP ROCK
EMPL HOLDING ENTRANCE DOOR OPEN FOR OTHERS AND UPON STEPPING DOOR GOT RIGHT LITTLE FINGER CAUGHT IN HINGE OF DOOR WHICH CLOSES AUTOMATICALLY.
SEE ATTCHED; INCIDENT OCCURRED ON COMPANY PARKING LOT...ASSAULT CHARGE FILED -..I.NAME WALKED UP TO I.NAME-2 ..,I.NAME-2 HIT I.NAME IN MOUTH,HIT THE GROUND AND NEVER CAME UP FOR 30 SECONDS... AND NEVER CAME UP FOR 30 SEC..
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A CONVEYOR BELT IDLER FRAME ONTO AN UNDERGROUND BELT LINE. AS HE WAS PICKING UP THE IDLER HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE CAUGHT RIGHT THUMB BETWEEN METAL BEAM & MATERIAL BINS WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STRAIGHTEN THEM
EE WAS WELDING ON WATER TRUCK WHEN HE PUT THE WELDING LEAD ON TOP OF THE TRUCK AND IT SLID DOWN AND HIT HIM IN THE MOUTH, KNOCKING OUT A TOOTH.
EMPLOYEE HAD FOREIGN BODY IN BOTH EYES. HE WAS UNSURE AS TO THE SXACT TIME OR LOCATION OF OCCURRENCE. EMPLOYEE DOES NOT KNOW HOW FOREIGN BODY GOT INTO EYES. HE WAS NOT AWARE OF PROBLEM UNTIL A FTER WORK HOURS AND AFTER SHOWERING OUT AT THE END OF THE SHIFT, WHICH WAS 0230 HOURS. MEDICATION WAS PRESCRIBED.
I.NAME WAS MIXING SODIUM CYANIDE, A LARGE WAD FELL OUT OF THE BARREL AND SPLASHED A SMALL PORTION UNDER HIS FACE SHIELD, EMPLOYEE HAD A MILD BURN TO THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS FACE.
EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE STRAINED HIS SHOULDER WHILE LIFTING A BEAM WHILE CLIMBING LADDER.
I NAME WAS REMOVING A HYDRAULIC CYLINDER FROM A JOY JUMBO DRILL WHEN A WIRE CHOKER SLIPPED ALLOWING THE CYLINDER TO SWING CUTTING I NAME ON THE SECOND FINGER OF HIS RT HAND THIS LACERATION REQ UIRED FOUR SUTURES
LIFTING BASE PLATE FELT SHOULDER POP.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A GEAR BOX WHEN THE GEAR BOX SHIFTED,STRIKING EMPLOYEES ELBOW.