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EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING HIS MONOGOGGLES WHEN HE FELT A FOREIGN OBJECT IN HIS RIGHT EYE. HE WAS SENT TO AN EYE SPECIALIST WHERE A PIECE OF FOREIGN MATERIAL WAS REMOVED. EMPLOYEE IS NOT LOSING ANY TIME AND IS NOT ON WORK RESTRICTIONS.
EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING UP BOLTS AND PUTTING THEM IN A BUCKET WHEN HE FELT SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. ON 1-2-01 HE STARTED RECEIVING MULTIPLE PHYSICAL THERAPY. EMPLOYEE IS NOT LOSING ANY TIME BUT IS ON WORK RESTRICTIONS.
EE WAS REMOVING A 4" PIPE CAP WHE HE DROPPED IT ABOUT 4" ON HIS LEFT FOOT. HIS DR PUT A BRACE ON HIS FOOT. EE TOOK HIMSELF OFF WORK AND THEN HIS DR. TOOK HIM OFF WORK. LAST DAY WORKED WAS 12-1 8-00.
EE WAS PLACING A 2"X10" PVC PIPE ON DUMPSTER TO BE CUT WHEN HE RELEASED THE PIPING IT SHIFTED STRIKING HIMON THE RIGHT EAR & CAUSING A CUT. THIS CUT REQUIRED 9 STITCHES. EE IS NOT LOSING TIME & IS NOT ON RESTRICTIONS
EE WAS SETTING UP TO INSTALL CHANNEL IRON. HE WAS PULLING ON AN EXTENTION CORD WHEN HE FELT A FOREIGN OBJECT IN HIS LEFT EYE. HE RECEIVED A CORNEAL ABRASION FROM THE MATERIAL. EE IS NOT LOSING ANY TIME AND IS NOT ON WORK RESTRICTIONS.
EE WAS CLIMBING A FIXED METAL LADDER WHEN HE STRUCK HIS HARD HAT ON THE THE HAND RAIL. HE STARTED RECEIVING PHYSICAL THERAPY ON HIS NECK. EE IS NOT LOSING ANY TIME AND IS NOT ON WORK RESTRICTI ONS.
EE WAS USING A SMALL 25 LB. PUMP TO TRANSFER OIL FROM A 55 GALLON TO AN AIR COMPRESSOR. THE SMAL PUMP WAS ON TOP OF THE DRUM WHEN IT ROLLED OVER ONHIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER. THIS CAUSED A FRACTUR E TO HIS FINGER. EE IS NOT LOSING ANY TIME AND IS NOT ON WORK RESTRICTION.
EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK ON THE HEAD BY THE LID ON HIS TOOL BOX. THIS HAS RESULTED IN A STRAIN TO HIS NECK. EMPLOYEE HAS STARTED ULTRA-SOUND AND THERAPY. EMPLOYEE IS NOT LOSING ANY TIME AND IS NOT ON WORK RESTRICTIONS.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A SHAFT OUT OF A SCOOTER WHEN HE STEPPED ON A ROCK AND LOST HIS BALANCE. HEFELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER LEFT BACK. HE IS NOW RECEIVING MULTIPLE PHYSICAL THERAPY ON HIS BACK. EMPLOYEE IS NOT LOSING ANY TIME AND IS NOT ON WORK RESTRICTIONS.
EE WAS USING A PULLEY AND CABLE TO LOWER A SCAFFOLD. HE DID NOT NOTICE HIS HAND WAS ON THE CABLE. WHEN HE STARTED TO MOVE, HIS LEFT THUMB WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE CABLE AND PULLEY. THIS CAUSED A FRACTURE TO HIS THUMB. EE IS NOT LOSING ANY TIME AND IS NOT ON WORK RESTRICTIONS AT THIS TIME.
EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF DESCALING A PROCESS LINE WHEN HE FELT A POP IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER. HE HAS STARTED RECEIVING PHYSICAL THERAPY. EMPLOYEE IS NOT LOSING ANY TIME AND IS NOT ON WORK RESTRICTIONS.
EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF ROLLING A BLIND. HE WAS MOVING A WING NUT BY HAND WHEN IT CAME LOOSE AND BEGAN TO FALL. WHEN THE EMPLOYEE TRIED TO CATCH THE WING NUT, HIS FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETW EEN THE WING NUT AND INSULATION. THIS CAUSED A FRACTURE TO HIS FINGER. EMPLOYEE IS NOT LOSING ANY TIME AND IS NOT ON WORK RESTRICTIONS.
AN EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING THE BOTTOM UP ON A PRECIPITATOR WHEN HIS GOGGLES STARTED FOGGING UP. WHILE REMOVING HIS GOGGLES WITHOUT REMOVING HIS GLOVES, HE FELT SOMETHING IN HIS LEFT EYE. HE RECEI VED A CAUSTIC BURN IN HIS LEFT EYE AND WAS PRESCRIBED MEDICATION. HE IS NOT LOSING ANY TIME AND IS NOT ON WORK RESTRICTIONS.
AN EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A 55 GALLON DRUM FOR TRANSPORTING. A DRUM SLIPPED OFF THE DECKING TILTING AND PINCHING THE SMALL FINGER ON THE LEFT HAND, BETWEEN TWO DRUMS. THE EMPLOYEE'S FINGER WA S BROKEN. HE IS LOSING TIME.
EE WAS THROWING BAGS INTO A GARBAGE TRUCK WHEN HE STARTED TO FEEL BURNING IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. EE IS NOT LOSING ANY TIME BUT IS RECEIVING PHYSICAL THERAPY AND IS ON WORK RESTRICTIONS.
EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SPREADING A HORIZONTAL FLANGE, THE RESIDUAL LIQUOR SPRAYED HIM IN THE LEFT EYE. HE IS NOT LOSING ANY TIME AND IS NOT ON WORK RESTRICTIONS.
EE WAS WASHING HIS FACE AT A SAFETY SHOWER WHEN HE RUBBED HIS RIGHT EYE WITH HIS FINGER. HIS FINGER HAD CAUSTIC ON IT CAUSING A BURN. THE EE IS NOT LOSING ANY TIME AND IS NOT ON WORK RESTRICTI ONS.
EE WAS MOVING NEWLY COVERED LEAFS TO A LEAF RACK. HE REMOVED ONE CABLE FROM THE LEAF AND WAS IN THE PROCESS OF WALKING TO THE OTHER WHEN THE LEAF FELL STRIKING HIM AND PINNING HIS RIGHT LEG TO THE GROUND. EMPLOYEE IS LOSING TIME.