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EMP WAS TRYING TO SEPERATE EMPTY BAGS WHILE SUPPLYING BAGS TO THE LARGE PAK LINE BY POPPING THEM AGAINST A POST.WHILE DOING THIS,HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EMP WAS STACKING 50# BALES OF PRODUCT ON A PALLET.AS HE PICKED UP A BALE,HE FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.
EMP. WAS STANDING IN PACKAGING OFFICE TALKING TO FOREMAN IN CHARGE OF SHIFT WHEN SOMEONE ENTERED AND THE DOOR STRUCK HIM ON THE LEFT ELBOW.
EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING 25# BALED PRODUCT, REBALING ON LARGE PACK LINE. HE REACHED DOWN TO PALLET, EXTENDING HIS ARMS TO PICK UP BAG WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK AND LEG.
EMP. WAS STACKING 50# BALES OF PRODUCTS ON A PALLET. WHEN HE STRAIGHTENED HIS BACK, HE FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT LEG, HIP AND LOWER BACK.
LIFTING HOOK LADDER FELT PULLING PAIN IN L GROIN AREA
HE WAS STACKING 50 LB. BALES, 7 TO A LAYER, 7 LAYERS HIGH, ON A PALLET. HE WAS PUTTING A BALE ON APPROX. THE 4TH LAYER WHEN HE GOT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE TWISTED HIS BODY AS HE TUR NED TO PUT THE BALE ON THE PALLET--HE DID NOT MOVE HIS FEET, JUST HIS UPPER BODY AS HE TURNED.
EMP. WAS SHIFTING 55 GALLON DRUMS FROM THE FLOOR OF A DELIVERY TRUCK TO PALLETS WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING PRODUCT ON A PALLET WHEN THE TWISTING MOTION CAUSED A PAIN IN HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A LINE WHEN IN LIFTING PRODUCT HE FELT PAIN IN HIS WRIST AND FOREMAN.
EMPLOYEE WAS BAGGING ON SMALL PACK LINE PUSHING BAGS DOWN INTO BALER WHEN HE FELT SORENESS IN HIS WRIST.
EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING 50# PRODUCT ON PALLETS WHEN HE TURNED AND FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
HE WAS DISASSEMBLING THE WEILER GRINDER. HE HAD TO REMOVE A RING WHICH IS THREADED ON. THE RING WEIGHS ABOUT 30 LB. A STEEL PIN PROTRUDES THROUGH THE CENTER OF THIS RING. THE RING DROPPED DOWN ON THE PIN, CATCHING I.NAME'S RIGHT INDEX FINGER. HE RECEIVED CUTS.
EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING 30# BALES OF PRODUCT ON A SCISSOR LIFT IN PACKAGING DEPARTMENT WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN RUN THROUGH HIS RIGHT SHOULDER & BICEP
EMPL CARRIED SEVERAL BAGS OF PRODUCT OF VARYING WEIGHTS 10 LB-25 LB TO TRASH BIN.LIFTING LAST 2 BAGS,FELT SHARP PAIN ON LOWER RIGHT SIDE OF BACK NEAR TAILBONE.
A DUST PICK-UP ON THE LARGE PAK LINE WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY & ALLOWED EXCESS ADDITIVE POWDER TO STAY ON THE TOP OF THE FILLED BAG AS THE EMPLOYEE FOLDED THE BAG TOP THE POWDER BECAME AIRBORN E AIRBORNE POWDER GOT INTO THE EMPLOYEES EYE CAUSING IT TO BECOME IRRITATED EMPLOYEE WAS RUBBING HIS EYE
EE WAS STACKING 50 LBS PRODUCT WHEN HE REACHED TO PULL DOWN AN EMPTY PALLET AND BUMPED THE BACK OF HIS RIGHT HAND ON THE PALLET.
EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING 50 # BALES ONTO A PALLET WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK, LEFT SIDE.
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLIMB ON TOP OF TALL BULK DRUM TO LOOK DOWN INSIDE THE INSPECT CONTENTS. EMPLOYEE JUMPED, USING HIS ARMS TO HELP PULL AND PUSH HIS BODY ON TOP OF DRUM, ALLOWING HIS WIERGHT TO REST ON HIS LOWER ABDOMEN.
EMPLOYEE WAS BALING 8# BAG WITH HIS RIGHT HAND AND FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT WRIST.
EMPLOYEE IS NOW CLAIMING HE HURT HIS LEFT SHOULDER WHILE SELAING ON THE SMALL PACK LINE. THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT REPORT FILED AND ALL PERVIOUS DOCTOR VISTIS HAVE BEEN PAID BY OUR HEALTH INSURAN CE.
STACKING BALED PRODUCT ON PALLETS FELT PAIN SHOOT UP I N ARM IN ELBOW AREA
EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING ON PALLET WHEN HE TRIED TO GRAB A SLIPPING BALE AND RIGHT SHOULDER POPPED CAUSING PAIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING CLAY PRODUCT ON A PALLET AND EXPERNCIED LOWER PAIN IN BACK WHEN HE LIFTED PRODUCT OVER HIS HEAD.
EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN SENT TO THE SHIPPING DEPT. TO CHANGE THE COASTER WHEELS ON THE STRETCHWRAPPER. THE STRETCHWRAPPER IS A MACHINE USED TO WRAP PRODUCT WHICH IS LOADED ON TRUCKS AT THE SHIPPING DOCKS. HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE THE TURNTABLE PLATFORM OFF THE STRETCHWRAPPER WHEN IT SLIPPED OFF THE PEDESTAL AND HIT HIS MIDDLE FINGER. HIS MIDDLE FINGER ON THE LEFT HAND IS FRACTURED.
EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING 8# PRODUCT WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS NECK AND UPPER BACK. HE WAS NOT DOING ANYTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY WHEN THE PAIN OCCURRED.
EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING 50# BALES OF PRODUCT ON A PALLET WHEN A BALE SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HANDS. HE TRIED TO CATCH IT AND THEN FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPL STACKING 50 LB BALES OF PRODUCT ON PALLET FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS IN A TRAINING PROGRAM ON THE 10# LINES. HE WAS STACKING 50# BALES AT THE END OF THE CONVEYING SYSTEM. AS HE PLACED A BALE, IT STARTED TO SLIP. HE ATTEMPTED TO GRAB THE BALE BEFORE IT FELL, CAUSING HIS BACK TO BE STRAINED BY THE UNEVEN WEIGHT OF THE BALE.
EMPL WAS STACKING RPODUCT AT END OF 50# LINE WHEN FOREIGN OBJECT BLEW INTO LEFT EYE.
EMPL WAS HOSING DOWN CONCRETE AREA WHEN HE BUMPED ELBOW ON SUPPORT LEG ON CONVEYOR. EMPL DID NOT REPORT ACCIDENT. WE WERE MADE AWARE IT WAS ACIDENT ON JOB WHEN BILLING WAS RECEIVED FROM HOSPIT AL WHERE EMPL WAS TREATED ON 6/19/89 EMPL WAS QUESTIONED BY SUPERVISOR & ACCIDENT REPORT WAS FILLED OUT ON 7/6/89. NO TIME WAS LOST.
EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING 50 LB. BALES OF PRODUCT ON A PALLET. HE WAS JUST STARTING THE FIFTH TIER WHEN HE TWISTED AS HE WAS LIFTING A BALE OF PRODUCT AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LEFT SIDE.
STACKING BALES ON PAK LINE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING 50# BALES OF PRODUCT PLACING THEM ONTO A PALLET THAT WAS LOCATED AT WAIST HEIGHT EMPLOYEE WAS TWISTING HIS BODY INSTEADOF MOVING HIS FEET AS HE TURNED TO PLACE THESE BALE S EWMPLOYEE WAS IN A HURRY TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH THE PRODUCTION LINES FIRST DATE MISSED FROM THIS ACCIDENT WAS 031089
AS EMP. REACHED DOWN AND ACROSS THE CONVEYOR BELT TO PICK UP AN 8# BAG THAT HAD FALLEN OFF THE LINE, HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EMP. WAS SHOVELING CLAY OUT FROM UNDER THE V TROUGH CONVEYOR WHEN HE PICKED UP A SHOVEL FULL OF CLAY AND FELT PAIN IN HIS CHEST.
EMPLOYEE DOES A LOT OF BENDING, TURNING, AND LIFTING ON HIS JOB. HE HAS NO AEFINITE ACCIDENT, JUST THAT HIS LOWER BACK BEGAN TO HURT. ASSISTANT PLANT MANAGER QUESTIONED HIM AND HE SAID HE COUL N'T THINK OF ANY OTHER PLACE HE COULD HAVE HURT. HIMSELF. HE DIDN'T REPORT THE ALLEGED BACK INJURY UNTIL TWO DAYS LATER.
UNKNOWN POSSIBLY COLD WEATHER OVERTIME AND REPEATED MOTION WERE FACTORS IN THIS INCIDENT HAD EMPLOYEE FOLLOWED PRECEDURES THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN NO LOST TIME FROM THIS INCIDENT
EMPL WAS DROPPING COUPONS IN A BAG WHEN A ROEIGN OBJECT FLEW INTO HER LE EYE DR STATEMENT AND ACCIDENT PAPERWORK NOT RECEIVED IN OFFICE UNTIL 10-11-88
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING A LADDER WHEN HIS BACK POPPED, AND STARTED HURTING BADLY, TREATED FOR LUMBAR SACRAL SPRAIN. BACK HAD BEEN HURTING PRIOR TO THIS.
EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING BAGS ON SMALL PAK LINE WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LEFT WRIST.
LIFTING 50 LB BAGS OF GRANULES STRAINED BACK
EMPLOYEE REPORTED TO US ON SEPTEMBER 30, 1988 THAT HE INJURED HIMSELF ON SEPTMEBER 14, 1988. HE THINKS HE HURT HIMSELF LIFTING BUT HE HAS NO INCIDENT OF WHEN IT HAPPENED. HE TOLD US PRIOR TO THIS DATE THAT THIS WASN'T WORK REALTED. WE FEEL THIS ISN'T WORK RELATED BUT ONLY ALLEGED BY THE EMPLOYEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING PRODUCT WHEN A BALE SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND. WHEN HE TRIED TO CATCH IT, IT PULLED HIM OVER BUMPING HIS RIGHT WRIST AGAINST A TAPE STAND AND HEFELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING 50# BAGS. EACH BAG MUST BE FLIPPED RIGHT SIDE UP ON THIS LINE. WHEN HE FLIPPED A BAG OVER, HE FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT LOWER ARM.
EMPL STACKING BAGS ON PALLET.OFF BALANCE AS HE TURNED TO STACK BAGS ON PALLET AND HE FELT PAIN IN LEFT SHOULDER.
EMP. WAS STACKING 25 POUND BALES OF PRODUCT ON PALLET WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS S EALING BAGS ON LARGE PACK LINE HE PULLED CHAIR UP TO THE LINE RAISED UP & STRUCK THE RT.SIDE OF HIS FACE NEXT TO RT.EYE ON A DUST PICK-UP PIPE
EMP WAS OFF BEARING 50# BALES OF PRODUCT ON LARGE PACK LINE WHEN HE TWISTED HIS RT WRIST
A TANKER TRUCK 4AS BEING UNLOADED TO BULK STORAGE TANKS PRODUCT BEING UNLOADED TO STORAGE WAS ONE OF OUT ADDITIVE PRODUCTS. THE DRIVER HAD FINISHED PUMPING AND BEGAIN REMOVING THE HOSE FROM TH E BY PASS WHILE3OUR EMPLOYEE DECIDED TO REMOVE THE HOSE HOOK UP AT THE METER. THERE WAS PRESSURE BUILD UP IN THE LINE AND THE ADDITIVE BLEW BACK ON I NAME AS HE UNHOOKED THE HOSE. SOME WENT I