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Miner was picking up a roll of scrap conveyor belting that weighed approximately 75 pounds. After lifting the roll he turned his upper body and felt pain in his back. Miner failed to obtain help or use equipment as required when lifting heavy or awkward loads.
Miner lost footing while placing drill steel in holder, causing him to drop the steel, which bounced off ground and struck his left foot. Impact caused bruising to three toes on the foot. Safety boots not worn.
Worker opening and closing rail car hopper gates and felt pain in his back. Moved to a different job next day. Sought medical attention on 7/24/06 and placed on limited duty.
Miner was changing screen deck on 6/28/06 and felt slight pain in back but continued to work. Pain worse on 7/1/06 and sought medical attention. He was treated for pinched nerve/strain in his back.
Operator and mechanic were lifting pieces of sheet pile using an excavator. Mechanic was attaching load to a large wire rope sling. Other end of sling fell off teeth of excavator striking him on the head. Mechanic was wearing a face shield but no hard hat and sling was attached to teeth of the excavator instead of attached by a hook or proper lifting connection.
Monday morning (7/25/05) Employee was dispatched to another site and showed up complaing that he must have got a hernia on saturday at work. He went to the doctor and the doctor confirmed he did have a hernia and needed surgery. On saturday employee asked for help from laborer in lifting some but not all items. Did not complain that day of any pain.
EE and two co-workers were attempting to remove a large asphalt chunk off of a belt when the load shifted causing the asphalt chunk to come down and smash his right index finger. He sought medical attention and received 3 stitches.
Repetitive motion of lifting buckets of aggregate into back of a pickup.
Ee was making adjustments to the gear box. Finger was trapped between counterweights. Skin was ripped off index finger and nail fell off. Pain and throbbing occured.
EE WAS REMOVING TEMPORARY SAFETY HAND RAILS & PLYWOOD COVERS ON GRIZZLY BARS ON DREDGE. WHILE REMOVING THE LAST OF THE PLYWOOD, HIS FOOT SLIPPED THRU THE BARS. HE USED HIS RIGHT HAND TO CATCH HIMSELF.
EE WAS PICKING UP GARBAGE AROUND WORK BUTTON SHACK WHEN SHE WAS STUCK WITH A SHARP NEEDLE THAT HAD BEEN USED FOR CHECKING BLOOD FOR DIABETES
HE JUMPED ONTO LADDER GOING INTO TRAILER. HE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 9-4-03.
PULLING BELT FROM UNDER JAW TRAILER, STRAINED LOW BACK.
EE WAS TRYING TO GET HEAD ROLL BACK INTO POSITION BY PUSHING AND PULLING WHICH RESULTED IN A BACK STRAIN.
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CLEANING THE DOOR ON THE RAILROAD CAR. EMPLOYEE #2 CLOSED THE DOOR FROM THE OTHER SIDE WHILE EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STILL IN THE DOOR.
WAS HANDED A 3'X 5' SCREEN PANEL ON CATWALK, GRABBED PANEL RAISED IT QUICLY, SMASHED RT. HAND THUMB ON CONVEYOR FRAME.
INSTALLING SCREEN IN MIDDLE DECK - OVEREXTENDED SHOULDER CAUSING SHOULDER STRAIN.
NO SPECIFIC INCIDENT WAS REALIZED. DUTIES CAN REQUIRE HEAVY LIFTING AT TIMES, POSSIBLY RESULTING IN DEVLOPMENT OF A HERNIAL CONDITION. WORK BEFORE SYPTOMS WERE NOTICED, EMPLOYEE WAS CRUSHING RAP @ CRUSHER; HEAVY CHUNKS CAN AND GET STUCK REQUIRING EMPLOYEE TO DISLODGE & REMOVE.
UNLOADING CONVEYOR ROLLER FRAMES RIGHT HAND GLOVE WAS CAUGHT TWISTING RIGHT INDEX FINGER CAUSING A SPRAIN TO RIGHT INDEX FINGER.