The man was stacking bags of sand using the palletizer. A bag of sand was sliding out of position; the man stuck his hand in the table to straighten bag and was caught between the table and the bag of sand. The man was burned by the hot sand before he could get released.
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Showing all 7EE feels the particulate may have entered his eye when he was shoveling slag the previous night.
Driver for our company, came to me on 9/20/05 and said he had injured his back while decsending a ladder after loading his truck on 9/15/05. He did not report the injury till 9/20/05 around 4:30 pm. I sent him to the doctor right after he told me of his injury, he did not miss any work, as he returned to work the next day. The doctor gave him light duty work.
EE CAME INTO MY OFFICE THIS MORNING & TOLD ME HE HAD STRAINED HIS BACK YESTERDAY (7/14/05) WHILE STACKING PALLETS. EE WAS SENT TO THE DOCTOR FOR AN EXAMINATION IMMEDIATELY & DOCTOR HAS RESTRICTED HIS ACTIVITY TO NO KNEELING, SQUATING, BENDING, STOOPING, PUSHING, PULLING OR PICKING UP MORE THAN 10 LBS. THE DOCTOR WILL RE-EVALUATE HIM ON MONDAY (7/18/05).
ANOTHER EE SWUNG AT HIM WITH A FILLED TUBE AND HIT HIM WHEN HE RAISED HIS HAND TO BLOCK HIS FACE FROM BEING HIT. INJURING EE'S RING FINGER.
WHILE CLOSING THE GATE ON THE BOTTOM OF SILO, EE RAN INTO HANDLE WHICH WAS STICKING OUT ON SIDE OF THE WALKWAY. HE HIT HIMSELF IN THE CHEST AND NICKED HIS FOREHEAD.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A DRUM OF HYDRAULIC FLUID AND PULLED HIS RIGHT GROIN MUSCLE CAUSING A HERNIA.