HE WAS PICKING UP A 7 7/8 BIT THAT HAD A SUB ON IT INCORRECTLY 4 PULLED A GROIN MUSCLE.
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Showing all 27WHILE BREAKING A DRILL PIPE CONNECTION THE RACHET JAW ON THE BREAKOUT TONGS BROKE. INJURED EE WAS STEPPING ONTO DRILL STAND WHEN THE TONGS PIECE BROKE AND WAS STRUCK ON THE UPPER CHEEK BELOW L EFT EYE. AND A PIECE OF THE TONG EMBEDDED INTO LOWER PART OF LEFT EYE. HE WAS NOT WEARING HIS AFETY GLASSES.
EE WAS INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE A BLANK FROM A SIDE "TEE" ON A PIPELINE WHICH HE WAS NOT AWARE WAS AN ACTIVE AIR PIPELINE. UPON LOOSENING THE CLAMP HOLDING THE BLANK ON THE LINE, THE PRESSURE FORC ED THE BLANK OFF WHICH SUDDENLY RELEASED ALL LINE PRESSURE RESULITNG IN THE AIRL LINE RECOILING AND STRIKING EE IN THE FACE.
EE WAS HAND PULLING A 10 H.P. GOULD PUMP INTO POSITION WHEN IT FELL FROM THE SUPPORT, CATCHING HIS MIDDLE FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THE PUMP AND SUPPORT. HIS FINGER SUSTAINED A 1.5 CENT IMETER LACERATION REQUIRING TWO STITCHES.
EE WAS LOWERING A 3 HP MOTOR FROM A STORAGE SHELF IN THE MOTOR SHED. THE SHELF WAS AT EYE LEVEL AND THE FLOOR IN FRONT OF THE SHELF WAS CLUTTERED. THE EE WAS NOT ABLE TO GET AS CLOSE TO THE SH ELF A NECESSARY FOR LIFTING. THE MOTOR WAS LOWERNEXT LOWER SHELF. EE DID NOT FEEL ANY POP OR STRAIN AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. DURING THE INSTALLATION OF THE MOTOR THE EE FELT A PROGRESSIVE
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A PARKING BRAKE ASSEMBLY FROM THE FLOOR TO A DOLLEY AFTER ASSEMBLE HAD FALLEN OFF THE DOLLEY. AS EMPLOYEE LIFTED HE FELT A STRAIN AND HEARD A POP FROM HIS BACK. MEDICAL INVESTIGATION REVEALED A STRAIN TO THE LEFT SUPRASPINAL MUSCLE.
EE WAS LIFTING PIPE INTO WELDING MACHINE WITH BACK AND SHOULDERS. HE FELT PAIN IN HIS SHOULDER, RT ARM AND HAND HE ALSO COMPLAINED OF NUMBNESS IN INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGER. THE ACCIDENT BECAME R EPORTABLE ON 1-5-94 WHEN EE ENTERED A PHYSICAL THERAPY PROGRAM.
HD31 DOZER WAS RUNNING HOT.EMPLOYEE STOPPED OPERATING FOR A PERIOD OF TIME TO LET THE ENGINE COOL DOWN.HE THEN STARTED CHECKING TO FIND THE PROBLEM.HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE THE RADIATOR CAP WHEN THE CAP WAS TOUCHED IT BLEW OFF SPRAYING HIM WITH ENGINE COOLANT AND STEM.
WHILE DRAGGING AN OIL DRAIN PAN OUT FROM UNDER A CATERPILLAR 633C SCRAPER, EMPLOYEE (TWISTED BACK) INJURED BACK.
EMPL LIFTING HITCH PIN ONTO TRACTOR. THE PIN SLIPPED FROM GRASP STRIKING FINGER BETWEEN PIN AND FENDER OF TRACTOR.
54736YEE WORKING ON UNDERSIDE OF 613 WATER WAGON WHEN DIRT FELL INTO BOTH EYES.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING ONTO THE DOZER HE WAS OPERATING AND AS HE REACHED FOR A GRAB IRON HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER BLADE AREA.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING A BURNED OUT LIGHT BULB WHENTHER BULB BROKE,CUTTING HIS RIGHT THUMB.
LEFT HAND WAS LACERATED BRUISED BY A FALLING GATE ROLLER REQUIRING SUTURES. THE EE FAILED TO PROPERLY SECURE A GATE ROLLER ON THE UPPER PORTION OF A STEEL POST WHILE ADJUSTING THE BOTTOM ROLLE R ON THE SAME POST. VIBRATIONS CAUSED THE ROLLERTO LOOSEN AND FALL PINCHING THE EE S HAND BETWEEN THE TWO ROLLERS.
EMPLOYEE HAD FLAT TIRE ON PICK-UP. CHANGED TIRE AND THREW IT INTO THE BACK OF THE TRUCK, FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK. NOTE: THE EMPLOYEE WAS SENT TO THE DOCTOR FOR FIRST AID TREATMENT TO DETERM INE THE EXTENT OF THE INJURY. SUBSEQUENT VISITS TO THE DOCTOR REVEALED A DISK PROBLEM WHICH MAY DEVELOP INTO A MORE SERIOUS INJURY.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A LONGER AIR LANCE TO CAUSTIC TANK AND RUBBED HIS ARM ACROSS HOSE WHICH HAD CAUSTIC SOLUTION ON IT.CHEMICAL BURNS OF SODIUM HYDROXIDE RIGHT ARM.
EMPL LIFTING AND ROLLING ROCKS OUT OF ROADWAY AND SUSTAINED ACUTE LUMBAR STRAIN OF BACK.
EMPLOYEE FELL AND INJURED BACK AND LEFT ARM WHEN ATTEMPTING TO LIFT BUCKET CONTAINING ORE SAMPLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING MECHANIC HOOK UP BULL HOSE TO 6 INCH PIPE LINE. THE PIPELINE HAD BEEN SECURED BY ROPE. THE ROPE SLIPPED AND THE PIPE FELL SXX CATCHING MAN S FINGER INBETWEEN PIPE AND FLAN GE SUTURES WERE REQUIRED.
EMPLOYEE WAS LOWERING DEPTH METER IN MONITOR WELL WHEN HE EXPERIANCED LOWER BACK PAINS.
HE BENT OVER TO3PICK UP A FUEL HOSE AND NOZZLE AND STRAINED LOWER BACK, HIS CHOICE TO SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION FROM CHRIOPRACTOR INSTEAD OF MEDICAL DR BECAUSE OF THIS THERE IS A UNCERTAINTY OF W HETHER DAYS LOS7 IS OF A VALID NATURE
EMPLOYEE WAS RO5LING ROCKS TO POSITION THEM FOR BREAKING ON GRIZZLY WHEN HIS FIRST FINGER OF LEFT HAND WAS CAUGHT IN BETWEEN
EMP PICKED UP A35 FT MAT TO PIN UP WHILE ROCK BOLTING AND LACERATED RT HAND ON A BURR THAT WAS CREATED WHEN MANUFACTURER STAMPED HOLES IN MAT SUTURES WERE REQUIRED
EMP ATTEMPTED TO LOAD A BARREL OF OIL ON KABOTA TRACTOR AND STRAINED LOWER BACK
HANDLING AND MOVING OF DRUMS OF MATERIAL THEREBY CAUSING STRAIN OR CONTUSION TO BONES IN LEFT HAND
EE WAS CLSOING DOORS AFTER GETTING ON ELEVATOR AT A2 LEVEL OF HEAD FRAME & CAUGHT HIS RT HAND BETWEEN DOORS CAUISNG FRACTURES OF RING & LITTLE FIGNER METACARPALS OF RT HAND TREQUIRED SHORT C AST.
EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING U/G PAN FEEDER ATT HE PRODUCTION SHAFT LOADING POCKET. HE HAD HIS LEFT HAND RESTING ON FRAME WORK WHEN SOME PIPE, STORED ABOVE WAS DISLODGED AND FELL STRIKING ON TOP OF HAND CAUSING A CONTUSION AND SMALL LACERATION. SUTURES WERE REQUIRED-NO RESTRICTED WORK DAYS.