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EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING THE TRANSMISSION FLUID ON A HAUL TRUCK. HE COULD NOT SEE THE SIGHT GUAGE SO HE PULLED HIMSELF UP BY HOLDING ONTO A HYDRAULIC HOSE. AT THIS TIME HE FELT A POP AND PAIN IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE STATES THAT AS HE SHOVELED AT THE JUNIPER MILL NEAR THE APRON FEEDER, HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK. HE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION AT THE TIME. HOWEVER, ON 10/25/99 HE WAS EXAMIN ED BY AN E.R. PHYSICIAN WHO DIAGNOSED A LOWER BACK STRAIN AND PLACED THE EMPLOYEE ON LIGHT DUTY.
EMPLOYEE STATES THAT AS HE WAS PUSHING A CUTTING EDGE OFF A RACK ONTO A FLAT BED OF PICKUP HE FELT A POP IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE WAS EXAMINED BY AN E.R. PHYSICIAN WHO DIAGNOSED LOWER BACK PAIN AND RELEASED THE EMPLOYEE TO RETURN TO WORK. HOWEVER, ON 10/18 THE EMPLOYEE WAS STILL EXPERIENCING PAIN. DIAGNOSED WITH BACK PAIN AND PLACED ON LIGHT DUTY 7-10 DAYS.
THE EE WAS REMOVING THE CUTTING EDGE OFF LD226 LOADER. THE BOLTS HOLDING THE EDGE WERE CUT LOOSE CAUSING THE CUTTING EDGE TO FALL, LANDING ON THE EE'S FEET. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE ER WHERE THE DR. DIAGNOSED A BROKEN RIGHT FOOT. THE EE WAS TAKEN OFF WORK UNTIL 10-09, AT WHICH TIME HE WAS RELEASED TO LIGHT DUTY.
EE LIFTED BATTERIES FROM A PALLET LOCATED ON THE DOCK FLOOR INTO A STORAGE CONTAINER. AS HE BENT OVER TO LIFT A BATTERY, HE TWISTED AND FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.
WHILE RETRIEVING A TOOL FROM THE TOP SHELF, EE RUBBED HIS WRIST AGIANST A SHARP INSIDE CORNER. THIS CAUSED A DEEP CUT IN HIS RIGHT WRIST RESULTING IN 7 STITCHES.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON THE POWDER CREW DEWATERING, AND PUTTING PLASTIC BAGS IN BLAST HOLES. AS HE REACHED DOWNWARD, HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK, LEFT SIDE.
THE EE STATES THAT WHILE HE SET THE HYTORQUE JACKS, TO TIGHTEN BOLTS, HE LIFTED A JACK AND HIS MIDDLE BACK POPPED. HE SET THE JACK DOWN AND BREIFLY RESTED. HE THEN ATTEMPTED TO LIFT THE JACK B UT COULD NOT. THE FOLLWOING DAY HE SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION AS HIS BACK WAS STILL BOTHERING HIM. THE DR. DIAGNOSED LOWER BACK PAIN AND RELEASE THE EE TO LIGHT DUTY.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING HIS ROLL-AWAY TOOL BOX. HIS LEFT FOOT BECAME WEDGED BETWEEN THE TOOL BOX ANDTHE SHOP FLOOR.
WHILE REMOVING A DRIVE CHAIN FROM A MOTOR GRADERTHE CHAIN SLIPPED CAUSING A LACERATION TO THE PALM OF JOSE'S RIGHT HAND. RESULTING IN SUTURES
EE WAS REINSTALLI8NG THE BAGHOUSE DOOR WHEN THE DOOR SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND AND STRUCK THE TOP OF HIS LEFT FOOT, CAUSING A CUT THAT REQUIRED STITCHES.
WHILE MOVING A HYDRAULIC CYLINDER IT SLIPPED ON A METAL BRACKET & PINCHED HIS LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN THE CYLINDER & THE BRACKET CAUSING A SMALL LACERATION
EE STATES THAT WHILE SHOVELING HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION AND WORKED THE REMAINED OF THE SHIFT. BEFORE COMING TO WORK HIS NEXT SHIFT, HE REPORTED THE INJ URY AND WAS EXAMINED BY A PHYSICIAN WHO DIAGNOSED A MUSCLE STRAIN. THE WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED WORK DUTY AND WILL FOLLOW-UP WITH THE PHYSICIAN IN ONE WEEK.
DRIVER WAS ATTEMPTING TO DISCONNECT THE UNLOADING HOSE ON TRAILER. WHILE PULLING ON THE PIPE, IT CAME BACK AND STRUCK HIM IN THE CHIN.
THE INJ EE STATES THAT AS SHE CARRIED 5 GALLON WATER BOTTLES AND PLACED THEM DOWN, SHE INJURED HER BACK. SHE STATES SHE CARRIED 3 WITHOUT INCIDENT, HOWEVER, ON THE 4TH, AS SHE PLACED IT DOWN ONTO THE FLOOR, SHE FELT PAIN IN HER LOWER BACK SHE WAS TAKEN TO THE ER, WHERE THE DR DIAGNOSED HER WITH "LOW BACK PAIN". ON 9/16/98, SHE WAS EXAMINED BY HER DR WHO TOOK HER OFF WORK DUE TO
EE STATES THAT AS SHE TRIED TO REMOVE A CHOCK BLOCK FROM HT201 HAUL TRUCK, SHE HAD TO PUSH UP ON THE BLOCK AND AT THAT TIME SHE FELT HER SHOULDER POP. SHE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 3:00 PM WHEN THE PAIN WORSENED. SHE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE ER WHERE THE PHYSICIAN REDUCED THE DISLOCATION. SHE WAS REFERRED TO A SPECIALIST.
EMPLOYEE STATES AFTER SAMPLING THE PRIMARY CYCLONE FEED B HE WAS CLOSING THE VALVE FASTER THAN NORMAL. AS HE WAS DOING THIS HIS LEFT THUMB JAMMED INTO THE VALVE WHEEL SPOKE, THEN GOT CAUGHT AN D WAS TWISTED.
WHILE REMOVING HOT CRUCIBLE FROM THE OVEN, BARBARA WAS SWIRLING AND TAPPING THE SAMPLE WHEN THE HOT SLAG CAME OUT OF THE CRUCIBLE. IT FELL IN THE TOP OF HER SHOE, CAUSING 1ST, 2ND, AND 3RD DE GREE BURNS TO HER LEFT ANKLE.
WHILE CHANGING HAMMER BITS ON DRILL DR 750, ONE GOT STUCK. EE ATTEMPED TO DISLDOGE IT BY WIGGLING AND PULLING AT THE SAME TIME. AFTER AWHILE EE NOTICED A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK
WHILE WORKING A MOTOR THAT HAD AN OIL LEAK, HE WAS TRYING TO CLEAN UP THE LEAK. HE LIFTED THE MOTOR WITH HIS RIGHT HAND AND PUT HIS LEFT HAND UNDER THE MOTOR. HIS RIGHT HAND SLIPPED AND THE MO TOR LANDED ON HIS HAND.
WHILE LOWERING A BALL VALVE WEIGHING APPROX. 50 LBS. INTO A METAL FREIGHT BASKET, THE VALVE SHIFTED ADN SMASHED HER HAND AGAINST THE BASKET. THIS CAUSED A CUT ACROSS THE CENTER BONE ON HER RIG HT HAND.
WHILE LINING UP A PIECE OF 4" PALSTIC PIPE WITH THE FUSION MACHINE, THE EMPLOYEE LET GO OF THE PIPE AND IT FELL HITTING HER FOOT JUST ABOVE THE STELL TOE PLATE.
EE STATES HE INJURED HIS BACK WHILE CLIMBING THELADDER OF HM195 HAUL TRUCK. HE STATES HE WAS CARRYING A BAG OF HER PERSONAL GEAR UP THE LADDER. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO HGH ER WHERE HE WAS DIA GNOSED WITH UPPER BACK STRAIN AND PLACED ON LIGHT DUTY.
EMPLOYEE STATES WHILE PULLING UP THE LADDER ON SHOVEL 102, HE CAUGHT HIS THUMB BETWEEN THE LADDER AND THE RAIL. THIS CAUSED THE THUMB NAIL TO DISLODGE ITSELF. EMPLOYEE WAS TAKEN TO THE ER WHER E HE WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED WORK DUTY DUE TO AFRACTURE IN THE TIP OF THE THUMB.
EE WAS LOADING A GENERATOR INTO THE BED OF A PU WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF ANOTHER EE. HE STATES HE FELT PAIN ABOVE HIS HIP. HE REPORTED THE INCIDENT A LITTLE LATER. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE ER WHER E HE WAS PLACED ON LIGHT DUTY DUE TO LOW BACK PAIN.
EE STATES HE HURT HIS BACK WHEN THE JACK STAND HE WAS INSTALLING FELL. HE HAS A HOLD OF THE HANDLE WHEN THE STAND FELL TO THE GROUND. HE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL TREATMENT UNTIL 5-20-98, AT WHICH TIME HE WAS PLACED ON LIGHT DUTY UNTIL HE CAN BE RE-EVALUATED.
THE EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO PULL A BOX OF CROWBARS ONTO A RECEIVING SHELF. SHE STATES THAT AS SHE DID THIS, SHE FELT A PULL AND A TEAR IN HER LOWER BACK ALONG WITH BURNING. SHE WAS TRANSPORTED T O ER WHERE SHE WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED WORK ACTDUE TO LOWER BACK PAIN.
EE WAS INSTALLING A SET OF CUTTING EDGES ON A TRACK DOZER. AS THEY WERE INSTALLING THE CUTTING EDGE DROPPED DOWN, PINCHING FINGER BETWEEN CUTTING EDGE AND MOLDBOARD. EE SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTIO N AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A FRACTURE OF THE RIGHT LITTLE FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS FUELING HIS PICK UP AT THE GAS ISLAND. AS HE ATTEMPTED TO OPEN A STICKY DOOR ON THE LOG ENTRY CABINET, THE MIDDLE FINGER OF HIS LEFT HAND SLIPPED INTO THE HASP LOOP. THE DOOR SUDD ENLY REALEASED AND TRAPPED HIS FINGER. THE FINGER NAIL AND FINGER WAS CUT. ALSO THE TIP OF THE FINGER WAS FRACTURED.
INJ EE & ANOTHER EE WERE INSTALLING A LIFTING TEE. THE TEE WAS NOT LONG ENOUGH, SO EE MOVED A LADDER TO CLIMB UP AND REMOVE THE TEE. BEFORE HECOULD REACH THE TEE, THE TEE CAME LOOSE FROM THE PICKING HOLE OF THE HAUL TRUCK AND CAME AT EE. HE PUT HIS LEFT HAND UP TO PROTECT HIMSELF AND TO KNOCK THE TEE DOWN. THIS DISLOCATED HIS MIDDLEFINGER WHEN THE TEE MADE CONTACT WITH HIS HAND.
EE WAS INSTALLING A PISTON IN A 85 TON TRUCK ENGINE WHEN THE PISTON SLIPPED AND CAUGHT THE LITTLE FINGER OF HIS LEFT HAND. A CUT ON THE FINGER REQUIRED FOUR SUTURES.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING THE PRILL HOSE FROM HOLE WHILE LOADING BLAST HOLES. AS HE STOPPED AT A BLAST HOLE,HIS LEFT KNEE TWISTED.
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING DIRT AROUND A BLAST HOLE WHEN HE FELT SUDDEN PAIN ON THE TOP OF HIS LEFT HAND AND THE AREA BEGAN TO SWELL SLIGHTLY.
EMPLOYEE AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE CHANGING THE TIRE ON RT280 DOZER. THEY HAD THE FLANGE AND BEAD BAND ON. AS THEY PUSHED THE TIRE ON THE DOZER MOVED CAUSING THE METAL SPACER TO FALL. EMPLOYEE REACHED AROUND TO PICK UP THE SPACER AND THE BEAD BAND FELL HITTING HIS LEFT LEG. TYHE BAND WEIGHS APPROX 250 POUNDS.
EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING THE MUFFLER AND TAILPIPE ON A PICKUP TRUCK. HE PLACED THE MUFFLER ON TEH CATYLITIC CONVERTOR, THEN WNET TO THE BACK TO RAISE THE TAILPIPE INTO PLACE. WHILE DOING THIS, T HE MUFFLER FELL AND SMASHED HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER. HE WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY FOR 5 DAYS.
EMPLOYEE STARTED TO CLIMB ONTO THE BED OF THE BOOM TRUCK. AS HE STEPPED ONTO THE BUMPER AND BEGAN TO PULL HIMSELF UP, HE FELT A POP IN HIS LEFT KNEE.
DURING THE PROCESS OF LOWERING DW-25 WELL, A SECTION OF SOUNDING TUBE (APPROX. 30' X 1 1/2") SLID DOWN THE CASING ABOUT 5 FEET AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON TOP OF HIS RIGHT FOOT. HE WAS SEEN BY AN E R PHYSICIAN WHO SET THE FOOT AND REFFERED EMPLOYEE TO ANOTHER PHYSICIAN FOR ADDITIONAL MEDICAL TREATMENT. (10/02)
EE REPORTED THAT WHILE SHOIVELING FELT SHARP PAIN GO THROUGH SITE.
EE WAS CARRYING A 25LB. PART WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN THE BACK OF HIS RIGHT KNEE. HE WAS SEEN BY AN ER PHYSICIAN & RE-EVALUATED ON 9/18/97 AT WHICH TIME HE WAS RELEASED TO FULL DUTY. HOWEVER, ON 2 /13/98, HE UNDERWENT SURGERY TO HAVE BONE SPURS REMOVED FROM THE KNEE & A TENDON REPAIRED. HE WAS RELEASED TO RETURN TO WORK LIGHT DUTY.
EE WAS CLEANING OUT THE BAK OF U654 PU. HE PICKED UP 1 END OF CUTTING EDGE AND PLACED IT ON HIS KNEE. HE USED HIS KNEE TO PICK UP THE END, AND AS HE TURNED HE FELT HIS LEFT LOWER BACK POP. HE WAS SEEN BY AN ER DR AND PLACED ON LIGHT DUTY FOR 4 DAYS.
THE EE WAS HELPING LOAD EQUIPMENT ON A LOWBOY FOR TRANSPORT TO ANOTHER LOCATION. SOMETIME DURINGTHE DAY, HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS RIGHT ELBOW. NS SPECIFIC ACCIDENT OR INCIDENT WAS REALIZED BY TH E EE. HE SOUDHT MEDICAL ATTENTION ON 9/5/97.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO SHUT OFF SUCTION VALVE THAT LEADS TO THE LIME DISTRIBUTION PUMP #2 SO THAT MAINTENANCE WORKERS COULD REPLACE THE BROKEN LINE. WHILE SHUTTING THE VALVE, HE FELT A SHARP P AIN IN HIS LOWER RIGHT ABDOMEN. EMPLOYEE WAS SEEN BY A PHYSICIAN AND DIAGNOSED WITH AN INCARCERATED HERNIA. EMPLOYEE HAS BEEN RELEASED TO RETURNON RESTRICTED DUTY PENDING FOLLOWUP TREATMENT.
EMP REPORTED UNSURE WHAT HAPPENED, BUT BACK WAS SORE AFTER SHOVELING.
EE WAS WORKING ON THE WATER PUMP DRIVE COUPLER LOCATED AT REAR CENTER OF WT702 WATER TRUCK. AS HE WAS COMING OUT FROM THE PUMP DRIVE AREA, HE WAS DUCKED DOWN AS HE WALKED OUT FROM UNDERNEATH. EE STOOD UP WHEN HIS HEAD (HARD HAT) STRUCK A 2 INCH BALL VALVE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SPRAYER CAUSING HIS MOUTH TO CLOSE SUDDENLY. HIS BOTTOM TEETH CAME IN CONTACT WITH HIS UPPER TEETH CAUSN
EMPLOYEES WERE MOVING METAL SHAFTS. ONE ROLLED OFF THE PALLET, SO THEY PICKED IT UP AND PLACED IT BACK ON THE PALLET. THE SHAFT ROLLED, SMASHING EE'S FINGER BETWEEN ITSELF AND ANOTHER SHAFT . EE'S MIDDLE FINGER ON HER RIGHT HAND WAS FRACTURED AND SHE WAS PLACED ON LIGHT DUTY FOR 2 WEEKS.
EE WAS STEPPING UP TO CLIMB LADDER OF 110 SHOVELAND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS RIGHT KNEE. HE RAN SHOVEL FOR 4 HOURS AND NOTICIED HIS KNEE WAS STIFFENING UP. HE THEN SAW A DR AND WAS DIAGNOSE D WITH A MUSCLE STRAIN. HE WAS PLACED ON LIGHT DUTY FOR APPROX 30 DAYS.
EE LIFTED A METAL WARE PLATE AND THEN SLID THE PLATE ONTO A WORK TABLE. THE WARE PLATE WEIGHED APPROX. 70 LBS. LATER THAT NIGHT MIDNIGHT, HIS RIGHT SHOULDER STARTED TO HURT. HE WAS SEEN BY A P HYSCIAN AND DIAGNOSED TO HAVE BURSITIS IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. HE WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY FOR ONE WEEK.
EE WAS REMOVING A SECTION OF 14" PIPE. AFTER UNOLOTING ONE END AND CUTTING THE OTHER END OF THE PIPE, THE EE CLOSED THE VALVE. AT THIS TIME THE PIPE MOVED, CATCHING THE EE'S FINGET BETWEEN THE PIPE AND VALVE.
EE WAS COMING DOWN OFF SC806 SCRAPER USING THE STAIRS AND HANDRAILS WHEN HE FELT A POP IN HIS BACK. HE WAS EXAMINED BY EMTS BUT DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTON. ON THE FOLLOWIN DAY, HOWERVER, EE DID SEE A DR AND PLACED ON LIGHT DUTY DUE TO A STRAINED BACK.
EE WAS CARRYING A 100# BUCKET OF ZINC, WHEN HE STARTED TO CLIMB UP TWO STAIRS HE FELT AMUSCLE PULL IN HIS LEFT RIB AREA. HE DID NOT WSSEK MEDICAL ATTENTION AT THE TIME (6-7). ON 6-14,HOWEVER , HE WAS STILL EXPERIENCING PAIN AND WAS SEEN BY AN ER DR AT WHICH TIME HE WAS RELEASED TO LGIHT DTY UNTIL 6-21-97 AT WHICH TIME HE WILL SEE HIS FAMILY DR FOR FOLLOW UP.