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EE WAS SHOVELING MATERIAL FROM WHEELBARROW, TURNED W/SHOVEFUL, FELT AND KNEE GIVE AWAY.
LIFTING POWDER INJURED L. SHOULDER, LOW BACK.
CARRYING TRANSMISSION TRIPPED AND DROPPED ON FOOT.
TWISTED WRIST WHILE HOLDING CYLINDER.
EE STATES WHILE LIFTING CORE TUBE UP THROUGH RODS, CORE CAME OUT AND ENTRAPPED HIS LEFT THUMB BETWEEN ROD AND PIPE.
SURFACE UTILITY WORKERS WERE UNLOADING FREIGHT INCULDING 12' 8X8 MINE TIMBERS BY HAND FROM AN AIRPLANE (SIDE DOOR OF A DC6). DURING THE COURSE OF THE AFTERNOON'S WORK, THIS WORKER STRAINED MUS CLES IN HIS ABDOMEN AND BACK SEVERELY ENOUGH THAT THE FOLLOWING DAY HE HAD TO DISCONTINUE WORK & SEE A DR. DR. SUBSEQUENTLY EXCUSED HIM FROM RETURN TO WORK.
MINER WAS MOVING AIR HEADER ON 2" BULL HOSE, HIS HAND BUMPED A VALVE HANDLE, TURNING THE VALVE ON AND SPRAYED HIS FACE WITH FROZEN CONDENSATE, AND SAND/DIRT ON HEADER ASSEMBLY.
PATIENT WAS MOVING "I" BEAM FROM AN AIRPLANE WHEN "I" BEAM SLIPPED AND CAUGHT WEB OF RIGHT HAND. RESULT WAS AVULSION BETWEEN THUMB & 1ST FINGER. PATIENT WAS WEARING LEATHER GLOVES.
EMPLOYEE AND ANOTHE RPERSON WERE MOVING A40 CABLE REEL WITH CABLE ON IT FROM SOEM JACK STANDS. THE JACK STANDS WERE ON UNEVEN GROUND AND THEY TIPPED OVER. THE REEL DROPPED AND EMPLOYEE'S WRI ST WAS SPRAINED.
PUTTING TRANSMISSION BACK IN TRUCK.
DOOR ON PASSENGER SIDE OF CHEVY S-10 WOULD NOT OPEN EMPLOYEE TRIED TO CRAWL THRU THE WINDOW INJURING HIS LOWER BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING ROCK FROM JAW CRUSHER, AND HIS RIGHT HAND FINGERS GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN JAW PLATE AND ROCK. INDEX FINGER & MIDDLE FINGER.
EE WAS REBUILDING WELDING MACHINE FACER FELL ON LEFT INDEX FINGER.
INSTALLING A 15FT LONG 3" SCHEDULE 40 PIPE NEXT TO THE TANK OF TRUCK WHEN PIPE SLIPPED OFF A PLATFORM MADE TO HOLD IT. WHEN PIPE SLIPPED OFF OF PLATFORM THE END OF THE PIPE SMASHED MECHANICS L EFT LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN PIPE AND TANK CUTTING AND SMASHING IT. FINGER HAD TO BE REMOVED AT HOSPITAL.
MOVING BOXES AND TYPING 9 HOURS. LEFT WRIST & THIRD & FORTH FINGERS AREA SWOLLEN & EXTREMELY PAINFULL. MUSCLES IN WRIST & UNDERARM ARE HURTING. SPRAINED WRIST.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING A 14 FT. DRILL ROD FROM THE POWDER TRUCK WHEN ONE END FELL FROM THE TRUCK. TO AVOID BEING JARRED BY THE ROD, EMPLOYEE DROPPED THE END HE WAS HOLDING, DROPPING IT ON HIS LE FT FOOT. EMPLOYEE WAS NOT WEARING HARD TOE BOOTS WHICH MAY HAVE PREVENTED INJURY.
VICTIM WAS LIFTING 50 LB. ANFO BAGS FROM TRAILER INTO POWDER TRUCK WHEN HE STRAINED HIS NECK. HE WAITED UNTIL MARCH 1 TO SEE IF HE WOULD IMPROVE AND THEN MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH A CHIROPRACTO R.
EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING ROCK OFF OF SCREEN.THE ROCK SLIPPED FROM HIS HANDS AND HE TRIED TO CATCH IT RESULTING IN A STRAINED SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS GRAB SAMPLING A MUCK PILE ON SURFACE WHEN A ROCK ROLLED DOWN THE PILE AND STRUCK HIM ON THE RIGHT LOWER LEG.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING ONE END OF A 12" X 12" TIMBER TO PUT ON THE FORKS OF A FORKLIFT. (EMPLOYEE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 8/1/89)
EMPL WAS REMOVING COVER FROM SMALL MOTOR REMOVING COVER CAUSED ARMATURE TO RELEASE WHICH TURNED FAN BLADE CUTTING HAND.
EMPL WAS DRILLING UP HOLE STEEL SLIPPED OUT OF CENTRALIZER & FELL TO GROUND.. EMPL WAS TRYING TO PICK UP DRILL STEEL & PUT IT BACK ON DRILL WHEN HE PULLED BACK.
THE INJURED STRAINED BACK WHILE LIFTING A PUMP INTO AN UPRIGHT POSITION.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING 5 FT INNER B W CORE TUBE FROM -90 DEGREE DRILL HOLE WHEN FELT PAIN IN GROIN AREA
CARRYING SM BREAKER OF NITRCI ACID IT SLIPPED FORM HAND BREAKER HIT COUNTER TOP AND SPLASHED NITRIC ACID ON CLOTHING.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO CLEAN THE WATER JACKET ON THE CRUSHER WHILE CLEANING HE RAN HIS FINGER OVER THE BRASS BEARING FOR THE CRUSHER HEAD & CUT IT OPEN LITTLE FINGER ON RT.HAND
INJURED WAS ASSISTING IN INSTALLING A PUMP IMPELLOR DUE TO HIS POSITION AND THE EFFORT REQUIRED, HE STRAINED HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING AT OPERATOR'S POSITION OF TAMROCK JUMBO. HE REACHED OVER CONTROLS AND PICKED UP A HYDRAULIC VALVE BODY ASSEMBLY. AS HE LIFTED, HE FELT PAIN IN LEFT GROIN AND TESTICLE. T HE EMPLOYEE IMMEDIATELY DROPPED VALVE ASSEMBLY.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING A FILTER FEED PUMP. BUMPED HAND AND FINGERS AGINST PUMP.
LIFTING RING PR9SS OUT OF SINK IT SLIPPED DUE TO SOAPY SURFACE WENT TO CATCH IT AND TRAPPED HAND DUE TO WEIGHT OF PRESS.
LIFTING AND STA7KING 100 LB BAGS OF NITRATE, FELT PAIN IN BOTH SIDES OF LOWER ABDOMEN.
EMPLOYEE WAS LI0TING RING PULVERIZER OUT OF PULVERIZING MACHINE. PULLED LIGAMENT IN RIGHT FOREARM.