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EMPLOYEE WAS GLUING 20'SECTIONS OF PVC PIPE ON A PIPE TRAILER & HE WAS HOLDING ONE END OF THE GLUED SECTION. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE PUSHER THE OTHER END OF THE SECTION TO ASSURE THE PVC PIPE SIDE IN TO THE SOCKET, & THE INJURED EMPLOYEE DID NOT REMOVE HIS HANDS FROM THE END. THE FORCE OF THE PIPE SMASHED HIS LEFT HAND AGAINST THE PIPE TRAILER.
CONTRACTOR HAD DELIVERED OUR SLURRY TRAILER TO ANOTHER SITE (TOHAL'S) & WAS DISENGAGING THE DC ELECTRICAL CONNECTION WHEN THE PULLING ACTION CAUSED HIS LEFT HAND TO CONTACT THE FIFTH WHEEL. TH E SHARPNESS OF THE FIFTH WHEEL CAUSED A DEEP LACERATION TO HIS LITTLE FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND. HE WQS REFERRED TO A DOCTOR WHO APPLIED SOME SUTURES TO THE WOUND.
EMPLOYEE HAD LIFTED A 12" PVC TEE FROM A BOX ON THE FLOOR AND AS HE TURNED TO LAY THE PART DOWN, HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LEFT KNEE. THE INJURY WAS DIAGNOSED BY A LOCAL PHYSICIAN AS A SPRAI NED KNEE. HE WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED WORK DUTY.
EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING IN THE LEVELING OF A PORTABLE BUILDING. HIS FUNCTION WAS TO ASSIST IN STABILIZING. WHILE STANDING IN A 10 FOOT TRENCH, THE SUPPORT THAT WAS HOLDING A FLANGE RING FAILED CAUSING THE FLANGE RING TO FALL STRICKING THE EMPLOYEE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HEAD AND SHOULDER.
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO RELIGHT PILOT LIGHT OF HEATING FURANCE AFTER REPAIRS WERE COMPLETED ON THE SUPPLY LINE EE BLEED SUPPLY LINE TO FURANCE PILOT. AS THE BLEEDING OF THE LINE TOOK PLACE A POCK ET OF PROPANE GAS DEVELOPED WITHIN THE ENCLOSURECLOST AS AN OPEN FLAME USED TO LIGHT THE PILOT APPROACHED THE PILOT A FLASH IGNITION OCCURRED RESULTING IN 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO THE VICTIM RIGHT
LIFTED SEVERAL HEAVY OBJECTS AND GRADUALLY STARTED FEELING PAIN IN LEFT TESTICLE.
HE WAS COMING OUT OF HOLE. WHILE HE WAS SLIDING PIPE DOWN, LAST PLUG CAME OFF AND PIPE HIT HIM ON LEFT UPPER EYEBROW AND BOTTOM PART OF CHIN. THIS ALSO CAUSED SCRAPING ON HIS CHIN AND STOMACH. STITCHES WERE REQUIRED FOR EYEBROW AND CHIN. DUE TO THE IMPACT ON CHIN, 2 TEETH ARE ALSO LOOSE.
WAS MAKING CONNECTIONS OF TWO 20FT LONG JOINTS OF PVC PIPE & PINCHED RT LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN PIPE TRAILER & 20FT PIPE JOINT RESULTED IN FOUR STITCHES
EMPLOYEE CONFRONTED ME ON 10-1-91 AT 1500 HOURS THAT HE WAS FEELING SOME DISCOMFORT IN HIS GROIN AREA. ON SEPTEMBER 30 WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO STEP OVER A PIPE ON THE GROUND HE FELT A SHARP PAIN . HE DID NOT REPORT THE INCIDENT BECAUSE HE THOUGHT IT WAS JUST STOMACH PAIN. EARLIER IN THE DAY HE AND SEVERAL EMPLOYEES WERE INSTALLING AN 8" PVC LINE ON A PIPE RACK APPROX 15' ABOVE GROUN
WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING MINOR MAINTENANCE TO THE TRUCK, HE PULLED THE HOOD LEVER INSIDE THE TRUCK. HE WENT OUT AND BANGED ON THE HOOD WITH HIS RIGHT HAND TRYING TO OPEN IT ACCIDENTALLY H ITTING A CHROME BUG GUARD CAUSING A LACERATION TO HIS RIGHT PALM REQUIRING ELEVEN STITCHES.
WHILE EMPTYING A 55 GAL DRUM OF SULFURIC ACID INTO HOLDING TANK A PART OF THE RACK USED TO SUPPORT THE DRUM FELL THROUGH THE PALLET OPENING CAUSING THE LOAD TO SHIFT AND TIP OVER. INJURED IN A N EFFORT TO KEEP THE DRUM FROM FALLING INTO THE TANK OF SULFURIC ACID HEL ONTO THE DRUM WHILE CALLING FOR ASSISTANCE FROM ANOTHER EMPLOYEE. ABOUT 40 MINUTES AFTER THE INCIDENT, INJURED BEGAN
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO HITCH A LOADED ACID TRAILER TO THE BUMPER OF A 4X4 PICKUP.THE BUMPER ON THE PICKUP WAS HIGHER THAN THE MINIMUM LIFT HEIGHT OF THE LIFT JACK AND THE EMPLOYEE HAD TO M ANUALLY LIFT THE ACID TRAILER TONGUE TO HITCH ONTO THE BUMPER.AS HE EXERTED FORCE TO LIFT,HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS TONGUE TO HITCH ONTO THE BUMPER.AS HE EXERTED FORCE TO LIFT HE FELT A SHA
EMPLOYEE WAS OPENING A BUTTERFLY VALVE WHICH WAS APPARENTLY STUCK WHEN HE FINALLY OPENED IT HIS RT ARM ELBOW STRUCK A 10IN PVC LINE AT THAT TIME THE EMPLOYEE FELT PAIN IN THE ELBOW BUT CONTINU ED HIS WORK AS USUAL APPROX 2 HOURS LATER HE NOTICED A SWELLING OF HIS ELBOW AT THAT TIME THE EMPLOYEE WAS TAKEN TO THE DOCTOR
EMP LIFTED APPROX NINE LG SPOOLS OF ELECTRICAL CABLE ON TRAILER WITH THE HELP OF ANOTHER EMP. NO PROBLEMS RESULTED UNTIL HE WOKE UP THE NEXT DAY PAIN APPEARED TO BE A PINCHED NERVE IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER
EMPL WAS PULLING A 1" RUBBER HOSE WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS RAISING A 4IN.HOSE WITH METAL QUICK DISCONNECTS TO PASS IT TO ANOTHER EMPLOYEE STANDING ON THE PRODUCTION HEADER PLATFORM HE STEPPED UP ON THE LADDER & AWKWARDLY T WISTED HIS BODY TO THE RT.TO PASS THE HOSE UPWARD & IN SO DOING PULLED HIS LOWER RT .BACK MUSCLES
WHILE REMOVING AN 8" VALVE ON NORTH INJECTION PUMP EMPLOYEE PULLED ON LALVE STEM AND FELT A SHARP PAIN TO HIS RIGHT SIDE OVER HIP.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING 1 1/2" PIPE FROM THE RIG PIPE RACK.EMPLOYEE DID NOT POSTION HIMSELF PROPERLY AND PULLED ON PIPE FROM AN AWKWARD,OFF BALAMCE POSITOON CAUSING STRAIN ON HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.
INJURY OCCURRED WHILE ADDING 50 LB SACK OF SALT TO A MIX TANK. THE SALT WAS RESTING ON THE TOP OF THE STEPS LEADING TO THE TANK. THE PERSON BENT DOWN, LIFTED THE SACK OVER THE RIM OF THE TANK AND DUMPED THE SALT IN. ALL REGULATIONS WERE IN COMPIANCE. THE PERSON MOST LIKELY LIFTED THE SACK IMPROPERLY.
WHILE ATTEMPTING TO OPEN AN 8 IN BUTTERFLY VALVE EMPLOYEE EXERTED SOME FORCE CAUSING A SHARP PAIN INHIS CHEST EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO PLACE A SAND FILTER ON LINE
WHILE TRYING TO3LOAD A REEL OF WIRE ON A FORK-LIFT ATTACHMENT ON A BACK-HOE, THE LEFT MIDDLE FINGER ON THE LEFT HAND WAS SMASHED. SIX STITCHES WERE REQUIRED TO REPAIR THE FINGER.
EMPLOYEE SUFFER9D A SCRATCHED LEFT CORNEA WHEN HE WIPED HIS EYEBROW WITH HIS SHIRT SLEEVE. HE HAD BEEN CUTTING SOME SCREEN MESH TO CONSTRUCT SOME STRAINERS WHEN SOME PIECES OF SCREEN FELL UNTO HIS SHIRT SLEE5E. HE REMOVED HIS SAFETY GLASSES TO WIPE HIS BROW, WHEN HE FELT SOME DISCOMFORT.