THE PLANT WAS NOT OPERATING DUE TO RAIN. EMPLOYEES WERE CLEANING UP AROUND YARD, CUTTING WEEDS, BRUSH AND TRIMMING TREES. THE EMPLOYEE THREW A TREE BRANCH INTO THE BED OF A DUMP TRUCK, HIT THE TOP SIDE OF HIS LEFT HAND ON THE BED OF THE TRUCK AND FRACTURED THE LEFT 4TH METACARPAL.
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Showing all 53 EES WERE MOVING A WATER PUMP TO CONNCT IT TO A PICKUP. ONE EE FELL AND DROPPED HIS SIDE OF THE WATER PUMP TONGUE CAUSING IT TO FALL ON THE HAND OF THE OTHER EE AND BADLY SMASHED HIS INDEX FI NGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND. EE WAS TAKEN TO ER, XRAYED & TREATED. 15 STITCHES, RETURNED TO WORK LIGHT DUTY SEVERAL DAYS.
HAMMERMILL BECAME CLOGGED.PLANT WAS SHUT DOWN THREE EMPLOYEES WERE WORKING TO UNCLOG IT.TWO EMPLOYEES WERE HOLDING HAMMERS UP WITH STEEL BAR AND EE WAS CLEANING UNDERNEATH.THEY THOUGHT HE WAS CLEAR AND LET THE HAMMER DOWN ON TOP OF LEFT HAND WHICH CAUSED REDNESS AND PAIN.HE WAS SENT TO HOSPITAL.
PUSHING ON LARGE BOULDERS FELT SOMETHING GIVE IN LOWER BACK PAIN BEGAN AND CONTINUED FOR SEVERAL DAYS THEN WAS LIFTING ON SCREEN 4-4-91 AND PAIN WORSEDED TO INTOLERABLE INTERSIT ACCORDENT WAS REPORTED AT THIS TIME.
THE EMPL WAS ASSISTING MAINTENANCE IN REPLACING GEARS ON THE CRUSHER HE AND TWO OTHER MEPLS WERE LIFTTING THE GEARS INTO PLACE WHEN HE FELT A STING AND BURNING SENSATION IN THE R GROIN AREA NE XT DAY THERE WAS A LARGE EGG SIZED VERY HAR VERYTENDER AND WARM SWELLING IN THE R SCECTAL SAC BEHIND THE TESTICAL