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Employee was stacking fifty pound bags of product into a presswell when he felt soreness in his left elbow.

EE was packing product at the 10# packing station. When She pulled a full bag of product off, the packer blew out some air and product and She sustained a foreign body in the right eye.

On 2/21/05 at approximately 8:00 am, EE was using a shovel to dig a trench. When pushing on the shovel, EE felt pain in his right thigh. This case became reportable when EE requested medical attention on 2/28/05 for the discomfort in his right thigh.

EE closed some bottom dump crude car doors manually on 2/13/05 at 4:30 pm when he felt pain in his back. The door closer was malfunctioning again on 2/17/05 and EE manually attempted to close the car doors when he felt pain in his low back. EE was treated and placed on modified work duties on 2/17/05.

Employee was mounting elevator buckets from floor to other employee who was installing them. Employee went to doctor on 12-9-04 for strained back.

Employee was filling forklift propane bottles when he lifted a bottle and turned, twisting his back.

Employee was shoveling crude spillage from the floor under #2 Shaker when he felt pain in his back.

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A CONVEYOR BELT ROLLER WHILE LYING ON HIS BACK. HE WAS HOLDING A HEAVY ROLLER WHEN THE WEIGHT SHIFTED CAUSING HIS BACK TO JERK. EMPLOYEE WENT TO THE DOCTOR ON 9/10/04.

EE was removing a blower liner from #501 blower. When the bolts holding the liner in place were removed, the liner broke in two. In an attempt to keep the ten pound section of liner from falling onto his body, he pushed at the broken piece of liner with his left hand, causing a bruise to his left thumb.

CRUDE ORE HAD SPILLED OFF N302 BELT ONTO FLOOR IN BASEMENT. EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING ORE FROM FLOOR BACK ONTO BELT AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER RIGHT ABDOMEN AREA (ABDOMEN STRAIN). EE DID NOT THINK IT WAS SERIOUS AND WANTED TO WAIT TO SEE IF IT WOULD GET BETTER BEFORE GOING TO DOCTOR. EE WENT TO DOCTOR ON JUNE 18, 2004.

EE sustained a back injury on 3/29/04 when lifting and stacking some blower liners. The case became reportable when the treating physician placed EE on modified work duties beginning 5/4/04.

Employee was welding. Hardface material was cooling off; reacted cracked causing metal pieces to project from weld. A piece was on employee when he washed his face and fell into his left eye.

EE WAS WALKING IN THE CRUSHING PLANT WHEN HE TRIPPED. USING HIS HAND TO CATCH HIS BALANCE, HE STRUCK HIS SMALL LEFT FINGER ON A PIECE OF ANGLE IRON.

Employee was installing a probe on a bulk truck hatch. The probe slipped from his grasp, smashing the left thumb against bulk truck hatch.

EE WAS MOVING A HOT BLOWER FLANGE TO THE JIG. THE FLANGE FELL OFF THE JIG. HE JERKED WHEN PICKING UP THE FLANGE.

PULLING 50 LB BAGS FROM PACKING STANDS, EMPLOYEE HAS NOT BEEN IN THIS POSITION FOR APPROXIMATELY 1-1/2 YEARS. FELT A SHARP PAIN IN LEFT WRIST & SHOULDER. IS AWKWARD TO PULL BAGS WITH RIGHT HAN D SO LEFT HAND WAS OVERUSED CAUSING TENDONITIS.

EE WAS LIFTING WINCH CABLE TO SIXTH FLOOR PLATFORM WHEN HE FELT STRAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. DID NOT GO TO THE DR AT THAT TIME AS HE THOUGHT HE'D FEEL BETTER. HIS BACK BEGAN BOTHERING HIM AND HE WENT TO THE DR 11-13-03.

EE WAS CLIMBING A VERTICAL LADDER ATTACHED TO A TRUCK WHEN HE FELT A STINGING PAIN IN HIS STOMACH.

EE STATES HE WAS PULLING ON A FLOOR PLATE THAT WEIGHTED APPROX. FIFTY POUNDS WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS GROIN. THE CASE BECAME RECORDABLE WHEN THE DR DIAGNOSED A HERNIA AND PLACED EE ON MODIFIED WORK.

EE WAS POURING WASTE OIL INTO 500 GALLON TANK WHEN HE HEARD A POPPING SOUND IN HIS RIGHT ELBOW, STRAIN RIGHT ELBOW. HE REPORTED THE INCIDENT TO HIS SUPERVISOR AND WAS RECORDED AS INFORMATION O NLY AS THE EE DID NOT THINK HE NEEDED MEDICAL HELP. HE WANTED TO SEE IF IT WOULD GET BETTER IN TIME. WHEN INJURY BECAME WORSE WITH TIME, EE WENT TO DR ON 10-2-03.

EE SLIPPED WHEN INSTALLING A ROLL OF PLASTIC WRAP AT #3 AUTO PACKER, STRIKING HER LEFT KNEE AGAINST THE METAL FRAME. THIS CASE BECAME REPORTABLE WHEN THE TREATING PHYSICIAN RESTRICTED EE'S WOR K ACTIVITIES ON 6-27-03.

EE WAS PULLING ON A CHAIN BLOCK TO LIFT GOZ AIR SIFTER. HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER. THE CASE BECAME REPORTABLE ON 5-30-03 WHEN THE TREATING PHYSICIAN PRESCRIBED MODIFIES WORK ACTIVITY.

EE WAS INSTALLING RAIL WHEN PERLITE FELL FROM ABOVE FLOOR LEDGE. EE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES. PERLITE IN LEFT EYE.

EE WAS WASHING DOWN #5 SCRUBBER WHEN HE FELT A FOREIGN BODY SENSATION IN HIS RIGHT EYE. THE CASE BECAME REPORTABLE ON 4/24/03 WHEN MEDICAL TREATMENT PROVIDES REMOVAL OF THE FOREIGN SUBSTANCE

REBUILDING GEARBOX ON TABLE IN MAINT. SHOP, AS EE MOVED GRINDER, THE CORD CAUGHT ON BEARING CAP & PULLED A PART OFF TABLE, LANDING ON EE'S LEFT FOOT AND TOES.

EE WAS PACKING AND STACKING 10# BAGS OF PRODUCT. SHE LIFTED A BALE OF FIVE BAGS (50#) TO POSITION IT ON A PALLET WHEN SHE FELT PAIN IN THE LOW BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING INSPECTION DOOR WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EE INJURED HIS BACK ON 1-16-03 WHEN LIFTING AN INSPECTION DOOR FOR #616 BAGHOUSE. THE CASE BECAME REPORTABLE WHEN EE WAS PLACED ON MODIFIED WORK BY A PHYSICIAN ON 1-28-03.

REPLACING HEAD ROLLER ON PALLETIZER - FELT PAIN IN RIGHT SHOULDER WHEN LIFTING AND PULLING 150 LB BELT ROLLER INTO BELT FRAME. *WENT TO DOCTOR 2-12-03. REPORTED ON 2-13-03. PAIN IN RIGHT SHOUL DER HAS INCREASED OVER THE MONTHS.

THE EE WAS REMOVING A TAG TRAP FROM A CONVEYING LINE. WHEN THE TRAP WAS FREE IT BEGAN TO FALL OFF LADDER APPROX. 3'OFF THE GROUND. THE EE GRABBED IT TO PREVENT IT FROM FALLING, IT JERKED HIS ARM CAUSING HIS SHOULDER TO "POP".

EE FELT HIS BACK "TIGHTEN" AFTER HANDLING FIFTY POUND BAGS OF PRODUCT. ON 8/10/02 EE WAS SEEN BY A PHYSICIAN AND DIAGNOSIS WITH BACK SPASMS. THE PHYSICIAN PLACES A RESTRICTION ON HIS WORK ACTI VITIES.

EE LIFTED TRASH BARREL AND STRAINED BACK, LOWER RIGHT SIDE. EE DID REPORT INCIDENT WHEN IT HAPPENED, BUT DID NOT WANT TO GO TO DR. SINCE INCIDENT DATE HE HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PAIN AND DID NOT SEE A DR ON 8-8-02.

EE WAS REPLACING V-BELTS ON #1A IMPACTOR WHEN PERLITE FELL OFF LEDGE AND INTO EE'S LEFT EYE.

EMPLOYEE FELT LOW BACK PAIN AFTER BENDING DOWN TO LIFT A 50# BAG OF PRODUCT. THE DOCTOR LIMITEDEMPLOYEE'S WORK DUTIES ON 5-9-02.

EE WAS CHANGING SCREENS IN NORTH MOGENSON WHEN PERLITE FELL INTO EE'S LEFT EYE.

EE WAS OPENING A CAM LOCK FITTING ON A FOUR INCH BULK LINE. THE CAM LOCK BROKE, CAUSING HIS ARM TO JERK AT AN UNUSUAL ANGLE.

EE WAS MOVING A BROKEN WOODEN PALLET FROM THE EMPTY PALLET ROLLERS AT #6 AIR SIFTER WHEN HE FELT A STRAIN IN HIS LOW BACK.

EE WAS HANGING SOUTH ELEVATOR FEEDING BELT & BUCKETS BACK INTO CASING. OVEREXERTION CAUSED POSSIBLE LOWER BACK STRAIN. EE REPORTED INCIDENT TO SUPERVISOR 2/5/02 BUT DIDN'T GO TO DR TILL 2/9/02

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A PROPANE TANK INTO THE BED OF A LIFT TRUCK WHEN HE FELT A POP IN HIS LEFT ELBOW. HE SAW THE DR ON 12-6-01 AND WAS PUT ON MODIFIED WORK EFFECTIVE 12-7-01.

WHILE REMOVING AN OPEN CONTAINER OF WELDING ROD FROM THE BED OF A SERVICE TRUCK, CUT LEFT HAND BETWEEN THUMB AND INDEX FINGER ON THE SHARP OPENING OF THE CONTAINER.

STARTED THE DIESEL ENGINE ON WATER TANKER, WHEN THE ENGINE STARTED, THE THROTTLE STUCK AND WAS OVER-REVVING THE ENGINE. TO SLOW THE ENGINE, I REACHED TO PULL BACK ON THE FOOT THROTTLE, AND CUT ONE FINGER ON A SHARP EDGE OF THE PEDAL.

EE EXPERIENCED DISCOMFORT IN HIS LEFT FOREARM AFTER HANDLING 50 LB BAGS ON 9/27/01. THE DOCTOR RESTRICTED HIS WORK ACTIVITIES EFFECTIVE 9/30/01 AT 8:00 AM.

EMPLOYEE REPORTED BACK AND HIP PAIN AFTER EXERTING HIMSELF WHEN INSTALLING A ROLL OF SHRINK FILM. THIS ACCIDENT BECAME REPORTABLE ON 5-18-01 WHEN THE DOCTOR PLACED EMPLOYEE ON RESTRICTED WORK.

RECURRENT LOWER BACK PAIN: ORIGINAL DATE OF INCIDENT 3/25/99

THE CONTROL ROOM OPERATOR WAS MOVING A FILL HOSE FROM THE SODA ASH CAR.

FROM WHAT THE EE IS SAY THAT OVER TIME HIS LIFT SHOULDER WAS HURTING. THIS EE WAS OFF WORK FOR OVER 30 DAY BEFORE HE EVER FILED A CLAIM. THE LAST DAY THE EE WORKED HE WAS OK AND HAD NO COMPLAI NTS.

EE WORKING ON FURANCE. AIRBORN INSULLATION BECAME LODGED IN RIGHT EYE-FOREIGN BODY IN RIGHT EYE.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING CONTRACT MECHANIC (GOLDEN EUQIPMENT) PUT BACK REAR END ON GRADER IN MOBILE SHOP. A METAL SPLINTER BECAME IMBEDDED ABOVE FINGERNAIL, MIDDLE FINGER, LEFT HAND, CAUSING INFE CTION.

EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING UP AN ANVIL AND TWISTED HISLEFT WRIST IN AN AWKWARD POSITION.

OPERATOR II TWISTED HIS ANKLE IN THE SUPER SACK ROOM WHEN HE WAS TAKING SAMPLES, DUE TO THERE BEING NO PLACE TO PUT A REMOVABLE CONVEYOR STAND, THE OPERATOR TRIP OR THE STAND.