While working in the maintenance garage, the employee was lifting a piece of steel and felt employee's shoulder pop.
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Showing all 12Injured employee and two other employees were lifting a 5 foot by 5 foot by 1/4 inch thick piece of steel (approx 275 lb) onto a truck. Injured employee felt something strained in his shoulder. Doctor diagnosed a rotator cuff tear on June 7.
4/18/08, EE states, he was welding a leaned forward and hit his head on a spray bar, jamming his neck. 5/9/08 EE requested to see a physician because his neck was still sore. Physicaian returned EE to work with no restrictions and with a referral for physical therapy.
EE was doing maintenance on screen tower. Quoting EE's accident report: Putting tools in work box, on plant, had hand on edge of box, reached for a tool and the lid closed on hand (wind).
Employee was removing a flat rock from the head box over the screen. As he rolled it to the edge of the screen it shifted to one side and pinched his hand between the rock and the frame of the screen. Impairment: lifting with right hand limited to 2 lb.
EE WAS LIFTING A BAG OF POLYMER (50 LB.) AND STRAINED HIS BACK.
BENT OVER TO PICK COVER OFF FUEL TANK, FELT REAL SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
WHILE CLEANING EQ WITH AN AIR HOSE SOME DIRT BLEW INTO HIS EYE.
WHILE WORKING ON A WELDER, HE FELT HE REINJURED HIS BACK AFTER A FEW DAYS IT DIDN'T GET ANY BETTER SO HE SAW HIS DOC WHO SENT HIM TO A SPECIALIST. WENT TO DOC 5-24-01. OFF WORK UNTIL NEXT APPO INTMENT 6-4-01.
WHILE WALKING ACROSS YARD CARRYING A BOARD HE TURNED HIS ANKLE.
WHILE WORKING ON SOME CATWALK & CONVEYOR, MUST HAVE TWISTED OR LIFTED WRONG. SEEMED OK UNTIL NEXT MORNING. CALL IN AND REPORTED SORE LOWER BACK.
WHILE SHOVELING OUT HIS LOADER BUCKET, SNOW, ICE FROZEN MATERIAL, EE MUST HAVE SPRAINED HIS WRIST