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EE WAS MOVING A BARREL OF OIL WITH A BARREL CART. THE BARREL SLID OFF THE FEET OF THE CART & PARTLY TIPPED OVER SO AS TO BE LEANING ON AN ANGLE OF ABOUT 45 DEGREES. HE TOOK HOLD OF THE BARREL & STOOD IT BACK UP. IN DOING SO HE FELT A STRAIN IN HIS GROIN. HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR WHO TOLD HIM HE HAD A MINOR HERNIA. HE WAS RELEASED FOR LIGHT DUTY.

INJURED AND OTHER EE WERE REPLACING TROUGH ROLLERS ON THE SAG MILL FEED BELT. EE WAS ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE BELT. THEY WERE REMOVING A WORN ROLLER ASSENBLY, THE BELT HAD LIFTED WITH COME-A-LO NG. WHEN THE WORN ROLLER WAS TIPPED OVER INJURED'S RIGHT INDEX FINGER WA CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BELT ROLLER ASSEMBLY AND THE BELT FRAME WORK.

EE WENT OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING TO START HIS DAILY CLEAN UP, WHEN HE BENT OVER TO PICK UP A WATER HOSE HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOW BACK. ON 8-30-02 THE EE WENT TO A DR, THE DR TOLD EE TO RETURN TO WORK, THE PAIN WAS A SPASM, THE DR DID NOT DO AN EXAMANATION. ON 8-31-02 THE EE RETURNED TO THE DR, THE DR PLACED EE ON LIGHT DUTY FOR ONE WEEK.

EE WAS CHANGING OUT A BALL CHIP DRUM, THE MOTOR ON THE TROLLY WAS NOT WORKING, THIS MADE IT NECCESSARY TO PUSH THE DRUM TO THE END OF THE BOOM BY HAND. AFTER THE DRUM WAS CHANGED SHE STARTED T O WASH SOME PRODUCT SPILL OFF THE FLOOR. SHE WASHED OFF AND ON APPROXIMATELY TWO HOURS. AFTER WASHING SHE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HER RIGHT HIP AND SHOULDER. IT IS NOT KNOWN WHICH CAUSED THE PAIN

EE WAS REPAIRING THE CHUTE ON 4896 BELT LINE. WELDING A PLATE ALONG THE BOTTOM OF CHUTE. HE WELDED ONE END OF PLATE TO THE CHUTE, THEN USED A WELD ON CLAMP TO PULL THE GAP OUT OF THE OTHER END . THE WELD HOLDING THE CLAMP BROKE, RELEASING THE GREE END OF THE PLATE FORCING HIS HAND BACK AGAINST THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE CHUTE.

DURING SWING SHIFT, EE OVER-EXERTED HIMSELF FOR SEVERAL DAYS BY SHOVELING ROCK & CONCRETE. EE ALSO HAS DEGENERATIVE DISC DISEASE, WHICH COULD CONTRIBUTE TO HIS BACK PROBLEMS.

EE WAS CLEANING OUT SOME DIRT FROM UNDER ONE THE METAL PURLIN. AS HE WAS CLEANING, HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER WAS CUT BY THE METAL. HE WRAPPED HIS FINGER WITH A RAG AND SOME TAPE AND CONTINUED TO WORK. HIS SUPERVISOR WENT TO CHECK ON HIM ABOUT 1630 AND NOTICED THE BLOOD ON HIS HAND AND ASKED WHAT HE HAD DONE. HE EXPLAINED AND WENT HOME. WHEN HE GOT THERE HE NOTICED HIS FINGER WAS STILL

EE WAS CLIMBING OUT OF A FEEDER BREAKER WHEN HIS KNEE GAVE AWAY CAUSING PAIN IN THE BACK OF HIS KNEE.

AT THE END OF THE WORK SHIFT EE BEGAN TO CLEAN THE DIRT & SWEAT OFF OF HIS FACE WITH A RAG HE HAD PICKED UP IN THE RAG BOX. THERE MUST HAVE BEENSOMETHING ON THE RAG BECAUSE HE SCRATCHED HIS LE FT EYE. THE NEXT DAY HIS EYE WAS IRRITATED & HE WENT TO THE E.R. & GOT MEDICINE FOR HIS EYE.

AS EE WAS WASHING A PHILLIPS BEAKER LIP CRACKED AND CUT TOP OF RIGHT INDEX FINGER AT TIME OF OCCURRENCE SHE WAS WEARING A LATEX GLOVE. EE RMSED CUT WITH WATER, DRIED WITH PAPER TOWEL AND SUPER VISOR APPLIED TWO BANDAIDS.

EE WAS WASHING DOWN THE DRAIN/SIDEWALK ON THE SLOUTH SIDE OF THE MILL BUILDING. BUILDUP WAS HEAVY AND NEEDED LOTS OF WATER. EE WAS GOING TO SET THE HOSE ON THE GROUND AND LET IT FLOW. AS HE BE NT OVER HE FELT A "POP" IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE COULD NOT BEND OVER. WAS TAKEN TO AVMC WHERE HE WAS SEEN BY DR. LIGHT DUTY

E IN THE PROCESS OF CLEANING OUT A 55 GAL OF USED GRINDING BALLS AT THE SAG MILL. AS HE WAS PULLING ON THE DRUM TAG LINE TO MOVE THE BALLS(THE DRUM WAS SUSPENDED BY AN OVERHEAD CRANE), HE FELT A POP IN HIS LEFT FOOT FOLLOWED BY PAIN. TAKEN TO ER WHERE X-RAYS WERE TAKEN. X-RAYS CONFIRMED A BREAK HAD OCCRRED IN METATARSAL BONE IN HIS LEFT FOOT. FITTED W/WALKING CAST & RESTRICTED DUTY

EE WAS INJURED WHEN A SLIVER OF METAL RICOCHETED OFF OF THE BUSHING HE WAS REMOVING AND STRUCK YHIM IN THE LEFT CHEEK.