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EE CLAIMS REPEATED LIFTING.
NEW SAW BLADES ARE HUNG ON NAILS, WHILE TAKING BLADE OFF NAIL, NAIL BENT CAUSING 3 BLADES TO FALL ON HIT STEEL TOE TWO HIT TOP OF LEFT FOOT (BLADES FELL ABOUT 4FT.)
TAKING A "ROUGH BACK" FROM THE BLOCK SAW TO PUT INTO A DUMP BOX WHEN HE PULLED & STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK & REPORTED ON 10-15-02.
EE WAS PICKING UP TRASH CANS AND WAS MOVING ONE ON THE PALLET TO BE SAFE FOR MOVING AND TWISTED HIS LEFT HAND WRIST. IT IS SWOLLEN AND RED. HE WAS GIVEN AN ICE PACK FOR SWELLING.
LIFTING STONE OFF THE FLOOR, STONE SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND, LANDED ON TOP OF HIS RIGHT HAND. HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PUT STONE ONTO THE FORKS OF THE FORKLIFT.
LIFTING STONE IN EXCESS OF 100 LBS. ON A REGULARBASIS WHICH CAUSED CHEST PAIN AND SHORTNESS OF BREATHE.
WAS TAKING A PIECE OF SCRAP STONE OFF TO PUT IN DUMP BOX. WHEN LIFTED AND TURNED SOMETHING POPPED IN MY BACK AND I FELL. OTHER EE HELPED ME UP.
ON 9-12 EMPLOYEE WAS TURNING RIP SAW AND PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK. ON FRIDAY HE WENT TO E.R. TO RECEIVE TREATMENT FOR STRAINED BACK. I TOLD ER THAT I DID NOT FILL OUT AN ACCIDENT REPORT AT WORK A ND I DID NOT WANT TO FILE WORKERS COMP BUT THEY MADE ME FILL IT OUT.
TWO EE'S WERE WORKING TOGETHER ON THE BLOCK SAW. INJURED GAVE CO-WORKER THE OK TO HOIST THE PIECE OF STONE FROM THE FLOOR WITHOUT REALIZING THAT HIS FINGER WAS BETWEEN THE STONE AND THE CABLE.
WENT TO THE DOC WITH INFECTED FINGER. HE THOUGHTA CUT WAS INFECTED WITH DIRTY WATER FROM SAW. ON 3-28 HE WENT TO DOC WITH LUMPS ON ARM AND HAND WAS SWOLLEN. DOC SAID IT WAS FROM SLIVER THAT WAS CAUSING THE BOILS. HE WAS TOLD HE MAY NEED SURGERY.