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Employee was lifting a bag of additive approximately 50 lbs weight to prepare a blend for production process and EE felt a pain on EE's back
EE was holding a tapered bull pin size 13 1/2" x 2" diameter with a channel lock pliers. Another ee was striking the pin with a sledge hammer. They were dismantling the drive shaft of a bead mill. The pin ejected out, hitting ee on his left side of upper lip causing a cut and bleeding. Medical treatment was given with four stitches.
The miner struck the back of his head on a hopper steel frame while inspecting the support legs at the bottom of the hopper. He was wearing a hard hat. There was no swelling or bleeding. Employee did not report the incident to his supervisor until 9/27/12 after he went in to ER for dizziness and vomitting. Employee is undergoing medical test to determine cause of symptoms.
EMPLOYEE WAS STRETCH WRAPPING PALLETS USING THE WRAPPING MACHINE. THE STRETCH WRAP RAN OUT, HE WENT TO REPLACE NEW ROLL, AND AS HE LIFTED A NEW STRETCH WRAP ROLL, HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
While performing equipment repairs, the employee overextended his left arm, dislocating the same shoulder he had surgically repaired before. He popped it back in place and said he did not need medical attention. His shoulder started to hurt again on 4/8/08, so he went to see a doctor that day. The diagnosis is a dislocated shoulder with pain. He was placed on restricted duty.
The employee was palletizing 50 lb bags of product when he started to feel soreness in his groin area. However, he did not report the incident until the next day. Groin strain was the diagnois.
The employee was removing a mill slurry hose normally not under pressure, when the hose sprayed TiO2 slurry all over his face and in his right eye. He washed his face and flushed his eye with water but decided to see a doctor after his eye developed a thick mucus the next morning. The doctor washed his eye and prescribed an ointment for 7 day use.
The employee was filling and palletizing 50 lb. paper bags of product when he started to experience pain in his lower back area. The diagnosis is a strained lower back. His physician prescribed a few days of light duty and will continue to evaluate him until he is able to release him to resume normal duties.
The employee was working underneath a dryer removing a lip seal when the seal fell and struck him on his head right above his forehead. The injury resulted in a laceration on his head.
EE EXPERIENCED A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER WHILE ON HIS BREAK. HE STATED HE HAD BEEN SHOVELING PRODUCT SPILLAGE RIGHT BEFORE HE WENT ON BREAK. EE ATTRIBUTES THE INJURY TO THE SHOVELING O F PRODUCT. PHYSICIAN DIAGNOSIS: LEFT SHOULDER STRAIN.
EE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE WHILE BAGGING PRODUCT. HE SAID HE FELT THE PAIN WHEN HE STEPPED TO HIS LEFT WHILE PACKAGING 50 LB. BAGS OF PRODUCT. HE DID NOT REPORT THE INCIDENT UNTIL 7/7/03 WHICH WAS 11 DAYS LATER AND COULD NOT GIVE A SPECIFIC TIME OF THE INCIDENT.
THE EE WAS CLOSING OFF A COMPARTMENT GATE OF A HOPPER RAILCAR USING A LARGER METAL BAR, WHEN THEBAR SLIPPED AND FELL ONTO THE TRACKS BELOW THE RAILCAR. HE DID NOT LET GO OF THE METAL BAR BEFOR E IT HIT THE TRACK AND THEREFORE SMASHED ONE OF HIS FINGERS ON HIS RIGHT HAND. THE EE SUFFERED A FRACTURED FINGER TIP OF THE RIGHT HAND AND WILL HAVE TO BE ON RESTRICTED WORK DUTY.
EE WAS PACKAGING 50# BAGS OF PRODUCT WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN UPPER MIDDLE SECTION OF HIS BACK. HE SAID HIS BACK POPPED AT THE TIME & THAT HE FELT THE PAIN FROM THE MIDDLE OF HIS BACK UP T O THE LEFT SHOULDER BLADE. THE PHYSICIAN'S DIAGNOSIS WAS A "THORACIC STRAIN." HE TOLD EE TO TAKE A DAY OFF & THEN RE-EXAMINED HIM NEXT WORKING DAY (11/4) & RELEASED HIM FROM RESTRICTED DUTY.
EE WAS STACKING 50LB. BAGS OF PRODUCT ON A PALLET WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN ON HIS LOWER BACK. ALTHOUGH HE FELT HE COULD CONTINUE, WE SENT HIM TO THE DR. AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE. THE DR. DIAGNOSED A LUMBAR STRAIN AND PLACED EE ON RESTRICTED DUTY.
EE WAS PACKING 50LB BAGS OF PRODUCTS WHEN HE FELT SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK. EE DID NOT NOTIFY ANYONE OF HIS INJURY UNTIL THE NEXT DAY AT 1:53PM HE WAS SENT TO DR ON 8/17/01 & WAS DIAGNOSED WITH LUMBAR STRAIN