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EMPLOYEE WAS MO5ING A 4 X 8 X 1/8 PIECE OF METAL WHEN IT SLIPPED FROM HIS H ANDS. STRIKING THE FRONT PART OF HIS RIGHT LEG BELOW THE KNEE. CAUSING A LACERATION.
EMPLOYEE WAS LI0TING A 40 LB BAG OF GEORGIA KAOLIN MATERIAL WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER ABDOMINAL REGION WITH SWELLING.
I WAS WORKING O3 AN OVERHEAD DOOR, STANDING IN A SAFETY CAGE. THEN, I NEEDED TO GET SOME PARTS. CLIMBING DOWN THE LADDER, JUST AS I WAS PUTTING MY FOOT ON THE GROUND, A SCREWDRIVER FELL FROM MY POCKET AND 5ANDED UNDER MY FOOT, CAUSING INJURY TO MY FOOT AND ANKLE.
FORKS ON HYSTER FORLIFT HAD SLID OUT OF POSITION AND FALLEN OFF. THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING ONTO THE FORK AND CO-WORKER WAS TRYING TO SLIDE THE FORKS WITH THE LEVER NOT AWARE THAT EMPLOY EE\S FINGERS WERE IN THE WAY.
EMP WAS HELPING HIS FOREMAN SET A DRUM OF SAND UPRIGHT THAT HAD FALEN FROM PALLET WHEN HE PULLED MUSCLE IN HIS BACK
CLOSING BOTTOM VALVE ON TOTE BIN WHEN HE STRUCK HAND ON SHARP EDGE OF THE BIN.
HE WAS LIFTING A L.P. GAS CYLINDER FROM THE BED A 1/2 TON PICKUP TRUCK WHEN HE STRAINED SOME MUSCLE IN HIS BACK. THE CYLINDER WEIGHS APPROX 50-55 LBS.
ADJUSTING FORKS ON FORKLIFT WHEN IT SLIPPED AND FRACTURED MIDDLE AND RING FINGERS ON LEFT HAND.
INJURED WAS CARRYING MILL ROD WWITH 2 OTHER EMPLOYEES. THEY PLACED THEIR END IN THE MILL INJURED HELD ONTO HIS END AND FELT SHARP PAIN IN SMALL OF BACK HE LIFTED HIS END AND PUSHED ROD INTO MI LL REPEATED TASK 4 TIMES
THE INJURED LIFTED A 100 LB BAG OF SAND AND POURED HALF INTO AN EMPTY 55 GAL. DRUM. WHILE POURING HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE AGGRAVATED THE INJURY THE NEXT MORNING WHILE DUMPING THE SAME CONTAINER
WAS CLEANING OFF SLIDE CHUTE CAUGHT HIS RT INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN A FLEXIBLE CHAIN LINK CONVEYOR AND THE CHUTE
EMP WAS HELPING PUT RODS IN DENVER ROD MILL AND WAS MOVING THE MAUL ROLLER CONVEYOR INTO POSITION WHEN CO WORKER LET A ROD SLIP DOWN THE CONVEYOR CATCHING THE EMP LEFT MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN TH ROLLER AND THE ROD
FOREMAN WAS RECEIVING 2 100LBS BAGS FROM ANOTHER EMPLOYEE ON TOP OF 3 STACKED PALLETS AS SECOND BAG CAME DOWN TO FOREMAN HE FELT A CRAMP IN HIS SHOULDER. THAT NIGHT HIS SHOULDER HURT SO MUCH HE COULDNT SLEEP.
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING AN OFF PALLET CAR TAKING BAGS OF SAND OFF OF A PALLET ON A FORKLIFT AND PUTTING THEM ON THE FLOOR OF A RAILROAD BOX CAR. IN DOING SO HE HURT HIS BACK
CLEANING PIPET REMOVING FILLING DEVICE ON END OF PIPET WHEN GLASS BROKE CUT FINGER AND PALM OF LEFT HAND STITCHES REQUIRED