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REPLACING CATWALK ON NEW STACKER.PICKED UP CATWALK.TWO WERE STUCK TOGETHER.THIS WILL REQ MINOR OUTPATIENT SURGICAL REPAIR.DR ESTIMATES NO LOST TIME AND EMPL CAN RESUME HIS REG DUTIES.
EMPLOYEE WAS LI0TING A CHAIN HOUSE INTO POSITION. HE MOVED TO HAVE A BETTER LIFT AND INJURED HIS BACK.
EMP WAS WORKIN1 ON A DRAGLINE. IN ORDER TO OBTAIN A TOOL HE PULLED HIMSELF UP ON THE DRAGLINE, USING THE TRACKS AND HAND RAIL FOR SUPPORT. THIS IS A NORMAL MEANS OF ENTRY WHEN THE DRAGLINE IS IN A RESTING PO8ITION. HOWEVER, IF THE TRACKS ARE NOT IN AN IDEAL POSITION IT CAN CAUSE A T R EMENDOUS AMOUNT OF STRAIN TO A LARGE/BULKY TYPE INDIVIDUALS LOWER BACK. HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER
EMPLOYEE WAS Q6ALITY CONTROL SAMPLING AFTER DUMPING A 40 LB BUCKET OF STONE IN THE SAMPLE SPLITTER EMPLOYEE TWISTED TO THE LEFT TO SIT EMPTY BUCKET ON THE FLOOR THIS CAUSED ACUTE BACK STRAIN IN THE MIDDLE 6ACK AREA
EMPLOYEE WAS WO9KING ON THE PRIMARY HOPPER WHEN HE WAS PLACING A PLATE FOR WELDING.WHILE DOING HTHIS HE HIT HIS RIGHT ELBOW IN THE FUNNY BONE.THE ELBOW SWELLED UP THE NEXT DAY AND BECAME INCRE ASINGLY TENDER.3
EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING A LOADER, WHEN A CYLINDER CABLE SLIPPED. THE CYLINDER FELL ON EMPLOYEE\S LEFT RING FINGER, SMASHING IT. STITCHES WERE REQUIRED.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A LARGE DUST PIPE. HE SET THE PIPE ON A SUPPORT TO GET READY TO PLACE IT WHEN THE PIPE FELL AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN IT AND ANOTHER PIPE. HE SUFFERED TOWN SKIN ON 2 SIDES OF HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER, REQUIRING STITCHES.
WHILE UNLOADING A KEG OF FASTENERS FROM PICKUP TRUCK KEG SLIPPED CATCHING THE EMPLOYEES FINGER ON A RAGGED EDGE OF THE KEG COVER HE SUFFERED A CUT LEFT RING FINGER REQUIRING STITCHES
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON THE GRAVEL PLANT, LOOSENING A TROMMEL SCREEN FROM A GRAVEL SCRUBBER. UNDER TENSION, THE TROMMEL SPRANG LOOSE AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE IN THE HEAD, KNOCKING HIS HARD HAT DOWN OVER HIS FACE AND JARRING HIS NECK. EMPLOYEE SUFFERED A PINCHED NERVE IN THE NECK.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A TRUCK HOIST. A PIECE OF METAL FELL, CUTTING HIS RIGHT WRIST. SUTURES WERE NEEDED TO CLOSE THE WOUND.