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EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE WS LIFTING THE CHOCK BLOCKS FROM THE WATER TRUCK HE HAD JUS PARKED SO HE COULD BLOCK THE WHEELS. HE FELT ASTRAIN IN HIS LOWER, RIGHT LUMBAR AREA.
WHILE ATTEMPTING TO SHUT AN ACCESS DOOR TO AN EMERGENCY STEERING PUMP ON AN 120 TON HAUL TRUCK, THE EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE LOST CONTROL OF THE DOOR AND IT STRUCK HIM ON THE KNEE.
EMPLOYEE HAD CLEANED CAB OF HAUL TRUCK, THROWING TRASH TOT HE GROUND. EMPLOYEE CLIMBED DOWN FROM HAUL TRUCK TO GATHER TRASH. WHEN EMPLOYEE BENT OVER TO PICK UP DEBRIS, HE ALLEGEDLY EXPERIENC ED BACK PAIN. EMPLOYEE WENT TO HOSPITAL ER AND HAD X-RAYS TAKEN. THE X-RAYS REVEALED THAT EMPLOYEE IS SUFFERING FROM DEGENERATIVE ARTHRITIS OF THE SPINE (BRIDGING OF VERTEBRATES WITH ARTHRIT
THE EMPLOYEE ALLEGED THAT WHILE ASSISTING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE INSTALL A NEW DRILL BIT ON A DRILL HE ATTEMPTED TO CENTER THE BIT INTO THE BIT BOX ON THE DRILL TO TIGHTEN THE CHUCK. THE EMPLOYEE HA D HIS HAND ON THE BIT WHEN IT CAME IN TO CONTACT WITH THE BIT BOX. THE BIT MOVED UP AND HIS LEFT THUMB AND INDEX FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE BIT AND THE CHUCK.
POSITIONING PC OF CRIBBVING UNDERNEATH DOZER TO SUPPORT IT SLIVER OF WOOD EMBEDDED IN LEG
THE EMPLOYEE ALLEGED THAT WHILE PULLING A JACK STAND INTO POSITION UNDER A WA-800 LOADER TO SUPPORT THE MACHINE WHILE A TIRE WAS REPAIRED HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS RIGHT GROIN. THE EMPLOYEE WAS T AKEN TO THE DOCTOR AND DIAGNOSED AS SUFFERING A MINOR RIGHT INGROINAL STRAIN.
THE EMPLOYEE ALLEGED THAT HE HAD BEEN STANDING ON THE BOTTOM OF THE RIM OF THE FRONT TIR AND HAD REACHED INTO THE CAB OF THE LUBE TRUCK TO ENGAGE AND WHILE STEPPING BACK DOWN ON THE GROUND HIS RING ON HIS LEFT HAND CAUGHT THE CATWALK CUTTING HIS FINGER. THE EMPLOYEE SHOULD OF CLIMBED UP ON THE LADDER ON THE LUBE TRUCK AND NOT HAVE TRIED TO ENGAGED IT WHILE STANDING ON THE RIM.
CLIMBING OFF TR6CK,RING CAUGHT ON LADDER CUT RING FINGER ON LEFT HAND REQ STITCHES.
EMPLOYEE STATES: CLIMBING INTO THE CAB OF R35 EUCLID AND TWISTED LEFT KNEE
EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE WAS PUTTING AWAY HIS TOOLS AT END OF SHIFT & KNELT DOWN TO PUT HIS TOOL BOX IN HIS LOCKER, THEN STOOD UP AND LEFT KNEE GAVE OUT.
MAN STATES UPON LIFT ROCK TO MOVE IT HE SAID HE TWISTED HIS BACK.