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EMPL BRENT OVER TO GET WATER SAMPLE FROM UPPER BOOSTER WHEN HE FELT SHARP PAIN IN BACK THAT PUT HIM DOWN TO KNEES. BACK IS STILL BOTHERING HIM.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON D635 SCREW. WHILE TRYINGTO POSITION THE SCREW INTO SCREW CASING, HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE SCREW & CASING, CUTTING IT. TO DOCTOR FOR STITCHES.
EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THAT AFTER WORKING SWING SHIFT, BAGGING PRODUCT, HE WOKE UP WITH HIS BACK HURTING. TO DOCTOR. OFF OWRK FOR 2 DAYS. WAS RELEASED FOR WORK 9-24-90; WORKED TIL 10-8-90, AND OFF W ORK SINCE.
EE WAS LIFTING AN 80LB BAG OF PRODUCT FELT SHARP PAIN IN HIS RIGHT ELBOW NO DR SEEN UNTIL 5-10-90 OFF WORK 3 DAYS HE THEN WORKED SCHEDULED DAYS OFF WORK AGAIN SINCE 5-23-90. WE ARE QUESTIONING THE CAUSE OF PROBLEM DUE TO WORK HERE.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING ADJUST #105 CONVEYOR BELT AND TWISTED HIS BACK.IT BOTHERED HIM A LITTLE AT FIRST,THE PAIN BECAME GREATER TO DR 02-05-90.AGAIN ON 08-17-90 HAS BEEN OFF WORKSINCE 08-15-90.T HIS IS APPARENTLY A RE0CCURRENCE OF THE 09-17-84 INJURY.
ON 10-19-89 ABOUT 3:50PM AT THE START OF SWING SHIFT EMPL TOLD HIS SUPERVISOR THAT HIS SHOULDERS WERE HURTING WHEN HE MOVED FROM SIDE TO SIDE HE DIDNT KNOW IF HE COULD BAG HE DID BAG FFED GRAD E 50 LB BAGS OF PRODUCT THE WHOLE SHIFT AND ALSO WORKED HIS SHIFT THE FOLLOWING NIGHT NO MORE WAS SAID ABOUT HIS SHOULDERS HURTING TO DR 10-23-89 OFF WORK SINCE NO INJURY REPORT OR ANY INDICA
POSIT. 55 GAL DRUM IN PLACE HAND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN FEED PIPE AND DRUM. CUTTING IT R HAND PALM REQ STITCHES
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PUT A GLASS TUBE APPROX. THRU A BORED HOLE IN A RUBBER STOPPER. THE TUBE BROKE CUTTING EMPLOYEE S RIGHT HAND INSIDE OF PALM TO DR FOR SUTURES.
EMPL REMOVING TRANS FILTERS FROMCAT 769 TRUCK.FITTING WAS TIGHT AND WHEN IT CAME LOOSE,FELT LEFT ELBOW POP AND IMMEDIATELY WAS SORE.DR ON 11-1-88 -COULDNT STRAIGHTEN ARM DUE TO PAIN.WORKED UNT IL 11-21-88 OFF SINCE.TO DR AGAIN.EST 2WKS OFF.
EMPL STACKING 100 LB BAGS OF PRODUCT ON PALLETS.HE TURNED TO PUT BAG ON PALLET AND TWISTED HIS BACK.DR NEXT DAY.STILL OFF WORK.
EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING THE GRATING OVER THE SUMP. GRATING WEIGHED APPROX. 60 POUNDS,IN LIFTING IT, HE STRAINED HIS BACK.
EMP. WAS PLACING 100 POUND BAGS OF PRODUCT FROM BAGGING CONVEYOR TO A PALLET. HE TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE TURNING TO PLACE A BAG ON THE PALLET. TO DOCTOR THE NEXT DAY. OFF WORK SINCE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING AIR SEPARATOR BLADES WEIGHING 61 LBS. EACH, UP SOME STAIRS. DURING THE COURSE OF A FULL SWING SHIFT, HIS RIGHT LEG (CALF AREA) STARTED CAUSING HIM SOME PAIN. TO LOCAL DOC TOR; SENT ON TO FALLON FOR FURTHER DIAGNOSIS.
EMPLOYEE WAS WO9KING IN THE HERRESHOFF ON THE RABBLE ARMS EACH OF WHICH WEIGHS APPROX 1500 LBS IN THE COURSE OF MANUVERING THESE ALL DAY HE APPARENTLY STRAINED HIS BACK HIS BACK GOT PROGRESSIV ELY WORSE AND O3 20TH HIS LEFT SIDE BECAME NUMB DIAGNOSED AS A PINCHED NERVE
WHILE TRYING TO3FREE THE DRILL BIT FROM STEEL THE COUPLING(WHICH ATTACHES THE STEEL TO STRIKING BAR,20 FEET FROM BIT AND WEIGHING APPROX. 5 LBS.UNSCREWED AND FELL 20 FEET,BOUNCING OFF THE DRIL L AND INTO EMPL2YEE,STIKING HIM ON THE RIGHT KNEE.REPORTED AS MEDICAL CASE,BECAUSE TIME IS BEING LOST.
WHILE DUMPING W5STE OILS FROM THE SHOP AREA, A TOWNMOTOR WAS USED TO TRANSPORT THE OIL ON A PALLET. THE PALLET WAS PLACED ON THE GROUND AND THE 50 GALLON BARRELS ON THE PALLET, ONE OF THE BAR RELS SLID OFF T2E PALLET AND IN AN ATTEMPT TO KEEP IT FROM FALLING OVER, EMPLOYEE GRABBED IT, STRAINING HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS BA1GING AND STACKING 100 LB. BAGS OF PRODUCT.HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK DURING THIS PROCESS AND COULDN'T FINISH HIS SHIFT. TO DOCTOR.
EMPLOYEE WAS WO9KING ON D678 SCREW.THIS REQUIRED MOVING SCREW CASINGS THAT WEIGHED APPROX.250 LBS.EACH.EMPLOYEE AND ONE OTHER WERE MOVING THEM ONTO A LIFT CART & MOVING THEM AGAIN APPROX.200FT
EMPLOYEE WAS SL3DING A WOODEN MEASURING ROD DOWN A DRILL HOLE. A SLIVER FROM THE ROD PENETRATED HIS RIGHT PALM. TO DR FOR REMOVAL. HIS HAND KEPT SWELLING AND WAS VERY PAINFUL. REFERRED TO SPEC ALIST HAD SURGE9Y FOR REMOVAL OF DEEPLY EMBEDDED MATERIALS.
EMPLOYEE WAS RE4OVING AN AGITATOR W/BEARING 3 BEARING HOUSING INTACT. HE HAD IT HOOKED UP TO A CHAINFALL, BUT HAD MISJUDGED THE DISTANCE AND THE UNIT FELL ONTO HIS RIGHT FOOT, SMASHING HIS LIT TLE TOE. TO DR.3TO R/O FRACTURE. OFF 5 DAYS DUETO SWELLING & INABILITY TO MOVE TOE. RELEASED 11-26-86; OWRKED 12-1 THRU 12-11 TEO WAS FRACTURED OFF 12-12-86; BACK 12-15-THRU 12-19; NOW OFF SI
EMPLOYEE AND3 O7HER WERE CARRYING A MOTOR APPROX. 500 LBS. INTO A BUILDING WITH A PIPE THRU A PAD EYE. THE MOTOR HAD TO BE CARRIED 20 TO 30 FT ACROSS MEDIA SUMP. THE GRATING OVER THE SUMP PREV ENTED MOTOR BEI3G MOVED IN A SAFER MANNER. THE FOLLOWING MORNING. EMPLOYEE'S LEFT FOREARM WAS RED, SWOLLEN AND PAINFUL.
EMPLOYEE WAS UN5OADING A DRUM OF OIL FROM A PICKUP TO THE OIL HOUSE DOCK THE DRUM TIPPED AND FELL TO A PRONE POSITION HE INCURRED A LEFT INGUINAL HERNIA WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO LIFT THE DRUM TO A N UPRIGHT POSIT3ON THE DRUM WEIGHED 400 LBS SURGERY REQUIRED TO REPAIR
EMPLOYEE INCURR9D A RT INGUINAL HERNIA WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO LIFT A 55 GAL DRUM OF WATER FROM A F PRONE TO AN UPRIGHT POSITION THE DRUM WEIGHED ABOUT 440 LBS SURGERY REQUIRED TO REPAIR
EMPLOYEE GRABBE8 AND CAUGHT A 75 LB PROX. IMPACTOR PART WHICH HAD SLIPPED FROM HIS HANDS. THE JERK APPEARED TO STRAIN THE SHOULDER MUSCLES. LATER THIS WAS DIAGNOSED AS A DISLOCATION OF THE STE RNOCLAVICULAR J2INT. SURGERY WAS PERFORMED 2-26-86 TO DRAIN AN ABSCESS THAT HAD FORMED IN THE AREA.
EMP AND ONE OTH9R WERE ASSIGNED TO REPAIR A TURNTABLE AFTER IT HAD BEEN DAMAGED THE 2 MEN LIFTED A 200 LB TABLE OFF ITS PEDESTAL IN PREPARATION FOR REPAIR THE ACTION CAUSED EMP TO I NJURE HIS BACK WHEN T2E PAIN PERSISTED HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR ON 11 13 85
EMPLOYEE RECEIVED LOWER BACK STRAIN WHILE EMPTYING WASTE MAGOX BAG INTO A SKIP.
EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO MOVE A HEAVY PUMP WHICH WAS LYING ON THE FLOOR BY GRASPING THE IMPELLER.THE IMPELLER BLADES WERE VERY SHARP AND HE CUT HIS LEFT THUMB.THE INJURY REQUIRED 5 SUTURES TO CLO CLOSE.
EE PICKED UP ROCKS TO PUT UNDER WATER TANK WHICH WAS UNDER REPAIR. HE INCURRED AN INGUINAL HERNIA LEFT- AS A RESULT.
EMPLOYEE WASHELPING INSTALL A 6IN PIPE AND PUMP ASSEMBLY INTO PLACE IN WELL AFTER IT HAD BEEN REPARIED THE ASSEMBLY HUNG UPMOMENTARILY AND HE ATTEMPTED TO MOVE IT WHEN IT MOVED EMPLOYEES LEFT THUMB WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE SHAFT AND CASING HISTHUMB WAS LACERATED AND HIS NAIL WAS LOST
EMPLOYEE INCURRED A LUMBAR SPRAIN WHEN THE FULL WEIGHT OF A RAILING HE WAS CARRYING WITH ANOTHER EMPLOYEE SUDDENLY FELL ON HIM THE IND EMPLOYEE HAD SLIPPED
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING THE END COVER ON THE TRUNNION AND STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK HE WAS ALSO EXPERIENCING CHEST PAIN
EMP AND TWO OTHERS WERE INSTALLING ASCREW CONVEYOR FLIGHT WEIGHTING APPROX 200 LBS EMPLOYEES 3RD AND 4TH FINGERS OF LEFT HAND WERE CAUGHT BETWEEN A SCREW FLIGHT AND A BRACE ON THE CONVEYOR H HOUSING AS THEY WERE ATTEMPTING TO PUT IT INTO PLACE