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REMOVING BOULDE9 FROM HOPPER ON BACK OF CM EMPL CAUGHT RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN BOULDER AND HOPPER WALL.LOST TIME SHUT DOWN END OF MONTH.
TWO MEN WERE CARRYING HEAVY METAL GUARD TO PLACE IT ONTO A VEHICLE. ONE MAN DROPPED HIS END WHEN THE GUARD SLIPPED FROM HIS HANDS. THE INJURED MAN S RIGHT RING FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE FA LLING METAL AND THE VEHICLE BUMPER, FRACTURING THE DISTAL PHALANX.
EMPLOYEE WAS CL3MBING INTO THE CAB OF THE GROVE CHERRY PICKER CRANE WHEN STRUCK HIS HEAD ON THE TOP OF THE DOORWAY TO THE CAB OF THE CRANE. HE DID NOT LOSE TIME UNTIL 11 26 85.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON CHANGING A FAN MOTOR SHAFT WHEN HE REACHED FOR A FILE AND BUMPED HIS ELBOW IN THE END OF THE SHAFT, CAUSING A BRUISE WHICH LATER BECAME INFECTED AND REQUIRED TREATMENT FOR INFECTION.
BROKEN STRAND OF WIRE ROPE PUNCTURED AND LACERATED RIGHT INDEX FINGER WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON THE ROPE. FINGER BECAME INFECTED AND REQUIRED TREATMENT FOR THE INFECTION. NO LOST TIME OR RESTRICTED DUTY.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING HIS HANDS TO ADJUST ALIGNMENT OF CONVEYOR PANS & CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN TWO PANS (BELT WAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION NOT OPERATING) DOCTOR TREATED FOR FX OF DISTAL PHALANX RT INDEX FINGER
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING RAG AND T RASH CAUGHT IN A CHUTE IN THE CRUSHING MILL HE JERKED ON A RAG TO FREE IT AND HIS HAND SLIPPED AND HE STRUCK HIS THUMB AGAINST THE CHUTE WALL HE LOST NO TIME U NTIL 06-20-85 AT WHICH TIME THE COLLATERAL LIGAMENT OF HIS RT THUMB HAD TO BE REPAIRED SURGICALLY
EMPLOYEE PICKED UP AND CARRIED TWO SPROCKETS WEIGHING ABOUT 25 POUNDS EACH AND CARRIED THEM SOME 200 FEET.HE FELT SLIGHT PAIN AND CONTINUED WORKING.THAT EVVENING,AT HOME,HE SLEPT FOR TWO HOURS IN HIS EASY CHAIR WAKING UP TO FIND HIMSELF UNABLE TO MOVE.HE HAS LOST TIME.
EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING END PLATE ON PUMP AT TAILS PLANT WHEN IT FELL ON HIS RIGHT FOOT.THE PLATE WWEIGHT ABOUT 150 POUNDS.LATE DIAGNOSIS OF BONE FRACTURE RESULTED IN LOST TIME.
EMPLOYEE SUFFERED MUSCLE SPASMS IN HIS BACK WHEN HE IMPROPERLY LIFTED A BOX OF CUTTER BITS WEIGHING ABOUT 40 POUNDS PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING UP SCRAP METAL AFTER A REPAIR JOB, HE PICKED UP A HEAVIER PIECE OF SCRAP AND INJURED HIS BACK
MANUALLY LIFTED BARREL OF OIL ONTO BACK OF VEHICLE.REPORTED KNEE INJURY AND RETURNED TO WORK.RETURNED TO DR ON 12-5 COMPLAINING OF BACK AND KNEE PAIN.X-RAYS REVEALED SMALL ABNORMALITY IN LOWE R BACKBONE WHICH DR SAID WOULD HEAL WITHOUT COMPLICATIONS MINER PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY.
EMPL TAKING METAL COVER OFF WIRE WAY AT SO SHAFT HOIST.DROPPED COVER AND IT STRUCK LEFT FOOT JUST BEHIND STEEL TOE OF BOOT.
EMPLOYEE AND HELPER WERE LOADING A 12" PIECE OF FLEA PIPE ONTO A WINCH TRUCK. THE FLANGE OF THE PIPE HUNG ON THE ROLL BAR. TED REACHED THROUGH THE CAB WINDOW TO PUSH UP AND FREE THE PIPE. THE PIPE SURGED FORWARD AND THE LOCKING FLANGE CAUGHT HIS HAND AND MASHED IT AGAINST THE ROLL BAR.
MOVING FANS AT T HE MAIN SHOP JU/G WHEN HE EXPERIENCED SOMETHING PULLED IN HIS STOMACH OR SIDE. OUTPATIENT SURGERY FOR A HERNIA FOLLOWED.
NO KNOWN TRAUMA HAD BEEN MOVING EQUIPMENT FIRST PART OF SHIFT BEFORE COMMENTING THAT HIS BACK BOTHERED HIM. DID NOT REPORT INJURY ON SHIFT ON WHICH IT OCCURRED. RETURNED TO WORK NEXT DAY FOR P ARTIAL SHIFT. THEN TOOK OFF SEVERAL WEEKS.
EE REPORTED EXPERIENCED PAIN IN GROIN WHILE PICKING UP TRACK TIES & LOADING THEM ONTO A RAIL CAR ONE AT A TIME. ON 5-14-84 HE VISTITED THE DOCTOR FOR AN UNRELATED PROBLEM. SUBSEQUENT SURGERY RESULTED IN THE DISCOVERY OF A HERNIA ATTRIBUTED TO TH IS INCIDENT.
FRANK WAS SHOVELING UP WET SAND LEFT FROM A BLASTING PROJECT. WHILE LIFTING A SHOVEL FULL OF WET SAND, HE FELT SOMETHING POP IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER.
PLACING TOOLS BACK IN LOCKER NEAR END OF SHIFT,EMPL DROPPED STEP JACK ON HIS THUMB.WENT TO DR.WITH CONTUSION,ABRASION AND INFECTION.NO LOST TIME NO RESTRICTED DUTY.
PULLING ON MOVABLE FAN AND SPRAINED WRIST
EMPLOYEE PULLING BRATTICE WITH HANDS CAUGHT THUMB IN FOLDS OF MATERIAL AND TWISTED IT BACK WHEN HE JERKED ON WALL TEARING LIGAMENTS IN THUMB
BACK STARTED HURTING AROUND 7:30 SHOVELING LIGHT DUST.PAIN INCREASED -AROUND 10:15 FELT SOMETHING POP.FIRST DAY MISSED 11-21-83.
WORKER WAS LOADING MATERIALS ON A FLAT CAR WHENA PREVIOUSLY PLACED STEEL SHAFT ROLLED OFF THE CAR. FELL ABOUT 16" & STRUCK RIGHT FOOT BEHIND STEEL TOE.
EE WAS UNLOADING A PIECE OF SCRAP FLOOR GRATING FROM A TRUCK. THE PIECE OF GRATING HIT THE GROUND WHEN IT WAS PULLED OFF THE T RUCK & WAS JAMMED INTO THE PALM OF EE\S RIGHT HAND.
HANDLING SHAFT GUIDES ON TRUCK BED AT SURFACE STORAGE AREA, EMPLOYEE CAUGHT LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN TWO GUIDES. LACERATION AND CONTUSION REQUIRED SUTURES.
PLACING IDLER ON BELT CONVEYOR AND NOTED CERVICAL PAIN AND FINGER NUMBNESS
EMP WAS CHANGING OUT A BULL GEAR AND PINION WHEN SOMETHING SHARP PUNCTURED HIS THUMB THROUGH HIS LEATHER GLOVE WOUND WAS MINOR BUT BECAME INFECTED DATE OF FIRST MEDICAL TREATMENT 5 16 83 AND C CONSISTED OF X RAY AND ANTIBOTIC THERAPY
STRAINED RIGHT SHOULDER WHEN TRAILING CABLE HE WAS HANGING SLIPPED FROM HANGER & FELL, PULLING HIS ARM WITH IT. 1ST DAY MISSED WAS 6-16-83.
EE & BUDDY WERE REMOVING A PUMP DRIVE SHEAVE TO REPLACE A SEAL. WHEN THEY ATTEMPTED TO SET THE 150# SHEAVE FROM THE SHAFT TO THE FLOOR, IT SLIPPED & BOUNCED PINNING 2 FINGERS OF THE EE\S LEFT HAND BETWEEN SHEAVE & WALL. THEY WERE WORKING IN TIGHT QUARTERS & FAILED TO USE APPROPRIATE RIGGING TO HANDLE SHEAVE.
REPAIRING PUMP-FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN FOLLOW PLATE AND PUMP CASING MASHING LITTLE FINGER OF RIGHT HAND.
LIFTING TONGUE OF 2-WHEEL TRAILER CARRYING STEAM CLEANING MACHINE.LIFTED TONGUE AN EXTRA 16 INCHES TO ATTACH IT TO WINCH TRUCK STRAINED BACK.
EE WAS CHANGING WOODEN PLUGS IN T HE BRINE PUMP. THE PLUG HE PUT IN WAS TOO SMALL. AFTER INSTALLING IT, HE RESTED HIS HAND ON EDGE OF T HE OPENING. THE PLUG FELL THROUGH & THE METAL T HANDLE ON THE PLUG STRUCK & MASHED FINGER OF LEFT HAND.