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BAG EXPLODED CAUSING TALC DUST TO GET INTO HIS EYES/IN TRYING TO PROTECT HIS EYES HE INADVERTENTLY STUCK HIS FINGER IN HIS LEFT EYE.
HE WAS STACKING3BAGS FOR A CUSTMOR OFOURS THAT HAS LOADING PATTERN THT IS 14 BAGS HIGH. THIS NOT OUR NORMAL PATTERN. HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.
EMPPLOYEE WAS W3PING DUST FROM EYES AFTER WORKING ON PACKER,WHERE AN UNUSUAL AMOUNT OF DUST WAS CREATED DUE TO THE MALFUNCTION OF THE PACKER.EMPLOYEE INADVERTENTLY POKED HIS FINGER INTO HIS EY E AND SCRATCHED3HIS CORNEA.
I.NAME WAS WORK3NG ON THE BREAKER IN THE CRUSHER BLDG REPLACING A WORN HOSE THE HOSE CLAMP KICKED BACK AND CAUGHT HIM IN THE LOWER PART OF HIS LEFT ARM THIS CUT HIS ARM WHICH REQUIRED 4 STITCH ES ONE INSIDE A3D 3 OUT HE ALSO HAD A TETNAS SHOT
EMP WAS TRANSFE9RING MIBC FROM 55 GAL DRUM TO 5 GAL PAIL THE HOSE DISLODGED FROM PUMP RESULTING IN MIBC EING SPRAYED IN EMPLOYEES EYES
I NAME WAS CLEANING OUT THE FEED ROLL ON OUR RAYMOND MILL.DURING CLEANING OPERATIONS,I NAME HIT HIS RIGHT ELBOW ON A SEAM TO THE RAYMOND MILL.HE THOUGHT HE HAD JUST HIT HIS FUNNY BONE.THE NEXT DAYHE COMPLAINED OF STIFFNESS IN RIGHT HAND TINGLING HERB WENT TO THE DOCTORS ON 7-23-85 I NAME SUSTAINED A COMPRESSION INJURY TO THE RADIAL NERVE IN RIGHT ARM.AS A RESULT HAD DIFFICULITY USI
I NAME WAS LOADING A LOOSE LOAD OF BAGS ONTO A TRUCK. THIS REQUIRED TAKING THE 50 LB BAGS OFF THE FORKLIFT AND PLACING THEM ON THE FLOOR OF THE TRUCK. LOTS OF TWISTING AND TURNING. THIS RESULT ED IN A ACUTE LUMBO-SACRAL STRAIN.
I.NAME WAS SUPPLYING THE BAGGING AREA WITH EMPTY WOODEN PALLETS WHEN HE BENT OVER TO PICK UP AN EMPTY PALLET HE PULLED SOMETHING IN HIS BACK. RESULT - STRAIN IN LOWER BACK. F
PAUL WAS STACKING BAGS FOR CONGLOEUM CORP.ORDER WHICH IS A DIFFERENT LOADING PATTERN. THE NEXT DAY WHEN PAUL CAME TO WORK HE MENTIONED TO FELLOW EMPLOYEE ROBERT FARNSWORTH THAT HIS BACK WAS BO BOTHERING HIN AND EAS GLAD THEY DIDN\T HAVE TO STACK THAT PATTERN ANY MORE. HIS BACK CONTINUED TO GET WORSE.