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TIGHTENING CAP ON 6 GRAM VIAL. VIAL BROKE RESULTING IN CUT ON 1-THUMB, 5 STITCHES. CONCERN IN THIS INSTANCE IS CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION OF WOUND.
MOVING 55 GAL. DRUMS INTO LINE SO MORE DRUMS MAY BE PLACED ON TOP. EMPLOYEE GRABBED HOLD OF DRUM TO SWING IT INTO PLACE AND CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN DRUMS. FINGER NEEDED CLEANING UP AND REQUIRED STITCHES.
CLEANUP FROM #11 YC PRECIPITION TANK BEING DUMPED INTO ACID RE DISOLVE TANK. BOTH TANKS HAVE ANHYDROUS AMMONIA & SULFURIC ACID IN THIS SOLUTION.
OPENING 8" KNIFE VALVE ON POND RETURN, FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK & SHOULER. EE TOOK ASPIRIN UNATIL 2/13/96. WE THEN SENT HIM TO CLINIC. HE SAID NOTHER ABOUT HIS PAIN UNTIL 2/13/96.
AT 7AM EE WAS GETTING DRESSED FOR WORK, THE PREVIOUS DAY HE HAD BEEN WORKING IN CAF2 DUMPING DRUMS. HE FAILED TO WASH OFF RUBBER BOOTS AT END OFWORK SHIFT, WHEN HE PUT ON BOOTS & WASHED HIS HA NDS HE FAILED TO REMOVE ALL FOREIGN MATERIAL FROM HANDS. HE PUT IN CONTACTS & IMMEDIATELY STARTED TO FEEL BURNING SENSATION TO EYES.
EE WAS WALKING OUT NORTH DOOR OF MILL BUILDING WHEN HE STEPPED ON GRIND BALL TWISTING HIS RIGHT FOOT. AREA IS IN NEED OF CLEANUP.
RAISED FORKS BY LIFTING FORKS AT HINGED AREA TO SLIDE FORKS TO A DIFFERENT POSITION. DROPPED FORK BEFORE MOVING HAND.
WHILE STACKING 6"X6" TIMBERS, HE WAS LOWERING THE END OF THE TIMBE RONTO THE FORK LIFT. WHEN TIMBER SLIPPED FROM HIS HANDS JAMMING HIS MIDDLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND CAUSING A CHIP FRACTURE.
EMPLOYEE WAS STEAM CLEANING A 50' LENGH OF A 2: BULL HOSE. WHEN HE LIFTED IT HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK.
TOP LANDER WAS REMOVING A CARDBOARD BOX OF PLASTIC 6 INCH PLUGS FROM BACK OF PICK UP WHEN TAILGATE FELL STRIKING EE IN RIBS BRUISE AND PULLED MUSCLE REQUIRED PHYSICAL THERAPY.
EMPL & MINE FOREMAN WERE CARRYING ELECTRIC SLUSHER MOTOR OFF MAN CAGE AT 1-3 LEVEL. EMPL FELT SOMETHING STRAINED IN BACK. EMPL HAS HAD BACK PROBLEMS BEFORE.
EE WAS REMOVING THE ARMS OF A 54 INCH SLUSHER BUCKET. THE BUCKET TIPPED BACK AND HE LOST HIS HOLD OF THE LEFT ARM. IT DROPPED ON THE ARCH OF HIS LEFT FOOT X RAYS FOR FRACTURE WERE NEGATIVE. BR UISED PAIN PILLS PRESCRIBED EE RETURNED TO WORK FOLLOWING DAY.
WHILE LIFTING EMPL PULLED A MUSCLE AND PINCHED NERVE IN R ARM ACCIDENT DID NOT BECOME REPORTABLE UNTIL 7/24/89 WHEN EMPL SAW A DR AND RECEIVED A PRESCRIPTION FOR THE NAGGING IRRITATION
WHILE LIFTING PIECE OF METAL EE BUMPED ELBOW ON METAL TABLE LEG. HE WENT TO THE DR 6 DAYS LATER AND RECEIVED A PRESCRIPTION.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN WAREHOUSE. OVER A 3 WEEK PERIOD HE CLAIMED TO HAVE HURT HIS BACK. HE VISITED THE DOCTOR FOR THE FIRST TIME JUNE 19. HE IS SUFFERING FROM SCIATIC NERVE IRRITATION.
WAS 6-19-89, EE CLAIMS HE WAS HIT IN BACK BY ROCK WHILE GETTING INTO A TRUCK THE ACCIDENT WAS REPORTED TO SAFETY DEPARTMENT 3 WEEKS LATER AND FIRST VISIT T65O DR OCCURED 4 WEEKS LATER.
MAN PINCHED THUMB WHILE CHANGING DIVIDER AND GUIDE BACKER.
UNLOADING A BOX THAT HAD BATTERIES IN IT.EMPLOYEE.WHILE ATTEMPTING TO UPRIGHT THE BOX IT SLIPPED UNTO A LOADER BUCKET,SPILLING AND SPLASHING BATTERY ACID.
TARP SNUBBER ST9AP STRUCK DRIVER IN THE NOSE. HIS NOSE REQUIRED FOUR OR FIVE STITCHES.
MAN WAS INSTALL3NG CRIBBING AT JAW CRUSHER ON SURFACE BEHIND SHOP, TWISTED BACK CAUSING SPRAIN.
EMPLOYEE A TOPL5NDER WAS LIFTING TIMBER AND RUPTURED DISC IN BACK.
EMPLOYEE IS A T2PLANDER AND WAS INVOLVED IN CONTINOUS HEAVY LIFTING THROUGHOUT THE DAY.AT THE END OF DAY,SEVERE PAIN TO THE LOWER RIGHT PART OF BACK.
MAN WAS LOADING36' DRILL STEEL ONTO SKIP, & EXPERIENCED SEVERE PAIN TO LOWER BACK.
PLUMB BOB FELL FROM WORK DECK ASND HIT MINER IN HEAD.
MAN, A TOPLANDER, WAS ASSISTING THE FOREMAN IN ATTACHING THE TONGUE OF A TRAILER TO A FRONT END LOADER & RECEIVED A STRAIN INTHE GROIN AREA.
WHILE CONNECTING PIPE TO DRILL STEM, PIPE KICKED BACK AND KNOCKED I NAME DOWN.
MAN WAS PULLING DRILL FROM HOLE & STRAINED BACK
MAN WAS ASSISTING IN UNLOADING MATERIAL FROM CAGE AT COLLAR, WAS HIT IN HEAD BY FALLING PIPE
MAN WAS TAKING FAN DOWN, WHEN HE REMOVED ONE OF THE CHAINS HOLDING THE FAN, THE GAN SLIPPED. & HIT THE MAN IN THE KNEE (LEFT) CAUSING A CUT WHICH REQUIRED 3 OR 4 STITCHES.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING STEAM HOSE TO NEW LOCATION AND OPENED VALVE THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN HOOKED BUT WASNT
CAUGHT THUMB BETWEEN ROOF MAT AND ROOF WHILE TYING ELECTRIC CABLE TO THE MATT.