INJURED WAS POSITIONING A RIPPER SHANK ON A D-9 DOZER TO GET IT TO LINE UP WITH THE RIPPER POCKET.WHILE DOING THIS HE CAUSED A STRAIN TO HIS LOWER BACK.
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INJURED WAS SETTING THE VICE ON THE MILLING MACHINE. HE SET THE TOP HALF ON AND REACHED TO PICK THE BOTTOM HALF UP. HE PULLED THE TOP HALF OFF WITH HIS APRON ONTO HIS RIGHT FOOT.
INJURED WAS INSTALLING DOZER TILT LINE GUARDS ON A D-9 CATERPILLAR, WHEN HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK MUSCLES.
INJURED SUFFERED BACK STRAIN WHEN CARRYING BUCKETS OF YELLOW CAKE UP THE FILTER DRUM STAIRS.
INJURED WAS MOVING A 200 POUND TRAILER HOSE. WHEN THE CO-WORKER DROPPED HIS END OF THE HOSE, THE INJURED PERSON TOOK THE WHOLE WEIGHT CAUSING STRAIN TO BOTH ARMS, SHOULDERS AND CHEST AREA.
INJURED AND CO WORKER WERE REMOVING AN ENGINE OIL PUMP FROM THE ENGINE OF A 651 SCRAPER. THE PUMP SLIPPED FROM THEIR HANDS AND CAUGHT INJUREDS LEFT THUMB BETWEEN THE OIL PUMP AND THE ENGINE PA N.
INJURED WAS CHANGING OUT PADS ON THE MILL PAN FEEDER. HE LATER FELT SOME PAIN IN HIS HIP. WHEN THE PAIN WENT AWAY, TWO DAYS LATER, HE NOTICED SWELLING IN HIS LOWER ABDOMEN. IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS A HERNIA.
EMPLOYEE WAS UNHOOKING CLEVICES FROM P&H SHOVEL STICKS,IN PREPARATION OF MOVING THEM TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STICKS,WHEN THE TWISTING MOVEMENT CAUSED A STRAIN TO HIS MIDDLE BACK.
EMPL WAS LIFTING A THREE GALLON BUCKET OF MILL SLIMES WHEN HE EXPERIENCED LOW BACK MUSCLE STRAIN
INJURED WAS CLIMBING OUT OF AXLE BOX OF A R170 HAUL TRUCK. WHEN HE STEPPED TO GET ONTO THE WORK PLATFORM HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.
A WELDER/MECHANIC EXPERIENCED A SLIGHT TWINGE IN HIS BELLY JUST ABOVE HIS BELLY BUTTON WHEN CAUGHT A 633 SCRAPER CUTTING EDGE AS IT WAS FALLING OVER FROM WHERE IT HAD BEEN PLACED AGAINST THE MOLD BOARD DECIDED TO HAVE SURGERY DURING THE WEEK OF DEC 12
INJURED WAS LIF7ING A SECTION OF 6 INCH METAL PIPE WHEN HE FELT A DISCOMFORT IN HIS LOWER BACK.
INJURED WAS ATT5CHING A TRAILER MOUNTED GENERATOR TO THE PINTLE HITCH ON A TOW TRUCK. EMPLOYEE BELIEVED THE HITCH WAS LATCHED AND BEGAN RETRACTING THE JACK STAND. THE TRAILER PINTLE RING SLIPP ED FROM THE HIT7H AND FELL STRIKING HIS UPPER RIGHT LEG.
A WELDER/MECHAN3C WHILE PULLING ON A PIECE OF 8" PIPE FROM A HANDS AND KNEES POSITION, STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK MUSCLES.
A WELDER WAS HO2KING CABLE TO A 70 TON CRANE TO LIFT A HAULAGE TRUCK BOX. WHEN HE REACHED INTO THE HOOK, THE RIGHT RING FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE HOOK AND THE SAFETY LATCH MECHANISM.
INJURED WAS HEL1ING A CO-WORKER PULL ELECTRICAL WIRE THROUGH A CONDUIT.WHILE PULLING HIMSELF UP TO A WORK PLATFORM,HE EXPERIENCED A PAIN IN HIS CHEST AND MIDDLE BACK.
A SHOVEL MECHAN3C DROPPED A HOIST BRAKE SHAFT ASSEMBLY WEIGHING APPROX 125 LBS. ONTO THE TIP OF HIS RIGHT RING FINGER TIP
EMP WAS BURNED BY STEAM THAT HAD DEVELOPED IN A SANDED TAILS PUMP INJURY OCCURRED WHEN THE PUMP PLUG WAS PULLED RELEASING THE TRAPPED STEAM BURNS TO HAND AND ARM REQUIRED MEDICAL ATT ENTION
INJURED WAS REMOVING A BARREL HOIST CLAMP FROM AN OVERHEAD HOIST WHILE REMOVING THE CLAMP HE DROPPED IT ONTO HIS LEFT FOOT
A MILL MECHANIC, WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CLOSE THE SAFETY LATCHING MECHANISM ON HOIST HOOK, SUFFERED A RIGHT RING FINGER FRACTURE. THE HOOK HAD NOT CLOSED FULLY WITH THE 300 POUND PUMP CASE ON THE HOOK. THE MECHANIC SLAPPED THE LATCH AND THE LATCH PINCHED THE FINGER.
REMOVING LEFT FRONT TIRE FRONT ON LETOURNEAU FRONT END LOADER.OVEREXERTED LOWER BACK MUSCLES WHILE PUSHING ON THE TIRE.
INJURED WAS REPAIRING THE GEAR BOX FROM A WOTHUNGTON PUM WHILE ATTEMPTING RE-POSITION THE GEAR, HE STRAINED HIS LOWER ABDOMINAL AREA.
INJ RECEIVED AMPUTATION OF RIGHT INDEX DISTAL PHALANGE WHEN HE CAUGHT IT BETWEEN HYDRAULIC CYLINDER AND BOWL OF SCRAPER.FINGER SUCCESSFULLY REATTACHED BY SUTURING.
INJURED AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE MANUALLY MOVING IRON IN PREPARATION FOR LOADING THE IRON ONTO A TRUCK
INJURED AND ANOTHER MECHANIC WERE ATTEMPTING TO ROTATE AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WHILE TURNING THE TRANSMISSION IT CAME OFF OF CHAIN HOOK AND STRUCK INJURED ON THE RIGHT KNEE, INFLICTING A CO NTUSION.
INJURED WAS ASSITING OTHER PERSONNEL IN DEMOLITION OF A WOOD THICKENNER TGANK WHILE PUSHING ON A 4INX12INX18FT TIMBER HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK
ON 030784 INJURED LIFTED TRAILER TONGUE ON AIR COMPRESSOR AND FELT DISCOMFORT IN HIS LOWER BACK ON 061484 WHILE DUMP GARBAGE HE ONCE AGAIN FELT BACK PAIN
WAS MOVING LOCKERS UPSTAIRS INJURED SAID HELPER WAS NOT DOING HIS SHARE SO HE HAD TO LIFT HARDER AND HURT HIS BACK. INJURED HAS A RE-OCCURING BACK INJURY
INSTALLING LID ON #2 LEACH AGITATIR. BUMPED ELBOW ON STEEL FRAME WORK UNDER WALKWAY. LEFT OLECTRRANON BURSITIS.
A MAINTENANCEMAN WITH 5 1/2 YRS EXPERIENCE CAUGHT HIS LITTLE FINGER OF HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN AN OXYGEN AND ACETYLENE CART AND THE HOIST HOOK BEING USED TO UNLOAD THE CART. LACERATION AND SIMPL E FRACTURE TO LITTLE FINGER OF LEFT HAND RESULTED.
THIS MAN HAS HAD A BAD BACK BEFORE THE FOLLOWING EVENT WAS LIFTING A 8INX8INX8FT CAP INTO PLACE AND EXPERIENCED SEVERE LUMBAR STRAIN
REMOVING BOX PIN FROM 75 TON WABCO TRUCK PIN FELL LOOSE AND STRUCK LEFT INSTEP CONTUSION TO INSTEP