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THE EE HAD A BCK ACHE DURING THE NIGHT, FOLLOWING HIS REGULAR SHIFT.
HE WAS DISMOUNTING THE V50E FORKLIFT AT SITES.
WHILE SCRAPPING COPPER/GOLD PLATING FROM CATHODE HANGER FRAME, EE'S HAND WAS CUT WHEN SLIVER OF COPPER/GOLD CUT THROUGHT PROTECTIVE GLOVE.
EMP WAS LIFTING A DRIVE LINE FROM THE GROUND UP TO HIS WAIST. THIS DRIVE LINE WEIGHS APPROX 100LBS. LATER THAT SHIFT HE COMMENTED TO HIS COWORKER HE HAD HURT HIS LOWER BACK SHILE LIFTING THE D RIVE LINE.
ROCKS WERE BEING REMOVED AROUND THE LEACH PAD AND PUT INTO A LOADER BUCKET. WHILE PICKING UP A ROCK EMPLOYEE HURT HIS BACK.
THE OPERATOR WHILE WALKING ON THE TRUCK'S CATWALK BUMPED HIS HEAD ON THE HEADACHE RACK WHEN CLIMBING OFF THE TRUCK. THE OPERATOR'S HARD HAT WAS KNOCKED OFF. EE HAS SOME PAIN AND A TEMPORARY HE ADACHE.
EMPLOYEE SHOVELED DIRT FOR PART OF SHIFT ONBLAST BACK EMPLOYEE STIFF 2 HRS AFTER SHIFT 2 DAYS LATER BACK HURT SIGNIFICANTLY MORE WHILE DRIVING A HAUL TRUCK
WHILE EXITING ANFO TRUCK FROM PASSENGER SIDE, THE EMPLOYEE BRUSHED AGAINS TTHE EXHAUST PIPE (MUFFLER) OF TRUCK AND BURNED HIS RIGHT ARM.
AN EE WAS LOADING AN OIL DRUM ONTO A FORKLIFT. THE DRUM SHIFTED AND SMASHED THE EE S FINGER BETWEEN THE DRUM AND THE MAST GUARD. THE FINGER WAS CUT AND FRACTURE. IT REQUIRED SUTURES AND THE DR ACTURE MAY NEED TO BE SET.
SUPV WEIGHING LOADED CATHODES ( 60 LB) BY HAND. THE SCALE SLIPPED IN HANDS AND CUT RIGHT THUMB. WASNT WEARING GLOVES.
EMPLOYEE WAS BEING TAUGHT TO DRIVE ENDDUMP TRUCK.HE WAS SWITCHING SEATS HIS HAND SLIPPED OFF THE SEAT-AT THE SAME TIME THE DRIVER WAS GOING OUT OF THE TRUCK AND SHUT THE DOOR WHICH CAUGHT EMPL OEYEE'S HAND.
ON 12-12-91 EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A 10FT ROCK FROM HAUL ROAD SURFACE HE REPORTED A SERVE PAIN IN HIS RT ARM HE SAID HE WOULD PROBABLY BE OK ON 12-18-91 HE WAS REMOVING EXCESS BLASTING SUPPLIES F ROM THE BLAST POSITION HE LIFTED A 60LB BOX OF BOOSTERS & FELT ANOTHER SEVERE PAIN IN HIS RT ARM HE REPORTED THE INJYRY BUR ONCE AGAIN FELT HE WOULD BE OK PAIN REOCCURRED OCCASIONALLY UNTIL 1
AFTER HOOKING LIFTING DEVICE ON BUCKET OF 992, EMPLOYEE RETURNED TO THE PLATFORM OF THE 992. WHEN CLIMBING ONTO THE PLATFORM FROM THE ARMS OF THE BUCKET, HE STOOD UP AND HIT HIS HEAD ON THE MI RROR. THE BOLT ON THE BOTTOM OF THE MIRROR KNOCKED OFF HIS HARDHAT AND GLASSES AN SCRAPED HIS LEFT EYELID.
EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTING TO LOAD ABOUT 30 LBS OF PLASTIC LINE INTO PICKUP. FELT STRAIN IN BACK. CONTINUED WORKING. CLIMBING SLIPE WITHOUT ROPE, SLIPPED AND FELT STRAIN AGAIN. REPORTED BACK STRAIN A T 2 PM.
LOADED 3" X 20" STEEL PIPE ON FLATBED. WHILE TRANSPORTING PIPE IT ROLLED OFF TRUCK. TRUCK STOPPED BUT WAS ON A SLIGHT SIDE ANGLE. WHEN EMPLOYEE WAS RELOADING PIPE A SECTION HE HAD ALREADY LOAD ED ROLLED OFF AND INJURED HIS FINGER WHEN IT WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE SECTION HE WAS PICKING UP, AND THE SECTION FALLING FRACTURED TIP OF SMALL FINGER ON RIGHT HAND.
HE WAS ADDING CAUSTIC SODA TO ABOUT 10 GALLONS OF MUFLATOR ACID. AFFETING ADDEING ABOUT 5 SCOOPS TO THE MIX TANK. HE SAID HE DID NOT SEE ANY REACTION SO HE ADDED ANOTHER SCOOP TO THE MIX TAN K. THE MIX EXPLODED STEEM AND CAUSTIC SOADA INTO HIS FACE AND NECK ALSO HIS UPPER ARM WAS BURNED.
I.NAME STANDING3IN HIGH LIME SOLUTION DEEPING SCALE AND DEBRIS FROM SUBMERSIBLE PUMP.LEFT BOOT HAD SLOW LEAK.DIDNT REALIZE BOOT WAS LEAKING UNTIL END OF SHIFT.WORKED ON 1-5 SHIFT ,LATE HE WENT TO EMERG RM MI8SED 1-6 REPORTED BACK TO WORK ON...
EMPLOYEE WAS WO9KING ON RELOCATING THE JAWS ON A NORTHINGTON AIR TRACK HE CARRIED JAW ASSEMBLY ABOUT 40FT.& SET THEM DOWN AT THIS TIME HE COMPLAINED OF A PRESSSURE ON HIS LOWER LEFT SIDE THE JAWS WEIGHT WAS3ABOUT 45LBS A LITTLE AWKWARD THE HERNIA WAS A SMALL PREXISTING INJURY
I NAME WAS LIFT3NG END OF A STEEL PIPE. HE LIFTED THE PIPE AND STRAINED THE MUSCLES IN HIS BACK. THE PROBLEM WAS NOT MENTIONED UNTIL THE END OF THE DAY. HE WAS THEN SENT TO THE HOSPITAL
THE INJURED WAS3HELPING TO SLIDE 8" STEEL PIPE IN A DITCH. HE HAD PUT HIS HAND BETWEEN TWO JOINTS TO REMOVE SOME ROCKS,A SUPERVISOR WITH HIM CALLED OUT TO THE CREW NOT TO MOVE THE PIPES. THE C REW DID NOT HEA9 HIM AND SLID THE PIPES TOGETHER CRUSHING HIS HAND BETWEEN THE JOINTS. HIS HAND WAS BRUISED AND SWOLLEN.
INSTALLING LIFT3FORKS ON 96LC LOADER BUCKET WHEN ONE SECTION OF FORK SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND AND LANDED ON TOP OF HIS RT FOOT
SERVICING T RUC5 #13 WENT TO CLIMB UP LADDER AND FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK
KNELT DOWN TO 4ORK ON BOILER, WHEN HE R E A CHED BACK FOR A WRENCH, HIS KNEE POPPED
BETWEEN TWO HO7 WATER BOILERS AND THE MILL BUILDING, THE BOILER HEAD PLATE WAS DROPPED ON THE RIGHT FOOT DURING REPAIRS TO THE BOILER. WORK WAS IN A CONFINED AREA AND IMPROPER TOOLS WERE BEIN G USED. 3
PULLED MUSCLE. HE WAS PULLING SAMPLE TRAY OUT FROM UNDER DRILL WITH LEFT HAND WEIGHT ABOUT 75-10 BLS.