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EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING A SECTION OF STEEL GRATING. WHILE HE WAS PULLING ON THE GRATING HIS RIGHT GLOVED HAND SLIPPED AND THE FINGERNAIL OF HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER WAS CAUGHT ON THE EDGE OF THE G RATING, TEARING HIS FINGERNAIL OFF.
EE STATES THAT HE WAS REMOVING POINT SHIVE FROM BULLDOZER BOOM, HE CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE BOOM AND SHIVE POINT.
INDIVIDUAL WAS UP IN A STRUCTURE STANDING ON A BEAM AND LEANING OVER ANOTHER AND WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO PULL A PIECE OF PIPE TOWARD HIMSELF HE DISLOCATED HIS KNEE.
INDIVIDUAL PICKED UP A LENGTH OF PIPE AND FELT A BURNING SENSATION IN HIS GROIN AREA. PROBLEM DIAGNOSED AS A HERNIA WITH SURGERY PENDING.
THE VICTIM WAS CUT ON HIS LEFT LITTLE FINGER WHILE REMOVING A BAND ON A MATERIAL PALLET WHEN THE BAND WAS CUT IT FLEW BACK STRIKING HIM ON THE HAND THE CUT REQUIRED FOUR SUTURES TO CLOSE
EMPLOYEE ALLEGES WHILE USING WATER HOSE TO PUSH ROCK DOWN THE BELT SHE STRUCK HER ELBOW AGAINST THE END OF A METAL BAND WRAPPED AROUND THE CHUTE.SHARP METAL EDGE OF BAND CAUSED LACERATION.
WHILE CLIMBING DOWN VERTICAL TANK LADDER, EMPLO9YEE CAUGHT RING ON SID ERAIL OF LADDER AND LACERATED RING FINGER ON LEFT HAND. EMPLOYEE WAS NOT WEARING GLOVES AT TIME OF INJURY.
EE ALLEGES THAT HE WAS REMOVING SINK FROM WALL, THE SINK GAVE WAY SUDDENLY AND FELL ON HIS RIGHT ARM. HE RECEIVED A LACERATION REQUIRING STITCHES.
EMPL LIFTING POWER CABLE FOR DRAGLINE, FELT PAIN IN BACK.
EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE WAS HOOKING PIPES HE WRAPPED A CHAIN AROUND THE PIPE PULLED THE SLACK OUT & CAUGHT HIS RT LITTLE FINGER INBETWEEN THE CHAIN & HOOK
TURNING SWITCH ON BOX, CAUGHT R THUMB IN LATCH
EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE WAS CHANGING CROSSARMS ON CONDITIONER HE SCRAPED THE BACK OF HIS RIGHT HAND ON THE CROSSARMS CAUSING A LACERATION.
EMPL ALLEGES AS HE WAS WORKING ON FLY WHEEL IT LOWERED DOWN & CUT RING FINGER ON R HAND.
EE ALLEGES HE WAS HELPING TO MOVE A SLED COVERED WITH A HOOD AND WAS REACHING UNDER THEHOOD FOR THE PAD EYE WHEN HE BRUSHED HIS ARM AGAINST THE HOOD AND CUT HIS ARM.
EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE WAS CHECKING RADIATOR CAP ON JAWS OF MACHINE-REACHED OVER TO TIGHTEN THE CAP AND CAP OFF STEAM BURNED LEFT SIDE OF FAE,NECK ARM AND CHEST.
MOVING HOPPER FROM ONE HAMMER MILL TO OTHER CAUGHT R INDEX FINGER BETWEEN HOPPER AND CHUTE
EMPL HAD JUST ARRIVED ON JOB & BEGAN TO ASSIST FELLOW WORKER WHO WA SPULLING 3.0 POWER CABLE. HE BEGAN TO ASSIST WITH LIFTING & PULLING CABLE WITHOUT ANY COMMUNICATION. WHEN CABLE WAS IN POSIT ION FIRST EMPL DROPPED CABLE & INJURED'S HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN POWER CABLE & 18" PIPE. RESUL.T WAS TORN NAIL ON R MIDDLE FINGER & CUT ON RING FINGER. HALF OF NAIL WAS REMOVED BY DR.
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING FLOOR GRATING PREPARING TO INSTALL A PUMP DISCHARGE PIPE. A JOINT OF PIPE WITH FLANGE FELL ON EMPLOYEE'S ARM.
EMPLOYEE ENTERED THE DRAGLINE CAB AND TRIED TO CLOSE THE DOOR. IT DID NOT LATCH SO SHE TRIED AGAINS, THIS TIME BRACING HERSELF WITH HER RIGHT HAND ON THE WALL. HER RIGHT THUMB INADVERTENTLY WR APPED AROUND THE DOOR TRIM AND ONTO THE JAMP. SHE PUSHED HARD ON THE DOOR TO GET IT LATCHED AND PINCHED HER RIGHT THUMB BETWEEN THE DOOR AND THE JAMB.
EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE WAS CLOSING EAR DOORS WHEN HE FELT A SUDDEN SEVERE PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER & ELBOW
WHILE SLIDDING UNDERNEATH TRUCK ON FLOOR CREEPER A BOLD WAS DISLODGED .BOLT FELL AND STRUCK MOUTH CRACKING HIS 2 TEETH.
EMPLOYEE STATES3HE W AS REMOVING A WASTE OIL DRUM FROM BENEATH A PAN WHILE REMOVING THE WASTE OIL DRUM THE SHARP EDGE OF THE DRUM CUT HIS FINGER
EE STATES THAT 2E WAS PULLING BOARDS FROM THE OLD SPILLWA SLIME WAS TO T HE TOP OF BOARDS HE H AD REMOVED THE TOP 3 BOARDS BUT THE 4TH BOARD WAS DEEP IN SLIME & HE JERKED ON BOARD CAUSING BA CK TO HURT. 3
INJURED AND I.N5ME WERE INSTALLING THE CONNECTING SHAFT AND PINS BETWEEN THE COUNTERWEIGHTS AT THE DRAGLINE.WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ALIGN THE SHAFT WITH THE HOLES IN THE COUNTERWEIGHTS IN ORDER TO INSTALL THE PIN8, SHE CAUGHT HER LEFT THUMB BETWEEN THE CONNECTING SHAFT AND THE COUNTERWEIGHT.
THE EMPLOYEE S FINGER WAS CAUGHT IN A PINCH POINT BETWEEN THE 4160 V POWER CABLE HE WAS LIFTING AND THE PIT CARSTEPS WHEN HIS FELLOW EMPOYEE DROPPED HIS END OF THE CABLE.
SHE WAS ATTEMPTING TO POSITION AN ELEVEN FOOT SECTION OF ROLLED FLAT BAR ONTO A RAILROAD TIE TO BEGIN CUTTING IT INTO SECTIONS. THE SECTIONS OF VARYING LENGTH WERE TO THEN BE WELDED AS BACKUP ON SPACERS FOR THE RIDING RING ON THE CALCINE KILN. AS SHE SLID THE METAL INTO PLACE. IT DROPPED ON THE MIDDLE FINGER OF HER LEFT HAND.
EMP WAS REPLACING STEEL GRATING ON A WALKWAY ON THE SECOND LEVEL OF THE WASHER A PIECE OF GRATING SHIFTED OFF THE COME AL LONG ANDD STRUCK HIM IN THE LEFT SHIN CAUSING A LACEWRATION OF LEFT S SHIN
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING WITH FELLOW EMPLOYEE REMOVING METAL FROM METAL RACK AND LOADING IT ON BACK OF COMPANY TRUCK THE 4 FT X 10 FT SIXTEEN GAUGE SHEET OF METAL SLIPPED FROM EMPLOYEES HAND STRIK ING HER ON LEFT FOOT SHE RECEIVED A HAIRLINE FRACTURE OF GREAT LEFT TOE