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NO PERSONAL INJURY INCIDENT OCCURRED.INDIVIDUAL BEGAN WORK AT 6:00 P.M.AND AT APPROXIMATELY 9:30P.M. DEVELOPED DISCOMFORT AND SWELLING IN THE RIGHT FOREARM.DURING THIS TIME PERIOD,THE INDIVIDU AL DID NOT BUMP,TRIP,OR FALL OR STRIKE THE RIGHT FOREARM IN ANY MANNER WHICH ACCOUNTED FOR THE DISCOMFORT.
WHILE MANUVERING A PC. OF STEEL ONTO A DRILL, THE STEEL SHIFTED STRIKING HER ON THE FOOT, BREAKING A BONE IN THE FOOT. RIGHT FOOT.
INDIVIDUAL WAS ATTEMPTING TO LIFT AND LOAD A 2 X3 FT SECTION OF 1 1/4 INCH STEEL PLATE INTO A WELDING TRUCK. IN ATTEMPTING TO LOAD THE METAL SHEET, THE INDIVIDUAL EXPERIENCED LOWER LUMBAR PAIN ALONG THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS BACK.
AFTER REPAIRING3 A SEAL ON THE SUCTION LINE AT THE BARREN POND SPRAY BARGE PUMP, THE PUMP WAS BEING RESTARTED WHEN THE FOOT VALVE BLEW APART. ONESECTION OF THE VALVE ASSEMBLY FLEW INTO THE AIR COMING DOWN ON3THE INJURED S LEFT THUMB WHICH WAS RESTING ON THE PUMP MOTOR.
EMPLOYEE WAS JU8T STEPPING OFF THE BACK OF A WELDER TRAILER 30 STEP ONE FOOT WAS ON THE GROUND HE TWISTED WHEN BRINGING THE OTHER FOOT DOWN STRAINING HIS BACK.
I NAME WAS ATEM1TING TO FILL A BARREL WITH PLANT SOLUTION USING A 2 IN RUBBER HOSE LEADING FROM A TANK THE HOSE BECAME KINKED AND MOVED OUT OF BARREL SPRAYING SOLUTION SOME OF WHICH ENTERED EMPLOYEES RIGHT3EYE
EMP WAS ATTEMPT3NG TO REPLACE A BUCKET HINGE PIN ON A BOBCAT LOADER WHILE REACXHING DOWN HIS FOOT CONTACTED A CONTROL PEDAL BUCKET RAISED AND EMPLOYEES UPPER RT ARM WAS PINCHED
OVER EXTGENDED 4HILE ATTEMPTING TO LIFT A 20FT JOINT OF 6IN DIA YELLOW MINE PVC PIPE AT APPROX WAIST LEVEL RESULTING IN STRAINED LOWER BACK MUSCLES
I.NAME WAS SHOVELING PRECIPITATE FROM THE FLOOR PAN TO 45 GALLON BARRELS WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. I.NAME STRETCHED THE LUMBAR MUSCLES.
I.NAME LIFTING 6\\ STEEL PIPE ON 82 LEACH PAD WHEN FELT PULL IN HIS BACK.BACK STARTED BOTHERING HIM 9-28-84.POSSIBLY HAS STRAIN OR PINCHED NERVE.
CALVIN WAS ACID TREATING A LIME BUILD UP IN THE CLARIFIER FIRST CLORINE WAS ADDED TO NEUTRALIZE ANY CYOMIDE ON THE CLARIFIER. THEN HC1 WAS ADDED TO THE CLORINE SOLUTION WHICH REDUCED A CLORINE GAS OR VAPOR CALVIN INPLANTED THE CLORINE GAS OR VAPOR THUS BURNING HIS LUNGS. ALL NORMAL PROCEDURES WERE FOLLOWED.