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PER EE STADNING ON DOZER TRACKS BENT OVER TO RETRIEVE FUEL HOSE, TWISTED BODY AND BACK TO PICK UP. THIS PRESENTED BODY IN A TWISTED POSITION, CAUSED PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE IN DOING NORMAL JOB OF REMOVING DEBRIS FROM SCREEN DECK HAD RETRIEVED A ROCK.WHILE STILL IN EMPLOYEES HAND TOP SCREEN DECK,WHICH MOVES UP AND DOWN CAME UP CATCHING FINGER OF LEFT HAND BETWEEN DECK AND ROCK.
CAUGHT THUMB OF RIGHT HAND N TIRE WHEN RAISING REACHING TO REMOVE LOOSE WOOD FROM CATWALK ON MAIN CRUSHER. HE WAS TREATED AT THE MEDICAL CENTER FOR CONTUSION OF THE RIGHT THUMB AND RELEASED TO DUTY WEARING A THUMB SPLINT.
EMPL WAS CLEANING OFF GREASE ZERK FOR SERVICING FOREIGN PARTICAL ENTERED LEFT EYE. EMPL WENT FOR MEDICAL ATTENTION & WAS RELEASED TO DUTY. ACCORDING TO EMPLOYER SAFETY GLASSES WERE REMOVED TO SEE BETTER. PROPER GLASSES ARE BEING PROVICED BYCOUNTY AT NO EXPENSE TO EMPLEES &WERE REMOVED TOTALLYAT DISCRETION OF EMPL.
INSTALLING PLATE ON CRUSHER IN AREA ATTEMPTING TO HOLD PLATE FOR TACK WELDING IT SLIPPED AND HIT IN MOUTH CHIPPING 2 TEETH. MOUTH CONTUSION
MOVING & LIFTING SELF CONTAINED PORTABLE WATER PUMP WEIGHING APPROX 50 LBS AT POND TO DRAW WATER FOR CRUSHER. IN PROCESS OF LIFTING HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER LEFT SIDE & WAS TAKEN TO CLINIC FOR ME DICAL ATTENTION.
HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO DISENGAGE FIFTH WHEEL PIN ON CRUSHER FEEDER. APPARENTLY THE PIN WAS STUCK AND REQUIRED EXCESSIVE TENSION ON THE LEVER. THE PIN RELEASED UNEXPECTEDLY, CAUSING A BACKLASH TO THE LEFT ARM AND SHOULDER. TREATED AT FAMILY MEDICAL CENTER AT GOLDEN FOR STRAIN AND NOT ALLOWED TO RETURN TO FULL ACTIVITY.
I,NAME WAS REMOVING MATERIAL NEAR SUPPORT BLOCKS FOR THE FEEDER. AS HE STEPPED DOWN ON THE SHOVEL, IT TURNED AND TWISTED THE WRIST OF HIS RIGHT HAND. THIS RESULTED IN A CONTUSION/SPRAIN OF THE RIGHT WRIST. HE WENT TO A MEDICAL CENTER ON 5/12 AFTER WORK. ON A 5/15 REINSPECTION, HE WAS RELEASED TO DUTY FOR 5/16.
I NAME WAS WORKING AT REPLACING A BEARING AT A HIGHLY INACCESSABLE LOCATION ON A RETURN CONVEYOR TO THE SECONDAR6Y CRUSHER HE TWISTED SLIGHTLY FELT A PAIN IN H IS NECK& RT SHOULDER AREA HE WAS ATTENDED BY HIS OWN PHYCISIAN LATER THAT EVENING WHO GAVE HIM SOME MEDICINE & HE RETURNED TO WLRK THE FOLLOWING DAY ON APRIL 11 HE WAS SENT TO A CUNTY DESIGNATED PROVIDER MEDICAL WHERE HE WAS
DESCENDING LADDER FROM CONTROL SHACK WHICH IS MOUNTED ON TRAILER TO GET TO GROUND PUT BALL OR FOOT INSTEAD OF INSTEP ON ROUND STEP & SUFFERED MUSCLE SPRAIN IN LOWER RT.LEG FROM PRESSURE/MOVE MENT
TRYING TO MOVE 6AR-TWISTED BACK .SUFFICIENT PAIN -WENT TO FAMILY URGENT CARE CLINIC.SHOULD BE RELEASED TO FULL DUTY 9-2-86.
EMPLOYEE WAS LI0TING TIMBERS USED FOR SHORING INTO LOADER BUCKET. IN PROCESS OF LIFTING, SUFFERED SEVERE PAIN IN LOWER BACK SUFFICIENT TO BE ATTENDED BY PHYSICIAN.
TWO EMPLOYEES WERE CARRYING A CRUSHER SCREEN ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES DROPPED HIS SIDE OF SCREEN RESULTING SUDDEN CHANG IN WEIGHT CAUSED A V-TYPE LACERATION ON MIDDLE FINGER OF EMPLOYEES RT HAND
WHILE CHANGING BITS ON A LOADER BUCKET ONE OF THE BITS FELL ON THE INSTEP OF EMPLOYEES LEFT FOOT
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING OFF CRUSHER WHEN HE FELT A PULL IN HIS LOWER BACK THIS PAIN BECAME WORSE OVER THE WEEKEND