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EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO HIS LEFT FOREARM WHILE REMOVING DAMAGED FAN GUARDS OFF A LOADER.
EE STATES HE WENT TO LIFT A DRILL ROD TO LOAD ON THE TRUCK, WHEN HE TURNED HE FELT A PULL IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EE SUSTAINED A FRACTURE TO HIS RIGHT 5TH FINGER WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO MOVE ROCK OUT OF THE PRIMARY CRUSHER. THE ROCK ROLLED BACK AND SMASHED HIS FINGER.
EMPLOYEE FELT A STRAIN IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER WHENTHE OTHER EMPLOYEE WHO WAS HELPING HIM MOVE A STEEL IDLER ROLLER, LIFTED HIS END WHICH ADDED PRESSURE TO INJURED EMPLOYEE'S END. WHAT WAS BELIEV ED TO HAVE BEEN A STRAIN TO HIS SHOULDER WAS DIAGNOSED AS A ROTATOR CUFF TEAR. SURGERY WAS PERFORMED ON 11/18/99.
EE SUSTAINED A SHOULDER STRAIN AS HE ATTEMPTED TO PULL BRACKET PADDLE. OUT OF VICE. INJURY PROGRESSED TO A ROTATOR CUFF TEAR. EE REQUIRED SURGERY ON 7-12-99.
EE WAS INSIDE A DROP CHUTE WHEN A PIECE OF DEADBED FELL FROM ABOVE STRIKING EE ON HIS LEFT SIDE OF HEAD & SHOULDER CAUSING EE TO FALL FORWARD. EE WAS WEARING HARDHAT & REQUIRED PPE. WHEN HE FELL FORWARD, HE HIT HIS LEFT SIDE ON RIBCAGE
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS HE FRACTURED HIS LEFT 2ND AND 3RD FINGERS WHEN HE AND TWO OTHER EMPLOYEES WERE ATTEMPTING TO MOVE A 300 LB SHELF THROUGH DOUBLE DOORS. EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING SHELF WHEN IT PIVOTED AND PINCHED HIS HAND BETWEEN DOORFRAME AND SHELF.
EMPLOYEE, WAS PULLING HIMSELF UP ON THE LADDER OF HAUL TRUCK, USING LEFT LEG. HE PULLED A MUSLE IN LEG.
EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED A LACERATION AND SMALL CONTUSION ON HIS FOREHEAD WHEN HE BUMPED HIS HEAD AS HE WAS SECURING A DOOR ON A RAILCAR. LACERATION REQUIRED STITCHES.
LID ON TOOL BOX BLEW CLOSED, HIT XAVIER ON THE HEAD 2"CUT ON HEAD. STITCHES
EE CLAIMS HE WAS PUTTING WIRE INTO MOTOR JUNCTION BOX AND HIS FINGER GOT CAUGHT ON FLEX CONNECTOR AND CUT HIS FINGER
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS HE SUSTAINED A F RACTURE TO HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER TIP WHEN HE STRUCK HIS FINGER AGAINST THE TRUCK BED. EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING SCRAP PIPE.
EE CLAIMS HE SUSTAINED A SEVERE INJURY TO HIS RIGHT THIGH WHEN A SCALPING SCREEN FRAME SETTLED FROM ITS JAMMED POSITION & PINNED HIS LEGS.
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS HIS RIGHT RING FINGER WAS SMASHED WHEN HE WAS GOING TO RELEASE AN ANODE THAT WAS JAMMED. AS HE REACHED TO RELEASE IT, IT DROPPED SUDDENLY AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER.
EE CLAIMS HE SUSTAINED A WRIST INJURY WHEN THE TERTIARY CRUSHER HOPPER DOOR CAME OFF ITS HINGES STRIKING HIM ON HIS LEFT EAR, SHOULDER AND WRIST. HE TRIED TO BLOCK THE FALL DOOR WITH HIS HAND. WRIST SPRAIN HAS CONTINUED TO BOTHER HIM AND HAS BEEN REFERRED BY CO. DR. TO A SPECIALIST AND IS UNDERGOING THERAPY.
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS HE INJURED HIS RIGHT ARM BICEP WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CLIMB INTO THE CAB OF THE WATER. HE SLIPPED ON A WET SURFACE AND TRIED TO HANG ON WITH HIS RIGHT ARM. INJURY TO ARM WILL RE QUIRE SURGERY.
EE SUSTAINED CHEMICAL BURNS ON BOTH LOWER LEGS WHEN HE STEPPED INTO A LIME SOLUTION. EE THOUGHT IT WAS SOLID GROUND.
WHILE REPAIRING A SHOVEL BUCKET, WEAR PLATES WERE BEING INSTALLED. A PLATE SLIPPED AND FELL ON THE EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVIG DRILL BITS AROUND, TURNED AND FELT PAIN IN BACK.
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS HE SUSTAINED A HERNIA I THE LEFT GROIN AREA WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO SLDIE/LIFT A #70 VALVE.DUE TO LACK OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN EMPLOYEE AND SUPERVISOR AND DEPARTMENT, THID INJURY WAS ORIGINALLY THOUGHT TO BE NON WORK RELATED. BUT AFTER FUTHER INVESTIGATION AND EXAMINATION OF PATIENT, THIS HAS BEEN ACCEPTED AS A WORK RELATED INJURY.
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS HE SUSTAINED A CHEMICAL BURN ON HIS PENIS WHEN HE WAS CHANGING OUT A FILTER ON PIPE SPRINKLER AND SOME WATER MIXED WITH ACID SPRAYED THE FRONT PART OF HIS BODY.EMPLOYEE WENT TO THE CLINIC THE NEXT DAY,TREATED AND RELEASED.NOFURTHER TREATMENT WAS REQUIRED.
EE WAS HELPING ANOTHER EE REMOVE A 25# FUSE. THEFUST HIT THE CRADLE AND FELL ON TOP OF HIS ARM EE IS EXPECTED TO BE AWAY FROM WORK APPROX 8-12 WEEKS
EE WAS DOING CLEAN UP WORK. WHILE WEARING SAFETY GLASSES HE GOT DUST IN HIS LEFT EYE.
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS HIS RIGHT LITTLE FINGER WAS LACERATED WHEN IT WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE ROASTER POKER AND THE DECK PLATE.
IMPROPER LIFTING OF HEAVY TRACK PINS
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING CRIBBING WHEN A SPLINTER CAUGHT IN HIS GLOVE PULLING HIS HAND UNDER THE BLOCK OF WOOD AND SMASHING HIS HAND.
EE WAS WORKING ON A SHOVEL REMOVING METAL CHIPS FROM A BORING BAR. ONE STUCK AND CUT THROUGH HIS GLOVE INTO HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER.
EE WAS INSTALLING RED #10 REBAR TO BUILDING FORMS WHEN HE FELT A KINK IN HIS BACK AND PAIN TO HIS LEG.
EE WAS CLIMBING OFF OF FOOTING FORM WHEN A BRACEHE WAS HOLDING SLIPPED OFF ITS BOLTS AND HE FELLAS HE FELL HE CAUGHT HIMSELF ON A LOWER KICKER WITH HIS LEFT ARM. EE DID NOT GO SEE THE DOCTOR UNTIL HIS ARM STARTED TO BRUISE AND SWELL.
EE CLAIMS HE WAS GETTING BACK INTO THE CAB OF THE DOZER. WHEN HE PLACED HIS RGHT FOOTBEHIND HIM PIVOTINGHIS BODY TO THE RIGHT, HE FEL "HIS RIGHT KNEE POP OUT." KNEE WAS DISLOCATED.
EE CLAIMS HIS LEFT HAND THUMB WAS PARTIALLY SEVERED WHEN THE CAB DOOR OF THE TERRAGATOR (WATER TRUCK) SLAMMED SHUT ON HIS THUMB.
EE CLAIMS HIS RIGHT HAND MIDDLE FINGER WAS LACERATED WHEN A 3" SQUARE CONCAVE NUT FELL AND SMASHED HIS FINGER AGAINST ANOTHER CONCAVE NUT.
EE CLAIMS SHE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PICKUP A BUNDLE OF COPPER LOOPS WHEN HER HAND SLIPPED OFF OF THE END AND THE LOOPS FELL STRIKING HER LEFT KNEE RESULTING IN A LACERATION REQUIRING SUTURES.
EE CLAIMS HE WAS LIFTING A YOLK LINER FROM WAIST LEVEL OVERHEAD WHEN HE FELT HIS RIGHT SHOULDER POP. AFTER CONTINUED DIFFICULTY AND PAIN WITH SHOULDER, EE WAS SENT IN FOR A SHOULDER ARTHROGRAM WHICH DISCOVERED A ROTATOR CUFF TEAR. EE REQUIRED SURGERY ON MARCH 11, 1996.
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS HE RECEIVED A FRACTURE OF HIS LEFT HAND WHILE REMOVING A VALVE. HE WAS BREAKING A HALF OF THE VALVE THAT WEIGHED ABOUT 40 LBS FROM THE INNER RUBBER BOOT AND THE FLANGES TO WHIC H IT WAS ATTACHED. WHEN THE VALVE HALF BROKE FREE, IT SLIPPED OUT OF HIS GRASP, TWISTING HIS LEFT HAND. FRACTURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED UNTIL 10-11-95.
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS SHOULDER WHEN HE AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE MOVING SOME PORTABLE STEPS IN FRONT OF A TRAILER. THIS INJURY WAS INITIALLLY A FIRST-AID CASE, BUT THE IN JURY TO THE SHOULDER PROGRESSIVELY GOT WORSE REQUIRING SURGERY. EMPLOYEE UNDERWENT SURGERY JUNE 14, 1995.
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS HE WAS CHANGING CUTTING EDGES ON SI41627 RTD. AS HE WAS CLEANING DIRT OFF OF MOLD BOARD, HE CAUGHT HIS FINGER ON THE RAGGED EDGE AND CUT HIS FINGER.
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS HE AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE ATTEMPTING TO MINIMIZE A LEAKING GASKET AT THE ACID TANK. AS HE BENT DOWN IN A KNEELING-LIKE POSITION, SOME ACID RAN INTO THE LEG OF HIS ACID SUIT. WHEN HE STOOD UP, THE ACID RAN DOWN INTO HIS BOOT.
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS HIS LEFT FOOT TOE WAS FRACTURED WHEN A BALL MILL LINER STRUCK HIS FOOT AS ANOTHER EMPLOYEE PULLED THE LINER.
WAS LOADING 400 GL ROUND TANK ONTO A WATER TRUCK. WHEN IT SLIPPED IT CAUGHT HIS LEFT FOREFINGER BETWEEN TANK AND BOX END ON NX RODS SPLITTING FINGER OPEN FROM FIRST DIGIT ON FINGER TO TIP OF F INGER.
EE CLAIMS HIS FOOT WAS INJURED WHEN A BOTTOMSHELL LINER FELL ON IT. HE AND TWO OTHER EE WERE INSTALLING A HUBLINER WHEN THE WASHER THAT WAS WELDED ON THE LINER SNAPPED AS IT WAS BEING LIFTED B Y THE CRANE AND FELL ON EE FOOT.
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS HE WAS UNLATCHING A SELF DUMPING HOPPER. WHEN THE HOPPER TIPPED FORWARD, A BRACE AT THE REAR OF THE HOPPER BROKE OFF STRIKING HIM IN THE CHIN.
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS HIS LEFT RING FINGER WAS SMASHED. EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING FORK UP WITH HIS RT HAND AND USING HIS LEFT HAND TO SLIDE FORK WHEN IT SLIPPED AND PINCHED HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN FORK AND FORKLIFT.
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS HE RECEIVED BURNS TO HIS LOWER LES WHEN HE FELL INTO HOT FERRIC CHLORIDE SLURRY. WHIEL TROUBLESHOOTING, EH LEANED AGAINST A STAIRWAY HANDRAIL, HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL FOR WARD INTO SLURRY.
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS HE WAS CHANGING AN AIR MOTOR. WHILE TRYING TO BOLT THE DART TO THE NEW MOTOR, THE ROPE HOLDING THE DART & AIR MOTOR LEVEL ARM SLIPPED, PINNING HIS LEFT FINGERS TO THE GRATING. EMPLOYEE'S LEFT RING FINGER WAS LACERATED AND LEFT MIDDLE FINGER WAS FRACTURED.
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS HE WAS HELPING TWO OTHER EMPLOYEES REMOVE A BACKSTOP ON #8 BELT GEAR BOX. AS HE AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE HOLDING BACKSTOP SO TI WOULDN'T FALL, BACKSTOP SPUN AND THE EAR ON TH E BACKSTOP HIT EMPLOYEE ON BOTH HANDS.
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS HE WAS UNLOADING 20' SECTION OF 2" PIPE FROM TRUCK BED. WHEN HE UNTIED THE PIPE, THE PIPE ROLLED OFF BED AND LANDED ON HIS RIGHT FOOT.
54730ADJUSTING SHOVEL BUCKET LATCH BAR. TRIPPER LEVER WAS RELEASED. RIGHT INDEX FINGER WAS LACERATED WHEN LEVER WAS TRIPPED.
55061S REMOVING A DUCT FROM ROOF OF MILL AND AHSARP EDGE CUT HIS ARM REQUIRING STITCHES.
54736YEE WAS ASSISTING IN REPAIR OF OVERHEAD AUGER ON PRILL TRUCK.WHEN AUGER SLIPPED AND STRUCK SHOVEL HANDLE ON THE WAY DOWN.HANDLE SPLINTERED AND A PIECE OF WOOD FLEW UP AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE 95038E FACE,CAUSING A LACERATION TO HIS LOWER LIP.