EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING SAMPLE BAGS IN BOXES AND TWISTING,THUS CAUSING BACK STRAIN IN LOWER BACK.
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Showing all 28EE STATED THAT HE WAS PICKING UP HIS LUNCH BOX AND STARTED TO WALK AND DEVELOPED A LOWER BACK ACHE. ON 4-13-93 THE ACHE GOT SO BAD HE HAD TO LEAVE WORK.
THIS IS A RE-OCCURANCE OF HIS INJURY ON 2-27-92.
EE WAS CHANGING A SWIVEL PACKING ON A DRILL HE DROPPED A WRENCH UNDER THE DRILL AND WAS RETRIEVING IT WHEN HE WENT DOWN HE HIT HIS KNEE ON A ROCK.
54736YEE WAS MOVING SAMPLE REJECT PULPS TO THE STORAGE TRAILER AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO PLACE A BOX ON TOP OF A STACK WHEN SHE PULLED OR SPRAINED THE MUSCLES IN HER BACK.
EMPLOYEE BENT OVER TO TAKE SAMPLE AND DID NOT BEND HIS KNEES, HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS HAULING A HAMMER DRILL IN BACK OF A PICK UP WHEN IT FELL OUT. THE INJURED EMPLOYEE PICKED UP ONE END OF THE HAMMER STRAINING HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPENING DOOR ON PULVERIZER TO BLOW IT OUT. THE BUTT PLATE WAS BROKEN, THE DOOR FELL ON HER LITTLE FINGER, CUTTING AND BRAKING HER LITTLE FINGER.
EMPLOYEE ALLEDGES UNCOUPLING A AIR HOSE FROM RECEIVER TANK BEFORE TURNING OFF VALVE ON TANK & A BLAST OF AIR HIT HIS LEFT HAND PUTTING RUST & DIRT UNDER HIS SKIN
EMPLOYEE ALLEGES CHANGING OUT AN OXYGEN BOTTLE. HE BENT OVER TO PICK UP NEW BOTTLE OF OXYGEN AND TWISTED HIS BACK AND HIS BACK POPPED.
THROWING 48 INCH PIPE WRENCH ONTO THE DRILL DECK HITTING HIMSELF ON LEFT HAND.
EMPLOYEE ALLEGES SHAKING DIRT FROM HER SHIN AND GOT A PIECE OF DIRT OUT.NEXT DAY SHE REPORTED IT WAS STILL HURTING,SENT HER TO DOCTOR.SHE HAD A SMALL SCRATCH ON LEFT EYE.
EMPLOYEE ALLEGES LOADING AND STEMING HOLES (SHOVELING) BENT OVER WHILE SHOVELING TWISTED AND PULLED MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE WAS WASHING A C1L SCREEN WITH A HIGH PRESSURE HOSE AND SUBSTANCE SPATTERED HIS FACE GETTING FOREIGN MATERIAL IN HIS RIGHT EYE.
EMPLOYEE ALLEGES SHE WAS UNTWISTING METAL TIES ON SAMPLE BAGS AND SCRAPED HER RIGHT RING FINGER ON THE WIRE TIE. SHE DIDN'T REPORT THE INCIDENT UNTIL THE NEXT DAY, SINCE SHE DIDN'T THINK SHE H AD SUSTAINED AN INJURY. HOWEVER, THE FINGER BECAME INFECTED QUITE RAPIDLY AND SHE WENT TO THE DOCTOR THE FOLLOWING DAY WITH A SEVERELY INFECTED FINGER.
EMPLOYEE NEVER REPORTED AN INCIDENT OR ACCIDENT,BUT RATHER WENT TO THE DOCTOR ON HER DAYS OFF DOCTOR ASSOCIATED CONDITION WITH ACTIVITY AT WORK,ALTHOUGH EMPLOYEE HAD ONLY WORKED A TOTAL OF 23 SHIFTS.DOCTOR THEN REFERRED EMPLOYEE TO ANPTHER DOCTOR FOR FURTHER DIAGNOSIS.SECOND DOCTOR THEN RETURNED EMPLOYEE TO WWORK WITHOUT RESTRICTIONS,HOWEVER EMPLOYEE MISSED 4 DAYS OF WORK.WE ARE ST
CLOSING DOOR ON TOOL CRIB WHEN SECTION OF PIPE STANDING AGAINST TOOL CRIB FELL STRIKING EMPL ON TOP OF LEFT FOOT.
FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN PIPE AS THEY WERE INSTALLING 30IN CULVERT
EMPL TRIED TO FREE SIEZED UP CULVERT BAND. WHEN PIPE DISLODGED IT ROLLED OVER ONTO HAND.
THIS EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING ONE END OF A CIL SCREEN WHEN HER CO-WORKER DROPPED HIS END OF THE SCREEN CAUSING IT TO STRIKE HER ON THE CHIN CAUSING LACERATION WHICH REQUIRED SUTURES FOR CLOSURE.
THIS MAN WAS HELPING TO POSITION A BALL CHARGING CONTAINER NEAR THE FEED END OF A SAG MILL WHEN HIS THUMB WAS MASHED BETWEEN THE CHARGING POT AND THE MILL, LACERATING THE EMPLOYEE S THUMB.
THIS MAN RIPPED HIS GLOVE AND GOT CAUSTIC ON AN EXISTING WOULD WHILE ADDING CAUSTIC TO THE CARBON STRIP VESSEL. THE WOUND LATER BECAME INFECTED.
CHANGING LINERS IN SAG MILL,PIECE OF METAL POPPED OFF COOLING BALL AND STRUCK LOWER LEFT EYE.TREATMENT-EYE EXAM,PRESSURE DRESSING AND REFERRAL TO OPTHALMOLOGIST FOR EVALUATION.THAT DR GAVE HIM 1 DAY NO DUTY RELEASE FOR THE 1 DAY PRIOR TO 7 DAYS SCHEDULED OFF.
EMPLOYEE HAD LIFTED A PIN AS PREPARATION FOR INSTALLATION. EMPLOYEE LAID PIN ON TOP OF A PIECE OF MACHINERY TO GET A BETTER GRIP. PIN ROLLED OFF FROM LID AND LANDED ON EMPLOYEE'S FOOT.
EMPLOYEE WAS PU5LING PLUG ON C.I.L. TANK, PLUG WAS STUCK DUE TO MED BUILD-UP. EMPLOYEE PULLED HARD AND FELT PAIN IN ABDOMINAL AREA. RE-INJURED SAME AREA ON 1-22-88 WHILE LIFTING 5 LB. PAIL FUL L OF MUD MATERI5L. RE-EVALUATED BY DOCTOR.
EMPLOYEE WAS WO9KING IN A CRFAMPED WORK AREA WHILE REMOVING STAINLESS STEEL SCREENS FROM A CIL TANK EMPLOYEE WAS ON HIS KNEES & WHEN HE LIFTED THE SCREEN HE TWISTED HIS BACK CAUSING A STRAINON HIS MIDDLE BACK3
EMPLOYEE WAS TU9NING A 55 GAL DRUM OF 8 LB MILL BALLS HE SAID THREE DAYS LATER THAT HE HAD PULLED HIS GROIN
EMPL LIFTED MIL5 BALLS FROM FLOOR WHEN HE STOOD UP AND HIT BACK INTO CATWALK LOCATED BEHIND HIM.