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WHILE REPLACING CLARIFIER LEAVES, HE CLOSED HIS THUMB INTO A PINCH POINT WHILE HE HAD HIS THUMB TRAPPED HE PULLED IT FREE. WHEN HE PULLED IT HE TORE A LITTLE LIGAMENT IN HIS THUMB. SPLINTED THUMB.
EMPLOYEE SCRAPED HIS RIGHT ARM IN SEVERAL SPOTS WHILE CLEANING A CYCLONE SCREEN FULL OF CRUSHED ROCK. THE SCRAPES WERE MINOR, HOWEVER A COUPLE OF SPOTS BECAME INFECTED. HE DID NOT REPORT THE INCIDENT AND DID NOT VISIT THE DOCTOR UNTIL 1-10-02. HE IS BEING TREATED FOR INFECTION WITH A COURSE OF ANTIBIOTICS.
EE SLAMMED THE END OF HIS RIGHT THUMB IN A COMPARTMENT DOOR. HE FELT THAT IT WAS O.K. ON JAN. 7,2002 HE CAME INTO THE SAFETY DEPT. BECAUSE HIS THUMB WAS NOT HEALING WELL. HE WAS TAKEN IN FOR X -RAYS WHICH REVEALED A FRACTURE ON THE TIP. HE WAS PLACED ON ANTIBIOTICS TO REDUCE INFECTION RISK.
EE WAS HAND LOADING A 75-100 LB PIECE OF METAL ONTO A FLAT BED PK UP TRUCK. HIS GRIP SLIPPED AND THE METAL SMASHED HIS #5 FINGER ON THE LEFT HAND. THIS CAUSED A SMALL BONE CHIP NEAR THE SECOND JOINT. FINGER SPLINT WAS ADMINSTERED AND RETURNED. TO WORK.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING COMPONENTS OF THE UNDERGROUND BATCH PLANT (USED FOR MAKING CEMENTED ROCK) HE SAT ON SOME DRIED CEMENT FOR A PERIOD OF TIME AND LATER DROVE A HAUL TRUCK, WHICH PROBABL Y RUBBED THE CEMENT INTO HIS BUTTOCKS. HE USED STERILE WATER TO WASH HIS BUTT UNDERGROUND, BUT DID NOT CHANGE HIS CLOTHES UNTIL THE END OF THE SHIFT. ON RESTRICTED WORK.
WHILE OPENING A BUNG TO A 55 GALLON BARREL, CUT LEFT RING FINGER ON THE SHARP COVER. THE SMALL COVER OVER THE BUNG WAS UNSEALED AND AS SHE TRIED TO REMOVE IT IT CUT HER FINGER. REQUIRED SUTURE S TO REPAIR FINGER. NOT WEARING GLOVES OR USING PROPER TOOLS.
THE EE LIFTED A 76 LB. WEIGHT BEING USED TO CALIBERATE SCALES AT AN UNDERGROUND BATCH PLANT WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK. HE VISITED A CHIROPRACTOR AND RECEIVED CHIROPRACTIC TREATMENT. HE W AS RELEASED TO FULL DUTY. HE DIDN'T SEE THE CHIROPRACTOR UNTIL JUNE 8, 2001.
EE WAS CLIMBING OUT OF A CRUSHER DISCHARGE CHUTE AFTER COMPLETING CLEANUP. HE BUMPED HIS KNEE (RIGHT) ON THE EDGE OF THE CHUTE WHICH CAUSED BRUISING. AFTER EXAMINATION THE PHYSICIAN RESTRICTED HIS WORK DUTY. EE REPORTED THE INCIDENT ON 1-19-2001.
THE EMPLOYEE IS AN ELECTRICIAN WHO WAS CHANGING PARTS ON A RECTIFIER. HE TWISTED AROUND AND PICKED UP THE PART BEING CHANGED AND FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE DID NOT REPORT IT UNTIL 12-13-0 0 AND WENT TO THE DOCTOR ON THAT DATE. HE WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY UNTIL 12-18-00 FOR A PULLED MUSCLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS PIVKING UP HIS CHOCK BLOCKS WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. THE BLOCKS WEIGH ABOUT 2 LBS. HE CONTINUED TO WORK FOR 5 MORE SHIFTS BEFORE REPORTING THAT IT HURT. HE WAS EXA MINED ON 10-14-00 AND FOUND WHAT APPEARS TO BE A TENDON RUPTURE OF THE RIGHT BICEP.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING 80 LB BALL MILL LINERS AND STRAINED HIS LEFT SHOULDER. SEPT 2000 EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED OF NUMBNESS IN HIS LEFT THUMB. HE WAS TAKEN TO DR AND EVALUATED. HE MAY HAVE CAUSED INJURY TO C-5-C6 CERVICAL DISC DURING THIS INCIDENT WHICH LATER CAUSED THIS NUMBNESS TO OCCUR. HE IS BEING PLACED ON LIFTING RESTRICTIONS.
EE WAS REMOVING PARTS FROM A PLYWOOD SHELF. HE WAS LEANING ACROSS THE SHELF PULLING A PART TOWARD HIM WHEN GOT A 2.5 CM WOOD SPLINTER IN THE UNDER SIDE OF HIS UPPER LEFT ARM. THE SPLINTER HAD TO BE REMOVED BY A DOCTOR.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING TOPS OFF OF OIL DRUMS. HE GRABBED A CUT SECTION TO ROLL IT AWAY, WITHOUT PUTTING HIS GLOVES BACK ON. A SHARP EDGE OF THE DRUM CUT HIS INDEX FINGER ON LEFT HAND.
WHILE PLACING SUPPLY IN A CABINET SHE CAUGHT HER LEFT INDEX FING RON A METAL EDGE OF THE CABINET. THIS CUT HER FINGER WHICH RQUIRED 4 SUTURES.