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EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING BOXCARS FOR LOADING HE WAS SWEEPING UP HEAVILY SCENTED CAT LITTER WHEN HE BECAME EXTREMELYNAUSEATED & LIGHTHEADED HE WENT HOME & HIS WIFE TOOK HIM TO THE DOC WHO DIAGNOSE D AN ALLERGIC REACTION LATER THAT EVENING THE EMPLOYEE BROKE OUT IN A RASH WHICH KEPT HIM UP MOST OF THE NIGHT SO THAT HE WAS UNABLE TO RETURN TO WORK THE NEXT DAY

EE WAS UNSCREWING A 2 INCH, 10 FT LONG LENGTH OF CONDUIT USED TO HOLD UP A LIGHT. A CONDUIT FITTING LOCATED AT THE BASE OF THE PIPE BROKE. THE PIPE WITH A PART OF THE FITTING STILL ATTACHED, L ANDED ON THE EE S FOOT JUST BEHIND THE STEEL TOE THE PIPE AND FITTING PENETRATED THE BOOT AND FOOT, BREAKING TWO TOES AND COMING OUT THE BOTTOM OF HIS FOOT.

EMPLOYEE WAS IN A CROUCHED POSITION REPLACING A BELT GUARD. HE WAS WEDGED INBETWEEN THE BELTGUARD AND A HANDRAIL. HE TWISTED TO RAISE UP AND HIS LEFT KNEE POPPED LOUDLY.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING LARGE SUBMERSIBLE PUMP FROM BACK OF CHEVROLET S-10 PICKUP & TWISTED SPRAINED BACK.

MOVING PC OF METAL FLOOR GRATING STRAINED LOWERBACK

EMPLOYEE HIT HIS RIGHT ELBOW ON THE DOOR OF A DUMP TRUCK WHEN HE WAS CLIMBING DOWN FROM THE CAB. HE DID NOT THINK HE WAS HURT, DID NOT REPORT THE INJURY AND CONTINUED WORKING. ON 1-16-91, HE R EPORTED TO HIS SHIFT FOREMAN THAT HE HAD A STRANGE LOOKING LUMP ON HIS ELBOW WHERE HE HAD HIT IT. THE DOCTOR DETERMINED THE LUMP WAS FILLED WITH FLUID AND REMOVED APPROX. 4 CC OF YELLOW FLUID

EMPL CLEANING UP UNDER PALLETIZING MACHINE HIT BACK ON FRAMEWORK OF MACHINE WHEN WALKING OUT FROM UNDER IT.SEE ATTCH;KEPT WORKING WENT TO SEE DR 7-15-91..DR RX 4 DAYS REST,ULTRASOUND TREATMENT S,STEROID INJECTIONS.DR SAID WAS A DIRECT RESULT OF OCT INCIDENT.

EE WAS ON HIS KNEES UNDER A SCRAPER PREPARING TO REMOVE THE STARTER. THE STARTER DROPPED SUDDENLY AND THE EE LEANED BACK TO CATCH IT AND OVER EXTENDED HIS RIGHT KNEE. HE REPORTED THE ACCIDENT AND CONTINUED WORKING. HIS KNEE DID NOT GET ANY BETTER, SO TWO WEEKS LATER HE WENT TO HIS DR WHO SAID HIS KNEE WAS SPRAINED, JUST WAIT TIL NO IMPROVEMENT SURGERY

MOVING SALT DROPOUT PULLING ON ROPE HANDS SLIPPED ON WET ROPE CAUSING HIM TO LOSE BALANCE FELL JAMMING HIS BACK

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON FRAMEWORK NAILING ROOF EVE FLASHING. AS HE WAS STEPPING DOWN FROM THE FRAMEWORK TO THE LADDER, HIS NAIL APRON AND HAMMER CAUGHT CAUSING THE HAMMER TO CATCH BETWEEN HIS KNEE AND HIS RIBS, BRUISING HIS RIBS.

80 LB BAGS OF PRODUCT ON PALLETIZER MOVING BAGS WHEN HE WRENCHED HIS BACK

OPER MOVING BULKHEADS IN BOXCARS.WHILE SWINGING BULKHEAD TO TRY TO GET IT MOVING,TOP SLIDES SUDDENLY GAVE CAUSING BULKHEAD TO CATCH BOTH FEET BETWEEN FLOOR AND BULKHEAD.LEFT FOOT SUSTAINED BRU ISE BETWEEN BIG TOE AND INSTEP.RIGHT FOOT UNINJ.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING SALVAGE PIPE AND VALVES AND CAME IN CONTACT WITH A RUSTY PIECE OF FRAYED STEEL CABLE, WHICH PUNCTURED HIS LEFT FOREARM.

EMPLOYEE WAS ON HIS KNEES ROLLING A 20' LENGTH OF 4" PIPE WHILE IT WAS BEING CUT WHILE ROLLING THE PIPE HIS BACK POPPED

EMPLOYEE WAS IN8TALLING A BRAKE HYDRA-VAC HOOSTER INTO ITS PROPER PLACE WHILE LAYING ON BACK ON A CHEEPER.STRAINED BACK MUSCLE WHILE LIFTING HOOSTER(WEIGHING APPROX 15#).

SEUM (55GAL) O0 FLOCCULENT REAGENT WAS LYING HORIZONTAL ACROSS FORKLIFT TINES & EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STAND DRUM IN VERTICAL POSITION

LIFTING A LARGE3JACK OUT FROM UNDER THE 633D HARVESTER AND STRAINED LOWER BACK LIFTING IN A LOW CLEARANCE AREA AND TOO MUCH WEIGHT

BENT OVER REMOV3NG RUBBER SLEEVES FROM INSIDE OF DIFFUSER CAGE AND PINCHED NERVE IN LOWER BACK WHEN HE STARTED TO STRAIGHTEN UP

I.NAME WAS IN T3HE PROCESS OF INSTALLING THE RAM IN A HYDRALIC CYLINDER WHEN THE PACKING GLAND WAS 1" FROM THE TOP OF THE HYDRAULIC CYLINDER IT HUNG TEMPORARILY & WHEN ADJUSTED DROPPED SUDDENL Y CATCHING THE 1ALM OF HAND. NORMALLY THE LAST 1" HAS TO HBE FORCED TOGETHER USING BOLTS.

HE CLAIMED TO H5VE INJURED HIS BACK WHILE LIFTING A 20-FEET SECTION OF 8-INCH STEEL PIPE. AT THE TIME OF INJURY, HE WAS WORKINGWITH ANOTHER EMPLOYEE INSTALLING PIPE FOR THE NEW SALT PROJECT. IN THE PROCESS 2F LEVELING UP THE PIPE FOR WELDING, HE GRABBED ONE END OF THE PIPE AND LIFTED IT UP WHILE THE WELDER PLACED A BLOCK UNDER IT.