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WHILE RE-ROUTING A STAMLER CABLE AND STACKING IT ALONG THE RIB, HE FELT A STRAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
WHILE TURNING PINS ON A LATHE, PICKER CHIPS BUILT UP. HE TRIED TO REMOVE THEM WITH HIS HAND,CAUSING A LACERATION OF THE MIDDLE FINGER OF HIS RIGHT HAND WHICH REQUIRED STITCHES.
EMPLOYEE WAS HANGING VENTILATION TUBING WHEN A SPAD FROM A PREVIOUSLY HUNG TUBE BROKE. THE TUBES FELL, STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE ON THE RIGHT SHOULDER, AND A SHARP PIECE OF THE FIBERGLASS EMBEDDE D IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.
WHILE UNCOUPLING AN OVERHEAD WATELINE IN LOADOUTTHE EE FELT A SUDDEN, SHARP, PAIN IN HIS RIGHT ARM AND HAND WHICH LATER TURNED TO NUMBNESS WHICH WAS CAUSED BY PINCHED NERVE IN THE NECK. INITIA L DIAGNOSIS INCLUDED THE FINDINGS OF A SPINAL DEGENERATIVE CONDTION
ON 3-29-98 EMPLOYEE GOT A FOREIGN BODY IN HIS LEFT EYE WHILE WORKING IN THE MILL (SOURCE OF FOREIGN BODY UNKNOWN. HE WASHED OUT THE EYE AND FELT THAT IT WAS REMOVED. HOWEVER, THE NEXT DAY, HIS EYE WAS STILL IRRITATED AND HE RECEIVED MEDICAL ATTENTION TO HAVE A METAL PARTICL REMOVED AND A RUST RING REMOVED.
WHILE BENDING DOWN TO PICK UP A JACK-LEG, EE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LEFT LOWER BACK.
REPETITIVE LIFTING &MOVING FROM INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS WITH FLETCHER BOLTER, CAUSED "TENNIS ELBOW" OF RIGHT ARM, REQUIRING TEMPORARY LIGHT DUTY WORK.
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING INTO ENSIGN AND HE BUMPED HIS RIGHT ELBOW ON THE ENSIGN, CAUSING BRUSING AND SWELLING. X-RAY RESULTS PENDING.
EE WAS STOCKING BOLTER; WHILE LOADING GLUE BOX ON BOLTER BY THE STRAPS, THE BACK STRAP BROKE & HE REACHED DOWN TO CATCH THE GLUE BOX, STRAINING HIS MUSCLES IN THE MIDDLE & LOWER BACK.
EMP WAS WASHING A LOADER FILTER. PLACED WASHER BETWEEN LEGS AND BENT OVER TO TURN THE HOSE OFF (CHICAGO FITTING CONNECTOR) AND WHEN IT CAME LOOSE IT CAUSED HIM TO TWIST, STRAINING LOWER BACK.
WHIILE TAKING APART A EFFREY MINER HEAD, HIS LEFT LITTLE FINGER WAS SMASHED IN THE EXTENSIONN STOP WHILE IT WAS BEING REMOVED BY A FORKLIFT CHAIN.
WHILE EE WAS HITCHING A TRAILER TO AN ENSIGN, HIS MIDDLE LEFT FINGER WAS SMASHED, REQUIRING SUTURES.
WHILE REMOVING FEED CHUTE FROM PRECIPITATORS, HOT SODA ASH DUST FELL INTO EE S LEFT BOOT, CAUSING BURNS TO LEFT FOOT AND ANKLE AREA.
WHILE REMOVING CHEICAL GOGGLES, EMPLOYEE APPARENTLY GOT A FLECK OF DRIED CAUSTIC SODA INTO LEFT EYE CAUSING A CHEMICAL BURN.
EE WAS TAKING DOWN VENTILATION TUBING, WHEN A SECTION OF THE TUBING FELL, STRIKING LEFT KNEE, CAUSING SWELLING AND PAIN. PLEASE NOTE THIS REPORT IS BEING FILED LATE BECAUSE THERE WAS NO LOST T IME UNTIL HE SAW HIS DR ON SEPT 4TH.
EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING HEAVY PIPE FOR WATER LINE ON UNEVEN GROUND WHEN HE DEVELOPED PAIN IN THE RIGHT HIP AND LOWER BACK.
WHILE WORKING INSIDE CALCINER, HE STEPPED ON A WELDING LEAD WHICH ROLLED. HE TRIED TO CATCH HIMSELF WITH LEFT HAND AGAINST CALCINER WALL. LITTLE FINGER GOT MASHED BETWEEN CALCINER & SLEEVER BA R, REQUIRING REMOVAL OF FINGERNAIL & 5 SUTURES.
EMPLOYEE WAS GOING THROUGH A HANDRAIL TO FIX A PIPE; HE RAISED HIS HEAD TOO SOON AND JAMMED HIS HEAD AGAINST A VENT PIPE, CAUSING A CERVICAL STRAIN AND LEFT ARM NUMBNESS.
EE WAS REMOVING A PLUG FROM A TRANSMISSION GEAR CASE ON A JEFFREY HELIMINER WHEN HOT OIL BURNED HIS RIGHT ARM, HAND, & NECK. [MOSTLY FIRST DEGREE BURNS, SOME SECOND DEGREE]
EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING A ROLL OF MINING CABLE (WEIGHT APPROX. 4000LB.) FROM A TRUCK IN THE WAREHOUSE. AS IT ROLLED OUT OF THE TRUCK, IT ROLLED OVER HER LEFT FOOT, CAUSING FRACTURES IN THE SMA LL TOE AND LACERTAIONS UNDER THE TOES.
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING THE RADIATOR CAP FROM A RAMCAR, WHEN HOT STEMA AND LIQUID ESCAPED, CAUSING 1ST & 2ND DEGREE BURNS ON FACE, ARMS, LEFT HAND, CHEST, AND ABDOMEN.
EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING EDUCTOR IPE BACK IN BRAKE TON BOTTOM INSIDE OF CAUSTIC CAR. THE 4" FLANGE THAT THE EDUCTOR PIPE WAS WELDED TO WAS BEING USED TO GUIDE THE PIPE INTO BRACKET. WHEN THE PIP E FELL INTO THE HOLE, HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER WAS SMASHED BETWEEN THE FLANGE ONTHE EDUCTOR PIPEAND WHERE IT BOLTS TO THE OTHE FLANGE. FINGR WAS FRACTURED AND HAD A LACERATION BETWEEN THE END
EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING THE SWACO SCREEN FOR HOLES. FLUID RUNNIGN INTO THE SCREEN SPLASHED INTO EYES, CAUUSING CHEMICAL BURN IN LEFT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING A PIECE OF PLAT ESTEEL (4"X8"X 1/4") OFF FROM AN ENSIGN AND WAS TRYING TO LEAN IT UP AGAISNT THE RIB. WHEN IT CAME OFF THE ENSIGN, IT SLID DOWN AND HIT THE BOTTOM OF TH E RIB, AND THEN BOUNCED BACK ONTO THETOP OF HIS RIGHT FOOT, BRUISING FOOT.
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING CONCRETE RUBBLE AND STRAINED LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO REMOVE A PIECE OF METAL BY CUTTING IT FROM THE THROAT OF THE MINING MACHINE, WHEN THE METAL STRUCK HIM, FRACTURING HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER.
FELLOW EMPLOYEE THREW A BIT CAN LID LIKE A FRISBEE & HIT PATIENT IN THE MOUTH WITH THE LID CAUSING A LIP LACERATION & SUTURES
EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING A LOAD OF PIPE BACK TOGETHER FROM THE SIDE OF A 975 WHEN HIS LEFT LEG GAVE WAY TWISTING AT THE KNEE INWARD CAUSING TORN MUSCLES LIGAMENTS & CHIPPED BONE IN THE LEFT KNEE A REA
EE WAS TWISTING A 15 KV LINE PLUG APART WHEN BACK STRAIN OCCURRED.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN CAUSTIC LOADOUT, WHEN APPARENTLY SOME CAUSTIC DUST GOT IN HIS RIGHT EYE, CAUSING SEVERE CHEMICAL BURNS.
WHILE LOADING ROOF PANS ON ENSIGN, ONE SLIPPED, LACERATING RIGHT INNER WRIST AREA WHICH REQUIRED SUTURES.
EE WAS GETTING OUT OF THE SNORKEL LIFT, WHEN THE HOOK ON HIS SAFETY BELT SWUNG DOWN, STRIKING HIS RT TOP TOOTH AND BREAKING IT.
EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN WORKING IN CAUSTIC PLANT AND CAUSTIC LOADOUT MOST OF THE DAY. HE APPARENTLY HAD SOME CAUSTIC DUST ON HIS HANDS WHICH HE ADVERTENTLY RUBBED INTO HIS LEFT EYE, CAUSING A CHEMICAL BURN TO THE EYE.
WHILE WORKING IN THE SURFACE MACHINE SHOP, THE EMPLOYEE FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT EYE. METAL FOREIGN BODY WAS REMOVED IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM. ORIGIN OF THE FOREIGN BODY IS UNCERTAIN. THERE HAD BEEN GRINDING BEING DONE IN THE SHOP, BUT NOT ATTHE TIME THE PAIN IN THE RIGHT EYE WAS FELT. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES ALL DAY.
EE WAS CUTTING BAD TOP IN AREA WITH CONTINUOUS MINER AND WHILE CUTTING HE BENT A ROOFBOLT PAN DOWN. A WATER HOSE HAD WRAPPED AROUND THE RIGHT END CAP SO EE GOT OFF MINER TO CUT WATER HOSE. WHE N HE TURNED TO GET BACK ON THE MINER, HE CUT ELBOW ON THE PAN THAT WAS HANING DOWN REQUIRING 6 SUTURES.
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO FREE A CABLE NEAR THE SHEAVE ON BLOCK OF A 30 TON GROVE CRANE WHEN THE CABLE SUDDENLY JERKED, DRAWING HIS LITTLE RIGHT FINGER INTO THE SHEAVE UNDER THE CABLE. THE FI NGER WAS FRACTURED NEAR THE FIRST JOINT AND REQUIRED SUTURES.
INJURED WAS IN PROCESS OF WASHING OUT A BIRD CENTRIFUGE. BY MISTAKE THE OPENED A HOT LIQUOR VALVE WITH AN OPEN ENDED LINE INSTEAD OF THE WATER VALVE. THE HOT LIQUOR FLOWED OUT OF OPEN END LI NE & DOWN ONTO THE INJURED EMPLOYEES SHOULDER. CAUSING 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO SHOULDER.
EE WAS PUSHING UP ON OVERHEAD MINE CABLE WHICH WAS USPENDED BY CABLE HANGERS WHEN SEVERAL OF THE HANGERS FAILED CAUSING THE WEIGHT OF THE CABLE TO FALL ON HER ARMS, HYPEREXTENDING BOTH WRISTS. RESULTED IN MUSCLE STRAINS IN ARM, SHOULDERS, AND NECK.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPENING A STEAM VALVE DURING PROCESS OF TESTING SAFETY VALVES ON BOILER..WHEN A STEAM LEAK DEVELOPED FROM PACKING. THIS CAUSED VALVE HANDLE TO HEAT UP CAUSING SECOND DEGREE BURNS ON THE PALMAR SURFACES OF HANDS.
EMPL MOVING PIPE,WRENCHED BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A GUARD OFF THE MAC UNIT WHEN HE FELT A MUSCLE PULL IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPL GOT 3RD LEFT DIGIT CAUGHT BETWEEN 2 SPOOLS OF PIPE. SUSTAINED FRACTURE AND LACERATION.
54736YEE WAS PLACING 3" SCHEDULE 80 PIPEON OVERHEAD VALVE.THE PIPE SLIPPED,STRIKING THE LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN FLANGE AND VALVE.
SECOND DEGREE BURNS ON LOWER LEFT LEG AND ANKLE FROM SODA ASH LIQUOR AND HOT WATER BEING USED TO BOIL OUT #2 CRYSTALLIZER. EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING ONT HE REPLACEMENT OF #2 MORRIS PUMP BEARING, WHEN THE LIQUOR GUSHED OUT OF THE VALVE, FILLING HIS SHOE.
EMPLOYEE WAS ON A FORKLIFT WHEN A HOOK HANGING THE STAMLER CABLE BROKE THE CABLE HIT HIM ON THE HARDHAT HE COMPLAINED OF SOME NECK STIFFNESS AT THE TIME BUT DID NOT SEE A DOC UNTIL 03-14-92 CO MPLAINING OF DIZZINESS & HEADCHE
EMPLOYEE WAS BUILDING STAIRS WHEN A LENGTH OF 8IN CHANNEL IRON FELL OFF HIS WORKBENCH ONTO H IS FOOT
HELPING TO LIFT BRAKE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING INTO THE CURTAINED OFF AREA OF THE DECA PLANT IN THE MILL TO TURN ON A VALVE.HE DIDN'T REALIZE HSI LEFT FOOT IN THE PATH OF SOME SPRAYING HOT WATER WHICH GOT INTO HIS SHOE CAUSING A BURN.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A SUMP PUMP IN AN AREA THAT WAS FOG-SHROUDED SO THAT VISION WAS IMPAIRED. HIS RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED INTO THE SUMP AREA WHICH WAS FILLED WITH HOT SODA ASH LIQUOR AND THE LIQUOR WENT OVER THE TOP OF HIS RUBBER BOOT, CAUSING SECOND DEGREE BURNS.
INJURED EMPL WAS SETTING ON GROUND HOLDING BAR AT SHOULDER HEIGHT FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK. DIANOSIS MUSCLE SPASM.