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CARRIED OXYGEN BOTTLE FROM RACK TO SHOP. EXPERIENCED PAIN IN GROIN AREA.DIAGNOSED AS A HERNIA REQUIRING SURGERY 6-25-92.
EMPL WAS HELPING NIGHT SHIFT MECHANIC CHANGE WEAR PLATES ON LOADER BUCKET. HE CARRIED WEAR PLATE OVER FROM WHAREHOUSE & WHEN HE WAS SITTING IT DOWN ONTO FLOOR HE CAUGHT SORE FINGER NAIL UNDER IT. HE THEN TRIED TO REMOVE HAND TO FAST & PULLED MUSCLES IN ARM. RECEIVED MEDICAL ATTENTION TO INSURE PROPER CARE WAS BEING TAKEN.
I.NAME WAS CLIMBING INTO BLADE BUMPED HIS HEAD ON WINDOW ADJUSTMENT WHICH WAS PROTRUDING OUTWARD. THIS CAUSED EXTRA STRAIN TO STOP FROM FALLING BACK OUT OF CAB AND TO PULL HIMSELF ON IN.
I.NAME WAS RE-POSITIONING A WEAR PLATE IN THE TAL CHUTE OF A CONVEYOR BELT. WHEN THE PLATE MOVED IT CAUGHT I.NAME'S FINGER BETWEEN END OF CHUTE AND WEAR PLATE. FINGER REQUIRED STITCHES. DR. WA S WORRIED ABOUT INFECTION.
HE WAS AT THE OUTSIDE GARBAGE BIN EMPTYING TRASH. NO SAFETY GLASSES WERE WORN AND PARTICLES WERE BLOWN IN HIS EYE WHEN HE DUMPED THE SMALL CONTAINER INTO THE BIN. MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS RECEIVE D TO INSURE PARTICLES WERE COMPLETELY REMOVED. FOLLOW UP VISIT TO EYE DR. THE NEXT DAY.
SHE WAS WASHING THE FLOOR OFF IN PROCESS WITH HIGH PRESSURE WATER HOSE. SHE WAS NOT WEARING EYE PROTECTION AND FOREIGN PARTICLES SPLASHED BACK IN HER EYES. AFTER RINSING WITH WATER THEY STILL FELT IRRITATED SO MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS RECOMMENDED. EYES WERE FLUSHED WITH MEDICATION AND ANTI-BIOTICS.
EMPLOYEE WAS IN AN AWKWARD POSITION, DUE TO SURCUMSTANCES OF JOB, WITH ARM EXTENDED OVERHEAD WHILE LAYING ON SIDE. HE WAS APPLYING TENSION TO A PRESSURE SPRING ON BRAKE ASSEMBLY WHILE MACHANIC INSTALLED KEEPER.
MIXING LIME IN 4IXING TANK. LINE FILTERED IN BEHIND GLASSES CAUSING IRRITATION TO RIGHT EYE.
EMP WAS CLENAIN1 CRUSHING SCREEN WITH A JACK HAMMER, HE THEN MOVED FORWARD TO CLEAN A PORTION OF THE CHUTE, HE PULLED CHUTE DOOR UP AND BEGAN TO CLEAN AROUND THE DOOR, THE DOOR BEING UNSECUR CAME DOWN STRIK4NG THE EMP
EMPL STOCKING P3PE AND 1 SECTION DISLODGED FALLING.EMPL TRIED TO CATCH SECTION CAUSING LACERATION TO HAND.
THE EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THAT WHILE PUTTING A HEAD ON THE 988B LOADER THE HEAD GOT AWAY FROM THEM AND SMASHED FINGERS OF HIS RIGHT HAND.