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WHILE DOING ELECTRICAL WORK, TWISTED LEFT KNEE WHEN TRYING TO STAND AFTER LONG PERIOD OF BEING IN SITTING, KNEELING POSITION. EMPLOYEE DID NOT REQUEST FIRST AID OR DOCTOR CISIT INITIALLY. SUBS EQUENTLY DISCOVERED TORN CARTILAGE UPON DOCTOR VISIT, AND ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY RECOMMENDED. PERFORMED ON 7-14-93.
EE WAS CHANGING SUCTION END SPOOL OF PUMP AND GRABBED OLD PIPE TRYING TO PULL IT OVER TO GET A CHOCKER UNDER IT FOR REMOVER. PIPE SLIPPED CAUSING SHARP WORN EDGE TO CUT THROUGH LEATHER WORK GL OVE AND LACERATE 1ST 3 FINGERS OF LEFT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS TWISTING PLUG OFF DISTRIBUTION BOX AT 48" CYCLINES IN FEED PRE AREA & STRAINED HIS BACK.
HE WAS CLIMBING STAIRS TO WASHA & FELT PAIN IN GROIN AREA. HE HAD EXPERIENCED A STRAIN TO THE AREA ON 11/20/91 BUT DID NOT REQUIRE ANY LOST TIME OR MEDICAL TREATMENT AT THAT TIME.
CLOSING VALVE ON PUMP SUCTION STRAINED LOWER BACK. THIS VALVE IS VERY DIFFICULT ANOMAY REQUIRE ASISTANCE.
HELPING TO REASSEMBLE PIPELINE-PUSHING RING INTO PLACE ON BELL USING FEET & HANDS.LATER THAT NITGHT,AFTER WENT HOME TO BED,WOKE UP WITH LOWER BACK PAIN.
WHILE MOVING TUBING FROM DECK OF DREDGE TO TUG BOAT FELT PAIN IN RIGHT WRIST. TUBING WAS FOR HANDRAILS & WAS 1 1/2" X 20' LENGTHS. AT TIME OF ACCIDENT EMPL DID NOT FEEL NOR SEK TREATMENT. IT W ASN'T UNTIL SEVERAL DAYS LATER COMPLAINED OF SOME WRIST & WAS SENT TO CO DR WHO PUT HIM ON 2 WEEKS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ON RT WRIST.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING CABLE OUT IF THE WATER TO HOOK TOGETHER WITH ANOTHER CABLE TO HAULE TO BROKEN SPUD. PULLED TOO HARD & LATER FELT SORENESS IN RIGHT SHOULDER-SAW DR. WHO FOUND NOTHING & REL EASED TO RETURN TO WORK. EMPLOYEE FELT A PAIN AGAIN ON 9/25 AND WENT TO DR. & SHOULDER SEPARATION WAS DIAGNOSIED AT THIS TIME.
ADJUSTING RUNNING PUMP PUMP SLINGING MATERIAL SAND FLEW BEHIND SAFETY GLASSES INTO RIGHT EYE.
PUTTING PONTOON PIPE TOGETHER WITH TUG.HAND WAS ON FLANGE WHEN THE BALL WENT INTO THE BELL.THE RING KICKED BACK AND CAUGHT HAND BETWEEN RING AND FLANGE.
EMPLOYEE WAS ADDING CAUSTIC TO CONTROL PH IN RETENTION TANK. AS HE WAS CLOSING BACK ON BALL VALVE ONCAUSTIC LINE THE PRESSURE INCREASED CAUSING LIQUID FROM TANK TO SPLASH BACK ON HIS HEAD. L IEQUID RAN DOWN FOREHEAD INTO HIS EYES.
WAS PULLING ROOTS FROM DREDGE CUTTER HEAD WHEN A 11/2IN PIECE OF PLASTIC STRAPPING CAUGHT LEG (RT KNEE) AGAINST HEAD OF CUTTER
WAS HELPING BREAK BARR JOINT CONNECTOR ON PONTOON PIPE LINE RING CAME OUT EXPECTEDLY STRIKING AND SMASHING FINGER OF RIGHT HAND.
EE WAS REMOVING FLOCLANT PUMPS FROM SYSTEM AND PILLED FLOUCLANT CHEMCIAL ONTO HANDS ALSO NOTICED A BUMP ON HIS RIGHT HAND WHICH COLD HAVE BEEN IAN INSECT STING. LATER IN EVENING HE BEGAN TO SW ELL UP AND HAD AN ALLERGIC REACTION.
EMPLOYEE WAS BENDING OVER TO HAND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE A KEY FOR A PADLOCK. WHEN HE STRAIGHTENED UP, HE FELT SOMETHING POP IN HIS MIDSECTION. HE FELT MINIMAL DISCOMFORT AT THIS TIME. ON 8/22/90 HE REQUESTED TO SEE A DOCTOR, STATING THAT HIS STOMACH WAS SORE.