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Employee was mounting elevator buckets from floor to other employee who was installing them. Employee went to doctor on 12-9-04 for strained back.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A CONVEYOR BELT ROLLER WHILE LYING ON HIS BACK. HE WAS HOLDING A HEAVY ROLLER WHEN THE WEIGHT SHIFTED CAUSING HIS BACK TO JERK. EMPLOYEE WENT TO THE DOCTOR ON 9/10/04.
Employee was welding. Hardface material was cooling off; reacted cracked causing metal pieces to project from weld. A piece was on employee when he washed his face and fell into his left eye.
EE WAS LIFTING WINCH CABLE TO SIXTH FLOOR PLATFORM WHEN HE FELT STRAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. DID NOT GO TO THE DR AT THAT TIME AS HE THOUGHT HE'D FEEL BETTER. HIS BACK BEGAN BOTHERING HIM AND HE WENT TO THE DR 11-13-03.
EE WAS POURING WASTE OIL INTO 500 GALLON TANK WHEN HE HEARD A POPPING SOUND IN HIS RIGHT ELBOW, STRAIN RIGHT ELBOW. HE REPORTED THE INCIDENT TO HIS SUPERVISOR AND WAS RECORDED AS INFORMATION O NLY AS THE EE DID NOT THINK HE NEEDED MEDICAL HELP. HE WANTED TO SEE IF IT WOULD GET BETTER IN TIME. WHEN INJURY BECAME WORSE WITH TIME, EE WENT TO DR ON 10-2-03.
EE WAS INSTALLING RAIL WHEN PERLITE FELL FROM ABOVE FLOOR LEDGE. EE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES. PERLITE IN LEFT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING INSPECTION DOOR WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EE LIFTED TRASH BARREL AND STRAINED BACK, LOWER RIGHT SIDE. EE DID REPORT INCIDENT WHEN IT HAPPENED, BUT DID NOT WANT TO GO TO DR. SINCE INCIDENT DATE HE HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PAIN AND DID NOT SEE A DR ON 8-8-02.
EE WAS REPLACING V-BELTS ON #1A IMPACTOR WHEN PERLITE FELL OFF LEDGE AND INTO EE'S LEFT EYE.
EE WAS CHANGING SCREENS IN NORTH MOGENSON WHEN PERLITE FELL INTO EE'S LEFT EYE.
EE WAS HANGING SOUTH ELEVATOR FEEDING BELT & BUCKETS BACK INTO CASING. OVEREXERTION CAUSED POSSIBLE LOWER BACK STRAIN. EE REPORTED INCIDENT TO SUPERVISOR 2/5/02 BUT DIDN'T GO TO DR TILL 2/9/02
RECURRENT LOWER BACK PAIN: ORIGINAL DATE OF INCIDENT 3/25/99
EE WORKING ON FURANCE. AIRBORN INSULLATION BECAME LODGED IN RIGHT EYE-FOREIGN BODY IN RIGHT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING CONTRACT MECHANIC (GOLDEN EUQIPMENT) PUT BACK REAR END ON GRADER IN MOBILE SHOP. A METAL SPLINTER BECAME IMBEDDED ABOVE FINGERNAIL, MIDDLE FINGER, LEFT HAND, CAUSING INFE CTION.
EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING UP AN ANVIL AND TWISTED HISLEFT WRIST IN AN AWKWARD POSITION.
EE IS A HILL TRUCK DRIVER AND PULLED TRUCK UP TO FUEL THE VEHICLE. EE OPENED DOOR AND STEPPED OUT TO BEGIN FUELING WHEN RECEIVED PERLITE IN RIGHT EYE. IT WAS NOT WINDY AT THE TIME AND EE WAS W EARING SAFETY GLASSES.