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OPERATOR WAS CLOSING A 2IN PVC BALL VALVE & SPRAINED HIS THUMB EMPLOYEE HAD A CAST APPLIED TO RT.HAND TO IMMOBILIZE THUMB
EMPLOYEE INJURED BACK WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAY OVER A DRUM OF CAUSTIC OVER ON ITS SIDE
EMP WAS LOADING A SUBMERSIBLE PUMP AND MOTOR INTO THE BACK OF A TRUCK ONE OF THE TIGHTENING BAND S ON THE FLUID END PUMP WAS BROKEN AND CUT HIS ARM DURING LOADING . HE FINISHED OUT THE SHIFT AND LATER WENT OT EMER. ROOM WHERE HE REC. TWO STITCHES AND TETNUS SHOT.
WAS UNROLLING POLYETHLENE HOSE FROM A SPOOL AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS SHOULDER.
INJURED BACK RE4OVING ROD OUT DEVICE FROM HOPPER.DEVICE BECAME STRUCK IN BOTTOM VALVE AND BACK WAS STRAINED PULLING UP ON ROD HANDLE.STRAINED LOWER BACK.RETURNED TO WORK UNTIO 7-20-87.
OPERATOR LIFTIN1 100 LB SACKS OF SODA ASH AND DUMPING THEM INTO CEMENT MIXING VAT.STRAINED SHOULDER WHILE LIFTING SACK UP TO EDGE OF VAT.
OPERAOR WAS MOV3NG SUBMERSIBLE PUMPS IN WELL FIELD WHICH REQUIRED SOME MODERATE TO HEAVY LIFTING. WHEN CHANGING HIS BOOTS AT LUNCH FELT A SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
I NAME WAS ATTE4PTING TO GET ABOUT AN 80 LB BUCKET OF DRY YELLOW CAKE UP TO ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WHO WAS 10 FT UP AN PLATFORM HE CLIMBED UP 2 STEPS UP THE LADDER AND TRIED TO RAISE THE BUCKET UP T O THE OTHER EMP5OYEE HE RAISED THE BUCKET ABOUT SHOULDER HIGH AND HAD A SHARP PAIN IN HIS SHOULDER.
LOADING DRUM OF WASTE MATERIAL ONTO TRAILER TO DISPOSE OF LOADED DRUMSW/FORK LIFT HAUL TO WASTEPIT UNLOADED BY HAND TRYING TO TIP HEAVY DRUM OF SOLID WASTE MATERIALS OFF TRAILER PULLED SOMETHI NG IN POWER BACK
RICHARD WAS LIFTING A FLUID END OF A PUMP THAT WEIGH APPROXIMATELY 40 LBS. AND HE STRUCKA THE TAILGATE ON A PICKUP WITH HIS RIGHT KNEE CAP. HE DID N FEEL ANY PAIN UNTIL THAT NIGHT. HE WENT TO A DOCTOR THE FOLLOWING MONDAY MORNING.