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EE WAS FIXING A SPARE WHEEL & TIRE WHICH WAS REMOVED OFF THE FRONT OF BACKHOE A WEEK BEFORE. WHILE AIRING THE TIRE, IT EXPLODED THE REASON IT EXPLODED WAS THE WRONG SIZE FOR THE WHEEL (18"0
LIFTING OUT A CORE TUBE, STRAIGHT UP FROM OUT OF A 90 DIAMOND DRILL HOLE WHEN HE FELT A PAIN ANDA POPPING SENSATION IN HIS GROIN AREA.
EMPLOYEE REACHED DOWN TO PICK UP A CAN AND CAUGHT HIS ARM ON A FIRE EXTINGUISHER BRACKET.
EE FINISHED DRILL RD WITH HUMBO. HE WAS UNHOOKING CABLE POWER CLAMPS TO LET THE JUMBO POWER CABLE WHEN HE GOT HIS HAND CAUGHT ONE OF THE HANGERS.
EE WAS REMOVING A WIRE HANDLE FROM A BUCKET TO RETRIEVE A SOCK FROM THE DRYER WHEN THE WIRE POPPED LOOSE FROM THE BUCKET & CUT HIS HAND.
EE BUMPED A DRILL BUT WITH RIGHT HAND WHILE CLEANING OFF THE DRILL PRESS. CAUSETED RT INDEX FINGER 3 STITCHES.
EE WAS PULLING WIRE BACK AND A ROCK FELL FROM BEHIND THE WIRE STRIKING HIS FOOT
WAS LOADING BREAKOUT TOOL ON SKIP WHEN IT SLIPPED AND FELL STRIKING EE ON TOP OF LEFT FOOT. EE WAS WEARING METATARSAL BOOTS.
EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING BOLTING MATERIAL IN THE 1250 LAYDOWN, HE FELT A F.O. IN HIS LEFT EYE.
UNLOADING TWO 6"X 10' PIPE, ONE WAS ON THE GROUND, THE SECOND ONE HUNG ON DECK OF SERVICE TRUCK. WHEN EE TRIED TO FREE IT UP IT CAME DOWN ON THE OTHER PIPE AND BOUNCED ON TOP OF HIS LEFT FOOT.
WHILE LIFTING MONSTER PLATES ON BOLTER A SHARP PAIN WAS FELT IN LOWER BACK, WEIGHT LIFTED WAS EXSTIMATED AT 10-15 LBS.
EE WAS HOLDING DOWN CONCRETE MAT WHILE IT WAS BEING UNROLLED BY WITNESSES. THEY LET GOT OF THE WIRE & IT RECOILED & PUNCTURED UPPER RIGHT ARM.
PUSHING HOSE BUNDLES ON JUMBO, TO BE CLAMPED INTO PLACE, WHEN HE FELL HIS LEFT KNEE GIVE OUT.
UNLOADING BOX POWDER FROM POWDER TRUCK.
EE EVERS LIFTING POWDER AND FELT A PAIN. IN HER SHOULDER. CLY REPORT 3/23 LIGHT DUTY OR REST DUTY. TWICE THEN THIS FORM IS AN UPDATE STATING SHE WENT OUT FOR SURGERY ON 7-14-98 AND WE ARE NOW COURTING LOST WORK DAYS.
EE WAS ROLLING UP A 1" AIR HOSE, WHEN HE GOT DOWN TO THE END. ON THE LAST COILS, THE END OF TH EHOSE AND FITTING WITH WINGNUT HIT HIM IN THE RIGHT CHEEKK-FACE. CAUSING A LACERATION TAHT REQUI RED SUTURES.
EE WAS HELPING 2 OTHER EE SOME BARRELS INTO A LOADER BUCKET OF A CAT980. EE LOST CONTROL OF THE BARREL AND IT CAUGHT THE EE RT HAND PINCHING HIS FINGER BREAKING IT.
THERE WAS A BROKEN HYDRAULIC HOSE ON JUMBO AND OIL WAS BLOWING OUT, SO EE PUT HIS HAND OVER THE HOLE IN HOSE TO STOP IT LEAKING WHILE OPERATOR TURNED BOOM OVER SO HE COULD GET AT IT. WHEN HE MOVED THE BOOM, A BROKEN STRAND WIRE MADE A HOLE IN HAND AND HIGH PRESSURE OIL WAS PUT INTO HIS HAND.
MAN SHOVED A LOADING POLE INTO A JACKLEG HOLE TO SEE HOW DEEP IT WAS. THE LOADING POLE BOUNCED BACK OUT, STRUCK HIS SAFETY GLASSES, HIS GLASSES CUT HIS CHEEK BELOW RIGHT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LOAD A CUTTER BIT (235 LBS) INTO A LOADER BUCKET. EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN INSTRUCTED BY LEADMAN TO EITHER ROLL OF GET HELP TO MOVE CUTTER BIT, INSTEAD HE ATTEMPTED TO LEFT ON CUTTER BIT, CAUSING INJURY.
EE WAS GETTING OUT OF TRUCK TURNED BACK TO GET KEYS OUT OF TRUCK AT THIS TIME HE HEARD HIS KNEE POP AND FELT SOME DISCOMFORT
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A ROCK AND DROPPED IT ON HIS ANKLE BRUISE NO FRACTURE.
EMPLOYEE WAS BREAKING CORE, CORE SHATTERED AND A PIECE OF CORE LACERATED THE EMPLOYEES HAND. EMPLOYEE INJURY REQUIRED 4 STITCHES.
EMPLOYEE WAS HOOKING CEMENT HOPPER TO CEMENT BUCKET AND STRAINED HER SHOULDER.
REHANGING 4/0 ELECTRIC CABLE & IN THE PROCESS OF PAYING OUT CABLE FROM THE SINKING BUCKET TO HANG FROM [...]. FELT PAIN IN RIGHT SHOULDER & NECK. EE CHOSE NOT TO SEE PHYSICIAN WHEN INJURY WAS SUSTAINED. HE CONTACTED PHYSICIAN ON 7/28/97 & WAS PLACED ON LIGHT DUTY FOR ONE WEEK.
EE WAS HOLDING A ROPE THAT WAS TIED TO A BULL HOSE TO HOLD THE BULL HOSE OUT OF THE WAY OF THE CLAM. THE CLAM HOOKED THE ROPE PULLING IT OUT OF EE'S HAND HURTING HIS WRIST.
EE CLOSED HIS HAND IN A DOOR.
EE WAS TAKING A DRILL STEEL OFF OF THE RACK WHEN ANOTHER ROLLED DOWN SMASHING THE EE'S THUMB.
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO BLOW OUT A PLUGGED 2" LINE AND THE PIPE DROPPED IMPACTING THE EE'S WRIST.
EMPLOYEE WAS UNROLLING CHAIN LINK FENCH WHEN A WIRE POPPED LOOSE POKING HIM IN THE EYE.
IN ASSISTING TOPLANDER CARRYING A 3" X 10' LENGTH OF PIPE TO SHAFT COLLAR, STRAINED MUSCLES IN LOWER BACK AREA. '
A HIGH PRESSURE WATER VALVE OPENED WHICH STARTED A 1 IN HOSE TO WHIP WILD AROUND HITTING EMPLOYEE ON THE LEG BEHIND THE KNEE.
EE FELT SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK WHILE LIFTING GALLOWAY BOTTOM DECK MANWAY DOORS.
EE WAS LIFTING PULLEY FOR BELT CONVEYOR & STRAINED LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A ROCK TO BLOCK THE TIRE OF A NAGBY DRILL ON A DECLINE. FELT PAIN IN ABDOMEN. WHILL REQUIRE SURGERY 2-17-97, REST TIL THEN
EMP WAS MOVING TRAY FROM JAW CRUSHER.
EMP WAS CHANGING OUT A STEERING CYLINDER AND DROPPED THE STEERING CYLINDER PINCHING HIS RIGHT THUMB, LACERATING IT BELOW THE NAIL AND BREAKING THE TIP OF THE BONE.
EMP WAS CHANGING OUT A JUMBO STEEL AND SMASHED FINGER BETWEEN A PIPE WRENCH AND THE DRILL STEEL COUPLER.
EE & HER FELLOW WORKER WERE RE-STOCKING SAFETY GEAR IN SUPPLY ROOM. EE WAS PUTTING A NEW BOOM HANDLE IN A PUSH BROOM & AS SHE STOOD UP, STRUCK THE OVERHEAD FLUORESCENT LIGHT FIXTURE WHICH SHAT TERED, FALLING, STRIKING HER LEFT HAND CAUSING ALACERATION. SUTURES REQUIRED.
LIFTING WOOD TO BUILD DECK, LEANED OVER HEAD OF DRILL TO GET WOOD. LATER IN DAY BACK STARTED TIGHTENING UP. NEXT DAY WAS WORSE.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING AND MOVING POWDER BOXES.
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO ATTACH THE WIRE ROPE WITH ATTATCHMENT FOR HOISTING THE CRYDERMAN SHAFT MUCKER. IN HIS ATTEMPT TO ATTATCH, TWISTED HIS BACK PULLING MUSCLES IN THE LOWER BACK AREA. NEVER VI SITED DR UNTIL 9-28-96.
EE AND HELPER WERE PLACING A MILLING TABLE INTO POSITION IN FRONT OF SHEEVE WHEEL ON TOP DECK OF HEAD FRAME. THEY HAD TO LEFT THE FRONT PORTION OF TABLE OVER A DECK PLATE IN ORDER I HAVE CORRE CT PLACEMENT. IN THE ACT OF LIFTING EE STAINED LOWER BACK MUSCLE.
EMP WAS LIFTING A SEAT IN A 3.5 YD TAMROCK. SLIPPED AND FELL.
EE AND FELLOW WORKER WERE ATTEMPTING TO LOAD A I-BEAM IN BACK OF PICKUP TRUCK WHEN THE IBEAM SLID AND CAUGHT HER HAND IN BETWEEN. CONTUSION EE WENT IN FOR X-RAYS & EVALUATION 8/31/96
EE WAS REPLACING UNUSED SCRIBBING BOARDS USED ON CONCRETE FORMS, WHEN ONE FELL OVER IN MATERIALS BASKET, STRIKING HIM ON RT FOREARM., LODGING A SPLINTER THAT HAD TO BE REMOVED SURGICALLY AND R EQUIRED SUTURES TO CLOSE.
EMPLOYEE WAS AWUADYNINE WHEN HOSE GOT AWAY FROM EMPLOYEE. THROWING HIS HAND INTO A STEEL BEAM CAUSIN GA LACERATION.
EE PICKED UP BAG OF CEMENT TO DUMPT IT IN TANK. HE LATER COMPLAINED OF A SORE ARM(SHOULDER)
EMP WAS DUMPING A USED OIL BARREL. EMP LIFTED BARREL AND A NAVAL HERNIA OCCURRED
EE WAS REMOVING BASKET STRAINER FROM HOT CAUSTICPOTASH LIME-RECEIVED BURNS TO APPROX 40% OF HIS BODY..