Employee was experiencing chest pain, numbness, and tingling in his left arm at start of shift. He attempted to climb on a Caterpillar D10N bulldozer and felt a pain in his left arm. He was taken to the Doctor. Diagnosis concluded ruptured disk in the neck area.
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Showing all 14One employee was on a loader using a lubricant. When finished, he tossed the can down to another employee. The can deflected off the employee's hand and hit him below the eye causing a laceration.
Employee was shoveling under tail pulley guard and tried to bend guard back in place and it popped back and hit him on the hand causing laceration. 5 stitches.
Employee was trying to remove a snake from the shop area by picking it up to throw it out. When he slung his arm it hit against the shop door causing laceration.
EE RUNNING HANDS ALONG CHAIN, CUT RIGHT PALM ON DEFECTIVE CHAIN LINK. LACERATION = 3 STITCHES. USING CHAIN TO SUPPORT COME ALONG.
HELPING REPLACE TOGGLE PLATE TENSION SPRING - WAS HOLDING IT FROM THE BOTTOM - MASHED MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN SPRING & TENSION ROD.
HURT HIS BACK SHOVELING & HOLDING WASHDOWN HOSE USING PRESSURE HOSE TO CLEAN UP UNDER SCREENS & TAIL PULLEY & SHOVELING MATERIAL. PAIN STARTEDWHILE SHOVELING
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE A CATWALK WHEN HE PLACED IT ON TOP OF THE CONE AND IT SLID DOWN AND CAUGHT HIS RT. THUMB BETWEEN THE CONE CAUSING CRUSH INJURY.
MASHED THUMB BETWEEN PIVOT POINTS OF MOTORBASE, WHEN LOADING IT ON CRANE. MASHED THUMB NAIL CUT OPEN SKIN ABOVE THUMB NAIL. WENT TO HOSPITAL DOCTOR DEADENED THUMB AND INSERTED SIX STITCHES. BU RNT TWO HOLES IN NAIL TO RELIEVE PRESSURE. BACK AT WORK - 11:00 AM.
EMPLOYEE MOVED LARGE ROCK FROM RIP RAP PLANT ON 12-15-00, WITHOUT HELP OF EQUIPMENT OR OTHER EMPLOYEES.
EE GOT OUT OF TRUCK TO MOVE LARGE ROCK OUT OF ROAD. WHEN TRYING TO MOVE ROCK, STRAINED HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING OUT JAW WHEN A LARGE ROCK ON TOP OF THE SHAKER ROLLED OFF INTO JAW, STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON LEFT HIP AND FOREARM.
EE ALONG WITH OTHER EE WERE LIFTING A PULLEY INTO THE BACK OF A TRUCK AND PUSHING IN IT. WHEN STRAIN OCCURRED.
EE WAS LIFTING A DROP PULLEY FROM GROUND UP TO BELT.