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Employee was throwing a weighted rope to capture a pump float, and felt a pop in his right arm. Ruptured right bicep
Employee was flipping a section of screen material over and strained his upper back. Thoracic strain
Employee was shoveling on elevated platform, he twisted and felt pain in lower back. Lumbar Sprain
The injured employee and his partner were working on the secondary screen deck, he bent over to pick up an extension cord, and when he stood up he caught his nose on the edge of a screen. Lacerated Nose
Employee was removing a rock from a primary bypass chute, when the employee threw the rock over the side of the chute he caught his hand between the side of the chute and the rock. Left hand laceration
Employee was working under a screen, when he was walking out from under the screen he stood up before he cleared the frame holding the screen and struck his head on a frame cross member, resulting in a strained neck.
EE WAS BREAKING A BOLT LOOSE WITH A BREAKER BAR USING HIS LEG. THE BOLT BROKE, CAUSING THE EE'S LEG TO HYPEREXTEND. SPRAIN OF UNSPECIFIED AREA OF LEFT KNEE.
AFTER INSTALLING A RUBBER GROMMET AROUND WIRING AT THE CLARIFIER, THE EE WAS APPLYING RTV SILICONE AROUND THE GROMMET TO HOLD IT IN PLACE. WHILE THE EE WAS SQUEEZING THE TRIGGER ON THE CAULKIN G GUN, THE EE FELT AND HEARD A POP IN HIS LEFT HAND RING FINGER. THE EE SUFFERED A RUPTURED TENDON ON HIS LEFT HAND RING FINGER.
THE EE WAS CHANGING A BEARING ON A HEAD PULLEY, THE SUPPORTS HOLDING THE HEAD PULLEY SHAFT SHIFTED AND CAUGHT THE EE'S LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE PULLEY SHAFT AND THE CONVEYOR FRAME. THE ACCIDENT R ESULTED IN AN OPEN WOUND AND CONTUSION OF FINGER ON LEFT HAND, WITHOUT MENTION OF COMPLICATION.