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Employee stepped off of Dozer and twisted knee which aggrevated a previous condition to his knee. Employee injury was diagnosed as chronic ACL tear & meniscal tear.
Employee raised shop overhead door manually and strained muscle in mid to lower back area.
Employee was attempting to turn the bowl on the Standard crusher at the Tertiary when one of the pull lugs on the bowl broke off. It struck the employee in the leg just below the boot line causing a fracture in the Tibula.
While pulling hose on pumper truck felt severe pain in neck. Employee did not seek medical attention until 7/16/07.
While shoveling a pile of stemming, he hit a large rock in pile & felt sharp pain in shoulder. Shoulder strain
Employee was dislodging material stuck in a discharge chute when his right hand got pinched between the shaker deck and the chute. Medical treatment consisted of a rigid splint and pain pills. He was on light duty for 2 days and no follow up visits were required. His injury was a bruise to the top of his right hand.
Employee strained back while changing out return roller on conveyor belt.
Employee was cleaning stuck material from hopper and 6" diameter chunk of compacted dust hit his leg causing a bruise.
While replacing anvils in anvil ring, strained groin. FIRST KNOWLEDGE OF RESTRICTIONS RECEIVED 08/12/05 FROM MEDICAL REPORT.
Employee strained muscles in right shoulder lifting screen cloth.
Strained back carrying screens up tower.
While lifting a bearing assembly after it had been removed from a shaker screen, strained left arm while lowering it to deck.
WHILE EE WAS STEMMING HOLES, FELT A SHARP PAIN IN SIDE. CONTINUED TO WORK. NEXT MORNING IT WORSENED. IT WAS BELIEVED THAT THIS WAS A "FLARE-UP" OF A PREVIOUS INJURY THAT OCCURED IN A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT WHILE WORKING AT ANOTHER SITE. UPON INVESTIGATION OF OUR WC CARRIER IT WAS DETERMINED ON FEB 1 TO BE A NEW INJURY.
STEMMING HOLES, CARRYING 5 GALLON BUCKETS OF GRAVEL AND BACK GOT A LITTLE SORE. IT BECAME WORSE OVER THE WEEKEND.
A steel bar had been inserted under a conveyor belt to hold it up while cutting a portion of a metal plate. When attempting to pull the bar out the opposite end slipped off the conveyor frame resulting in the weight of the bar pinching employee's finger tip.
Stemming holes, carrying 5 gallong buckets of gravel and felt pain in right shoulder. This is a re0injury of a shoulder injury from the previous week for which he did not seek medical treatment.
DELIVERY TRUCK DRIVER WAS RAISING TARP BY HAND WHEN HAND BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN CHAIN AND SPROCKET. LEFT INDEX FINGER WAS CUT OFF.
HIS HAND CAUGHT IN BIN GATE WHILE CLEARING STUCK ROCK. INITIALLY NOT THOUGHT TO BE REPORTABLE.
WHILE FABRICATING A CHUTE, A PIECE OF STEEL PLATE FELL OUT OF POSITION AND STRUCK EE'S FOOT, RESULTING IN FRACTURE TO THE METATARSAL REGION.
EE WAS SETTING OLD SCREEN CLOTH OVER HANDRAIL WHEN A CORNER FLIPPED UP, CAUGHT ON HIS PANTS, THEN STRUCK HIS CHIN.
WHILE PERFORMING WORKING PLACE EXAMINATION, EMPLOYEE BENT OVER TO MOVE SOME WEIGHTS ON THE CRUSHER DECK. HE HANDLED THEM INCORRECTLY, RESULTING IN A LOW BACK STRAIN, WHICH DID NOT BOTHER HIM UNTIL ABOUT 20 MINUTES LATER.
WHILE ROLLING A 55 GAL. DRUM OF USED OIL INTO A PICKUP TRUCK, EE STRAINED HIS BACK. CHOSE NOT TO SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 2-16-01.
WHILE CLEANING MATERIAL FROM A CHOKED CONVEYOR BELT WITH A SHOVEL, EE SPRAINED/STRAINED HIS RIGHT KNEE.
WHILE POSITIONING HOPPER RING ON TOP OF THE #1 CRUSHER FOR REMOVAL EE FELT PAIN IN LOW BACK. DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 1/23/01