Employee was checking pump in pumphouse, when unexpected 40 mph+/- wind blew the pumphouse door shut onto employee's fingers while they were exposed in the door jam pinch point.
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Showing all 18Employee was checking fuel level on engine, placed hand on exhaust thinking it was the air box and burned palm of left hand.
EE WAS SHOVELING SPILLAGE ONTO BELT, WHILE LIFT-ING AND TURNING HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EE WAS WALKING AWAY FROM SOME EQUIPMENT WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON FRESH SNOW. WHEN HIS FOOT KICKED TO THE SIDE HE SAID HIS KNEE DISLOCATED & POPPED BACK INTO POSITION. DOCTOR'S DIAGNOSIS: DISLO CATION OF PATELLA.
EE WAS INSPECTING D-7 CONVEYOR WHILE LEARNING OVER EE PUT HIS HAND ON A CHANNEL INT HE SINTER BUILDING, IN THE DUST ON THIS CHANNEL WAS A WELDING ROD THAT PIECED THE PALM OF HIS HAND LEFT ENTE RED BY MIDDLE FINGER EXITED BY INDEX FINGER.
EE WAS REMOVING DEBRIS FROM CEMENT BLOCK BUILDING & STRAINED HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS ROLLING A 55 GALLON DRUM OF OIL FROM FORK LIFT ONTO BED OF COMPANY TRUCK AND THEN NEXT DAY COMPLAINED OF SEVERE LOWER BACK PAIN.
UNLOADING A BARREL OF OIL FROM PORTABLE FORKLIFT ONTO PICKUP TRUCK BED, AND BARREL TIPPED AND HE ATTEMPTED TO CATCH IT, AND STRAINED HIS BACK.
LIFTING 50 LB BOXES ONTO SHELF AT SHOULDER HEIGHT, STRAINED SHOULDER.
PULLING PUMP OUT OF DRILLED BLAST HOLE, BECAUSE THE DEWATERING PUMP FAILED, STRAINED LEFT FOREARM.
EE WAS CRANKING UP A CHUTE ON DISCHARGE HOPPER AND HE JAMMED HIS HAND BETWEEN CRANK HANDLE AND FLOOR.
TWISTED BACK WHILE SHOVELING AND LIFTING MATERIAL (SPILLAGE) ONTO CONVEYOR BELT.
EE WAS STOOPED OVER IN TIGHT CONDITIONS, CHANGING OIL FILTER IN A COLD ENVIRONMENT. STRAINED BACK.
REMOVING SIDE PANEL FROM LOADER-WHILE PULLING ONTHE COVER, HE STRAINED HIS MUSCLE
HE WAS LIFTING A CABLE FROM ONE SPILE TO PUT ON ANOTHER SPILE WHILE ASSISTING THE VESSEL AT THE DOCK AND HE STRAINED HIS BACK.
STRUCK ELBOW AGAINST SCREEN FRAME WHILE TRYING TO REMOVE A BROKEN BOLT. WELD LET GO CAUSING ARM TO STRIKE FRAME.
REMOVING ENGINE FROM HAUL TRUCK PULLING ON WRENCH TO LOOSEN A BOLT, STRAINED HIS WRIST
SHE WAS SHOVELING DIRT FROM UNDER A WATERLINE AND TWISTING/LIFTING MOTION CAUSED A MUSCLE STRAIN IN HER BACK.