I NAME WAS HELP3NG TO REPAIR A TANKER TRAILER THAT IS USED FOR WATERING OUR ROADS.HE WAS SQUATTED DOWN UNDERNEATH THE TRAILER AND HAD STARTED TO MOVE OUT FROM BENEATH THE TRAILER WHEN HE STRUC K HIS HEAD ON A3JAGGERED PIECE OF METAL THAT IS WELDED BENEATH THE TANKER TRAILER.HIS HEAD WAS CUT AND HAD TO HAVE MEDICAL ATTENTION FROM A DOCTOR.HE RECEIVED 5 SUTURES TO THE WOUNDED AREA.
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Showing all 14I.NAME WAS ASS3STING ANOTHER WORKER WITH A TRUCK DRIVE SHAFT THEY WERE ATTEMPTING TO FIT THE DRIVE SHAFT BACK INTO THE TRUCK THE DRIVE SHAFT SLIPPED AND PINNED I.NAMES FINGER BETWEEN THE SHAF T AND THE GROND3
I.NAME WAS CHAN1ING A FLAT TIRE ON A PIT TRUCK AND HE DROPPED AN IMPACT WRENCH ON HIS RT BIG TOE
I.NAME WAS WORKING ON A BULLDOZER ENGINE. HE LIFTED THE HEAD TO THE ENGINE STRAINING HIMSELF IN THE ABDOMEN RESULTING IN INGUINAL HERNIA
REA & MUCH SHOVELING HE STRAINED HIS BACK BUT DID NOT THINK TOO MUCH ABOUT INJURY INJURY BECAME WORSE & HE FINALLY REPORTED THE INJURY ON 092885AFTER SEVERAL TRIPS TO DOCTOR I.NAME WAS IN CHARGE OF RUNNING WASHING PLANT THIS INVOLES REMOVING LARGE BOULDERS FROM DUMPING AREA & MUCH SHOVELING HE STRAINED HIS BACK BUT DID NOT THINK TOO MUCH ABOUT THE INJURY INJURY B
I.NAME WAS TRYING TO LIFT A SET OF HEAVY TANDEM WHEELS HE STRAINED AND PULLED HIS LOWER BACK MUSCLES HE IS WORKING BUT HE IS RECEIVING TREATMENTS FOR HIS BACK
I NAME WAS WORKING ON A TRUCK TRANSMISSION. THE TRANSMISSION WAS ON A TRANSMISSION JACK. THE JACK AND TRANSMISSION SLIPPED AND I NAME TRIED TO BRACE THE TRANSMISSION WITH HIS SHOULDER TO KEEP IT FROM FALLING. THE TRNASMISSION FELL ON HIS RIGHT COLLAR BONE AND BROKE IT.
I.NAME WAS WORKING ON A SAND HOPPER HE WAS LIFTING HEAVY SHEET METAL AND SHOVELING SAND FROM AROUND THE HOPPER DUE TO THESE ACTIVITIES I.NAME STRAINED HIS BACK
I.NAME WAS MOVING SOME LARGE BOULDER TYPE ROCKS BY HAND AND HE SEVERELY STRAINED HIMSELF
I.NAME TRIED TO PICK UP A HEAVY ROAD-GRADER BLADE BY HIMSELF
I.NAME WAS HELPING CHANGE A CABLE ON A 71B DRAGLINE. THE CABLE SUDDENLY BROKE FREE AND SOME PARTIALS OF RUST BECAME LODGED IN HIS RIGHT EYE.
I.NAME HAS BEEN LIFTING HEAVY OBJECTS FOR 1 MO. MUSCLES IN SHOULDERS AND CHEST AREA HAVE BECOME INFLAMMED DUE TO OVEREXERTION.
STEPHENS WAS SETTING EQUIPMENT INTO PLACE & A SPRING BROKE FREE & HIT THE TOP OF HIS RIGHT FOOT. RIGHT FOOT WAS BADLY BRUISED.
MR WINGARD WAS ATTEMPTING TO GET DOWN FROM A FRONT END LOADER & HUNG HIS RING ON HIS LEFT HAND ON LOADER DOOR RING THEN CUT HIS THIRD FINGER LEFT HAND SEVERELY