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EE WAS CHANGING SCREENS. AS HE WAS SLIDING A NEW SCREEN IN FROM DISCHARGE END, IT GOT CAUGHT ON CENTER BAN. HE STUCK HIS LEG UNDER SCREEN TRYING TO RAISE UP ON IT AND INJURED HIS KNEE.
WHILE MOVING TIRES AND TIRE RACK INJURED LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING INSTALL A CAMSHAFT INTO A D-7 ENGINE BLOCK.THE CAMSHAFT HAD TO BE INSTALLED FROM ABOVE AND DROPPED DOWN INTO THE BLOCK AND IN DOING SO ONE OF THE CAMSHAFT LOBES CUT HIS FI NGER.THE LACERATION TO HIS FINGER REQUIRED STITCHES.
EMPLOYEE HAD REMOVED A BENCH VALVE FROM THE LINEON REFUSE VIBRATORS. HE WAS GOING TO LIFT THE VALVE TO THE NEXT FLOOR LEVEL AND AS HE DID, HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK.
EE WAS DRAGGING A PIECE OF PIPE ACROSS THE FLOOR, AND FELT PAIN IN HIS LEFT ARM.
INJURED EE WAS HELPING ANOTHER EE INSTALL A MUFFLER ON A MOTOR GRADER.L A CRIB BLOCK WAS BEING USED TO STRIKE THE MUFFLER TO GET IT ONTO THE MANIFOLD. THE CRIB BLOCK FELL, MASHING INJURED S FI NGER AND LACERATING HIS HEAD. HIS FINGER REQUIRED TREATMENT AND A SPLINT.
PULLING ON FLOP GATE HANDLE IN FEED CHUTE AT THE #14 STA CKING BELT & EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK
EMPLOYEE CALLED IN TO WORK ON 1-14-94 WITH AN ALLEGED BACK STRAIN THAT HE SAID HAPPENED WHILE CLEANING RAIL CARS A WEEK OR SO EARLIER. AS OF THE DATE OF THIS REPORT, THE EMPLOYEE AS NOT SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION.
EMPLOYEE INJURED HIS BACK WHILE HOLDING A FACE PALTE (APP 80-100 LBS) IN PLACE WHILE FOREMAN INSTALLED THE BOLTS. LATER THAT MORNING, THEEMPLOYEE COMPLAINE DOFA SORE AND HURTING BACK AND DEC IDED TO GO TO THE DR. HE REUTRNE DTO WROK ON 1-0-6-93, BUT LEFT EARLY DUE TO COMPLAINTS OF TIGHTENING IN HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING A TOOL BAG WEIGHING APPROX. 50 POUNDS OUT OF TRUCK. HE PUT THE TOOL BAG OVER HIS SHOULDER AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS RIGHT ARM.
EMPLOYEE HAD SQUATTED DOWN IN A BENT OVER POSITION TO PULL A BELT ROLLER & HANGER UP TO BE BOLTED TO BELT STRUCTURE THE ROLLER WAS STUCK IN MUD WHILE TRYING TO PULL IT UP HE FELT SOME PAIN IN HIS BACK EMPLOYEE DID NOT VISIT A PHYSICIAN UNTIL 04-06-93 HE BEGAN LOSING TIME ON 04-07-93
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING PUT A CONVEYOR CHAIN BACK IN THE STAMPLER FEEDER, WHEN HE FELT A STING IN HIS SHOULDER. EMPLOYEE DID NOT BEGIN LOSING TIME UNTIL 2-2-93.
EE WAS MOVING 8 INCH H BEAMS AROUND FOR CUTTING AND WELDING PURPOSES. WHILE DOING THIS HE FELT A PULL IN HIS LOWER ABDOMEN. THE INJURY OCCURRED ON 12-22-92. INITAILLY THE EE VISITED A PHYSICIA N WHO DIAGNOSED A HERNIA AND MADE IMMEDIATE PLANS TO REPAIR IT. THE EE BEGAN LOSING TIME ON 1-6-93.
EE WAS SHOVELING COAL DROM AROUND THE RAW COAL FEEDER BELT WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK. HE DID NOT RECEIVE MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 10-8-92, AT WHICH TIME HE LOST A DAY S WORK.
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A USED PIECE OF PIPE FROM THE FLOOR. THE PIPE SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HANDS AND FELL ON HIS LEFT FOOT.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON A MOTOR, ATTEMPTING TO HOOK IT UP TO THE PLANT HOIST. LATER, HE FOUND THERE WAS A KNOT ON HIS STOMACH.
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING SOME OLD GRATING FROM THE SUMP AS HE THREW A PIECE OVER THE SIDE A PROTRUDING PIECE OF THE GRATING CUT HIS ARM REQUIRING 8 STITCHES
INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE PUT TWO 6IN PLASTIC PIPES TOGETHER ON THE INSIDE OF THE IMPOUNDMENT EMBANKMENT NEXT TO WATER LINE AFTER SLIDING END IN PLACE WITH HIS KNEE & INSTA LLING A FULL WRAP COUPLING HE EXPERIENCED SORENEIN H IS KNEE HE WORKED THE FOLLOWING NIGHT BUT BY MORNING IT WAS SWOLLEN HE STARTED LOSING TIME ON 06-03-91
EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF DISCONNECTING A HOSE FROM A PUMP AFTER DRAWING WATER FROM THE SLUDGE POND. HE PULLED THE HOSE BACK AND FORTH, TRYING TO BREAK IT LOOSE, WHEN IT CAME LOOSE AND ST RUCK HIS CHIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING FROM TRUCK BED TO GROUND AND STRUCK HIS LEFT ARM ON THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER BRACKET, CAUSING HIM TO CUT HIS ARM IN TWO PLACES.
LIFTED BUCKET TO PUR COAL STRAINED MUSCLED IN BACK
EMPLOYEE PULLED THE BUCKET OUT OF THE CRUSHER (APPROXIMATELY 50 LBS. TOTAL WEIGHT). HE BENT OVER TO PICK IT UP; LIFTED IT OFF THE FLOOR, AND STRAINED A BACK MUSCLE.
EMPL PICKING UP WATER JUG AND COFFEE BOTTLE WHEN HE TURNED AND STRAINED HIS BACK.
EXITING DOZER PUT TO MUCH PRESSURE ON HIS WRIST AND STRAINED IT
EMPL HAD BEEN INSTALLING FEED BOXES. LATER THAT SHIFT HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
EMPL BENDING OVER TO PICK UP ROCK IN SPILLWAY OF POND,PULLED /STRAINED MUSCLES IN RIB CAGE AREA ON LEFT SIDE.
EMPL HURT LOWER BACK WHILE BENDING OVER TO PICK UP ROCKS TO PLACE IN SPILLWAY.
EMPLOYEE HAD A 4"X6"X1/4" PIECE OF CERAMIC IN A VISE.HE ATTEMPTED TO BREAK IT BY HITTING IT WITH HIS RIGHT HAND.THE CERAMIC SPLINTERED AND CUT HIS HAND AT THE BASE OF HIS THUMB,REQUIRING STITC HES.
EMPL CLIMB ON DOZER.PUT ALL WEIGHT ON RIGHT LEG AND FELT KNEE POP.
EMPL DISMANTLING BLOWER TYPE SCRAPER.WHEN HE PULLED PIPE IT CAME OUT OF HOLE ON FAR SIDE THE PIP FELL AND PULLED HIS HAND INTO ROUGH EDGES OF CHUTE.
EMPLOYEE WASMOUNTING A DOZER, HAD ALL H IS WEIGHT ON HIS LEG HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING A TWISTING MOTION WHICH SPRAINED HIS K NEE.
EMPL WAS PULLING PIPE OUT OF SUPPLY HOIST CAGE AND STRAINED HIS BACK
EMPLOYEE HAD SHEARED A PIECE OF SCPANDED METAL AND STEPPED BEHIND SHEAR TO PICK IT UP. WHEN HE REACHED DOWN FOR IT, A SHARP EDGE ON THE PIECE OF METAL STUCK IN HIS FINGER. TREATMENT REQUIR ED TWO STITCHES IN HIS FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS TIMBERING IN PREPARTION FOR SURFACE MINING OPERATIONS. WHILE SKIDDING TREES, THE EMPLOYEE THREW THE WINCH CABLE ACROSS THE TREE TO BE SKIDDED, AND IN DOING STRAINED HIS LEFT SHOU LDER AND NECK.
EMPLOYEE TILTED FLOOR SPLITTER SO ANOTHER EMPLOYEE COULD SWEEP UNDER IT.A PAN UNDER IT STARTED TO TILT OVER,SO HE REACHED DOWN FAST FOR IT.HIS AHND CAUGHT THE HOOK ON THE TOP OF THE SPLITTER,R EQUIRING FIVE STITCHES.
EMPL CLEANING UP SPILLAGE IN BASEMENT WHEN WET FILTER CAKE SPLASHED OFF BELT AND STRUCK HIM IN LEFT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS GREASING HIS LOADER AT THE END OF THE SHIFT AND STRAINED HIS BACK AS HE STEPPED OFF THE LOADER ARM. EMPLOYEE WORKED ON 2/22, WENT TO DOCTOR ON 2/23, AND WAS ADMITTED TO THE HOSPIT AL.
EMPLOYEE REACHE8 INSIDE OF A RAILROAD CAR DOOR TO REMOVE DEBRIS WHEN ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WHO WAS WORKING FROM THE OPPOSITE SIDE TRIED TO CLOSE THE CAR DOOR AND CAUGHT THE EMPLOY EE'S FOREARM. THI S RESULTED IN A3BRUISE TO THE EMPLOYEE'S FOREARM.
EMPL ON KNEES S2OVELING FROM UNDER HEADROLLER OF BELT STRAINED HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS AP1LYING TAPE TO A VACUUM LINE TO COVER A HOLE WHEN SOME LOOSE RUST APPARENTLY BECAME DISLODGED AND WENT INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS RE4OVING RAW COAL VIBRATOR FROM THE PLANT. THE VIBRATOR BECAME HUNG AND WHILE HE WAS CHECKING IT, THE VIBRATOR BROKE LOOSE AND HIT THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS BODY KNOCKING HIN INTO A P IPE ON THE RIGH7 SIDE. RESULTING IN BRUISES TO HIS NECK AND UPPER BACK.
EMPLOYEE MASHED3HIS FINGER TRYING TO UNHOOK HYDROSEEDER FROM HITCH ON WELDING TRUCK. EMPLOYEE WAS TAKEN FRO X-RAYS NO FRACTURE WAS FOUND.
EMPLOYEE WAS CL9ANING OUT COAL CHUTE WHEN A ROCK FELL DOWN AND HIT HIM ON HIS RIGHT HAND.
EMPL PULLING MA1NET BACK TO CLEAN IT AND STRAINED HIS BACK.EMPL DIDNT VISIT DR UNTIL 9-9-87 GIVEN RX FOR MUSCLE RELAXING PILLS.
WHILE EMPLOYEE 4AS MAKING ROUTINE CHECKS OF ALL FIRE EXTINGUISHERS HE ACCIDENTLY DISCHARGED ONE UNIT AND PART OF THE CONTENTS GOT INTO HIS LEFT EYE
EMPL USING SHOV9L TO CLEAN OUT SPILLAGE CHUTE HAND HIT PIECE OF ANGLE IRON WELDED IN CHUTE.CUT INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGERS ON LEFT HAND.LACERATION BECAME INFECTED AND HE VISITED DR 9-4-87 DR PR OVIDED RX FOR A3TIBIOTICS.DIDNT TELL SUPV UNTIL 9-15-87 THAT HE HAD VISITED DR.
EMP ALONG WITH 7O WORKER WAS INSTALLING DRAIN PIPE FROM DRIP PANS TO #3 POND EMPLOYEES WERE CARRYING PIPE ON THEIR SHOULDERS. WHEN EMP BENT OVER TO LAY DRAIN PIPE IN PLACE, HE FELT PAIN IN L O LOWER BACK 3
EMP WAS DIGGING3WITH A MATTOCK AND SHOVELING REFUSE FROM TRUCK BIN, WHILE DOING THIS HE ST RAIIND HIS BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS ST5NDING ON A LADDER SECURING HIMSELF WITH HIS LEFT HAND ON SUPERSCALPER WHEN NAMED WITNESS HANDED HIM A 5 GAL BUCKET OF CONRETE UP HE COULD NOT HANDLE IT WITH ONE HAND & HE SET I T ON THE SCALPE9 AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE IN SO DOING HE SET THE BUCKET ON HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER RESULTING IN TORNED CARTILAGE & LIGAMENTS
EMPLOYEE WAS WO9KING IN CONCRETE AND SOME OF IT GOT INTO HIS BOOTS. THE CONCRETE RUBBED AGAINST HIS LEG CAUSING CONCRETE BURNS ON THE LOWER PART OF HIS RIGHT LEG.