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AFTER THE SHIFT ENDED ON 3/15/96, EE [A DRILL OPERATOR] WAS DISMOUNTING HIS DRILL WHEN HE SLIPPED & SLAMMED THE CAB DOOR ON HIS FINGER. THIS CAUSED A LACERATION & FRACTURE OF HIS POINTER FINGA ER ON HIS RIGHT HAND. HE WAS TREATED WITH FIRST AID AT JOB SITE 7 TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL.
EE SUPPOSED BY WAS LIFTING FILTERS AND STRAINED HIS BACK.
EE STATED THAT HE WAS TURNING A BARREL HALF FULL OF USED OIL UP TO START TO PUMP IN BULK USED OIL TANK. IN THIS PROCESS HE SAID HE USED HIS LEFT LEG FOR SUPPORT IN TURNING OVER THIS BARREL AND STRAINED HIS LEFT KNEE. HE CONTINUED HIS SHIFT AND THE NEXT TWO DAYS AND HAD TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL 1/9/94 BECAUSE OF TOO MUCH PAIN.