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EE WAS PUTTING A METAL SCREEN ON FORKLIFT. WHEN SCREEN WAS DROPPED ONTO FORKS, THE SIDE OF THE SCREEN BUMPED HIS ANKLE.
EE WAS LIFTING A STEEL CHUTE LINER INTO PLACE TO BE WELDED. AFTERWARDS HE FELT PAIN IN HIS CHEST.
ADJUSTING FORKS ON FORKLIFT, HAND SLIPPED OFF AND PINCHED FINGER BETWEEN FORKS AND METAL STRUCTURE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING THE FUEL LEVEL IN A D8 DOZER AND DURING THE PREPARATION CHECK HE TWISTED HIS KNEE.
YEE WAS BRUSHING OFF SOME MATERIAL ON THE TOP OF THE MACHINE WHEN A SHARP EDGE CUT THROUGH HIS GLOVE.
THE EE WAS PARTICIPATING IN A MOCK EMERGENCY DRIVE AT THE POWER PLANT CONVEYOR. HE WAS REMOVING A PATIENT ON A STRETCHER AND HAD TO LIFT THE STRETCHER ABOVE THE RAILING WHICH WAS SHOULDER HEIG HT.
TOWARDS THE END OF SHIFT, EMPLOYEE REPORTED HE HAD PAIN IN BACK, BUT COULD NOT PINPOINT A SPECIFIC TIME WHEN THE PAIN BEGAN.
EMPLOYEE THOUGHT CAUSTIC PUMP WAS NOT WORKING - WALKED OVER TO SEE IF SHAFT WAS TURNING. AT THIS POINT, HE CAME IN CONTACT WITH CAUSTIC, THROUGH SPLASH OR POSSIBLY BY HAND CONTAMINATION & RUBB ING EYE. EMPLOYEE WAS IN RESTRICTED AREA WITHOUT APPROVAL GEAR.
HE WAS LIFTING A MOTOR CONTROL CENTER WITH A CRANE ASSISTING. WHILE PULLING AND LIFTING THE MOTOR CONTROL CENTER THROUGH THE DOORWAY SIDEWAYS, HE PULLED MUSCLES IN HIS BACK. AT THE TIME OF THE INJURY HE DID NOT GIVE MUCH THOUGHT TO THE MUSCLE PULL. IT AFFECTED HIS LEFT SIDE, LOWER BACK AND LEFT HIP.