Employee was changing a roller on the refuse conveyor belt. Employee bent over to pick up the old roller and when employee lifted roller, employee felt pain in employee's back.
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Showing all 41Employee was helping pull drill steel from mast onto the boom truck. The drill steel swung free striking door of operators cab as employee was exiting cab. The door struck ee on left side of head.
Employee was moving a piece of scrap pipe across the 2nd floor when he felt pain in his right shoulder.
Employee was removing a shaft for a belt leveling harness from the back of a pickup and felt pain in his back. Employee worked until 7-31-15 then went to his Doctor. They took him off work on 7-31-15.
Employee was changing screen basket. They had removed old screen and getting new screen ready to install they rolled the screen on its side and employee felt pain in groin.
Employee had removed a cutting edge from a loader bucket. As he was picking up cutting edge to get out of the way he felt a pain in his back.
Employee climbing onto cyclone to work on a 10" elbow. He pulled himself up with his arms and felt pain in his back.
Employee was changing bottom belt on belt line. He was carrying a belt roller and felt pain in his back.
Employee was changing oil in pumps he picked up full Runyon bucket and felt pain in his lower back.
Employee was changing batteries in a 773 rock truck when he felt a sharp pain in his lower back.
Employee was removing a bolt from a 12" slurry line when he twisted around he felt pain in his back.
Employee was working on dilute pump. While he was positioning wear ring to go in pump the wear ring slipped and caught his right middle finger between ring and shaft. He received 3 stitches on his finger.
Employee was loading a piece of grating in the back of a truck, when he cut his middle finger on his right hand, he received 3 stitches.
Employee was changing oil in pumps, he was lifting runyon bucket and twisted around he felt pain in his lower back.
Employee was placing metal in metal rack. While lifting metal he felt pain in his lower back.
Employee was on the deck of the locomotive when a belt roller can fell from over head belt structure striking the hand rail on locomotive and glancing off and hit him in the right shoulder.
Employee was getting onto dozer when he felt pain in his lower back. Employee worked until 9/25/13 then went off work.
The connecting band on a drain pipe came loose and struck employee in left side of face on his cheek.
Employee was relocating a 6" pipe. He picked up the end of pipe pushing it while another employee was pulling on the opposite end. He felt pain in his lower back. Employee continued to work until 4-29-13.
EE was changing oil in a pump when he picked up a 5 gal. bucket of oil and felt pain in his lower back.
EE was installing a chain flight in wash box while he was lining up flight he got his right thumb caught between the flight and chain sprocket in sprained his thumb.
EE was loading belt structure onto a flatbed truck when he felt a sharp pain in his right wrist.
Employee was cleaning ditch out shoveling and strained his back.
Employee was cleaning 2nd floor of plant when a piece of 4" piece of metal fell from 3rd floor where it was being cleaned hit him on his right shoulder. Bruising it.
EE was pulling a water hose across the cat walk back into the plant and stained his right shoulder.
EE was moving a dryer screen across floor, when his left hand slipped on the sharp edge of the dryer screen, cutting his left hand. He received 4 stitches, no lost time.
Employee was washing floor with water hose after using it he threw hose down and nozzle hit the floor causing hose to come on full stream and hose whip lashed up and nozzle hit him over the left eye.
EE was taking chain fall down as it was being handed down by a co-worker it slipped and hit the EE on the right hand cutting his right middle finger. EE received 1 suture- EE had no lost time.
EE was unstopping a pipe in the plant. When he put his arm in the pipe, a rock broke loose and hit his right arm. It sprained his shoulder.
Working in shop and droped a piece of metal on his pinky finger on his left hand. He had to receive 13 stitches. Came back to work the next day no lost time.
Changing Torque in D015/D8R Dozer. He was removing the torque when the drive line fell and struck him on the left knee.
Employee was working on magnetic separator drum, changing endcap, when the chain slipped and drum fell and hit his left hand.
Changing rollers on belt line when roller slipped from hanger striking him on his right leg above the knee.
He was using a coal shovel. Shoveling coal in plant and pulled muscle in back.
Taking apart utility knife to change blades when the knife slipped & cut right index finger. Got 10 stitches, no lost time. Came back and finished shift.
Unloading a refrigerator from back of truck when one end of refrigerator fell on employee's right knee.
Putting old rollers into bed of service truck he felt pain in lower back.
Working on tail piece, putting inpack rollers in, he strained his lower back.
FINGERS CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO PIECES OF METAL.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS CLOSING ELEVATOR DOORS ON 6TH FLOOR WHEN HE CAUGHT LEFT RING FINGER BETWEEN DOORS.
EE WAS FITTING A POLY PIPE AND WHEN HE PULLED ON PIPE HE INJURED HIS LOWER BACK.