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EE WAS SHOVELING DIRT WHEN HE JAMMED HIS LEFT THUMB. HIS THUMB DID NOT GET BETTER. HE WENT TO OUTSIDE DR WHO PRESCRIBED SURGERY. EE HAD SURGERY ON 5/9/01. EE IS NOT LOSING ANY TIME BUT IS ON WORK RESTRICTIONS.
EE WAS LOOSENING A VALVE WITH A SLEDGEHAMMER WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. HE HAS STARTED TO RECEIVE MULTIPLE PHYSICAL THERPY. EE IS NOT LOSING ANY TIME BUT IS ON WORK RESTRICTION S WITHIN HIS JOB SCOPE.
EE WAS CLEANING PUNCH PLATE WITH A "T" HANDLED SCRAPER..WHILE REMOVING UNK STUCK OBJECT IT BROKE LOOSE CAUSING HIM TO LUNGE FORWARD PINCHING HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE HANDLE & THE HOPPER FRAME THIS RESULTED IN A FRACTURE TO THE END JOINT OF HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER. EE IS NOT LOSING ANY TIME & IS NOT ON WORK RESTRICTIONS.
EE WAS HOLDING A BACK-UP WRENCH WHILE EE WAS USING HAMMER WRENCH. WHILE EE WAS SWINGING THE HAMMER, THE LEAD CAME OFF STRIKING EE ABOVE HIS RIGHT EYE. THE LACERATION WAS APPROX 1 1/2" AND RE QUIRED STITCHES.
EMPLOYEE WAS DESCALING ON #3 WASHER OVERFLOW TANK WHEN A PIECE OF SCALE FELL, STRIKING HIS LEFT HAND. THE SCALE CAUSED A LACERATION TO HIS HAND WHICH REQUIRED STITCHES. EMPLOYEE IS NOT LOSIN G ANY TIME AND IS NOT ON WORK RESTRICTIONS.
EMPLOYEE AND CO-WORKER WERE ATTEMPTING TO LOWER DRILL MAST. ONE EMPLOYEE STRUCK THE DRILL STEM WITH A HAMMER CAUSING A SMALL PIECE OF METAL TO FLY OFF PIERCING EMPLOYEE'S LEFT ARM. HE WAS GIV EN MEDICATION TO PREVENT INFECTION. EMPLOYEE IS NOT LOSING ANY TIME AND IS NOT ON WORK RESTRICTIONS.
EMPLOYEE WAS IN PROCESS OR ROLLING A BLIND WHEN CAUSTIC SPRAYED FROM FLANGE, SPRAYING HIM IN THEFACE, WHICH CAUSED HIM TO STRIKE THE PALM OF HISLEFT HAND. PALM RECEIVED 3 STITCHES. HE IS NOT LOSING ANY TIME AND IS NOT ON WORK RESTRICTIONS.
AN EE WAS LOOSENING THE BOLT ON A BLIND WHEN CAUSTIC SPRAYED OUT HITTING HIM ON THE EYEBROW ROLLING DOWN INTO HIS LEFT EYE. HE WAS GIVEN A PRESCRIPTION. HE DOD NOT LOSE ANY TIME AND IS NOT ON RESTRICTIONS.
EE WAS DESCALING THE INSIDE OF A WASHER WITH A SLEDGEHAMMER WHEN A PIECE OF SCALE OR MUD GOT INTO HIS EYE. HE WAS PRESCRIBED MEDICATION FOR HIS EYE. EE IS NOT LOSING ANY TIME AND IS NOT ON WO RK RESTRICTIONS.