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EMPLOYEE HIT HIS LEFT ARM WITH A HAMMER WHILE DOING REPAIR WORK ON A MILL. THE FOLLOWING SATURDAY, HIS FOREARM SWELLED AND BECAME PAINFUL. HE WENT TO A HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM. DOCTOR GAVE HIM AN INJECTION,PRESCRIPTION,SPLINT AND A SLING.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING THE LONG CHAIN WITH ANOTHER EMPLOYEE. THEY WERE USING IRON BARS FOR THIS JOB. THE SECOND EMPLOYEE DROPPED HIS IRON BAR ANDHIT EMPLOYEE IN THE BACK. EMPLOYEE WAS ASKED IF HE WANTED TO SEE A DOCTOR AND HE DECLINED. ON 08/03/99, EMPLOYEE TOLD THE COMPANY PRESIDENT THATHE WAS HAVING BACK PAIN WHICH HE FELT WAS DUE TOTHE ACCIDENT. HE SAQW THE DOCTOR ON 08/03/99.
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING IN AN AREA WHERE MACHINE REPAIRS WERE BEING MADE. A SLIVER OF METAL HIT HIM IN THE ARM, CAUSING A SMALL CUT. HE WAS TAKEN TO A DOCTOR'S OFFICE WHERE HE WAS GIVEN A TETANU S SHOT AND ONE STITCH.
EMPL BEATING OU7 DUST COLLECTOR WITH IRON PIPE.HIT RING FINGER OF RIGHT HAND WITH PIPE.
BEATING CLAY OU7 OF ELEVATOR CUPS WITH HAMMER,EMPL STRUCK 2 MIDDLE FINGERS OF RIGHT HAND WITH HAMMER.