ON THE MORNING FOLLOWING THE INCIDENT, HE REPORTED TO HIS IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR, THAT WHILE REPLACING A TOOTH ON THE GRADER BLADE, A PIECE OF METAL GOT IN HIS LEFT EYE. HE SAW THE LOCAL OPTOMET RIST AND WAS REFERRED TO AN OPTHAMOLOGIST FOR A CUT IN THE EYE.
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Showing all 24DUEING NORMAL CRUSHER OPERATION THERE WAS A ROCK LODGED IN THE JAW CRUSHER. THE EMPLOYEE TRIED TO DISLODGE IT WITH A PRY BAR. HE PUT THE BAR DOWN AND LEANED OVER WHEN A SHARP PAIN HIT HIT IN T HE LOWER LEFT PART OF HIS BACK.
WHILE REPAIRING CATTLEGUARD ATTACHED A COME-A-LONG TO A BELT PIECE OF CHANNEL IRON AND PROCEDED TO PULL BACK THE IRON INTO PLACE FOR WELDING. AS MORE PRESUURE WAS PUT ON COM-A-LONG THE HOOK S LIPPED OFF AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON THE MOUTH CAUSING LACERATION ON UPPER LIP.
WHILE PRYING ROCKS IN BULLPEN CAUGHT LEFT INDEX FINGER AGAINST PEN WALL & ROCK, LOSS FINGERNAIL. RX ISSUED, 10 PILLS DARVON
HE WAS OPENING A HATCH ON A HOPPER CAR WHEN THE RACHET HE WAS USING SLIPPED AND HE HIT HIS FINGER ON THE GROUND. HE FRACTURED HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER.
HE WAS DRIVING PIN OUT OF TOOTH OF LOADER BUCKET. A PIECE OF METAL HIT HIS JAW AND CUT IT. A TINY PIECE OF METAL SHOWED ON X RAY BUT DR. WAS UNABLE TO REMOVE IT.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HIS SHOULDER WAS INJURED WHEN THE PRY BAR HE WAS USING TO WALK A ROCK BOX INTO PLACE SUDDENLY JERKED. THE BOX SLIPPED, CAME OFF THE FOUNDATION SLIGHTLY AND CAUSED THE PRY BAR TO JERK. THE EMPLOYEE DID NOT REALIZE HE HAD STRAINED HIS SHOULDER UNTIL TEN DAYS LATER WHEN HE SOUGHT MEDICAL TREATMENT.
HE WAS UNLOADING ROCK FROM A HOPPER CAR ON MINDAY 1-18-88. ON TUESDAY HE SAID HIS BACK WAS HURTGING. HE WAS NOT SURE WHAT IT WAS FROM BUT FIGURED IT WAS FROM UNLOADING THE ROCK. TO UNLOAD THE ROCK, HE HAD TO USE A SLEDGE HAMMER AND PICK AND HE THOUGHT THAT THIS MIGHT HAVE CAUSED THE PROBLEM BUT WAS NOT SURE.
I NAME WAS CHAN1ING LINK IN ELEVATOR CHAIN. HE WAS LEANING INTO BUCKET ELEVATOR TO ATACH COME A LONG TO CHAIN WHEN LUMP OF WET CLAY FELL FROM UP IN ELEVATOR STRIKING HIM ON SHOULDERS AND BEHIN D HEAD. AS A RE8ULT, HE HIT HIS CHIN ON NUT ON LXX ELEVATOR BRG TAKE UP. HIS CHIN WAS CUT WHEN HE SUDDENLY WITHDREW FROM ELEVATOR. HE ALSO BROKE ONE TOOTH.
WHILE I NAME WA8 NAILING A SCAB ONTO A TIMBER POST WITH AN AXE HE MISSED THE NAIL HITTING HIS LEFT HAND WITH THE BACKHEAD OF THE AXE. THE IMPACT BROKE THE INDEX FINGER OF HIS LEFT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS IN8TALLING A NEW SET OF LINERS IN CAGE MILL. HE HAD JUST LAID DOWN A PRY BAR INSIDE CAGE MILL AND STOOD UP TO OBSERVE WHEN HIS LEFT ARM CONTACTED A SHARP CORNER. FAILURE TO REMOVE SHARP EDGES PR3OR TO STARTING JOB IS WHEN WENT WRONG. CONSEQUENCE CUT ARM.
EMPL BARRING OR9 MATERIAL FROM PLUGGED CHUTE,MATERIAL MOVED PUSHING BAR TO THE SIDE CATCHING RING FINGER BETWEEN BAR AND EDGE OF CHUTE.
EMPLOYEE STATED3HE WAS CUTTING WEEDS BESIDE WASHER WASTE POND WHEN HE HIT A HORNETS NEST WITH AXE RESULTING IN MULTIPLE HORNET STINGS.
EMPLOYEE STATED3SHE WAS STRUCK IN RIBS WITH CROWBAR WITH CROWBAR WHILE TRYING TO PRY LOOSE A ROCK FROM THE TALC CHUTE
THE EMPLOYEE ST5TES THAT HIS WRENCH SLIPPED WHILE LOOSENING THE BOLTS TO THE GRIZZLY SCREEN DRIVE MOTOR, THUS CAUSING HIS HAND TO STRIKE AGAINST THE MOTOR BASE.
EMPLOYEE STATED3THAT HE FELT A MUSCLE PULL IN HIS SHOULDER WHEN HE USED A WRENCH TO TIGHTEN SOMESEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION.PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED AS MUSCLE STRAIN AND HE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 6-1
EMPL PRYING FIBER BLOCK FROM FILTER HEAD BY USING SCREWDRIVER.SCREWDRIVER SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO STRIKE HAND ON FILTER BLOCK.
MAHCINE DOWN WITH LEAKING WATER PUMP. BOLT WAS TIGHT AND WHEN MECHANIC PULLED ON WRENCH BOLT LOOSENED UP CAUSING HAND TO STRIKE BROKEN ASPIRATOR PIPE, CUTTING MIDDLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND BROKEN PIPE WAS TO BE REPAIRED WHILE WATER PUMP WAS BEING REPAIRED .
EMPLOYEE WAS HOISTING WHEN CHAIN HE WAS PULLING SLIPPED, AND PULLED HIS FINGER WITH IT.
EMPL BARRING PLUGGED PIECE OF TALC FROM LOWER PART OF BACK BIN IN SHED.BARRING BIG PIECE OF TALC,SMALL ONE ABOUT SIZE OF A SOFTBALL CAME AROUND BIGGER PIECE AND HIT EMPL ON LEFT WRIST.
SCREWING BOLT IN NEW FENDER-TOP OF THUMB STRUCK SHARP EDGE.
EMPLOYEE STAES HE WAS HELPING TAKE OUT A CUT OFF BOLT CAUGHT HOT SHARP NUT INJURING RI INDEX FINGER
EE REPORTS HE WAS HOLDING PIPE WITH ROPE, WHEN THE ROPE SLIPPED ALLOWING THE PIPE TO FALL APPROX 5\ STRIKING TOP OF RIGHT FOOT.
MAN WAS OPENING RAIL CAR DOOR WITH PRY BAR. THE PRY BAR SLIPPED A STRUCK LEFT LEG.