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The injured employee was tightening a 2" flange and felt a pop in right elbow.
The employee was using a 24" inch pipe wrench to remove a fill spout from a shipping tank. The pipe wrench slipped off the fill spout mashing finger between the wrench and tank.
The injured employee was using a utility knife to cut/split a 1/4" rubber hose. He was holding the hose in his left hand and cutting with his right hand. The knife came out of the rubber hose and cut through his leather glove and into his palm.
The injured employee was removing a series of bolts from a flow meter flange. As he moved his body position to reach the back of the flange he felt a sharp pain in his lower back. Which resulted in a strain to his lower back.
INJURED EE & HIS PARTNER WERE REMOVING BOLTS FROM A FLOW METER ON AN OVERFLOW PUMP. AS EE WAS REMOVING LAST BOLT, HE WAS HOLDING THE HEAD OF THE BOLT W/HIS LT HAND & REMOVING THE NUT W/HIS RIG HT, HE FELT A SLIGHT POP IN HIS LT SHOULDER WHICH CAUSED HIS LT ARM & SHOULDER TO FEEL NUMB. EE WASN'T IN AN IMPROPER POSITION OR USING EXCESSIVE FORCE WITH HIS LEFT HAND.
THE INJURED WAS LOOSENING BOLTS ON THE DISCHARGE FLANGE OF AN UNDERFLOW PUMP. THE BOLTS ON THE FLANGE WERE SLIGHTLY RUSTY AND HARD TO REMOVE, AS THE INJURED WAS TRYING TO REMOVE THE SECOND BOL T WITH WRENCH, HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER.
THE INJ WAS USING A UTILITY KNIFE TO CUT PLASTICTIES OF A 55 GAL. DRUM LINERS TO ADD PRODUCT BACK TO EACH DRUM. THE INJ WAS HOLDING THE TOP OF THE ONE OF THE LINERS & CUTTING THE PLASTIC TIES OFF AS HE CUT THRU THE TIE THE UTILITY KNIFE BLADE CUT HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN HIS THUMB & FORERFINGER