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LIFTING IMPACT WRENCH & LARGE SOCKET FELT PAIN IN RIGHT ELBOW. DIAGNOSED AS REPEAT TRAUMA ON 7/11/03.
DUST IN RIGHT- SOURCE UNKNOWN. DR.'S REPORT RECEIVED 5/6/02 INDICATES PUNCTATE KEPATITIS POSSIBLY DUE TO FOREIGN BODY FROM GRINDING. RIGHT EYE ALSO GIVEN POLYTRIM.
USING AIR IMPACT WRENCH. EXHAUST FROM WRENCH BLEW FOREIGN OBJECT INTO EYE. EMBEDDED OBJECT PHYSICIAN REMOVED BY USING SPUD & ALGER BRUSH.
WHILE DRILLING THROUGH THE ROOF OF A PRODUCTION VEHICLE, THE DRILL BIT SIEZED CAUSING THE DRILL BODY TO ROTATE STRIKING HIS SAFETY GLASSES. THE RIM OF THE SAFETY GLASSES THEN IMPACTED HIM JUST ABOVE THE LEFT EYEBROW CAUSING A LACERATION WHICH REQUIRED 5 STITCHES AND NO OTHER MEDICAL ATTENTION.
WALKING CAT TO SHOP FOR REPAIR IN 2ND GEAR WHEN CAT STOPPED DEAD WHEN EMERGENCY BRAKE LOCKED UP.THROWN FORWARD WHEN BRAKE LOCKED. NECK AND UPPERBACK WERE STRAINED. UNAWARE OF TREATMENT BY DR. OR LOST TIME UNTIL 12-27-01.
WHILE DOING PATTERN CLEANUP OPERATING 9247 DOZER, EE WAS GRIPPING STEERING WHEEL KNOB WHEN MIDDLE FINGER OF LEFT HAND LOCKED UP INTO BENT POSITION. BECAME AWARE OF MEDICAL TREATMENT & DIAGNOSI S ON 3/6/02.
CLEANING UP AT SHOVEL. CORNER OF BLADE HOOKED ON SCARP, TWISTING CAT, WHICH RESULTED IN EE BEING TWISTED & BACK WRENCH. HAD BEEN WEARING SEAT BELT. PHYSICAL THERAPY PER DR. OFF ON 9-25, ONLY T IME HE COULD SEE PHYSICIAN. 9-26 & 9-27 REGULAR SCHEDULED DAYS OFF.
OPERATING JACKHAMMER, EE FELT SOMETHING SNAP IN WRIST; MOMENTARILY LOST CONTROL OF JACKHAMMER.
GRINDING PIECE TO FORM COOLER KNIFE SEAL, PIECE OF METAL FLEW INTO EYE. METAL REMOVED FROM LEFT EYE BY PHYSICIAN THE NEXT DAY.
WORKING ON A ROAD JOB BACKED DOWN RAMP WITH GRADER. BACKED OVER SOME LARGE ROCKS CAUSING STRAIN TO NECK & UPPER BACK.
BREAKING ROCK WITH SURE STRIKE. EMPLOYEE FORGOT TO PUT UNIT INTO FLOAT AND BROKE A CHUNK. UNIT WAS JARRED, EMPLOYEE FELT SNAP IN HIS NECK.
USING LARGE IMPACT WRENCH TO REMOVE AND TIGHTEN LUG NUTS ON THE TIRES OF 9733 785B CAT TRUCK. UNAWARE THAT EE HAD SEEN DR AND RECEIVED PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. REC'D INFO ON 10/12/00.