EMPLOYEE WAS DOING ROUTINE PIT MAINTENANCE OF BELT REPAIRS ON 12-22-97. AT 4:30 PM ON THIS DAY, EMPLOYEE STARTED HAVING CHEST PAIN. THE PAIN PROGRESSED BY THE TIME HE GOT HOME SO HE WENT INTO THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT AND WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING A HEART ATTACK.
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Showing all 47EE WAS CHOPPING WEEDS AROUND EXPLOSIVE MAGAZIE WHEN A BEE STUNG HIS RIGHT LOWER ARM/
EE WAS PERFORMING MAINTENANCE ON A PIT CONVEYOR WHEN A FOREIGN OBJECT WENT INTO RIGHT EYE DUE TO A WINDSTORM IN THE AREA OF WORK.
EE WAS CHANGING A SCREEN ON ROCK PLANT DECK WHEN THE STYRONG WINDS BLEW DUST PARTICLES INTO EYE.
THE EE WAS URINATING WHILE STANDING IN THE AREA OF P2 CONVEYOR TAIL PULLEY. THE EE TURNED HIS UPPER BODY SUDDENLY TO LOOK AT THE NOISE FROM THE HEAD PULLY & THEN STRAINED HIS BACK.
WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKIGN A SWITCH GEAR, HE WAS BITTEN BY A SPIDER. LATER ON THAT NIGT HIS ARM SWELLED UP AND HE SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION. HE DID NOT NOTIFY US OF THIS INCIDENT UTIL 11-27- 95.
EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING INT HE PORTABLE OUTHOUSE WHEN HE FELT A BITE OR STING ON TEH BACK OF HIS NECK. HE WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE WHAT BIT HIM, BUT THE DR DETERMINED IT WAS A WASP BITE.
YEMPLOYEE WAS SITTING ON #2 FEEDER CONVEYRO BELT IN FRONT OF THE FEEDER GATE WORKING ONT HE DRIVE SIDE SKIRTING. HEAVY RIAN CAUSED AN 8" ROCK FROM THE MATERIAL ABOVE THE FEEER TO BE WASHED TH ROUGHT HE OPENNING OF HT EFEEDER GATE AND STRIKE THE EMPLOYEES RIGHT KNEE.
UNKNOWN AS TO WHERE OR WHEN THIS INJURY ACTUALLY OCCURRED. EMPLOYEE WENT TO EMERGENCY ROOM THE NEXT DAY AND TOLD DOCTOR HE POSSIBLY GOT SOMETHING IN HIS EYE AT WORK THE DAY BEFORE. WE WERE N OT NOTIFIED OF THIS INJURY AS BEING WORK RELATED UNTIL 5/4/94.
WHILE EATING LUNCH HE COUGHED AND FELT A SHARP PAIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING PORTABLE TOILET & WAS BITTEN IN GROIN AREA EMPLOYEE RETURNED TO OFFICE & WAS BITTEN IN THIGH BY A BLACK WIDOW SPIDER WHICH WAS LOCATED IN LEG OF PANTS
UNKNOWN EMPLOYEE STATES HE DOESNT KNOW WHAT CAUSED BACK PAIN JUST THAT IT WAS FROM HIS WORK DAY
USING CUTTING TORCH RED ANT CRAWLED INTO GLOVE & BIT HIM.
CUMMULATE TRAUMA.
GETTING TO CLOCK OUT HAD BLACKOUT
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A TRANSFORMER WHEN HE DISRUPTED A BEE HIVE.
FUELING LOADER, GUST OF WIND BLEW SOMETHING UNDER SAFETY GLASSES INTO EYE.
EMPLOYEE HAD REMOVED DIRTY DUST COLLECTOR BAGS FROM DUST COLLECTOR AND WAS WALKING WITH THEM WHEN A GUST OF WIND BLEW DUST INTO THE EMPLOYEE'S EYE.
EMP BEGAN LOSING TIME FOR THIS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED INJURY ON 07-25-90.THIRD LOST TIME FOR SAME INJURY.
EMPL WAS IN MOJAVE CA LOADING CEMENT WIND WAS BLOWING & PARTICAL WENT IN EYE.
TURNED TO ENTER IN COMPUTER FELT DISCOMFORT IN BACK
SWEEPING WIND BLEW DUST PARTICLES IN R EYE. SCRIPT EYEDROPS BY DR NO LIMITATIONS
EMP WALKING EAST WIND BLEW SOMETHIN INTO RIGHT EYE. (WEARING SAFETY GLASSES)
EE WAS SITTING AT HIS DESK IN THE YARDS AND ROADS DEPT. OFFICE LINING OUT THE DAYS ACTIVITIES WHEN HE NOTICED AN IRRITATION TO HIS RIGHT EYE AT APPROX. 715 AM HE RECEIVED PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL ATTENTION ON THE DAY AND WAS RELEASED BACK TO WORK WITH NO LOST TIME AND NO RESTRICTIONS BUT WAS GIVEN A PRESCRIPTION FOR AN RX MEDICATION.
20 EMPL UNROLLING 100' X 150' TARP TRYING TO SECURE IT OVER PILE OF SILICA.A GUST OF WIND GOT UNDERNEATH TARP AND CAUSED IT TO BILLOW UP,KNOCKING PEOPLE TO THE GROUND.THIS EMPL FELL AND LANDED ON KNEE.APPEARS TO BE SPRAINED. MY
THE EMPLOYEE SAID THAT HE NOTICED PAIN AND REDNESS IN HIS RIGHT EYE THE NIGHT AFTER ARRIVING HOME. HE SAID HE DOES NOT KNOW WHERE EXACTLU WHEN THE ALLEGED INJURY OCCURRED BUT IT COULD NOT HAV E HAPPENED ANYWHERE BUT AT WORK.
REMOVING BOLTS FROM STEEL BOX ON WET MILL. WIND BLEW BOX SHUT ON THUMB.
NON-EMPLOYEE - TRANSIENT WANDERED ONTO PLANT AND FELL INTO POND. DISCOVERED BY EMPLOYEE ON 5-31-89. NOT CHARGEABLE NOT EMPLOYEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING ON A DESKTOP AND TWISTED HIS BODY CLOCKWISE WHILE REACHING ACROSS HIS BODY WITH HIS LEFT HAND IN ORDER TO PICK UP A PENCIL
WHILE CLEANING FRONT WINDSHIELD OF 980C LOADER SAND BLEW INTO LEFT EYE
EMPLOYEE WAS ERECTING SCAFFOLDING IN KILN DEPT HE WAS STANDING APPROX 40 FT OFF BURNER FLOOR ON SCAFFOLDING SEVERE WINDS WERE BLOWING DUST AND DIRT GOGGLES WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE APPROPIATE EY E PROTECTION ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON 11-3-88 BUT WAS NOT REPORTED UNTIL 11-4-88 AT WHICH TIME HE WAS SENT TO A DR
WHILE OPERATING EQUIPMENT, EMPLOYEE WAS BITTEN BY INSECT.
EMPLOYEE STATES: WIND BLEW SAND AND DUST IN EYE.
WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS EMPTYING THE TRASH BARREL INTO THE DUMPSTER, A GUST OF WIND BLEW DUST INTO EYE.
WIND BLEW DUST OR DE BRIS INTO EYE.
HIT IN RIGHT EYE BY OWL FLYING BY WHILE CLOSING GATE AT END OF SHIFT.
EMPLOYEE SAIDE THAT HE HAS DEVELOPED FEELINGS OF EXTREME ANGER, AGITATION AND STRESS AND THAT EHSE FEELINGS HAVE BEEN BUILDING UP OVER THE PAST 2 YEARS. HE SAID THAT HE COULD NOT COPE WITH TH E CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE REGARDING HIS RECENT JOB CHANGE FROM KILN DEPARTMENT SUPERVISOR TO PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR.
EMPLOYEE IS AN 9QUIPMENT OPERATOR WHO WAS WORKING IN A DUSTY AREA AND THE WIND WAS BLOWING STRONG AND BLEW SUBSTANCE INTO EMPLOYEE'S EYE.
INSTALLING LOWE9 RADIATOR MOUNTING STUD, RAISED RADIATOR AWAY FROM SUPPORT AND CROSSMEMBER WITH CHERRY PICKER JACK AND HAD CRAWLED UNDER TRUCK TO INSTALL, FELT A PAIN IN OWER BACK, STRETCHIN TO REACH BOLT. 5OWER BACK STRAIN RIGHT SIDE
EMPLOYEE WAS WA5KING TOWARDS JOBSITE FELT SOMETHING ENTER HIS RIGHT EYE.EMPLOYEE WEARS ANSI APPROVED EYE PROTECTION WHILE CONDUCTING WORK ON COMPANY PREMISES.
EMPL WELDING IN3SQUATTING POSITION LEANED FORWARD AND FELT PAIN IN LEFT BIG TOE.
WHILE WORKING O6TOF DOORS IN SUN AND BLOWING SAND, FACE BECAME SUNBURNED, OPERATING THE BANK DRAG.
REPLACING A WAT9R CHANNEL WHICH IS ABOUT 18 FT OVER HEAD, WELDING CUTTING METAL AND GRINDING EMPLOYEE WAS ABOUT TO CLIMB ONTO A POST, WITH A TEN TO TWELVE FOOT LEVEL ABOVE THE GROUND. HE STEPP ED ONTO THE LEV9L AND WHEN HE LOOKED UP WIND OR MOVEMENT CAUSED PIECES OF METAL TO FALL INTO HIS FACE.
EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING AT HIS DESK SORTING PAPERS. A PAPER FELL TO THE FLOOR. FROM A SITTING POSITION HE BENT OVER TO PICK UP PAPER FROM THE FLOOR. WHEN HE TRIED TO STRAIGHTEN UP, HE COULD NOT. IT TOOK HIMA LITTLE WHILE TO STRAIGHTEN UP.
EE WAS PERFORMING ARC WELDING FORM A BASKET TRUCK. THE WEATHER WAS VERY WINDY WHICH CAUSED SOME FOREIGN MATERIAL TO B E BLOWN UP & UNDER HIS WELDING HOOD.
WHILE OPERATING THE HOT PLANT CONVEYOR BELTS THE WIND BLEW A PARTICLE OF DIRT OR DUST IN HIS LEFT EYE.
IT WAS VERY WINDY ON THURSDAY OCTOBER 25 &DUST WAS BEING WHIPPED AROUND BY THE WIND EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING OUT OF D4 MILL BLDG THRU THE BUILDINGS SOUTH MAIN DOOR WHEN THE WIND WHIPPED UP DUST AN D INTO THE EMPLOYEES RT EYE