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THE EMPLOYEE DOES NOT KNOW WHAT HAPPENED OR WHEN AND WHERE IT HAPPENED HE WOKE UP WITH A SORE BACK.THIS WAS REPORTED 10-24-95.
THE EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED OF CHEST PAINS AND WAS IMMEDIATELY TAKEN TO NURSES STATION.THE NURSE CALLED THE COMPANY DOCTOR AND WAS TOLD TO BRING THE EMPLOYEE IN TO BE CHECKED.WHILE IN ROUTE TO THE DOCTOR,THE EMPLOYEE WENT INTO CARDIAC ARREST.INSTEAD OF GOING TO THE DOCTOR,THE AMBULANCE PROCEDDED TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE THE EMPLOYEE WAS DEAD AT THE HOSPITAL.
EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE IN THE PLACING OF A SUPER SACK ONTO FORKS OF FORKLIFT.A GUST OF WIND BLEW DUST PARTICLE INTO EMPLOYEES EYE EVEN THOUGH EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASS ES WITH SIDE SHIELDS.THE EYE WAS IRRIGATED FOR 30 MINUTES WITH NO SUCCESS AND EMPLOYEE WAS THEN TAKEN TO THE FAMILY CLINIC WHERE PARTICLE WAS REMOVED WITH COTTON SWAB.
EMPLOYEE WAS IN A SQUATTED POSITION. STATES HE MERELY STOOD UP. IN THE PROCESS OF STANDING UP HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
WHILE SHOVELING A SMALL GUST OF WIND BLEW DUST INTO EMPLOYEE'S LEFT EYE. EMPLOYEE WAS SENT TO THE NURSE'S STATION WHERE THE EYE WAS FLUSHED. A SMALL SPECK COULD NOT BE REMOVED AND EMPLOYEE WAS SENT TO THE COMPANY'S PHYSICIAN TO HAVE IT REMOVED. THE DOCTOR FOUND A SMALL SLIVER OF METAL AND REMOVED IT. EMPLOYEE WAS SENT BACK TO WORK AFTER IT WAS REMOVED.
EMPLOYEE WENT TO UBN BUTTS INSPECTED PROSPECTIVE INSTRUMENTATION SITE AND CAME OUT OF THE MINE, WHERE HE EXPERIENCED A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. EMPLOYEE COULD NOT REMEMBER ANY SPECIFIC ACT CAUS ING PAIN.
HE BENT OVER CIRCUIT CENTER ON THE LOWER BED NORTH TO INSECT A CABLE NIP. WHEN HE STARTED TOKNEEL DOWN HIS LEFT KNEE LOCKED UP. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AT THE HOPITAL DOCTOR ASSUM ED A LOOSE PIECE OF CARTILAGE HAD LODGED ITSELF IN THE KNEE JOINT.