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Worker complains of low back pain and leg pain. Also complaining of leg numbness. No incident has occurred, but worker has 2004 work injury and back surgery.
Empl has history of hypertenstion. Med?s not controlling. Empl had headache early am, began getting dizzy with a tight feeling in chest. Left area where he was cleaning chutes & went to control room reporting this to another empl. Initial treatment was for heart attack, which was ruled out by normal EKG. Underwent further testing for what has been deemed as a personal condition.
While working on a pump at the Pilot Plant, his right leg started hurting. He pulled his pants leg up and noticed a small hole in his leg and a knot under it. No biting sensation was felt before that.
BITTEN BY SCORPION WHICH HAD CRAWLED INTO HIS BOOT
Employee sustained a right eye injury which he believes occurred while working in the vicinity of an employee who was welding. However, employee was diagnosed with a corneal foreign body and thinks he may have encountered some trash that blew into his right eye while working around calciners.
An employee was walking back from break to his job and saw another employee laying on the floor.
OPERATOR WAS CUTTING OPEN OXIDE BAGS CREATING SOME DUST, CAUSING HIM TO SNEEZE. WHEN SNEEZED, HE FELT SOMETHING (PAIN) ON HIS LEFT SIDE OF LOWER BACK.
WHILE DESCENDING A FIXED LADDER, WASPS FROM A NEARBY NEST FLEW AT EMPLOYEE. HE QUICKENED HIS PACE AND POSSIBLY MISSED A RUNG OF THE LADDER, THENFELL TO THE GROUND.
EE EXPERIENCED A MASSIVE HEART ATTACK CAUSING IMMEDIATE DEATH.
EE WAS INSPECTING COOLER COLLECTORS. A LARGE GUST OF WIND BLEW THE DOOR OF THE COLLECTOR CLOSED THEY HAD BEEN HELD OPEN BY DOOR STOPS. THE DOOR STRUCK EE LEFT ARM AS IT SWUNG CLOSED. INITIALLY DIAGNOSED AS BRUISED WRIST FOREARM BUT LATER X RAY SHOWED FRACTURE OF ULNA. EE PLACED ON LIGHT DUTY.