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Employee experiencing pain in shoulder, suspects it to be repetitive motion illness.
While working on dust collector, DC450 a gust of wind stirred up dust laying on a beam and blew it toward EE. The result was quicklime particles in the eye. Eye was flushed by Optometrist and antibiotic eye drops prescribed.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ON KILN FIRING FLOOR WHEN LIME DUST BLEW INTO HIS EYE. SAFETY GLASSES WERE BEING WORN AT THE TIME.
CLC LOADING TRUCKS IN VERY WINDY WEATHER AND LIME DUST CONTINUED TO BLOW OVER EMPLOYEE'S. HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES AND MONO-GOGGLES.
CLC LOADING TRUCKS IN VERY WINDY WEATHER AND LIME DUST CONTINUED TO BLOW OVER EMPLOYEES. HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES AND MONO-GOGGLES.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING UP STAIRWAY TO TOP OF CHAT BUILDING WHEN WIND JUST BLEW DEBRIS INTO HIS EYE.
EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THAT WHILE HELPING SET A PIECE OF HANDRAIL ON AN INCOMPLETE SECTION OF CONVEYOR THE WIND CAUGHT THE HANDRAIL CAUSING IT TO SPIN. WHEN HE REACHED TO CATCH THE LOAD, HE LOST HIS BALANCE FALL BACKWARD OFF THE OPEN END OF THE CATWALK. HE FELL APPROXIMATELY 17'.
ON JULY 10TH EE REPORTED TO WORK WITH COMPLAINT OF LOWER ABDOMINAL AND BACK PAIN MADE DR. APPR FOR 7-12. EE SUGGESTED SEEING A SURGEON POSSIBLE HERNIA SEEN DR WAS DIAGNOSED ABDOMINAL STRAIN ON 7-20. EE STILL HAVING PAIN EVEN WITH LIGHT DUTYTOOK TO ER ROOM DR PRESCRIBED PAIN MED AND LIGHT DUTY.
EMPLOYEE ALLEDGES HE WAS BITE ON HIS UPPER LEFT THIGH ON 6/27. BY THE MORNING OF THE 28TH THE AREA OF THE BITE WAS RED AND SWOLLEN. DOCTOR DETERMINED IT WAS A NON-POISONOUS BITE OF SOME KIND.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING OTHER EMPLOYEES TO UNLOAD A TRUCK WHEN HE WAS STUNG BY A BEE. EE IS ALLERGIC TO BEE STINGS.
EMPLOYEE CAME TO WORK ON 6/27 WITH AN APPARENT INSECT BITE ON HIS FACE. HE STATED THAT THE PREVIOUS DAY HE HAD A SPIDER IN HIS HOOD AND THOUGHT IT MAY HAVE BIT HIM. AFTER DR. EXAMININATION IT WAS DETERMINED THAT IT WAS IN FACT A SPIDER BITE