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While driving a forklift in reverse, employee turned head and foreign body got into his left eye. Doctor removed foreign body and gave employee prescription for eyedrops. Employee returned to work with no restrictions
employee used poor body mechanics/position while leaning forward to grab handle and set the parking brake on the Michigan 175 loader. leaning, twisting, pulling caused lower back sprain, he was given MODIFIED Duty restrictions
Employee was driving a forklift in reverse and he pivoted his upper body to get a clear field of vision when he felt a pull in his left lower back. Diagnosis is mechanical low back pain with sciatica symptoms. Prescription meds, physical therapy, and restricted work for 3 days.
Employee was driving a sit-down lift truck and when he turned the steering wheel to the right, he heard and felt his left elbow pop. Diagnosis is an elbow sprain. Work restriction of no lifting with left arm of more than 10-15 lbs.
While removing the JLG manlift from a tight area of which the boom of the manlift was caught under a pipe flange, when the basket was moved sideways it slipped from under the flange and caused the basket to lift up and pushed the employee's upper left back into the corner of an I-Beam. The employee sufered a puncture wound to his latissimus dorsi muscle in his upper left back.
HIT BY & BACKED OVER WITH A PICKUP TRUCK. SETTING UP TO SERVICE D9R CAT. WASHING D9R WITH WATER TRUCK, WHICH WAS GOING TO DRIVE AROUND TO WASH OTHER SIDE. I WALKED ONTO ROAD TO MOVE OUT OF D9R & WATER TRUCK'S PATHS. THEN I FELT THE PICKUP TRUCK HIT ME.
WHILE DRIVING A DOZER OVER ROUGH TERRAIN TO RIP THE SOIL, THE EE WAS IN AN AWKWARD POSITION WHILE LOOKING OUT THE BACK WINDOW TO SEE WHERE HE WAS GOING. HE RECEIVED A STRAIN/SPASM TO HIS RIGHT MID UPPER BACK. TREATING DR. GAVE EE SOME MUSCLE RELAXERS AND PAIN MEDICATION AND REFERRED HIM TO A CHIROPRACTOR THE SAME DAY. THE CHIROPRACTOR MANIPULATED HIS BACK & RELEASED HIM TO FULL DUT
WHILE INSTALLING A SLIDER ON A FORKLIFT, PRESSURE WAS APPLIED WITH THE HYDRAULIC RAM. THE SLIDER STARTED TO POP UP AND EMPLOYEE TRIED TO HOLD IT DOWN WITH HIS FINGER AND THE FORKS SHIFTED CUTT ING THE TIP OF THE RIGHT INDEX FINGER OFF.
EE WAS STACKING PALLETS USING A FORKLIFT. HE RAISED THE PALLET AND PUT HIS HEAD OUTSIDE THE OPERATOR'S COMPARTMENT TO CHECK PLACEMENT WHEN A 50 LBS BAG FELL AND STRUCK EE ON THE HEAD. PRESCRIP TION ISSUED. DID NOT REPORT INJURY UNTIL 1-20-03.
DRIVER HAULING ORE. INTERNAL BATTERY MALFUNCTIONON TRUCK CAUSING SMOKE FUMES AND VAPORS, WHICH WERE THEN INHALED BY EMPLOYEE. MEDICAL TREATMENT ONLY, PER DEFINITION NO LOST TIME OR RESTRICTED DUTY.
WORKER CLAIMED THAT RIDING AROUND IN A 631 SCRAPER WITH A LOOSE SEAT CAUSED INJURY TO HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE RAN OVER A BIG RICK WHILE RUNNING A 631 E SCRAPER. HE WAS DUMPING ON WASTE DUMP WHEN HE HIT RICK. IT JARRED HIS BODY WHEN HE HIT THE ROCK.. WHEN HE WOKE UP THE NEXT MORNING HE WAS UNA BLE TO MOVE HEAD FROM SIDE TO SIDE.
WHILE CLEANING OUT THE ORE HOUSE DUMP WITH THE BOBCAT, WORKER WAS RAMMED INTO BY AN ERRANT CONTRACT TRUCK DRIVER.