LEFT EYE RED AND SORE FROM SAND AND DIRT FALLING FROM MULTI CONE SCREW CONVEYOR DUCT. EMPLOYEE SAW A DR. ON 4-1-98, DR. MISSED THE DIRT AND SAND IN HIS EYE. EMPLOYEE WENT TO EMERGENCY ROOM EVE NING OF 4-1-98. DR. GOT OUT MOST OF THE DIRT ANDSAND. EMPLOYEE WAS ABLE TO GET MORE MATERIAL OUT OF HIS EYE NEXT DAY. HE WAS SENT TO OPTHAMOLOGIST WHO DIAGNOSED HIM WITH EYE INFECTION.
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Showing all 15EMP WAS IN PROCESS OF LOADING CEMENT BAGS ONTO TRUCK. REACHED UP TO GRAB A CEMENT BAG COMING OFFOF CONVEYOR BELT WHEN THE GLOVE HE WAS WEARING GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN CONVEYOR BELT AND DISCHARGE PL ATE. LEFT HAND WAS PULLED INTO CONVEYOR, RESULTING IN TRAUMA TO LITTLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND. SURGERY REQUIRED TO REPAIR DAMAGE.
EE WAS OPERATING A FRONT END LOADER, WHEN A LARGE ROCK LODGED UNDER THE WHEEL WHEN THE WHEEL OF THE MACHINE SLIPPED OFF THE ROCK, IT CAUSED A WHIP LASHLIKE EFFECT AND THE EE STATES HE FELT HIS BACK POP WHEN SEEN TWO HOURS LATER HE WAS IN OBVIOUSE DISTRESS COMPLAINING OF BACK PAIN AND LEG NUMBNESS SENT TO EMERGENCY ROOM TO BE CHECKED.
EMPLOYEE WAS SI7TING IN 769B CAT HAUL TRUCK.LOADER WAS LOADING TRUCK WITH CLINKLER AND A LARGE CHUNK OF CLINKER FELL FROM LOADER BUCKET STRIKING TRUCK ON SIDE OF BED CAUSING TRUCK TO JERK VIOL ENTLY.EMPLOYEE 3OTICED PAIN IN BACK OF NECK.SAME AREA AS RECENT SURGERY.
EMPLOYEE WAS MO5ING DUST WITH THE BOBCAT AND THE DUST WAS VERY SLIPPERY. THE BOBCAT SLIPPED QUICKLY TO ONE SIDE AND EMPLOYEE S ELBOW HIT THE CAGE.
EMPLOYEE WAS RE7EIVING SACKS FROM THE SACKING MACHINE CONVEYOR BELT AND STRAINED HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS RE7EIVING SACKS FROM THE SOUTH SACKING MACHINE CONVEYOR BELT AND STRAINED HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS LI0TING A ROCK FROM MOVING CONVEYOR BELT.
EMP WAS ASSISTI3G THE GARAGE LEADER WITH A REPAIR OF A BOBCAT THEY JUMP STARTED THE LAODER EMP WAS STANDING IN THE BUCKET LOADER MOVED EMP FELL INTO ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND THE ENGINE COVER CA CAME DOWN ON H3S RIGHT WRIST
DRIVER SITTING IN CAB OF DUMP TRUCK DURING LOADING OPERATION.LOADER OPERATOR STRUCK TRUCK BED WITH BUCKET.IMPACT CAUSED EMPLOYEE TO STRIKE HEAD AGAINST WINDSHIELD.
CLAIMS THAT WHILE OPERATING THE BOBCAT LOADER HE HURT HIS BACK. HE WORKED TWO MORE DAYS AND THEN WAS OFF SIX DAYS. HE DID NOT REPORTE THE INJURY TO HIS SUPERVISOR OR TO ANYONE ELSE UNTIL AFTER HE HAD BEEN OFF FOR FOUR DAYS AND EIGHT DAYS AFTER THE INJURY.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING FRONT END LOADER/CLEANING OUTFROM UNDER BC-6 AND ALLEGES THAT HE STRAINED HIS SHOULDER.
INAME & ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WRE MOVING OIL WHILE LIFT GATE WAS BEING RAISED HE TOLE OTHER EMPLOYEE TO STOP SO THAT HE COULD MOVE A HOSE THAT MIGHT BECOME CAUGHT HE MOVED HOSE & TOLD OTHER EMPLOYE TO CONTINUE TO LIFT GATE HE DIDNT MOVE HIS ARM & IT WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN GATE & BED OF TRUCK
EMP WAS CHANGING THE POSITION OF THE FORKS ON THE FORKLIFT AT WHICH TIME HE PINCHED HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER SEVERELY CRUSHING IT
REMOVING BROKEN BAGS FROM CONVEYOR.FAILED TO STOP CONVEYOR FIRST.