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EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING FORKLIFT AND HAD STOPPED AT THE STOP SIGN AT THE END OF BUILDING. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE, ALSO DRIVING FORKLIFT, STRUCK THE OTHER FORKLIFT FOM BEHIND. THIS CAUSED BACK SPRAIN .
EMPLOYEE WAS WO9KING IN BAG STACKING AREA. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A PALLET FROM THE STACKING LINE AND STEERING CORRECTION ON FORKLIFT SWUNG SIDEWAYS, BUMPING I NAME IN THE KNEE WITH THE P ALLET. 3
EMPL HELPING RU3 BULK BAGS.FEEDING AND TAKING AWAY FROM WRAP MACHINE,DRIVING FORKLIFT TO DO THIS.FLOOR IS BAD AT BOTH ENDS OF AREA,CAUSING JARRING OF EMPL BACK.NO LOST TIME OR LIGHT DUTY HOWEV ER EMPL WAS GIV9N RX BY DR.
EMPLOYEE WAS US3NG HIS PERSONAL AUTOMOBILE ON COMPANY BUSINESS. HE WAS CROSSING THE RAILROAD TRACKS AT THE CAREY BRINE WELLS AND PLANT DRIVE AND WHILE GOING ACROSS THE TRACKS,HE WAS THROWN AGA NST THE TOP OF 7HE CAR ROOF. EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED NECK STRAIN,BACK STRAIN, AND ARM STRAIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS DR3VING A FORKLIFT, STORING PRODUCT IN THE BIG SHED. WHILE DRIVING ON RAMP LEADING TO BIG SHED, HIS FORKLIFT HIT A HOLE, JARRING EMPLOYEE'S NECK. EMPLOYEE SUSTANED NECK STRAIN AND WAS PRESCRIBED3MEDICATION AND CERVICAL COLLAR.
EMPLOYEE WAS BA7KING UP FORKLIFT IN WAREHOUSE AND HIS LEFT HAND SLIPPED OFF THE STEERING WHEEL,CAUSING LEFT SIDE OF FORLIFT TO SWERVE INTO STACK OF PALLETS.EMPLOYEE'S LEFT FOOT WAS PINCHED BET WEEN PALLETS AN8 FORKLIFT.HIS LEFT ANKLE AND FOOT WAS BRUISED, REQUIRING AN ANLE BRACE.
EMPL STACKING B5GS FROM AUTOMATIC MACHINE AND 3 50 LB BAGS OF SALT CAME DOWN CONVEYOR AT THE SAME TIME BECAUSE STRING SEWN AT TOP OF BAG WASNT CUT BETWEEN BAGS.KNIFE ON SEWING HEAD HAD BECOME DULL CAUSING 33BAGS TO NOT SEPARATE.WHEN BAGS DESCENDED THEY STRUCK EMPL IN LEFT ARM AND HAND ACAUSING BRUISING TO FINGERS,HAND AND ARM.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A FORKLIFT DOWN AN AISLEWAY AND HIT A HOLE IN THE FLOOR WHICH WAS APPROX. 3 X 2 X 6 DEEP WHICH HAD WATER STANDING IN IT, WHICH CAUSE IT TO NOT BE VERY VISABLE EMPLOYEE S B ACK WAS SEVERELY JARED, HOWEVER HE WAS NOT IN TOO MUCH PAIN BACK PAIN BECAME PROGRESSIVELY WORSE AND EMPLOYEE SOUGHT DR TREATMENT ON 7-16-85 AND WAS PLACED A LIGHT DUTY BECAUSE OF LOW BACK ST
EE WAS PAINTING FIRE SPRINKLER PIPE & WAS ON A WORKING PLATFORM LIFTED BY THE FORKLIFT. HIS RIGHT ARM BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN WORKING PLATFORM & FLORESCENT LIGHT FIXTURE BRACKET WHEN HE DIRECTE D THE FORKLIFT DRIVER TO MOVE AHEAD. LACERATION TO RIGHT FOREARM REQUIRING STITCHES.