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LOST BALANCE AND FELL INTO SCRAP METAL LACERATIED LEFT FOREARM REQUIRING SUTURES
CAUGHT HIS RIGHT FOOT ON A ROCK & FELL GRABBING A HANDRAIL WITH HIS HAND. DX: SHOULDER STRAIN. LATER DIAGNOSED TORN ROTATOR CUFF RIGHT SHOULDER. SURGERY WAS PERFORMED MAY 2,1988.
EMPLOYEE WAS GE7TING OFF A TEREX DOZER WHEN HIS LEG SLIPPED OFF THE TRACK AND WENT BETWEEN THE TRACKS AND THE FRAME OF THE DOZER.THE INJURY OCCURRED ON A FRIDAY,AND THE EMPLOYEE WENT TO THE EM ERGENCY ROOM WI7HOUT NOTIFYING THE SAFETY OFFICE.THE SAFETY DEPARTMENT DID NOT BECME AWARE OF THE REPORTABILITY UNTIL THE MEDICAL REPORTS WERE RECEIVED.
EMPLOYEE SLIPPE8 ON ROCK ON THE FLOOR LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL ON HIS RIGHT FRONT CHEST AREA DR. DIAGNOSED CONTUSION IN CHESTWALL FIRST DAY MISSED WAS 8-1-86. EMPLOYEE DID NOT REPORT INJURY U NTIL 8-5-86, RE0UIRING EXTENSIVE INVETIGATION.
I NAME WAS DESC9NDING THE STAIRS OUT OF 2 WAREHOUSE WHEN HE STEPPED IN A DEPRESSION AT THE BOTTOM OF THE STIARS THAT HAD BEEN CAUSED BY RAIN WATER WASHING AWAY THE SOIL. IT WAS NOT RAINING AT THE TIME NOR WA8 THE GROUND WET.
AT SHAFT COLLAR2 EMPLOYEE WASUNLOADING "EMPTY" OIL BARRLES WHEN OIL SPILLED OUT OF ONE OF THE BARRELS. HE SLIPPED IN THE OIL AND FELL ON HIS BUTTOCKS. FOUR MONTHS LATER, NERVE INVOLVEMENT WAS DIAGNOSED AND E4PLOYEE BEGAN LOSING TIME.
FELL OFF OF A F5ATBED TRUCK WHILE STACKING BAGS FIRST DAY MISSED 1 22 86.