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Employee was shoveling ore leakage from under a conveyor belt. He has been treated for a non work related back since May 2012. He shoveled 3-4 shovel fulls when he pulled a muscle in his lower back.
Employee lifted a small table that was being used as a weight to hold the cardboard down. When he swung with the table in his hands to his right to set it down, he smashed the back of his right hand and upper ring finger into a metal tray shelf that was attached to the wall.
Employee bagged 50 bags at 50# each on a pallet. He said on his last bag he felt a sharp pain from his groin to his stomach. He went to the emergency room. He is excused from work at least until his next doctors visit on 1/21/2011.
Employee went to unplug an extension cord that was plugged into a drill. He had one hand on a metal beam and touched the prong on the extension cord at the same time causing him electrical shock.
EE was cutting a bolt from a steel beam with a cutting torch. A hot coal fell on the bottom of his pants burning a hole on his pants then falling into th etop of his slip on steel toe boots. He received medical treatment on the burn on his foot. He was told to take two days off from work.
EE was shoveling a powder type ore with a shovel and by pulling it with a solid rake. He did this for 30-45 mins. The shift ended, then he called in the next day. He went to the emergency room, then made a doctors appointment. Has a pain in his lower back, hip and left leg.
EE was packaging 50# bags. He felt a tightness in his back. We had a Save a Back class on 8/11/10. EE decided to do some exercises that he had learned in the class. At that time he got a sharp pain in his right side/lower back. He was unable to finish the day. He has a doctor's appointment in one week.
Employee drove a small endloader up to a spill at the east side of Granusol. It had rained hard all day. Employee stood on a wet surface as he turned to put a shovel full of ore in the loader bucket. As he turned, he twisted his body, then slipped. He did not fall down but pulled a muscle in his lower back.
EE was packaging 50# bags on a turn table. He pulled a muscle in his lower middle back. EE reported the incident on 8/17/09
Employee was sweeping and shoveling at the screen plant. The mill was down. He left his area to go over to the next mill. He sat down to talk to two other employees. he said he had a sharp pain go down the middle of his back. He then reported this and went to the Dr. and Has a doctor's excuse until further notice.
Using a jackhammer to break up ore build up. Pulled muscle in back.
EE was holding up the inlet spout of a super sack to the discharge chute of a portable hopper used to do transfers. The hopper had approx 2000# of material inside of it that would not flow out. The operator hit the top of the hopper with the loader bucket, causing the hopper to fall back and pin EE's hand in between the forks of the forklift and hopper discharge chute.
Employee was lifting 50 # bags from packaging machine from a North position turning and stacking at waist level to a South position or 180 degree turn.
Was getting some empty sacks to fill, stepped back and fell over a skid with a small sack on it.
He was helping replace a packer. He bent down to pick something up and hit his neck on a super sack fill pipe when he stood up.
Injured EE and another EE were trying to remove a bearing with a puller and a hydraulic pump, when the puller slipped and hit EE in the head and shoulder. EE received 4 stitches, he did have his hard har and safety glasses on.
EE went into the Granusol Mill. The operator was emptying out a baghouse. He had the side door open for visual aid. EE saw a clump of ore in- side the door of the baghouse. He stuck his hand inside to remove the clump. A airlock was on and turning. EE stuck his hand in the airlock.
Employee was poking out a chute going from the dryer to a bucket elevator. The bucket elevator was running at the time. His bar that he was using to poke out the ore struck a bucket, causing it to kick back and strike him in side of the face.
Was helping maintenance change screen. Maintenance had unit in air, not rigged proper and not slid out of way. Lid broke and fell 4 inchs and hit his arm.
Working on a screening unit, did not have it rigged proper, lid broke and fell about 4 inches. Did not slide unit out of way. Had arms under unit.
WAS GETTING OFF A FORKLIFT AND STEP ON THE FLOOR WHERE IT WAS UNEVEN AND TWISTED ANKLE. (HE GOT TO WORK AT 8:00AM, WAS SENT TO OMEGA CENTER TO BE CHECK OUT. HE HAD A DRUG TEST AND FAILED, HE WAS TERMINATED
Slipped on a step to a platform scale. Fell and hit right upper ribs on scale read out.
repetitive lifting of 50 and 100 lb bags.
Employee stepped off scale onto a shovel and twisted his foot.
EE WAS WALKING BETWEEN THE DRYER AND BURNER ON PLATFORM WALKWAY. HIS LEFT FOOT SLID OFF THE SIDE OF PLATFORM, DROPPING ABOUT 3", CAUSING HIS LEFT ANKLE TO TURN AND CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO THE GROUND. AT THE TIME HE WAS FALLING, A COWORKER WAS COMING DOWN THE STAIRS AND HELPED HIM UP.