On November 18th, an equipment operator, noticed a pain in EE's lower right stomach while operating the CAT 980 wheel loader. Initially EE thought EE's belt was too tight, but after EE loosened it, the pain still persisted. EE finished EE's shift at 4:49 PM. EE went to the emergency room that night around 9:30 PM and it was determined EE had a hernia.
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Showing all 4Standard Threshold Shift in employee's right ear. Noise-induced injury.
Standard Threshold Shift in employee's right ear. Noise-induced injury.
An employee slid off the second step of the loader while attempting to enter the cab, landing on EE's lower back/tailbone. EE was unable to maintain three points of contact while holding the ash tickets/slips from the mailbox.