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EE WAS GETTING UP FROM PRONE POSITION AND FELT ATINGE IN HIS BACK CONTINUED TO DO MODERATE MECHANIC WORK REST OF DAY. REPORTED NEXT DAY. THAT HECOULD NOT WORK DUE TO BACK PAIN. INJURED DIAGNOS IS IS LUMBAR SPRAIN.
CUTTING RUBBER FOR CONVEYOR FEED CHUTE IN THE FIELD. RAZOR KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING LEFT HAND.
EE WAS REMOVING A LONG STAINLESS STEEL SPLASH GUARD THAT HAD CLAY BUILT UP ON IT. WHEN HE UNHOOKED THE CLAY SLURRY SPLASH GUARD, IT SLIPPED AWAYFROM HIM FALLING DOWNWARD. THE FASTNER HOOK CAUG HT HIS FINGERNAIL, RIPPED IT PARTIALLY OFF AND BROKE THE END OF HIS FINGER.
POSITIONED HOSE INTO TOP OF RAIL CAR, THEN TURNED TO EXIT TOP OF CAR, TRIPPED ON HATCH AND FELL TO TOP OF CAR BREAKING FALL WITH HAND. EMPLOYEE HOOKED TO FALL RESTRAINT DEVICE THAT PREVENTS FA LL FROM CAR TO GROUND. SPRAINED LEFT WRISTAND ELBOW.
EE ALLEGES THAT RED BUMP OR KNOT ON HIS LEFT WRIST WAS CAUSED VBY SLAPPNG THE PAPER PRODUCT BAG AS HE WAS FILLING IT. HE REPORTED THAT THE BUMP WAS SORE AND HURTING. UPON VISITING THE DR., HE WAS PRESCRIBED PAIN AND MUSCLE RELAXER OR ANTI-INFLAMMATORY MEDICATION.
EMPLOYEE WAS LEAVING THE BUILDING TO GO HOME AND SHE FELL AND BROKE HER RIGHT WRIST. SHE STATED THAT SHE DID NOT SLIP OR TURN HER ANKLE IN THE FALL, SHE JUST STEPPED ON A ROCK AND FELL. SHE CA UGHT HERSELF WITH HER HAND AND HER WRIST BROKE.
GROUND WIRE ON CABLE TO VACUUM CLEQNER HAD BEEN CUT BY KEY ON MOTOR SHAFT. INITIAL EXAMINATION BY DR INCLUDING EXTENSIVE TESTS SHOWED NO DISCERNABLE INJURIES. EE REPORTED HAVING ABDOMINAL PAIN ON 6-1-97. SENT TO DR. FOR EVALUATION ON 6-2-97. DR.'S VERBAL REPORT WAS MUSCLE SPASM AND HE PRESCRIBED TYLENOL WITH CODEINE FOR THE PAIN. EE REPORTS HE HAS NOT TAKEN ANY OF THE MEDICINE.
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS LOWER BACK WAS HURTING OVER WEEKEND AND ON 12/4. POSSIBILITY OF PROBLEM RELATING BACK TO INJURY OF 9-7-95 THAT WAS OFFICIALLY REPORTED ON 9-8-95 BY EMPLOYEE. PLACED ON RESTRICT ION OF NO HEAVY LIFTING ON 12-5-95.
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ONA PLYWOOD WORK PLATFORM INSTALLING BAGS ON CAGES. WHEN EMPLOYEE STEPPED NEAR THE EDGE OF THE PLYWOOD IT TIPPED UPA ND HE FELL BACKWARD AND DOWN 18TO24INCHES THEN REPO RTED PAIN IN HIS BACK.
THE FRAYED END OF A CABLE WAS CAUGHT IN THE TOOTH OF A LOADER BUCKET. WITH A WHEEL OF 2 35-70 TON MINE TRUCK ON THE CABLE. THE LOOSE END WAS SNUBBED OVER A HOOK ON THE TRUCK AND THEN LOOPED ON THE 4" SQUARE TUBE BUMPER WITH THE VICTIM HOLDING THE FREE END TO SECURE. WHEN THE LOADER BACKED UP THE CABLE CAME FREE OF THE TIRE WHIPPED AND HIT VICTIM.
EE ALLEGES HE WAS RETURNING TO HIS JOB AFTER EATING LUNCH WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO RAISE DOOR GLASS ON TRUCK #3145, WHEN HE CUT THE END OF SECOND IFINGER OF LEFT HAND.
JACK HOLLENBECK, WHO IS A CONTRACT MECHANIC ON HEAVY EQUIPMENT ALLEDGES HE WAS WORKING ON ONE OF BAROID DRILLING FLUIDS NORTHWEST SHOVELS #3278 REPAIRING TRAVEL GEARS AND AIR CYLINDERS UNDER T HE MACHINE AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO REPLACE AN AIR CYLINDER WHICH HAD TO HAVE AIR APPLIED TO INSTALL WHEN HE APPLIED THE AIR THE SHAFT ON THE CYLINDER RETRACTED THEREFORE CATCHING THE FOURTH FNG
EMPLOYEE ALLEDGES HE WAS LOADING OXYGEN TANK IN BACK OF PICKUP, TAILGATE WOULD NO OPEN SO IN LOADING TANK OVER TAILGATE TANK SLIPPED MASHING FINGER BETWEEN TOP OF TAILGATE AND TANK.
THE SUPERVISOR WAS TRYING TO REMOVE THE DOOR TO THE 2INCH ELEVATOR WHICH NORMALLY OPENS EASILY. THIS TIME HOWEVER, THE DOOR WAS JAMBED. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LIFT THE DOOR, THE SUPERVISOR STRAIN HIS LEFT SHOULDER AND CHEST AREA.
EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING A HOSE ON A DIVERTER VALVE IN ORDER TO REACH H IGH ENOUGH STHE EMPLOYEE PLACED ONE FOOT ON THE MID RAIL OF THE RAILING IN THIS LOCATION WHILE PLACING THE OTHER FOOT ON T OP OF THE SWACO SCREEN THE FOOT ON THE SCREEN SLID CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO FALL BACKWARDS HITTING BACK AGAINST THE HANDRAIL
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF RUBBER USING A UTILITY KNIFE WHEN THE KNIFE SLIPPED & LODGED IN HIS LEG JUST ABOVE THE KNEE HE REMOVED THE KNIFE & SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION WHICHREQUIRED 6 STIT CHES EMPLOYEE RETURNED TO WORK
EMPLOYEE WAS BENCH WELDING IN MAINTENANCE SHOP WHEN WELDING SLAG FELL INSIDE HIS BOOT. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING RUBBER BOOTS WITH HIS PANTS TUCKED INSIDE BOOT.
HE WAS PUTTING AWAY THE SAFETY BELTS THAT HAD BEEN USED DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF A DUST COLLECTOR. AS HE PICKED THE BELTS UP HE NOTICED A STING LIKE THAT OF AN ANT BITE. HE DID NOT THINK ANY THING OF IT UNTIL THE AREA SURROUNDING THE BITE BECAME RED AND IRRITATED THAT NIGHT. HE FINALLY VISITED THE HOSPITAL LATE SUNDAY NIGHT BECAUSE THE BITE HAD SWOLLEN UP QUITE BADLY. HE WAS PRES
EMPLOYEE ALLEGED THAT WHILE LOCKING HATCH COVER ON BARGE, USING HAMMER & BOLT TO SECURE HATCH - HE SMASHED HIS HAND CAUSING CONTUSION TO HIS LEFT INDEX, RING, AND DORSAL FINGERS.
EMPLOYEE WAS TESTING EQUIPMENT IN WAREHOUSE. WHILE HE WAS PERFORMING TESTS, HE NOTICED A STING/BITE ON HIS UPPER LEFT ARM.
EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE WAS DOING REPAIR WORK ON TRUCK ASSET #0425. HE WAS GOING TO TRUCK WHEN HE STEPPED ACROSS CONCRETE DRAINAGE DITCH APPROX. 30" WIDE BY 36' DEEP WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND FELL INTO DITCH STRIKING HIS LEFT SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE ALLEDGES HE WAS CLEANING BUILD UP OF MATERIAL FROM #2 CONVEYOR BELT WHEN SHOVEL GOT CAUGHT IN RETURN IDLER THEREFORE PULLING HIS RT ARM BETWEEN IDLER & CONVEYOR
EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE WAS HELPING TO ASSEMBLE A MILL ROLL TO GO IN THE RAYMOND MILL. HE WAS TIGHTENING BOLTS ON ROLL WHEN SOCKET SLIPPED OFF NUT, THEREFORE STRIKING HIS LEFT HAND ON PART OF THE ROLL.
EE ALLEGED HE WAS CHANGING THE STARTER ON THE D-8K HE STEPPED UP ON THE BLADE SUPPORTER WHICH WAS COVERED WITH BARITE, HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF AND HE HIT HIS LEFT KNEE.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING AS CHIEF BLASTER ON A PRODUCTION SHOT. HE WAS CHECKING THE DEPTH OF THE ANFO USING A MIRROR TO SHINE DOWN THE HOLE. HE TURNED AND STARTED TO WALK AWAY WHEN THE DIRT BE NEATH HIM GAVE WAY. INITIALLY HE FELL INTO THE HOLE THAT OPENED UP WITH ONE LEG, HOWEVER AS HE TRIED TO REGAIN HIS BALANCE, THE OTHER LEG SLIPPED INTO THE HOLE. HE CLAIMS HE WAS TWISTED WHEN
EMPLOYEE ALLEGED HE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF CONVEYOR BELTING WHEN THE KNIFE SLIPPED OFF THE STRAIGHT EDGE AND CUT HIM ACROSS HIS LEFT THUMB.
EMPLOYEE ALLEDGES HE WAS CLIMBING A LADDER HE WAS ON THE 5TH STEP WHEN HIS FEET SLIPPED OFF STEP HE FELL & JAMMED HIS FINGER & ALSO HIT HIP & BACK ON LEFT SIDE
EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE WAS WELDING ON A SHOVEL BUCKET, HE BELIEVES A SPARK FROM THE WELDER HIT HIS PANT LEG, WHICH SET PANTS IN THE LEG AREA ON FIRE BURNING HIS SKIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING & DRAGGING THE FILTER HOUSING FOR THE SPRAY DRIER HOUSING DUE TO ITS SIZE & SHAPE IS DIFFICULT TO HANDLE WHILST IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING THIS FILTER HOUSING EMPLOYEE CLAIM S HE EXPERIENCED A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK EMPLOYEE ALSO CLAIMS THAT PRIOR TO THE ALLEGED INJURY HIS BACK HAD BEEN HURTING SOME
EMPLOYEE ALLEGED HE WAS CHIPPING, TRYING TO REMOVE DOWELL PIN FROM ROLL WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF METAL SHEARED AND PUNCTURED HIS LEFT FOREARM.
54736YEE ALLEGES THAT HE WAS EXPOSED TO NATURAL GAS AND/OR BOILER EXHAUST GASES WHICH IMMEDIATELY CAUSED A HEADACHE AND SOME SIX TO EIGHT HOURS LATER CAUSED VOMITING THAT LASTED THROUGHOUT THE 05978T. HE WAS NOT SEEN BY A PHYSICIAN. THESE GASES AND EXHAUST FUMES APPARENTLY DRIFTED INTO THE BUILDING WHERE THE EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING.
INJURED WAS LAYING BENEATH THE PLANT DUMP TRUCK ADJUSTING THE CLUTCH, WHEN A CLAMP OF DIRT FELL INTO HIS RIGHT EYE AS HE WAS LOOKING UPWARDS. HE WS WERING PRESCRIPTION SAFETY GLASSES EQUIPPED WITH SIDE SHIELDS AT THE TIME OF THE INJURY. HE WASHED THE DIRT OUT OF HIS EYE AND CONTINUED TO WORK, THE EYE BEGAN BOTHERING HIM ON HIS WAY HOME.
EMPLOYEE ALLEGED THAT ON 04-22-92 HE WAS PICKING UP ON A PICE OF PLYWOOD AND HIT HIS RIGHT HAND ON RAIL.IT DID NOT HURT HIM UNTIL 04-27-92.
EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THAT SHE EXPERIENCES PAIN IN UPPER RT ARM DOC VERBAL PRELIMINARY DIAGNOSIS IS SHOULDER T ENDONITIS BASED ON INFORMATION RECEIVED TO DATE THE CO DOES NOT BELIEVE THIS IS A WORK RELATED INJURY
EE ALLEDGES HE WAS REMOVING LEFT FROM FENDER FROM UNITL 3268 WHICH IS A TEREX 33-03 HAULER. WHEN HE REMOVED THE LAST BOLT FROM THE FENDER THE FENDER DID NOT MOVE HE THEN USED A BAR TO PRY IT L OOSE. WHEN IT CAME LOOSE IT FELL ON HIS RIGHT FOREARM.
EE MADE A RETURN VISIT TO THE DOCTOR REGARDING HIS AUGUST 1ST, 1991 REPORTABLE THUMB INJURY. AFTER THE OCT. 21ST VISIT, THE DOCTOR GAVE HIM A RELEASE STATING THAT HE HAS RECOVERED AND MAY RETU RN TO REGULAR WORK ON 10-23-91.
LOADING OPEN TOPPED HOPPER, HE WAS A BRAKEMAN ON THE HOPPERS, STATIONED AT THE BACK OF TWO LOADED HOPPER- MOVING AWAY FROM LOADING AREA TO THE PARKING AREA. THE BRAKE DID NOT SLOW SET OF HOPPE RS DOWN AND HIT THE HOPPERS PARKED IN FRONT OF HIM. THE BRAKE HAD HELD THE CARS WHEN EMPTY. HE WAS WEARING SAFETY BELT AND LINE. BRUISED LOWER LEFT SIDE RIBS.
THE EMPLOYEE INITIALLY COMPLAINED OF THE DEVELOPING SORE RIGHT THUMB IN MAY OF 1991 FOR WHICH A DOCTOR GAVE HIM PROGNOSIS. A SUBSEGENT TREATMENT ON AUGUST 1, 1991 RESULTED IN THE EMPLOYEE RECE IVING AN INJECTION. THE DOCTORS REPORT ON THIS LATER TREATMENT WAS NOT RECEIVED UNTIL OCT. 18, 1991 THUS GENERATING THIS REPORT.
#2 AIR SEPARATOR OVERLOADED AND BLOW A FUSE. HE WENT TO CHANGE THE FUSES IN THE PANEL. THE FUSES WERE ABOUT 4" LONG BY 3/4". WHEN HE PULLED THE SECOND FUSE HE GOT IT ACROSS THE LINE TO THE NEXT FUSE CAUSING A DIRECT SHORT FOR A SEC. THE RESULT WA A FLASH BURN TO THE BACKOF HIS LEFT HAND. HE DID USE THE ELCT. FUSE PULLERS PROVIDED.
I NAME WAS WALKING THRU THE MAINT SHOP WEARING HIS SAFETY GLASSES ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING A PIECE OF METAL & AS I NAME WALKED PASS A PIECE FLEW INTO I NAME RT EYE
EMPLOYEE ALLEGEGD HE WAS USING AN AIR LANCE TO CLEAN CRUDE FEED CONVEYING SYSTEM THE SYSTEM WAS STARTED UP & HE ATTEMPTED TO BLOW OUT THE DRIVE PULLEY WHEN THE PIPE GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BELT & PULLEY PIPE STRUCK HIM ON THE RT THUMB
EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO HAVE A ROLLER BEARING ON A FAN DRIVE SHAFT WITH A PRY BAR.BAR SLIPPED FROM THE BEARING CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO STRIKE HIS ELBOW ON AN I BEAM.EMPLOYEE REPORTED INCIDENT A ND STATED HE WAS OK TWO WEEKS LATER HE REQUESTEDTO SEE A DOCTOR AND WAS DIAGNOSED AS A BRUISE WITH TENNIS ELBOW.
USING PULLER TO OPEN BOXCAR DOOR- PINCHED RIGHT HAND 1ST FINGER BETWEEN DOOR AND CLEVIS.
INJURED CLIMBING A STEEL LADDER IN UPPER LEVEL TO TAKE SILO MEASUREMENTS WHEN HE STRUCK HIS KNEE RIGHT ON RUN OF LADDER.LATER AT HOME HIS KNEE SWELLED UP.
EE WAS DRILLING FIELD CLAY SAMPLES WITH TRUCK MOUNTED CME DRILL ON UNEVEN GROUND-HE LOST HIS BALANCE-TO REGAIN BALANCE HE PLACED R. HAND ON DRILL CYLENDER. IT WAS COMPRESSING-PINCHING MIDDLE F INGER OF RIGHT HAND. OPENING WASN'T LARGE ENOUGH FOR FINGER TO SLIP INTO FULLY.
EMPLOYEE ALLEDGES HE WAS WORKING ON TROMMEL SCREEN WHEN ANOTHER EMPLOYEE TURNED SWITCH ON STARTING SCREEN CAUSING HIM TO FALL CATCHING HIM BETWEEN ANGLE IRON SUPPORT AND THE TROMMEL.
LITTLE MISSOURI HAUL ROAD APPROX 1/2 MILE EAST OF FOSTER RANCH TURN OFF-HEAD ON COLLISION BAROID AND A HAUL TRUCK.DRIVER BAROID VEHICLE (NAME) COMPUNND FRACTURE CUTS AND BRUISES,(NAME)PASSENGE R BAROID VEHICLE FRACTURE LEG,CUTS AND BRUISES.FOSTER TTRUCK DRIVER HAD NO INJURIES.
HEAD ON VEHICLE ACCIDENT 1/2 MILE EAST OF FOSTER RANCH TURN OFF ON LITTLE MISSOURI HAUL ROAD.(NAME) DRIVER OF BAROID VEHICLE AND (NAME) PASSENGER.COLLISION WITH FOSTER HAUL TRUCK.INJURED FRACT URED LEG-DRIVER FRACTURED LEG.BOTH CUTS AND BRUISES.
CLEANING MATERIAL OUT OF R R CAR LOCATED ON MAIN LINE SLIPPED INJ R KNEE Y
HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK WHEN HE STRIGHTENING UP FROM PUTTING A EMPTY SUPER BAG ON THE LOAD OUT HANGER.