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EMPLOYEE HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME-AN OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS DUE TO REPETATIVE USE OF HIS WRISTS WHILE OPENING AND CLOSING LIDS ON BULKLOADER TRUCKS AND RAIL CARS.
EE HAS NOISE INDUCED HEARING LOSS
REPETITIVE USE OF TOOLS, ECT. TO PERFROM JOB IN THE SHOP FOR APPROX 27 YRS HAS CAUSED CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROM ILLNESS IN BOTH WRISTS
EMPLOYEE HAS WORKED 40+ YEARS USING JACK HAMMERSCHIPPING GUNS AND HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATION. THIS HAS CAUSED PAIN & DISCOMFORT IN BOTH HANDS AND WRISTS. CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME.
EE WAS CLEANING OFF LARGE ROCKS FROM A BELT AND TWO LARGER ROCKS ROLLED ON HIS LEFT HAND. HE BROKE A SMALL BONE ON THE TOP OF HIS HAND.
WAS WORKING INSIDE PLANT SHOP. BENT OVER TO PICK UP EMPTY NONGAS BOTTLE AND STRAINED RIGHT GROINREQUIRE MEDICAL HELP.
EE WAS HELPING PUT NEW PC-9 BELT ON & FELT BURNING SENSATION IN HIS GROIN AREA. HE WENT TO THE DR 3/31/98 & IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS A HERNIA.
HE WAS CLIMBING INTO KOBELCO ROCK BREAKER AND SLIPPED AND FELL. HE LANDED ON HIS FOREARM AND REQUIRED X-RAYS.
EE WAS WORKING AT THE COOLER WHEN A STRONG WIND BLEW DEBRIS INTO THE EE'S EYE. EMBEDDED FOREIGN BODY AND RUST RING REMOVED.
EE WAS MOVING/SETTING A LADDER FOR ACCESS. EE CAUGHT HIS HEEL IN HIS LANYARD CAUSING HIM TO TRIP, STRIKING HIS MOUTH ON THE LADDER RUNG CUTTING HIS LIP WITH HIS TEETH.
WHILE CUTTING UP DURTS AT THE SAW MILL CONVERSION AN 18" LONG 4X4 BLOCK FELL FROM 50' OFF OF THE ROOFTOP AND CUT THE EE'S LEFT EAR.
EE WAS STRADDLED OVER A TUGGER CABLE WHEN IT FAILED, ALLOWING THE MILL CHUTE TO DROP AND THE CABLE TO JUMP UP STRIKING THE EE ON THE INSIDE OF HIS LEGS AND LOWER PELVIS.
EMPLOYEE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME INVOLVING BOTH WRISTS AND HANDS. THIS IS FROM 30+ YEARS OF REPETITIVE WORK.
EMPLOYEE RECEIVED BACK STRAIN FROM OPERATING FRONT END LOADER ON ROUGH TERRAIN.
EE WAS WALKING OUT OF BREAK ROOM AND TRIPPED ON A PALLET. HE LANDED ON HIS LEFT WRIST. THE WRIST REQUIRED X-RAYS.
EMPLLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO UNPLUG SINK DDRAIN AND WAS USING A PLUBMING SNAKE. HE INJURED HIS KNEE. WHILE APPLYING TO MUCH PRESSURE ON HIS KNEE TO THE FLOOR, THE KNEE SWELLED UP CONIDERABLY.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHIPPING CASTIBLE FROM ELBOW WITH APAVEMENT BREAKER AND CAUGHT HIS RIGHT FOREARM ONA METAL CLIP. SIX STITCHES WERE REQUIRED.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING DRILL PRESS WHEN THE METAL HE WAS DRILLING SPUN OUT OF CLAMP AND CAUGHT HIM ON THE WRIST. THE CUT ON HIS WRIST REQUIRED 5STITCHES. HE STATED THAT HE DID NOT SECURE METAL DOWN PROPERLY.
WAS DIGGING A DITCH AT PRIMARY CRUSHER WHILE OPERATING A BACKHOE AND FELT A SLIGHT CATCH IN HIS BACK WHEN HE LEFT THE VEHICLE. EMPLOYEE WENT TOT HE DR FOR MINOR BACK THERAPY.
EMPLOYEE WAS GOING INTO THE KILN ON THE FORKLIFT AND HIT HIS HEAD . HE SUFFERED NECK AND BACK STRAIN FROM IMPACT.
EE WAS PERFORMING SHOVELING NEAR THE PRIMARY CRUSHER WHEN HE RECEIVED A SPECK OF DIRT IN HIS EYE. HE HAD TO GO TO THE DOCTOR TO GET IT REMOVED.
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING TIRES ON THE TIRE CONVEYOR WHEN HE FELT A DSTRAIN ON HIS LOWER BACK HE HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH LOWER BACK STRAIN HE FIRST WENT TO THE DOCTOR 06-26-95
EE WAS WALKING OUT OF PLANT SHOP AND SLIPPED AND FELL. SUFFERED A SLIGHT BRUISE ON HIS RT HIP. HE SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION ON 6-20-95, AFTER IT KEPT ON HURTING AND STIFFENED UP.
EE WAS GETTING OUT OF COMPANY VEHICLE AND CUT THE TOP OF HIS RIGHT HAND ON SOME FORM OF HARD PLASTIC ON THE ARM REST. THIS REQUIRED TWO STITCHES.
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING CLINKER AT KG-6/KG-9 TRANSFER & EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK HE DIDNOT GO TO A DOCTOR UNTIL 04-21-95
WAS STRUCK BY A FRONT END LOADER AND PINNED INTO HOT CLINKER. THE DRIVER, DID NOT SEE EE NEAR THE CLINKER PILE. EE HAS BURNS ON BOTH LEGS AND A BROKEN LEFT TOE. WHEN HE REALIZED THAT HE WAS IN TROUBLE. EE WAS ABLE TO THROW CLINKER AT THE SIDE OF HTE LOADER OT LET THE OPERATOR KNOW HE WAS THERE. THIS ALERTED THE OEPRATOR AND HE BACKED AWAY.
EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING THE HI VAC HOSE APART USING SOME FORCE AND IT CAME BACK AND HIT HIS MOUTH WHEN THE TWO ENDS SEPARATED. THIS CHIPPED HIS TOOTH, RESULTING IN DENTAL REPAIR.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING THE DUMPSTER AT THE FINISH MILL INTO THE CORNER & SMASHED HIS LEFT RING FINGER. THE FINGER HAD TO BE DRAINED OF FLUID BY EMERGENCY ROOM DOCTORS.
EE WAS LIFTING IRON INTO THE BACK OF A PICK UP WHEN HE FELT A SUDDEN PAIN IN HIS BACK. HE DID NOT SEE MEDICAL HELP UNTIL 9-8-94. HE DID NOT REPORT THAT HE HAD SEEN A DR UNTIL 9-12-94.
EE WORKED AT THE LIME OREGON FACILITY BEFORE HEARING PROTECTION WAS REQUIRED & HAS BEEN RECENTLY DIAGNOSED 03-09-94 WITH NOISE INDUCED HEARING LOSS OF 15.25% IN ONE EAR
EMPLOYEE WORKED AT THE LIME OREGON FACILITY BEFORE HEARING PROTECTION WAS REQURED AND HA SBENN RECENTLY DIAGNOSED WITH NOISE INDUCED HEARING LOSS OF 5.22% IN BOTH EARS COMBINED.
EMPLOYEE WORKED AT THE LIM, OREGON FACILITY BEFORE HEARING PROTECTION WAS REQURED AND HA SBENN RECENTLY DIAGNOSED WITH NOISE INDUCED HEARING LOSS OF 5.22% IN BOTH EARS COMBINED.
EMPLOYEE WORKED AT THE LIME OREGON FACILITY BEFORE HEARING PROTECTION WAS REQURED AND HA SBENN RECENTLY DIAGNOSED WITH NOISE INDUCED HEARING LOSS OF 2.25% IN BOTH EARS COMBINED.
HE WAS HELPING THE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT THROW WOOD BLOCKS ONTO A TRUCK WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK HE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 03-09-94
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING THE CONE CRUSHER WHEN HE SLIPPED & TWISTED HIS KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING A CMENT MIXER WITH THE POWER OFF ANDPHYSICALLY MOVED THE MIXING BLADE. WHEN THE BLADE MOVED, HE CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE BLADE AND TH EHOUSING. HE RECEIVED A CUT O NT HE LITTE FINGER OF HIS LEFT HAND THAT REQUIRED STITCHES.
HE WORKED AT MANY JOBS AT OUR LIME, OREGON FACILITY BEFORE HEARING PROTECTION WAS REQUIRED. HE WORKED AROUND NOISY BALL MILLS AND OTHER NOISY AREAS. HE JUST RECIEVED A DOCTOR'S DIAGNOSIS THAT HE HAS NOISE INDUCED HEARING LOSS OF 19%. WE RECEIVED WORK OF THIS LOSS ON 12-27-93.
HE WORKED AT MANY JOBS AT OUR FACILITY AT LIME, OREGON BEFORE HEARING PROTECTION WAS REQUIRED. HE WORKED AROUND NOISY BALL MILLS AND OTHER NOISY AREAS. HE JUST RECIEVED A DOCTOR'S DIAGNOSIS TH AT HE HAS NOISE INDUCED HEARING LOSS OF 13.8% WE RECEIVED WORK OF THIS LOSS AND PERCENTAGE ON 11-16-93.
HE WORKED AT MANY JOBS AT OUR LIME, OREGON FACILITY BEFORE HEARING PROTECTION WAS REQUIRED. HE WORKED AROUND NOISY BALL MILLS AND OTHER NOISY AREAS. HE JUST RECEIVED A DOCTOR'S DIAGNOSIS THAT HE HAS NOISE INDUCED HEARING LOSS OF 4.7%. WE HAVE RECEIVED WORD OF THIS LOSS AND PERCENTAGE ON 11-16-93.
EE WORKED AT MANY JOBS AT OUR FACILITY AT LIME, OREGON BEFORE HEARING PROTECTION WAS REQUIRED. HE WORKED AROUND NOISY BALL MILLS AND OTHER NOISY AREAS. HE JUST RECEIVED A DOCTOR'S DIAGNOSIS TH AT HAS NOISE INDUCED HEARING LOSSOF 10% AVERAGE TOTAL LOSS. WE RECEIVED WORD OF THIS LOSS & PERCENTAGE ON 10-27-93.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ON THE QA5 CATWALK WHEN HE TRIPPED & FELL DOWN HURTING HIS LEFT HIP. HE DID NOT SEEK OUTSIDE MEDICAL UNTIL 10-18-93.
EE WORKED AT MANY JOBS AT LIME, OREGON BEFORE HEARING PROTECTION WAS REQUIRED. HE WORKED AROUND NOISY BALL MILLS AND OTHER NOISY AREAS. HE JUST RECEIVED A DOCTOR'S DIAGONSIS THAT HE HAS NOISE INDUCED HEARING LOSS OF 10.5% AVERAGE TOTAL LOSS ON THE LEFT EAR ONLY. WE RECEIVED WORD OF THIS LOSS AND PERCENTAGE ON 9/30/93.
INJURED WES STRUCK BY A ROCK WHEN IT BOUNCED OFF THE TOP OF A SCREEN. IT BRUSED THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS LOWER BACK. IT REQUIRED OUTSIDE MEDICAL ATTENTION.
EE WORKED AT MANY JOBS AT OUR FACILITY AT LIME OREGON BEFORE HEARING PROTECTION WAS REQUIRED HE WORKED AROUND NOISY BALL MILLS & OTHER NOISY AREAS HE JUST RECEIVED A DOC DIAGNOSIS THAT HE HAS NOISE INDUCED HEARING LOSS OF 2.75 AVERAGE TOTALLOSS
HE WORKED AT MANY JOBS AT OUR FACILITY AT LIME, OR BEFORE HEARING PROTECTION WAS REQUIRED. HE WORKED AROUND NOISY BALL MILLS AND OTHER NOISY AREAS. HE HAS RECEIVED A DOCTOR'S DIAGNOSIS THAT HE HAS NOISE INDUCED HEARING LOSS OF 17.9 % AVERAGE TOTAL LOSS.
HE WAS OPENING A RAIL CAR DOOR WHEN A FLANGE HUNG UP ON THE DOOR. WHEN IT CAUGHT AS HE WAS LIFTING HE STRAINED HIS ARM AND BACK.
EE WAS STEPPING OUT OF WATER TRUCK AT THE QUARRY IN SEMI DARKNESS AND SHADOWS SHE LANDED ON A ROCK AND TWISTED HER LEFT ANKLE.
EE WAS HITCHING A PORTABLE MIXER AND THE TONGUE WEIGHT WAS MORE THAN HE THOUGHT. IT JERKED HIM DOWNWARD AND TURNED HIM AT AN ANGLE WHEN IT HAPPENED. THIS CAUSED THE LOWER BACKSTRAIN. HE IS LOO KING AT APPROX. ONE WEEK OF LOST TIME.
LIFTING SACKS OF GUNNITE INTO GUNNITE MACHINE ON THE 3RD FLOOR OF THE PREHEAT TOWER, WHEN HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK. HE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL JUNE 4, 1993.
WHILE REMOVING SEG BOLTS ON D9L CAT STANDING ON A METAL STEP & FELL OFF BACKWARDS WITH THE 1-1/2IN DRIVE AIR GUN IN HIS HANDS HE TWISTED KNEE DURING FALL THIS CAUSED T ORN CARTLIDGE IN HIS RT KNEE THIS WILL REQUIRE ORTHOSCOPTIC SURGERY TO REPAIR THE DAMAGE