HE WAS TURNING A CRANK ON THE PUMP AND STRAINED HIS BACK.
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Showing all 36I. NAME WAS GRINDING WITH A FULL FACE SHIELD AND A FOREIGN OBJECT GAVE HIM A CORNEAL ABRASION WITH SLIGHT COMPLICATIONS.
I NAME WAS HELPING CLEAN OUT A BIN WITH A SHOVEL AND HAD A CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE.
I.NAME WAS DOING SOME REPAIR WORK IN HEADBOX & WHEN GETTING OUT HE FELL & HIT A STEEL BEAM WITH HIS RT.BUTTOCKS CUTTING IT
I.NAME WAS REMOVING TAIL PULLEY GUARD TO DO REPAIRS & STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK
I.NAME WAS REPAIRING AN AIR RAM LEAK WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS RT.MIDDLE FINGER IN THE AIR RAM WHILE OPENING IT
I.NAME PULLED G9OIN MUSCLE REPLACING SHANK COVER ON RIPPER OF D-9 CAT.
I.NAME INSTALLI3G PLATE IN FIELD HOPPER WHEN PLATE SLIPPED JERKING LEFT ARM PULLING MUSCLE IN IT.
HE WAS REMOVING3SHOVEL CABLE AND IT SLIPPED ON END, HITTING HIM ON CHIN.
HE WAS LOADING 1ORTABLE STEPS FOR NE W DRILL AND CUT RIGHT FOREARM ON A PIECE OF STEEL.
HE WAS LEAVING 1ROPERTY AFTER WORK AND ROAD GATE WAS CLOSED BY LANDOWNER BY MISTAKE. HE HAD TO OPEN GATE AND IN THE PROCESS, FRACTURED TWO FINGERS ON HIS LEFT HAND.
I NAME WAS DOIN1 MECHANICAL REPAIRS ON GARDNER DENVER DRILL AND FELL OFF TO GROUND WHEN WRENCH SLIPPED OFF BOLT BEING TIGHTENED ON 6-7-87. AT THIS POINT ONLY BRUISED AND ON 7-14-87 HE USED WR ENCH AND SHOULD9R WAS SORE. WENT TO DR AND HAS SLIGHT SHOULDER SEPARATION.
I NAME WAS CARR2ING WATER BOTTLE FOR COOLER ON SHOULDER AND HIT STEEL BEAM. BREAKING BOTTLE AND CUTTING RIGHT SHOULDER. I NAME SRIGHT SHOULDER NEEDED STITCHES.
HE WAS BEING TR5INED ON AN OLD CAT DOZER. WHILE BEING TRAINED HIS LITTLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND WAS FRACTURED. IT WAS SLAMMED IN THE DOOR.
HE WAS OPEARTIN1 CAT LOADER IN PIT AND HIT HOLE IN GROUND CAUSING HIM TO BOUNCE IN CAB, HITTING HEAD ON TOP OF CAB.
HE HAD NO SOREN9SS OR BACK PROBLEMS ALTOUGH HE DID PARTICIPATE IN MOVING EQUIPMENT.
HE KNELT ON RIG2T KNEE WHILE WORKING ON STEEL BEAM. HE STOOD UP AND KNEE WAS SORE.
I NAME WAS UNLOADING STEEL FROM A DELIVERY TRUCK WHEN A PIECE OF STEEL HIT HIM IN THE UPPER ARM REQUIRING STITCHES. I NAME REMOVED THE STITCHES HIMSELF
THE INJURED WAS3CUTTING ANGLE IRON BRACING UNDER #4 SCREEN AND ONE PIECE FELL FROM STRUCTURE AND CUT HIS RIGHT FOREARM.
I.NAME WAS OPER5TING A TORCH AND UPON LAYING IT DOWN STARTED NEARBY RAGS ON FIRE IN THE PROCESS I.NAME GRABBED THE TORCH IN THE FIRE BURNING HIS LEFT HAND
I NAME WAS PRYI3G ON SHAFT WHILE I NAME CHECKED GEAR COUPLER AND SLIPPED,CATCHING LEFT INDEX FINGER,PINCHING AND CUTTING IT.
I.NAME WAS DOIN1 CLEANUP WORK UNDER CONVEYOR & RAISED UP HITTING HIS BACK ON ANGLE IRON STRAINING HIS BACK & STRAINING HIS BACK & BRUISING IT POSSIBLE HAIRLINE FX OF VERTEBRAE
WHILE TAKING SO7KET OFF OF AIR WRENCH, THE PIN THAT HOLDS THE SOCKET TO THE WRENCH PARTIALLY CAME OUT. I,NAME STARTED THE WRENCH CATCHING HIS GLOVE AND INJURING THE LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE THUMB AND INDEX FING9R.
I.NAME WALKING 8OWN STAIRS AT SAND PLANT AND STEPPED ON WATER HOSE LYING ON STAIRS.HE TWISTED RIGHT FOOT FX RIGHT TARSAL BONE.
DRILL STEEL OFF3COUPLER CAME LOOSE AND FELL ON RIGHT FOOT BEHIND STEEL TOE AND BROKE BONE IN FOOT AND #2 & #3 TOES.
I.NAME SMASHED 9T HAND THUMB WITH RATCHET ON SCREEN FRAME WHEN RATCHET SLIPPED LOOSE.
I.NAME SMASHED 5EFT INDEX FINGER WITH HAMMER WHILE CHANGING ROLLERS.
EMP ALLEGES HE STRAINED LOWER BACK MUSCLES WHILE LIFTING WATER PUMP OUT OF STORAGE TRAILER
I.NAME LIFTED PLATE OF STEEL IMPROPERLY STRAINING MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS FUELING UP BULLDOZER AWAY FROM PIT AREA AND HE STUMBLED WHILE GETTING DOWN FROM EQUIPMENT .
I.NAME WAS UNPLUGGING CHUTE COMING FROM THE 20 IN AUGER HE REMOVED THE CHUTE COVER AND TRIED TO UNPLUG IT WITH A PIECE OF STEEL HE ACCIDENTALLY BROUGHT HIS RT HAND UP TOO HIGH AND HIT THE AUG ER THE COMPANY POLICY IS TO LOCKOUT EQUIPMENT IT WILL BE CLOSELY MONITORED FROM NOW ON
I NAME SLIPPED FROM BACK OF LOADER WHEN RATCHET BROKE THE 3 FT PIPE USED ON RATCHET HIT HIM IN THE HEAD HE SAW THREE DIFFERENT DOCTORS WHICH ALL STATED HE SHOULD GO BACK TO WORK HE FINALLY DI RETURN TO WORK AFTER 2 WEEKS OF SWITCHING DOCTORS
I.NAME ALLEGES THAT NECK AND SHOULDER MUSCLES HAVE PAIN. THE EXACT TIME OF ALLEGED INJURY BY I.NAME IS NOT DEFINITE
THE WASTE PIPE WAS BEING ROTATED AND LET GO CATCHING HAND IN FLANGES CUTTING HAND AND BROKE FINTGER PIPE WAS INSTALLED INCORRECTLY
MR SEIFERT WAS ADJUSTING LOADOIUT CHUTE WITH 25\ ADJUSTMENT ROD WHEN HE FELT A CRAMP IN MIDDLE OF BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING THE FUEL TRUCK AND HIT DUMP CATCHING WRIST IN STEERING WHEEL IN PROCESS HE SLIGHTLY CRACKED WRIST.