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WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PULL A 10" PIPE INTO A SLEEVE WITH A CHAIN AND A CRANE, THE CHAIN SLIPPED DOWN THE PIPE LETTING THE BLOCK SWING AND HIT HIS FOREARMS.
EE WAS DOING SCREEN MAINTENANCE ON SHAKER AT PLANT #1 AND WHEN HE WENT TO STEP DOWN OFF SIDE OF SHAKER HE SLIPPED FALLING 2-4 FEET BELOW TO THE CATWALK.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING AT THE STRIPPING SITE ON THE BACKHOE, WHEN HE HOPPED OFF THE BACKHOE AND FELT A PULL IN THE GROIN AREA. EMPLOYEE DIDN'T PAY MUCH ATTENTION TO IT AT THE TIME, BUT WHEN HE GOT HOME THAT AFTERNOON AND SHOWERED AND SAT DOWN, THE AREA STIFFENED UP AND BEGAN HURTING AND EMPLOYEE WAS IN PAIN WHENEVER HE TRIED TO WALK.
EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING A SCREEN ON PLANT #2 WHEN HE TURNED AROUND TO REACH FOR A HAMMER AND HIT ELBOW ON THE GUARD RAIL. ON 2-20-95, EMPLOYEE WAS CRANKING A MOTOR BY THE FUEL TANK WHEN HIS ARM C AME LOOSE & HE HIT THE SAME ELBOW ON A HANDRAIL
WHILE MOVING BOXES & FILES DURING REMODELING OF SCALE HOUSE, EE REACHED LOW UNDER A CABINET TO MOVE SOME ITEMS AND FELT A KINK IN HER NECK. PAIN DID NOT BEGIN UNTIL NEXT DAY, WHEN SHE GOT HOME HER NECK & SHOULDER WERE IN PAIN AND HER HAND WNUMB. EE WENT HOSPITAL ER LATE THAT NIGHT AND TO HER OWN DR. MONDAY MORNING.
THE DREDGE OPERATOR SLIPPED WHEN HE STEPPED FROM THE DREDGE TO THE FUEL BARGE. HE FELL DOWN IN A SITTING POSITION, CATCHING HIMSELF TO SOFTEN HIS FALL. HE DID NOT HIT HIS HEAD, NECK OR SHOUL DERS, BUT HAD A STIFFNESS IN HIS NECK.