Sheboygan County Highway Department · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Employee was taking screen pulley guard off, it slid down and pinched his left hand between guard and the electric motor. guard weighs 25 to 30pds.
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Sheboygan County Highway Department · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Employee was prying a rock loose with the prybar. The rock shifted and slammed his hand between the prybar and catwalk railing. The right hand was injured and in a splint.
April 16, 2004
WI · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
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Sheboygan County Highway Department · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Employee was carrying 5 gal. pail of oil up a ladder and over to platform on the screen. He experienced pain in right wrist. No lost time; saw physician - considered treatment to be first aid and nonrecordable. He has since seen another physician and may have surgery to repair a tear. Diagnosis was tendonitis: a wrist splint & cold packs were used.
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