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REPETITIVE MOTION LEADING TO LOSS OF STRENGTH, NUMBNESS AND PAIN IN BOTH HANDS. POSSIBLE CARPELTUNNEL. EE IS WEARING BRACES AND TAKING ANTI-INFLAMITORIES. NO WORK RESTRICTIONS AT THIS TIME.
EMPLOYEE WAS MONITORING A PORTION OF THE ROOF. PART OF THE ROOF GAVE WAY, CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO FALL ONTO A MOBILE CONVEYER.
EE WAS TRYING TO OPEN THE DOOR OF A FEED TANK. THE DOOR WAS STUCK AND EMPLOYEE INJURED HIS BACK TRYING TO FORCE IT OPEN.
STEPS TO LOADER CAB HAD BEEN DAMAGED. OPERATOR HAD TO STEP TO GROUND A LITTLE FURTHER THAN NORMAL. OVER TIME HE JARRED HIS KNEE, WITH SWELLING AND PAIN BEING THE RESULT. HE STATES IT WAS A CU MULATIVE CONDITION WORSENING OVER TIME.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A CRANE. HE TWISTED HIS KNEE AS HE EXITED THE CRANE.
EE WAS PLACING 50 LB SACKS ON PALLETS. HE WAS WEARING A LIFT BELT. HE SUFFERED A LOWER BACK STRAIN. EE WAS CLEARED TO RETURN TO WORK AFTER SEEING A DR ON 5/11. EE WAS RESTRICTED TO LIFTING LES S THAN 5 POUNDS UNTIL 5/18/99.
LOWER BACK PAIN BEGINNING IN APRIL, 1999. GREADUALLY WORSENING.
CUMMULATIVE LOWER BACK PAIN.
EE JERKED ON A HEAVY DOOR AND FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE FELT OKAY FOR A FEW DAYS, BUT THEN NOTICED INCREASING PAIN IN HIS BACK AND NUMBNESS AT TIMES IN HIS FOOT. HE WENT TO THE DR 2-5-99
EE WAS CHANGING A BEARING. A ROTOR HE WAS TRYING TO ATTACH TO A STATOR FROZE. HE TWISTED HIS THUMB. HE REPORTED THE INCIDENT ON OUT 1ST AID LOG. HE IS HAVING SOME PEOBLEMS WITH HIS THUMB, SO H E SOUGHT MEDICAL TREATMENT NOW.
EE SLID INTO A RAIL WHILE HURRIEDLY RESPONDING TO AN UPSET CONDITION IN THE MILL. HE SUFFERED A CRACKED OR FRACTURED RIB.
CUMMULATIVE TRAUMA DUE TO REPETITIVE MOTION
EMPLOYEE INJURED HIS ROTATOR CUFF APPROX. FIVE YRS AGO- NON-INDUSTRIAL. HE CLAIMS TO HAVE RE-INJURED IT AT WORK. HE DID NOT REPORT THE INJURY UNTIL A WEEK AFTER IT OCCURRED. HE HAS MISSED 8 DA YS OF WORK WITHOUT A MEDICAL EXCUSE. WE ARE UNCERTAIN IF THIS IS A WORK-RELATED INJURY.
EE WAS WELDING IN THE MAINTENANCE SHOP. HE PICKED UP A PIECE OF PIPE AND CARRIED IT A SHOT DISTANCE. HE BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE INCREASING DISCOMFORT.
EE INCURRED A MUSCLE SPASM AFTER PLACING A PALLET ON TOP OF A BULK BAG/
EE WAS SACKING MATERIAL. THE HOLDING TANK BECAME CLOGGED. EE HIT SIDE OF TANK WITH A PIPE. EE HIT HIS FINGER IN THE PROCESS, BREAKING IT AT THE TIP.
CUMULATIVE TRAUMA TO ROTOR CUFF AND BACK DUE TO SACKING AND PALLETIZING 50 LBS SACKS OF MATERIALEE REPORTS INCREASING PAN AND HEADACHES OVER LAST 11/2 MONTHS. HE WILL UNDERGO PHYSICAL THERAPY
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A PALLET JACK. THE JACK BECAME STUCK SO THE EMPLOYEE YANKED ON IT SEVERAL TIMES TO GET IT TO MOVE. LATER IN THE DAY EMPLOYEE NOTICED INCREASING PAIN IN HIS NECK.
EE WAS REPAIRING A HOLE IN A BULK BAG. AS HE STEPPED OFF THE BAG HIS FOOT BECAME. TANGLED IN A STRAP CAUSING HIM TO LOOSE HIS BALANCE. HE FELL AGAINST THE SACK, INJURING HIS LEFT CHEST AREA.
EE AND PLANT ENGINEER HAD USED AN EXTENSION LADDER TO REACH A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT. THE ENGINEER AHAD CLIMBED DOWN AND WAS HOLDING THE LADDER STEADY AS THE EE DESCENDED. THE LADDR'S LOCKING MECH ANISM CAME UNDONE AND THE LADDER STARTED TO CLOSE. THE EE FELL 10-12 FT, STRIKING HIS FACE AGAINST A COMPRESSOR DURING TH EFALL. HE RECEIVED STITCHES FOR TWO CUTS ON HIS FACE.
EE IS AN ELECTRICIAN BUT DUE TO A REDUCTION IN THE WORK FORCE, HE WAS PACKAGING & PALLETIZING 50# BAGS OF KAOLIN CLAY. EE STATES THAT WHILE LIFTING A 50# BAG, HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS RIGHT ARM. ON 4/4/96, EE REQUESTED MEDICAL ASSISTANCE.
EMPLOYEE WAS RE-INSTALLING A DISCHARGE HOSE ON A 4" HYDRO CLONE AT THE #3 THICKENER. HE STATES THAT HE WAS HAVING TROUBLE GETTING THE HOSE IN PLACE AND THAT WHILE PULLING ON THE HOSE HE EXPERI ENCED A SHARP PAIN AND BURNING SENSATION IN HIS LEFT BICEPS MUSCLE AND UNDERNEATH HIS ARMPIT. NOTE: EMPLOYEE HAD PREVIOUSLY HAD CANCER SURGERY ON THIS GROUP OF MUSCLES.
EMPLOYEE WAS ADJUSTING THE TRACKING ON AN INCLINE CONVEYOR BELT. HE STATES THAT HE STOPPED THE CONVEYOR AND STEPPED ON IT TO REACH AN ADJUSTMENT. THE CONVEYOR HAD PROCESS MATERIAL ON IT WHICH WAS WET AND HE SLIPPED, FALLING APPROXIMATELY TEN FEET ONTO THE CONCRETE FLOOR BELOW. HE LANDED ON HIS SHOULDER CAUSING A LEFT SHOULDER SEPARATION.
AFTER INSTALLING CHECK VALVES IN A COMPRESSED AIR LIEN FOR A PINCH VALVE ASSEMBLY, EMPLOYYEE TURNE DON THE AIR AND PROCEEDED OT REMOVE THE C-CLAMPS WHICH WERE HOLDING HE PINCH VALVE CLOSED. E MPLOYEE REACHED BETWEEN THE PINCH VALVE AND HTE SUPPORTING FRAME WORK TO REMOVE THE SECOND C-CLAMP. THE PINCH VALVE OPENED AND PINCHED HIS RIGHT ARM IN THE FRAME WORK.
EE STATES THAT HE WAS UNLOADING, CARRYING & STACKING PIECES OF 2" X 4" X 8' LUMBER WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS REPALLETIZING 100# SACKS OF MATERIAL HE WAS WEARING A COMPNY ISSUED BACK BRACE BUT STATES HE WAS USING A TWISTING MOTION HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK BUT DID NOT REQUEST MEDICAL ATTENTION FOR SEVERAL DAYS INJURY IS A SEVERE LUMBAR STRAIN WITH SPASM HE IS OFF WORK UNTIL REEVALUATION
EE WAS SACKING 50# BAGS OF KAOLIN WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS UPPER RIGHT SHOULDER. EE WAS SENT TO THE DR. AND RETURNED TO NORMAL WORK ASSIGNMENTS. ON 8-12-94, AFTER RE-EVALUATING HIS CASE, THE D R. PLACED EE ON THE LOST TIME WORKER'S COMPENSATION PROGRAM WITH A SHOULDER STRAIN.
EE WAS PULLING A ROLL OF STRETCH WRAP MATERIAL APPROX. 33 AROUND THE BOTTOM OF A PALLET OF PACKAGED KAOLIN CLAY WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. EE WAS SENT TO DR AND RELEASED T O NORMAL WORK ASSIGNMENTS ON 7-16-93 AFTER RE-EVALUATING HIS CASE, THE DR PLACED EE ON THE LOST TIME WORKER S COMPENSATION BENEFITS PROGRAM.
EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE WAS DESCENDING THE STAIRWAY FROM THE PUG MILL TO THE LOWER CONCRETE FLOOR IN THE #3 MILL BUILDING. AS HE REACHED THE LADNIG HE SLIPPED AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE. INV ESTIGATION SHOWED THAT MUD FROM RECENT RAINS HAD BEEN TRACTED INTO TH EAREA AROUND THE LANDING.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A PIPELINE ON THE BACK SIDE OF #3 THICKENER IN A REMOTE AREA OF THE PLANT. EMPLOYEE STATES THAT WHILE WALKING ON UNEVEN GROUND AT THE THICKENER BANK, HE STEPPED IN THE MUD AND HIS RIGHT FOOT GOT STUCK. HE FELL, TWISTING HIS RIGHT ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE WAS PERFORMING MAINTENANCE ON THE FIAT ALLIS FRONT END LOADER.HE CLIMBED ONTO A SMALL STEP LADDER AND OPENED THE ENGINE COWLING AND THEN ATTEMPTED TO OBTAIN ACCESS TO T HE OTHER SIDE OF THE LOADER ENGINE BY WALKING ON THE BACK LEDGE OF THE LOADER.HE SLIPPED AND FELL OFF THE LEDGE LANDING ON HIS BACK ON THE CONCRETE.
EMPL TWISTED BACK WHILE BENDING OVER TO CONNECT ELECTRICAL WIRES. FURTHER STATED THAT ON 12-6 EXPERIENCED PAIN WHILE RAKING LEAVES AT HOME AND REQUESTED MEDICAL ATTENTION. DR RELEASED EMPL TO NORMAL WORK ASSIGNMENTS. ON 12-28 AFTER REEVALUATING EMPL CASE,DR PLACED EMPL ON WORKERS COMP.
EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE WAS LOADING A FLAT BED TRUCK WITH ALIFT TRUCK. HE COMPLAINED OF NUMBNESS IN HIS LEFT HIP AND LEG AND ASKED FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE. DOCTOR ADVISED EMPLOYEE OT AVOID HEA VY LIFTING FOR TWO WEEKS AND RETURN FOR FURTHE R EVALUATION. AFTER RE-EVALUATING EMPLOYEES CASE ON 12-7-92, EMPLOYEE WAS PLACED ON LOST TIME WORKERS COMPENSATION.
EMPL SHUTTING DOWN DRYER TO REPAIR A BROKEN DUSTLINE WHICH WAS CAUSING EXCESSIVE DUSTING IN THE AREA.EMPL TRIED TO AVOID A LARGE AMOUNT OF DUST THAT DISCHARGED FROM HOSE WHEN BAGHOUSE WAS SHUT DOWN.SLIPPED IN MUD AND HIT HEAD & NECK ON UPPER DRYER PLATFORM RAILING.
JUMPED OFF LADDER TO AVOID FALLING
EMPLOYEE STATES THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A STUCK BOLT FROM A PIPELINE FLANGE HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. EMPLOYEE WAS USING A TWO POUND HAMMER TO KNOCK THE BOLT LOOSE FROM TH E FLANGE.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT AS HE WAS LIFTING THE TONGUE OF A PORTABLE LINCOLN WELDER (TONGUE WEIGHT APPROX. 100 POUNDS) TO DETACH IT FROM A PICKUP TRUCK, HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPL WAS PACKAGING & PALLETIZING 50# BAGS OF KAOLIN CLAY. HE STATES THAT WHILE HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PLACE FIRST BAG ON PALLET HE WAS TURNING & TWISTING WHILE BENDING AT WAIST WHICH CAUSED HIM TO STRAIN BACK. DR RECOMMENDED EMPL TAKE THREE DAYS OFF & THEN RETURN FOR FURTHER EVALUATION.
EMPLOYEE WAS PACKING & PALLETIZING 50# BAGS OF KAOLIN CLAY HE WAS PLACING THE TOP SACK ON THE PALLET WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS RT CHEST AREA
EMPLOYEE STATES THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PLACE LUGS ON A #350 WIRE (APPROX. 1 1/2" DIA.) WITH AN UNDERSIZED CRIMPING TOOL HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS CHEST. EMPLOYEE HAD PLACED ONE HANDLE OF T HE CRIMPING TOOL AGAINST HIS CHEST AND BOTH HANDS ON THE OTHER HANDLE IN AN ATTEMPT TO GAIN LEVERAGE.
EMPLOYEE STATES THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STACK A 50# BAG OF KAOLIN CLAY HE STRAINED HIS SHOULD ER
EMPLOYEE WAS MANIPULATING A LARGE FILTER CLOTH BENT AT THE WAIST WHEN HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK
HANDLING SODIUM HYDRO RUBBED GLOVE AGAINST FACE ALLERGIC REACTION
EE STATES THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO OPEN A 12 INCH BUTTERFLY VALVE HE ATTACHED A CHEATER BAR TO THE HANDLE AND FORCED IT OPEN. WHEN THE VALVE OPENED HIS FINGER GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE CHEATER BA R AND AN ADJACENT PIPE LINE.
EMPL PERFORMING CLEAN-UP WORK WITH SHOVEL.BENT OVER AT WAIST WHILE SHOVELING EXPERIENCED PAIN TO LOWER BACK.PLACED ON 2 WKS RESTR WORK AND GIVEN RX MED FOR MUSCLE RELAXANT.
EMPLOYEE STATES THAT SHORTLY AFTER CHANGING A DIE PLATE ON #3 PUG MILL HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS RT SHOULDER BLADE EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE CANNOT IDENTIFY A SPECIFIC INCIDENT WHICH MAY HAVE CAUSED THE PAIN EMPLOYEE WAS PLACED ON FOUR DAYS OF RESTRICTED DUTY & GIVEN PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION
EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE WAS CALLED-IN FOR A MAINTENANCE REPAIR ON A PINCH VALVE IN THE #3 MILL BUILDING. AS HE APPROACHED THE WORK AREA HE SLIPPED IN SOME WET CLAY AND TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE. E MPLOYEE WAS PLACED ON ONE WEEK OF RESTRICTED WORK ACTIVITIES AND GIVEN A PRESCRIPTION FOR ANIT-INFLAMMATORY MEDICATION.
EE WAS WORKING IN THE 3 MILL ON A HOT DAY AND APPARENTLY BECAME OVER HEATED. EE WAS TAKEN TO THE COUNTY HOSPTIAL ER AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE WHEN HE COMPLAINED OF DIZZINESS AND CHEST PAIN. N OTE AT THE TIME OF THIS INCIDENT WE HANDLED THISAS A NON INDUSTRAIL INJURY. WE BELIEVED THE INJURY WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THE EE RECENT NON INDUSTRIAL SURGERY, REMOVAL OF HIS RIGHT LUNG DUE TOO
EMPL STATES THAT HE SLIPPED IN MUD & HIT LOWER LIP ON CORNER OF WOODEN PALLET CAUSING HIM TO SPLIT OPEN LOWER LIP & BREAK OFF TWO LOWER FRONT TEETH. SUTURES TO REPAIR LOWER LIP WERE REQUIRED. BROKEN TEETH WILL BE REPLACED WITH CAPS WHEN GUMS HEEL.
EMPLOYEE STATES THAT WHILE HE WAS WALKING UNDERNEATH A STORAGE SILO TO TURN ON THE ELEVATOR HE BUMPED HIS HEAD ON A DOW CHUTE CAUSING A LACERATION TO HIS LEFT EYE BROW WHICH REQUIRED 6 SUTURES