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WHILE CLIMBING OFF OF THE ENDLOADER HE SLIPPED AND JERKED HIS NECK.
HE WAS LIFTING HEAVY FORMS & FELT PAIN IN HIS UPPER TRICEP AREA.
LIFTING & SETTING HEAD IN COMPRESSOR. HE SLIPPED & TWISTED SIDEWAYS AND SET DOWN ON A PIECE OF ANGLE IRON HURTING HIS BACK & BUTTOCKS.
BLADING ROAD BEHIND SHOP HIT BUMP & SLIDE FOREARD BUMPED DASH ON LOADER BRUISING HIS KNEE
EMPL GREASING BUCKET ON ENDLOADER.SLIPPED OFF OF TIRE AND FELL BETWEEN TIRE AND BUCKET. WHILE SLIPPING ARM HIT BUCKET AND BACK WAS ALSO INJURED.
WHILE USING A SLEDGE TO BEAT SEGMENTS OUT OF UNIVERSAL IMPACT NOTICED SHOULDER BEGNINNING TO SWELL AND KNOT APPEARING.
EMPLOYEE PUTTING TOOTH ON SCRAPER. WHILE DOING SO, HE HIT THE STEEL WITH HAMMER AND A PIECE OF STEEL BROKE OFF AND HIT HIM ON LEFT SIDE OF NOSE ON THE FACE.
HE WAS PULLING ON STEEL CABLE TO REMOVE OUT OF HIS WORK AREA.
WAS PULLING WATER HOSE THAT WAS IN A BIND.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A RUBBER TIRED LOADER & EXPERIENCED CHEST PAINS & NUMBNESS OF HIS LEGS
EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING IN CRUSHING PLANT.HE MOVED THE HAMMERS WHICH CAUSED A PAIN IN HIS UPPER BACK AND NUMBNESS OF HIS ARMS.HE WAS TAKEN TO THEEMMERGENCY ROOM AND LATER ADMITTED TO A HOSPITAL.L ATER AT THE HOSPITAL HE WAS FOUND TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF HEART OR ARTERY PROBLEM.
EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING AROUND CRUSHING PLANT. HE CAUGHT HIS SHIRT ON FIRE WHICH CAUSED THE BURN TO HIS LEFT ARM.
EMPLOYEE WAS PLACING A CHUTE. WHEN THE CHUTE WAS LOWERED EMPLOYEE HAD FINGER UNDERNIETH THE CHUTE WHICH CAUSED THE LACERATION.
EE WAS PULLING ON AN EXHAUST HOSE ON CRUSHING PLANT WHICH CAUSED A STRAIN ON HIS BACK. EE SAW A DR ON 12-21-90. THE DR TOLD HIM TO TAKE OFF WORK UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. THE EE MISSED WORK ON 12- 21-90 THIS EE ALONG WITH THE MAJORITY OF OUR OTHER EE S WERE LAYED OFF ON THIS DATE 12-21-90.
EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING INSIDE CRUSHING PLANT. AS HE WAS TURNING OVER THE HAMMERS, ONE OF THEM HIT HIM IN THE LEG CAUSING A STRAIN AND CONTUSION OF THE RIGHT LEG.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING DRILL STEELS ON A HYDRAULIC DRILL.ONE STEEL S;IPPED OUT OF EMPLOYEES HAND.WHEN HE TRIED TO CATCH IT HE SPRAINED HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.
EMPL WAS HELPING TO CLEAN BOULDERS OUT OF CRUSHER THE STRAIN OF MOVING THE ROCK INJURED HIS LOWER BACK HE VISITED A CHIROPRACTOR WHO TOLD HIM TO TAKE SOME TIME OFF
EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ON THE BED OF A TRUCK. WHEN HE LIFTED THE SHIELD TO INSPECT THE WELD, A PIECE OF METAL FLEW INTO EYE. THE PIECES WERE REMOVED BY A DOCTOR.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSIDE CRUSHER DOING REPAIR WORK HE INJURED HIMSELF AS PER PREVIOUS REPORT HE SAID HIS KNEE BOTHERED HIM ALL THE TIME HE WAS BACK TO WORK HE WENT TO SEE A DR ON 12-2-88 WHO TOLD HIM TO TAKE OFF WORK AND REFERRED HIM TO ANOTHER DR
EMPL PULLING HIMSELF UP INTO CRUSHING PLANT TO BEGIN WELDING.STRAINED HIS ELBOW.WENT TO DR 2 DAYS AFTER INJURY.
EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING IN A TRUCK THE DRIVER HIT A BUMP AND I.NAME HIT HIS HEAD AGA INST THE TOP OF THE CAB HE WAS WEARING A HARD HAT BUT HIS NECK WAS INJURED WHEN HIS HEAD HIT THE TOP OF THE CAB
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING DRILL STEELS ON A HYDRAULIC DRILL.THE PIN THAT HOLDS THE DRILL STEEL BROKE AND LET THE DRILL STEEL FALL ONN EMPLOYEES LEFTT FOOT.A CONTUSION RESULTED.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING A 4 INCH SUCTION HOSE AND STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE DOINF THIS.EMPLOYEE WAS OFF ONE AND ONE-HALF WORKDAYS AND THE WEEKEND.HE RETURNED TO WORK MONDAY 07-11-88.
EMPLOYEE WAS TAPING ELECTRICAL SWITCHES ON THE CRUSHING PLANT WHEN HE BECAME SHORT OF BREATH HAD CHEST PAINS & A COLD SWEAT HE WAS TAKEN TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM & WAS LATER ADMITTED TO THE HOSPI TAL
EMPLOYEE WAS INSIDE CRUSHER DOING REPAIR WORK HE FELL FORWARD AND T RIED TO CATCH HIMSELF WHICH SPRAINED HIS RT KNEE
EMPL LIFTING DR3LL STEEL.STRAIN FROM PICKING UP STEEL CAUSED CONTUSION ON RIGHT SIDE OF CHEST WALL.EMPL DIDNT GET MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 9-28-87.
EMPLOYEE WAS US3NG A PRY BAR TO PUT A TRACK BACK ON A DRILL EMPLOYEES BACK WAS STRAINED FROM PULLING & PUSHING ON PRY BAR EMPLOYEE VISITED CHIROPRACTOR MANY TIMES WITH NO RESULTS HE VISITED A MD WHO DIAGNO8ES THE PROBLEM A DEGENERATIVE JOINT DISEASE & LUMBO SACRAL STRAIN PATIENT MISSED WORK ON 081087 091087 THRU 092187 & HE IS OFF AGAIN NOW 092487
EMPLOYEE WAS DO3NG HIS REGULAR JOB OF WASHING DOWN THE CRUSHING PLANT HE WAS WALKING UNDER A CONVEYOR & HIS HARDHAT HIT THE CONVEYOR WHICH PULLED HIS HEAD BACK CAUSING DAMAGE TO HIS NECK
EMPLOYEE WAS CL9ANING WINDOWS ON HIS TRUCK. HE SLIPPED OF THE CATWALK OF THE TRUCK AND FELL TO THE GROUND, LANDING ON HIS FEET.
EMPLOYEE WAS ST9PPING OFF LADDER OF LOADER. HE MISSED THE BOTTOM STEP AND TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS GE7TING OUT OF BACKHOE AND SLIPPED ON STEP OF BACK HOE WHEN HE LANDED ON THE GROUND HE STEPPED ON A ROCK AND SPRAINED HIS ANKLE
EMPLOYEE WAS LO4ERING THE BOOM ON A DRILL THE KELLY BAR (PART OF BOOM) GOT INTO A BIND AS IT WAS BEING LOWERED WHEN ALL THE WAY LOWERED THE KELLY BAR POPPED OUT OF THE BIND IT WAS IN AND HIT THE EMPLOYEE O3 THE HEAD A HARD HAT WAS BEING WORN A NECK INJURY OCCURED AS PART OF THIS ACCIDENT X-RAYS DARVON AND A SOFT CERVICAL COLLAR WERE GIVEN TO THE EMPLOYEE IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM
EMPLOYEE WAS SI7TING ON LOADER TIRE PRYING ON A PART OF HYDRAULIC CYLINDER.TOOL SLIPPED OFF CYLINDER CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO FALL BACKWARDS OFF LOADER TIRE ONTO FLOOR OF SHOP.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING OIL FILTER ON A LOAER SOME OIL GOT ON TROUBLE LIGHT AND DRIPPED INTO EMPLOYEES RT EYE CAUSING A CORNEAL ABRASION PRESCRIPTION DRUGS (POLYSPORIN & GARAMYCIN) WERE GIVEN TO THE EMPLOYEE
EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO REMOVE A SHAFT FROM THE CRUSHING PLANT. HE WAS USING A HAMMER TO REMOVE THE SHAFT. A SLIVER OF METAL FROM THE SHAFT OR THE HAMMER FLEW OFF AND IMBEDDED IN EMPLOYEE\S RIG HT ARM. A TETANOUS SHOT WAS GIVEN AND DRUG WAS PRESCRIBED.
CUTTING PIECE OF METAL WITH TORCH.WHILE INSPECTING THE CUT,PIECE OF METAL POPPED UP INTO EYE. RX DRUG WAS ADMINISTERED.
SUBJECT WAS GETTING INTO PICKUP TRUCK & HIT HEAD ON INSIDE OF PICKUP CAUSING MUSCLE SPASMS. EE HAD HIS HARD HAT ON.
SUBJECT WAS REPAIRING TRACK DRILL, WHEN GETTING OFF MACHINE, EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL. HITTING LEFT ELBOW ON MACHINE. EMPLOYEE DID NOT GO TO THE DOCTOR UNTIL 09-24-84. THE DOCTOR DID HAVE TO DRAIN THE INJURY.
EE WAS LOADING A HOLE WITH EXPLOSIVES-AMO NIT- ONE OF THE BAGS OF NITRATE STARTED TO FALL OVER & EE TRIED TO STOP IT FROM FALLING OVER. HE SPRAINED 2 OF HIS FINGERS ON HIS LEFT HAND. A PRESC RIPTION WAS GIVEN IN THE E/R. THIS INJURY IS BEING REPORTED BECAUSE OF THE DRUG PRESCRIPTION.
SUBJ WAS MOVING WELDER LEADS -CABLES-FROM ON TOP OF WELDER.A STEEL BAR WAS ON TOP OF CABLES AND FELL OFF ONTO SUBJ RIGHT FOOT CAUSING BRUISE TO TOP OF RIGHT FOOT.SUBJ WAS OFF WORK 1 FULL NIG
EMP WAS CLOSING DOOR ON DRILL AND GLASS FELL OUT OF DOOR ONTO EMP RT THUMB CAUSING FRACTURE AND LACERATION ON RT THUMB
SUBJECT WAS TRYING TO KNOCK HAMMERS LOOSE WITH IRON BAR IRON BAR BOUNCED BACK AND HIT SUBJECT IN THE CHECT CAUSING A BAD BRUISE.
SUBJECT WAS REACHING OUT OF TRUCK WINDOW TO OPERATE THE SWITCH THAT CONTROLS THE ROCK BIN DOORS ON THE CRUSHING PLANT. WHEN REACHING OUT OF WINDOW, SUBJECT PULLED A MUSCLE IN THE RIGHT PART O F HIS CHEST.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON CRUSHING PLANT, HE WAS TRYING TO PUT A SHAFT INTO A LOADER BUCKET THE SHAFT FELL OUT OF LOADER BUCKET AND HIT EMPLOYEE S KNEE AND ANKLE
SUBJECT WAS OPERATING RUBBER TIRE LOADER. JERKING MOTION OF LOADER CAUSED INJURY TO NECK OF EE. HE WAS RELEASED FROM THE CHIROPRACTOR ON 9-15-83.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN LADDER AND AS HE WAS STEPPIN OFF LADDER HE SPRAINED BACK
EE WAS MOVING PIECES OF RUSTY METAL. HIGH WINDS THAT DAY BLEW DUST & POSSIBLY SMALL PCS OF RUST INTO EE\S RIGHT EYE. E.R. TREATMENT WAS GIVEN ALONG WITH PRESCRIPTION APPLIED IN THEEYE. FIRST A ID TREATMENT DID NOT HELP THE PROBLEM.
EE WAS SUPERVISING OVER DRILLING OF LIMESTONE. HIGH WINDS THAT DAY CAUSED DUST OF SMALL PIECES OF STONE TO GET INTO EYE. FIRST AID TREATMENT FAILED TO REMOVE PARTICLE. EMERGENCY ROOM TREATMEN T & PRESCRIPTION DRUG DIRECTLY INTO EYE WAS REQUIRED.