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CARRYING STEEL WELLHEAD FLANGE WITH CASING ATTACHED TO COMPOUND.
WHILE TRIPING DRILL PIPE OUT WELL.THE INJURED SLIPPED OFF OF HELPER STAND WHILE RACKING THE DRILL PIPE.THE BAR HE WAS USING TO RACK THE PIPE SLIPPED OUT CAUSING HIM TO FALL OFF OF STAND AND LA ND ON HIS SHOULDER.
DRILL CREW WAS PULLING PIPE FROM THE HOLE WHEN THE SAND LINE CABLE BROKE. THE TRAVELING BLOCK FELL AND HIT HIM ON THE ARM.
EMPL WAS WALKING THROUGH PLANT AREA & TRIPPED OVER PIPE & SUBSEQUENTLY HIT MOUTH ON ANOTHER 6" PVC PIPE KNOCING OUT ONE TOOTH & DAMAGING ANOTHER WHICH LATER HAD TO BE REMOVED.
INJURED WAS LIFTING ONE END OF 20 FT SECTION OF SCHEDULE 80 3" STEEL PIPE TO LOAD ON BACKHOE BUCKET. HE APPARENTLY TWISTED WHILE LIFTING PULLING ABDOMINAL MUSCLES.
I.NAME WAS PULLING OLD (10YR.+) PVC TUBING FROM AN INJECTION WELL HOOK WAS NEAR TOP OF ITS TRAVEL & HE WAS HOLDING A SKILLET TO SET ON TOP OF WELLHEAD TUBING BROKE AT THE TOP COLLAR & THE PVC TUBING DROPPED INTO THE WELLHEAD CASING FLEXIBLE TUBING WHIPPED SIDEWAYS STRIKING I.NAME ON THE SIDE OF THE HARDHAT RT.HAND WAS INJURED WHEN EMPLOYEE SWUNG TO THE RT.HITTING THE TAILGATE
DRILLER WAS HITTING A QUICK PLUG WITH HAMMER TO UNSTICK IT AND WORKER LEANED OVER TO REMOVE PLUG AND WAS HIT IN HEAD.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING REMAINING TOOL FROM A TUBELESS TIRE REPAIR KIT TO REPAIR A TIRE. THE REMAINING TOOL SLIPPED AND PUNCTURED HIS WRIST.
CHANGED VALVE TO HAPPEN HOSE ICE IN LINE PRESSURED UP BLEW OFF STRIKING HELPER IN HAD CAUSING HIM TO BE KNOCKED OUT RECEIVING CONCESSION.
OPERATOR WAS CLOSING A 2IN PVC BALL VALVE & SPRAINED HIS THUMB EMPLOYEE HAD A CAST APPLIED TO RT.HAND TO IMMOBILIZE THUMB
EMPLOYEE INJURED BACK WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAY OVER A DRUM OF CAUSTIC OVER ON ITS SIDE
EMPLOYEE WAS STOCKING SHELVES - A BOX STARTED TO F ALL OFF SHELF AND IN AN ATTEMPT TO CATCH THE BOX STRUCK HAND ON A PEG WHILE GOING AROUND THE SHELF END.
EMP WAS LOADING A SUBMERSIBLE PUMP AND MOTOR INTO THE BACK OF A TRUCK ONE OF THE TIGHTENING BAND S ON THE FLUID END PUMP WAS BROKEN AND CUT HIS ARM DURING LOADING . HE FINISHED OUT THE SHIFT AND LATER WENT OT EMER. ROOM WHERE HE REC. TWO STITCHES AND TETNUS SHOT.
INJURED WAS REMOVING THE LAST PARTS OF OLD DOOR FRAME WHEN RIGHT LITTLE FINGER CAUGHT ON A PIECE OF THIN ALUMINUM SIDING CAUSING A LACERATION APPROXIMATELY 3 CM LONG.
EMPLOYEE WAS TOLD TO MOVE SMALL ANGLE IRON FROM OUTSIDE STORAGE RACK TO AN INDOOR STORAGE RACK WHILE DOING THIS THE EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON A PIECE OF METAL NEAR THE BOTTOM OF THE OUTDOOR RACK RES ULTING IN THE KNEE INJURY.
WAS UNROLLING POLYETHLENE HOSE FROM A SPOOL AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS SHOULDER.
REPLACING LEAKING PVC METER RUN WITH METAL RUN BETWEEN PUMP AND VALVE.VALVE SUPPORTED BY 1'' PVC NIPPLE.WHEN METAL RUN WAS ATTACHED TO VALVE 1'' PVC NIPPLE BROKE.2'' LINE BEHIND VALVE FULL OF 93% H2SO4-HYDROGEN SULFIDE WHICH IMMEDIATELY DRAINED OUT SPRAYING WORKERS.
REPLACING LEAKING PVC METER RUN WITH METAL RUN BETWEEN PUMP AND VALVE.IT WAS SUPPORTED BY 1'' PVC NIPPLE.WHEN METAL RUN WAS ATTACHED TO VALVE 1'' NIPPLE BROKE.2'' LINE BEHIND VALVE FULL OF 93% H2SO4-HYDROGEN SULFIDE,WHICH IMMEDIATELY DRAINED OUT SPRAYING WORKERS.
REPLACING LEAKING PVC METER RUN WITH METAL RUN BETWEEN PUMP AND VALVE.IT WAS SUPPORTED BY 1'' PVC NIPPLE.WHEN METAL RUN ATTACHED TO VALVE THE 1'' NIPPLE BROKE.2'' LINE BEHIND VALVE WAS FULL OF 93% H2SO4-HYDROGEN SULFIDE WHICH IMMEDIATELY DRAINED OUT SPRAYING WORKERS.
EMPLOYEE WAS EN7ERING HEADERHOUSE (B-2-1) WHERE WATER HAD SEEPED INTO THE GROUND FROM THE OUTSIDE, COLD WEATHER HAD CAUSED THE WATER TO FREEZE. INJURED SLIPPED ON THE ICE AS HE STEPPED THROUGH THE DOORWAY LA7ERATING THE LONG FINGER ON THE RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THE SECOND AND THIRD KNUCKLES.
OPEN ELECTRICAL3CABINET DOOR CAUSED LACERATION TO BACK OF HEAD INJUREDS HARD HAT FELL OFF WHILE BENT OVER BENEATH THE ELECTRICAL CABINET
STRAINED BACK MUSCLE IN LOWER RIGHT BACK WHILE MOVING SMALL ELECTRICAL MOTORS BY HAND.
WORKER REMOVED BRACING ON AN 8X8 CHANNEL IRON BOX FRAME PREMATURELY AS FORK LIFT PREPARED TO LIFT ALLOWING FRAME TO FALL TOWARD INJURED SEVERELY BRUSING TOP OF LEFT FOOT.
EMPLOYEE WAS MA5ING UP JOINTS AND PUT HIS ARM BETWEEN THE DRILL PIPE AND THE MAST ON THE DRILL RIG AND ARM WAS FRACTURED.
EMPLOYEE WAS TA5ING CAP OFF VAC-TRUCK TO SEE WHY IT WAS NOT TAKING ON WATER AND INSTEAD OF A VACUAM IN THE TANK THERE WAS PRESSURE AND THE CAP BLEW OFF HITTING EMPLOYEE.
INJURED BACK RE4OVING ROD OUT DEVICE FROM HOPPER.DEVICE BECAME STRUCK IN BOTTOM VALVE AND BACK WAS STRAINED PULLING UP ON ROD HANDLE.STRAINED LOWER BACK.RETURNED TO WORK UNTIO 7-20-87.
INJURED PERSON 4AS HELPING RESPOOL CABLE ON THE KELLY DRUM. WHEN FINISHED HE GRABBED DEAD LINE SIDE TO STEP DOWN AND THE BLOCK WAS IN MOTION AND SMASHED AND CUT THE LITTLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND
VICTIM WAS GRIN8ING ON A PIECE OF METAL ATTACHED TO A FORKLIFT HE WAS WEARING SHIELDED SAFETY GLASSES BUT A PIECE OF METAL EVEDENALLY BOUNCED OFF OF ANOTHER PART OF THE FORKLIFT AND ENTERED HI
OPERATOR LIFTIN1 100 LB SACKS OF SODA ASH AND DUMPING THEM INTO CEMENT MIXING VAT.STRAINED SHOULDER WHILE LIFTING SACK UP TO EDGE OF VAT.
OPERAOR WAS MOV3NG SUBMERSIBLE PUMPS IN WELL FIELD WHICH REQUIRED SOME MODERATE TO HEAVY LIFTING. WHEN CHANGING HIS BOOTS AT LUNCH FELT A SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS GL6ING A PIECE OF PVC PIEP TO A PVC FLANGE. AS EMPLOYEE PUSHED ON PIPE TO HOLD TILL GLUE SET, HE INADVERTANTLY OPENED VALVE BENEATH FLANGE WITH HIS KNEE. WATER ISSUED FROM VALVE, SPRAYING EMPLO2EE IN FACE. EMPLOYEE WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL TO HAVE EYES CHECKED. EYES WERE FOUND TO BE OKAY. EMPLOYEE RETURNED TO WORK SAME DAY.
I NAME WAS ATTE4PTING TO GET ABOUT AN 80 LB BUCKET OF DRY YELLOW CAKE UP TO ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WHO WAS 10 FT UP AN PLATFORM HE CLIMBED UP 2 STEPS UP THE LADDER AND TRIED TO RAISE THE BUCKET UP T O THE OTHER EMP5OYEE HE RAISED THE BUCKET ABOUT SHOULDER HIGH AND HAD A SHARP PAIN IN HIS SHOULDER.
DURING CLEANUP 2F PRODUCTION PATTERN OPERATOR PICKED UP A DRILLBIT AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK
LOADING DRUM OF WASTE MATERIAL ONTO TRAILER TO DISPOSE OF LOADED DRUMSW/FORK LIFT HAUL TO WASTEPIT UNLOADED BY HAND TRYING TO TIP HEAVY DRUM OF SOLID WASTE MATERIALS OFF TRAILER PULLED SOMETHI NG IN POWER BACK
I.NAME & I.NAME WERE SETTING 1" PIPE IN A WELL USING THE PULLING UNIT. THEY HAD ONE JOINT IN T HE WELL & WERE PICKING UP THE 2ND ONE. I.NAME PUT A 1 1/4" ELEVATOR ON T H E PIPE INSTEAD OF A 1 ". ABOUT 3/4 OF T HE WAY UP THE PIPE SLIPPED OUT & FELL HITTING HIM ONT HE B ACK OF THE NECK.
OPERATOR WAS LOADING CASING ON TRAILER WITH FORKLIFT-FORKS HUNG UP ON BOARD-OPERATOR LEFT MACHINE AND MOVED BOARD-FORK FELL ON FINGERS-TWO BROKEN FINGERS WAS RESULT.
LOADING A BATTERY ONTO A TRUCK-SUFFERED INJURY TO SIDE & BACK-SEVERCITY UNKNOWN.
UNSCREWING A 5 IN INJECTION WELL FLANGE USING A 24 IN PIPE WRENCH SOME OXYGEN WAS TRAPPED BELOW 2 PACKERS THAT ARE 12 IN ADN 24 IN BELOW THE FLANGE WHEN IT WAS UNSCREWED IT POPPED UP APPROX TWO FEET AND THE PIPE WRENCH STRUCK HIM IN THE MOUTH KNOCKING OUT THE UPPER RT TOOTH AND CHIPPING 2 OTHERS
WAS UNLOADING TANKER OPF BLEACH HAD ALL OF HIS SAFETY EQUIP ON WHILE HOOKING UP. WHEN HE WAS READY TO START PUMPING HE TOOK THE SAFETY EQUIP PFF. AS HE STARTED TO PUMP THE HOSE BURST & SPRAYE D HIS EYED & BODY WITH SOLUTION. WAS TAKEN TO HOSP & KEPT OVER NIGHT & RELEASED 1-20-85.
I NAME EITHER WAS TAKING OFF MANWAY COVER OR REPLACING BOLTS ON MANWAY COVER WITH IX COLUMN STILL UNDER PRESSURE AND INLET AND OUTLET VALVES STILL OPEN. MANWAY COVER BLEW OFF AND STRUCK HIM ON FRONT RIGHT SIDE OF SKULL.
OPERATOR WAS ADDING ACID TO T ANK BY BUCKET THROUGH TOP MANWAY OPERATOR SLIPPED OFF OF LADDER AND DROPPED THE BUCKET IN THE FALL SAID OPERATORS GOGGLES WERE DISLODGED OPERATOR HIT IN THE EYES BY 32% HC ACID AND OTHER DEBRIS FROM BUCKET
RACKING PIPE AND IT BENT LEFT HAND BACKWARD
THE OPERATOR WAS STANDING ON A GRATING PLATFORM AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLIMB DOWN A SHORT 3FT LADDER HIS FIRST FOOT ON THE LADDER SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO STRAIN A GROIN MUSCLE
TECH WAS DOING A RADIATION SURVEY ON THE END COMPARTMENT OF THE SLURRY TRAILER. A STRONG GUST OF WIND BLEW THE LID CLOSED N HER ARMS.
DOING CARPENTER WORK ON THE DOOR TO THE INSTRUMENT OFFICE NAIL OR HAMMER CHIPPED AND A PIECE GOT INTO HIS EYE
AMADOR WAS COMING OUT OF THE LOCKER ROOM, MISSED A STEP AND FELL ON THE SIDEWALK WSITH HIS WEIGHT TO HIS WRISTS.
WHILE UNHOOKING THE HOSE OF THE RESIN TRAILER AT HOBSON, ROLANDO FELL AND SPRAINED HIS FOREARM.
AMADOR WAS UNLOADING 4" PVC PIPE FROM A GOOSENECK TRAILER AND WHEN HE STOOD UP HE FELT A STRAIN IN HIS BACK
RICHARD WAS LIFTING A FLUID END OF A PUMP THAT WEIGH APPROXIMATELY 40 LBS. AND HE STRUCKA THE TAILGATE ON A PICKUP WITH HIS RIGHT KNEE CAP. HE DID N FEEL ANY PAIN UNTIL THAT NIGHT. HE WENT TO A DOCTOR THE FOLLOWING MONDAY MORNING.