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WHILE STANDING UP A GRADE STAKE AND ROCKING IT SO THAT IS STAYS THAT WAY, THE EE SLIPPED & FELL ON HIS FACE AND GO STUCK IN THE LEFT EYE. EE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES BUT THEY GOT KNOCKED OFF IN THE FALL.
SLIPPED & FELL WHILE CARRYING TRASH-SPRAINED LEFT ANKLE
EE ATTEMPTED TO OPEN DOZER DOOR TO READ HOUR METER. A GUST OF WIND BLEW DIRT UNDER HIS SAFETY GLASSES. HE FLUSHED HIS EYE FOR APPROX. 45 MIN, THEN WAS TAKEN LOCAL ER WHERE THE EYE WAS ONCE AGA IN IRRIGATED AND ANTIBIOTIC DROPS WERE ADMINISTERED. ER RELEASED HIM WITH NO RESTRICTIONS. EE AND TEMPORARY AGENCY FLATLY REFUSED RESTRICTION DUTY WHICH WAS OFFERED.
CONTRACTOR WAS STANDING ON RIGHT FRONT TIRE OF LOADER WITH HIS KNEES AGAINST THE FENDER FOR SUPPORT IN PREPARATION OF RECEIVING A 75 LB HOIST CYLINDER PIN, WHICH WAS BEING HANDED TO HIM. HE SE T THE PIN ON THE FENDER, WHICH BROKE OFF CAUSING HIM TO LOST HIS BALANCE AND FALL 9' TO THE GROUND LANDING ON HIS HEAD, BACK AND SHOULDER. CUT FINGER (6 STITCHES) & STRAINED BACK MUSCLES.
WHILE EE WAS RESEEDING THE BALTIC WASTE DUMP, THE GROUND UNDERNEATH HIM GAVE WAY. AS HE RE BALANCE HIMSELF, HE PUT HIS HAND ON THE GROUND, AND HIS LEFT PINKY FINGER HIT A ROCK AND THEN BROKE.
DURING THE EE'S SHIFT, HE BOTH WELDED & USED THE GRINDER. HE WAS WEARING A WELDING HOOD OVER HIS EYES BUT NOTHING ELSE. AT SOME POINT, METAL FRAGMENTS GOT INTO EE'S LEFT EYE. ER DOCTOR REMOVED & RELEASED EE TO FULL DUTY. HOWEVER, HE INSERTED RX EYE DROPS, WHICH MAKES THIS A REPORTABLE ACCIDENT.
WHILE EE WAS CHANGING A DRILL BIT HE PUT HIS HAND IN A PINCH POINT BETWEEN THE WRENCH AND DRILL STEEL. WHEN THE CHAIN WRENCH WAS ACTIVATED, HIS LEFT RING FINGER GOT PINCHED, REQUIRING SUTURES.
EE BEGAN TO FEEL DIZZY, ILL, CHILLED, LOST CONCIOUSNES AND HAD LOW BLOOD PRESSURE. WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL VIA AMBULANCE. EE WAS HOOKED UP TO IV AND ADMINSISTERED ANTIBIOTICS DUE TO HIGH WHITE B LOOD CELL COUNT. DR'S INITIAL IMPRESSION OF ILLNESS WAS SYNCOPAL EPISODE(DIZZINES) DUE TO POSSIBLE PROSTITIS. KEPT OVERNIGHT TO RUN TESTS. TEST RESULTS SHOWED NOTHING. "NO FINDINGS" BY DOCTOR
EE WAS OPERATING A HAULTRUCK WHILE THE TRUCK WASBEING LOADED, A LG. ROCK FELL OUT OF THE SHOVEL BUCKET AND INTO THE TRUCK BED. THIS CAUSED THE CAB TO JERK AND THE EE REPORTED HE BUMPED HIS HEAD ON THE SEATS HEADREST. EE LATER COMPLAINED OF HEADACHE, DIZZINESS, CONFUSION. 1ST SAW DR. ON 1-25-02. CAT SCAN SHOWED A CEREBRALMASS. ORDERED MRI TO CONFIRM. RESULTS IN A FEW DAYS.
WHILE EE WAS WELDING A BUMPER ONTO A P.U. TRUCK,HE FELT SOMETHING BLOW INTO HIS EYE. AFTER UNSUCCESSFULLY WASHING THE OBJECT OUT, HE WENT TO URGENT CARE, WAS GIVEN MEDICATION TO NUMB THE EYE, THE DR. LOCATED AND REMOVED A SMALL METAL FRAGMENT. EE WAS PRESCRIBED SOME OINTMENT AND THEN HE RETURNED TO WORK WITHOUT RESTRICTIONS.
WHILE REPAIRING THE ROOF OF THE RAND MILL HOUSE HE GRAZED HIS ARM ACROSS THE PROTECTIVE RAZOR WIRE. HIS LEFT SHOULDER WAS LACERATED AND REQUIRED STITCHES.
EE RECEIVED FOREIGN BODY IN HIS RIGHT EYE DIRT FROM BLOWING WIND. DID NOT REPORT TO EE UNH1 10-29-01. AFTER HE HAD SEEN A DR. DR FOUND CORNEAL SCRATCH. PRESCRIBED RX MEDS FOR HIS EYE. AND PUT ON LIGHT DUTY FOR ONE DAY. EE WAS HIRED THRU TEMP AGENCY AND NO LONGER WOULD FOR GRMC EE DID NOT PROVIDE PAPERWORK WHEN REQUESTED CO RECEIVED FROM CLINIC ON 11-7-01 CAUSED FOR DELAY.
WHEN EE WAS STEPPING FROM THE DRIVE SHAFT GUARD OF HIS DRILL TO THE BATTERY BOX TO WATER UP THE DRILL, HE SLIPPED & FELL. IN ORDER TO BRACE HIS FALL HE GRABBED ONTO THE HANDRAIL BY THE WATER TANK AND EXPERIENCED DISCOMFORT IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER THAT WENT AWAY IN 15 MINUTES. PAIN RETURNEDAFTER A DAY AS A DULL ACHE & GOT WORSE UNTIL 10/01/01 WHEN HE SAW A DOCTOR WHO PUT ON LIGHT DUTY
EE CONTACT LENS ROLLED UP INTO HIS RIGHT EYELID. THE DR USED A PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION TO NUMB THE EYE IN ORDER TO GET IT OUT DR DIAGNOSED ALLERGY TO CENTACT LENSAS CAUSE. NOT WORK RELATED SEE ATTACHED NOTE. DEGREE
THREE EMPLOYEES WERE LOADING A 5' DRILL SUB ONTOTHE BACK OF A PICKUP (SUB IS ~60" LONG, 7" DIAM.& 465 LB). WHILE LIFTING SUB, EE FELT PAIN IN HIS LEFT ARM. INJURY REQUIRED SURGERY.
EE WAS WASHING THE HAUL TRUCK TIRE RIM WHEN DIRT OR OTHER FOREIGN SUBSTANCES WENT INTO HIS LEFT EYE. ALTHROUGH THE OBJECTS WAS NOT EMBEDDED THIS IS REPORTABLE BECAUSE THE DR GAVE EE RX EYE OIN TMENT TO PREVENT INFECTION.
WHILE EE WAS PULLING A HOSE TOWARD HIMSELF, HE LOST HIS GRIP AND STUMBLED BACKWARD. HE THEN FELL INTO AN OPEN CONTAINER OF HYDROCHLORIC ACID HIS BODY WAS COVERED BY THE CHEMICAL FROM HIS WIST DOWN. ALTHOUGH EE ONLY RECIVED FIRST AID TREATMENT FROM DR THE DR GAVE HIM ONE DAY OFF WORK, WHICH CONSTITUTED A LOST TIME REPORTABLE ACCIDENT.
ON THE MORNING OF NOV 1, 2000, EMPLOYEE FELT PAIN IN HIS EYE. THINKING HE HAD GOTTEN SOME METAL OR SUCH IN HIS EYE, HE WENT TO URGENT CARE. U.C.VERIFIED HE HAD SCRATCHED HIS LEFT EYE. REPORTAB LE DUE TO PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION.
NO INCIDENT DATE. EMPLOYEE REPORTED TO EMPLOYER ON 10/04/00 THAT HE HAD GRADUAL NUMBNESS OF HANDAND PAIN IN JOINTS. WAS SENT TO DOCTOR AND SURGERY SCHEDULED. BEGAN TO LOSE TIME ON 1/26/01.
WHILE EE WAS CHANGING THE DRILL STEEL ON HIS DRILL, HE USED HIS RIGHT FOOT TO ADJUST THE CAROUSEL. HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE CAROUSEL AND THE MAST.
E BEGAN FEELING CHEST PAINS @ 1300. LEFT FOR HOSPITAL @ 1500. DIAGNOSED AS STRESS. EE REPORTED MANY STRESSFUL SITUATIONS IN PERSONAL LIFE & REPORTED NONE AT WORK. EE REPORTED DR.'S TESTS INDIC ATED NOT RELATED TO HIS HEART.
WHILE EXITING THE SLEWRING OF THE HYDRAULIC SHOVEL EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND GRABBED ONTO SOME HYDRAULIC HOSES ABOVE. HIS ELBOWS BENT THE WRONG WAY SORE DAY. SAW DR ON 5-11, PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY AND PRECRIBED MEDS.
EE WAS CLIMBING LADDER TO TIE OFF BEFORE ARRANGING SHELVES. LADDER SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HIM AND HE FELL 10 FT BRUISING RT HIP AND BREAKING RIGHT RADIAL HEAD (ELBOW). ON RESTRICTED DUTY.
EE WELDED ALL DAY. LATER THAT NIGHT AFTER WORK EXPERIENCED SYMPTOMS OF WELDER'S FLASH BURNS IN HIS EYES. WENT TO ER & TREATMENT WAS PRESCRIPTION DROPS.
AFTER EMPLOYEE REPLACED THE ALTERNATOR IN MG4 MOTORGRADER HE TURNED SYSTEM ON TO TEST. AT THAT MOMENT HIS FLASHLIGHT BEGAN TO FALL. AS HE REACHED TO GRAB IT HE PUT HIS HAND IN THE FAN BLADES C UTTING HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER. EMPLOYEE'S RESTRICTIONS BY DOCTOR ENDED 02-28-00.
EE WAS ON TOP OF HEAP LEACH POD WALKING BACK TO PICKUP AFTER OPENING A VALVE. EE STEPPED ON A ROCK, THE ROCK ROLLED & EE FELL DOWNON THE ROCK
EE WAS WORKING ON A PIPE SITUATED ABOVE HIM ON A PLATFORM. PIPE WAS NOT SECURED, ROLLED OFF PLATFORM AND HIT EE IN BOTH SHINS. EE ON LIGHT DUTY, WHICH MAKES IT A REPORTABLE INJURY. BEGAN LIGHT DUTY 2/16/00 (1ST SAW DR ON 2/15/00).