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November 1, 1999WY · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
July 14, 1999WY · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN STAIRS INTO THE DRYER ROOM. HE SLIPPED ON LAST STAIR AND SPRAINED ANKLE. HE MISSED 2 DAYS OF WORK, LOST TIME INJURY- REPORTABLE.
March 26, 1999WY · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EE WAS STACKING BOXES ON A PALLET. HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS BACK. LEFT WORK AND SOUGHT CHIROPRACTIC TREATMENT HTUS CONSTITUTING MSHA REPORTABLILITY.
December 19, 1998WY · Metal/Non-Metalquality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistantHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WAS LIFTING PLASTIC JUGS FROM STACK FROM OVER HIS HEAD. SLIPPED BACKWARDS - FELT PAIN AND BURNING SENSATION IN GROIN AREA (RIGHT SIDE). LATER DETERMINED TO BE A HERNIA SITUATION BY DR.
October 1, 1998WY · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WAS THROWING BAGS OF BENTONITE AND NOTICED HIS BACK BEGINING TO HURT. BY THE END OF THE DAY, HE WAS IN PAIN. HE MISSED WORK 1 DAY, 10-5-98, CONSTITUTING LOST TIME REPORTABLILITY.
August 13, 1998WY · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorMACHINERY
EE OPEING GATE ON TRAINCAR. IT GOT STUCK AND HE WAS USING A PRYBAR TO OPEN THE GATE. HE WAS PUSHING ON THE BAR WHEN THE GATE OPENED AND JAMMED HIS NECK BACK CAUSING PAIN AT BASE OF NECK. SUBSE QUENT CHIROPRACTIC VISITS CONSTITUTE REPORTABLILITY FOR MSHA REQUIREMENTS.
May 20, 1998WY · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
REPETITION WORK RELATED TO PACKAGING CAT LITTER CAUSING SORENESS IN LEFT WRIST. EMP INSTRUCTED TO DO ALTERNATIVE WORK FOR 10-14 DAYS AND KEEP WRIST SPLINT ON AT WORK FOR IMMOBILIZATION OF INJU RED WRIST CONSTITUTING MEDICAL REPORTABILITY.
June 13, 1997WY · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE WAS CLIMBING UP & DOWN ON A STEEL STRUCTURE. WHEN HE GOT DOWN OFF THE STRUCTURE, HE TWISTED WRONG & FELT A PULL IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS BACK & WENT AROUND TO THE FRONT SIDE OF HIS CHEST.
May 30, 1997WY · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorMACHINERY
ABRASION TO EYE. EE WAS LOOKING UP TO CHECK OUT NEW DEFLECTION SHEET WHEN A PIECE OF BENTONITE CLAY FELL AND WENT IN BETWEEN HIS GLASSES AND FACE, HITTING HIS RIGHT EYE.
March 24, 1997WY · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE HAD HIS RIGHT HAND ON TRUCK RAM WHILE TALKINGTO A TRUCKER. THE EE, UPON LEAVING, SLID HIS RIGHT HAND ACROSS THE RAMP CUTTING IT ON JAGGED METAL. THIS CUT DID REQUIRE STITCHES.
July 17, 1996WY · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE THOUGHT THAT POWER TO THE SEWING MACHINE WAS OFF SINCE THE BULB WAS NOT ON. HOWEVER, THE BULB WAS BURNED OUT AND POWER WAS ON. EE WAS THREADING THE NEEDLE WHEN THE MACHINE STARTED CAUSING T HE NEEDLE TO PUNCTURE HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER.
June 11, 1996WY · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorMACHINERY
EMPLLOYEE WAS CLOSING BOTTOM GATE ON OPEN TOP CAR. WHEN GATE SLAMMED SHUT, WITH HAND ON LEVER OF GATE, THE JOLT CRACKED AN OLD FRACTURE ON HIS RIGHT HAND.
EE WAS CLIMBING UP LADDER TO CHECK GAUGES ON BAGHOUSE PIPES. THE LADDER WAS NOT POSITIONED PROPERLY AND WHEN EE LEANED OVER TO READ GAUAGE AND THE LADDER FELL OVER CAUSING THE EE TO FALL TO TH E GROUND.
August 25, 1995WY · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING OPEN A BOX OF LIDS AND TH EKNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT HIS FINGER.
November 16, 1994WY · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
WHILE THE EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING LADDER UP THE SIDE OF THE RAILCAR HE WAS BACKING UP AT WHICH POINT HE FELL INTO ONE OF THE EMPTY CARGO HOLES AND DISLOCATED HIS SHOULDER.
October 14, 1994WY · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EMPLOYEE WAS HLEPIN GTO GET THE GRANNY AUGER GOIN. WHEN MOTOR KICKED OUT, EMPLOYEE MANUALLY BACKED THE AUGER BY PULLING HTE V BELTS. WHEN MOTOR CAME ON, EMPLOYEES LEFT HAND WAS PULLED THROUG H THE SHEAVE.
March 27, 1994WY · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EPLOYEE WAS CUTTING SECTION SFROM 3" DIAMETER PIPE WHEN A 4' SECTION OF THE PIPE SWUNG DOWN OFF OF TRUCK BED, STRIKING HIM IN RIGHT KNEE AND PINNING HIS LEG AGAINST THE TRUCK.
February 17, 1994WY · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO TURN DIVERTER GATE BETWEEN TWO BELTS, FROZEN MATERIAL PREVENTED TRUNING. EMPLOYEE PULLED VERY HARD ON LEVER, FROZEN MATERAL LET GO SUDDENLY, CATCHING & IMPACTING HIS HAND (RIGHT THUMB) BETWEEN THE HANDLE & THE STOP. RIGHT THUMB WAS LACERATED & REQUIRED STICHES, DOCTOR INDICATES FRACTURE.
October 26, 1993NV · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE WAS REPLACING A BROKEN SACK OF PRODUCT THAT HAD BEEN LOADED ON A TRUCK TRAILER HE TRIPPED AND FELL FROM TRAILER, LANDING ON HIS RIGHT HAND, SPRAING HIS WRIST.
October 11, 1993NV · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EE WAS USING A BAR TO LOOSEN MATERIAL IN JIG BED HE RAISED HIS HAND AND HIT A FLURESCENT LIGHT TUBE THE TUBE BROKE AND A PIECE OF GLASS BECAME EMBEDDED IN HIS HAND.
October 1, 1993NV · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanOTHER
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING LADDER ON LOADER TO GET IN THE LOADER, LOST HIS BALANCE & HIT HIS KNEE ON RUNG OF LADDER. HE RETURNED TO WORK OF 7/13/93. ON 10/1/93 HIS KNEE GAVE OUT AS HE WALKED ACROSS THE ROOM & HE IS AGAIN UNDER DOCTOR'S CARE AS A CONTINUATION OF THE ORIGINAL INJURY OF 7/7/93.
August 25, 1993WY · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
THE OPERATOR WAS WASHING THE WINDSHIELD ON A CAT 631 SCRAPER, WHEN THE DOOR SLAMMED ON HIS ARM. HIT LOWER LEFT ARM WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE DOOR AND THE CAB.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING METAL WITH CUTTING TORCH & METAL STARTED TO FALL WHEN HE REACHED FOR IT HIS HAND PASSED THRU THE FLAME OF THE TORCH IN HIS OTHER HAND
July 7, 1993NV · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
THE TRAILER DECK HAD SNOW ON IT THE TRUCK DRIVER WAS HELPING ANOTHER DRIVER CLEAN OFF HIS TRAILER WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL FROM THE TRUCK, HE LANDED WITH HIS LEFT WRIST AND HAND CAUSING HIM TO FRACTURE HIS LEFT WRIST JOINT.
March 26, 1993NV · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanPOWERED HAULAGE
EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING BAGS ON A PALLET WITH BACK TO REJECTED PALLET. EMPLOYEE ON FORKLIFT WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE REJECT PALLET WITH FORKLIFT & PUSHED IT INTO 1ST EMPLOYEES FOOT PINCHING HIS FOOT BETWEEN TWO PALLETS.
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