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EE STATED THAT A BAG SHE FILLED FELL TO THE BELT AND SHOT CEMENT OUT THE OPENING STRIKING HER IN THE EYE.
WHILE REMOVING THE SECURITY SEAL FROM THE TOP MANWAY OF A BULK TANKER TRUCK, EE CLAIMS TO HAVE CUT HIS MIDDLE FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND. EE IMMEDIATELY STOPPED WHAT HE WAS DOING IN ORDER TO SEE K MEDICAL ATTN. EE UNDERWENT A SURGICAL PROCEDURE TO REPAIR A NERVE IN THIS FINGER ON 10/23/03.
EE CLAIMS HE WAS MOVING A 55 GALLON DRUM AND STEPPED BACKWARD ONTO THE EDGE OF A PALLET. HE CLAIMS HE INJURED HIS LEFT FOOT IN THE AREA OF THE HEEL.
EMPLOYEE WAS DOING REPAIR WORK ON BELT WITH COWORKER. HE SAID HE TWISTED AROUND TO LAY DOWN PIECE OF PIPE AND STRAINED HIS BACK.
AT COMPLETION OF MORNING WORK ACTIVITIES, EE WAS HEADING TO THE BREAKROOM FOR LUNCH, WHEN HE STARTED HAVING BREATHING DIFFICULTIES.
TWISTED BACK GETTING OFF SHOVEL ON 9-4-03. BACK STILL SORE 9-15-03. WENT TO SEE CHIROPRACTOR MULTIPLE TIMES FOR ADJUSTMENT DURING PAST WEEK.
EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS BACK WORKING IN TUNNEL. HE BENT TO REMOVE GUARD AND TWISTED WRONG.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS PLACING CRIBBING (WOODEN 6"X8" APPROX. 36") TO CENTER UNDER THE AXLE. THE CRIBBING HAD TO BE MOVED BACK ABOUT 3" TO CENTER UNDER THE AXLE. HE WAS SITTING ON A SHORT WORK STOOL WITH LEGS SPREAD, ELBOWS PLACED BEHIND HIS KNEES AND PUSHED THE CRIBBING WITH HIS HANDS AND FELT A POP AND BURNING SENSATION IN HIS LEFT DISTAL BICEP. FIRST LOST DAY 8/13/03.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING A TANKER DOME LID OPEN AND PULLED/ STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK. RESTRICTIONS MADE THIS A LOST TIME ACCIDENT.
EE ALLEGES WHILE LOADING ROCK INTO A FEEDER HE DUMPED BUCKET AND SHIFTED INTO REVERSE, WHEN LOAD SHIFTED IT JARRED HIM, HURTING HIS NECK. FOLLOW UP TESTING CONFIRMED INJURY.
EE WAS MOVING FLANGES FROM A PALLET TO A STOREROOM SHELF. HE STRAINED HIS BACK BUT THOUGHT IT WOULD GET BETTER. IT HAS NOT. HE WENT TO OUR PLANT DR. AND WAS REFERRED TO A SPECIALIST. RESTRICTI ONS MADE THIS A LOST TIME.
EE WAS ASSISTING WITH WORK ON FK PUMP. HE WAS WORKING ON COUPLING WHEN FINGER GOT SMASHED IN COUPLING. TIP OF 2ND FINGER OF RIGHT HAND WAS CRUSHED.
EE WAS CLEANING IN THE M6 HOPPER WITH A SUCTION HOSE AND FINE DUST FELL ON HIM AND GOT IN HIS EYES.
WALKING ACROSS FLOOR WITH METAL GRATING, CAUGHT RIGHT FOOT, FELL, SPRAINED RIGHT ANKLE.
EE WAS APPARENTLY MOVING 1" THICK PLATE STEEL WHEN INJURY OCCURRED. HE STATED HE WAS MOVING A LARGE PIECE OF THIS STEEL WHEN HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK. PROBLEM IS STILL BOTHERING HIM - HE HAS BEEN REFERRED TO A SPECIALIST.
EE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF 3/4" SEAL TITE WITH A SERRATED BLADE FROM A LEATHERMAN TOOL AND THE KNIFE SLIPPED WHEN HE CUT THROUGH THE SEAL TITE AND CUT HIS FINGER. THE CUT REQUIRED SUTURES FOR T REATMENT.
EE WAS DRIVING SCRAPER DOWN A HILL; BACK END OF SCRAPER SLID AROUND; BOWL OF SCRAPER DROPPED TO THE GROUND; MACHINE ROLLER OVER ON ITS SID. EE REPORTED SORENESS IN HIS LEGS; HE WENT TO THE ER TO BE CHECKED OUT; HE ONLY MISSED ONE DAY OF WORK.
EE WAS MOVING THE FORKS OUT ON A FORKLIFT AND IT FELL BACK PINCHING HIS LEFT LITTLE PINKY FINGER AGAINST THE FRAME OF THE FORKLIFT.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A SCRAPER. EE WAS HAULING ROCK TO DUMP AREA. WHILE UNLOADING, THE IMPACT OF THE MACHINE RUNNING OVER ROCKS CAUSED TWISTING AND STRAINING OF THE EE'S STOMACH MUSCLES.
EE STATED WHILE SWEEPING STIARS SHE FELT SOMETHING IN HER EYE. REQUESTED TO SEE DR ON 2-12-03.
EE STATED-HE WAS WALKING IN THE STEEL STORAGE AREA, SLIPPED ON SNOW COVERED ICE AND FELL. FIRST LOST DAY 2-11-03.
EE STATED HE WAS SETTING DOWN INT HE LUNCH ROOM AND SOMETHING GOT IN HIS EYE.
HYDRAULIC HOSE BROKE; BOWL ON SCRAPER DROPPED TO THE GROUND - MACHINE STOPPED; IMPACT CAUSED EE TO HIT HER CHEST ON THE STEERING WHEEL AND PINCH THE SCIATIC NERVE.
EE WAS USING A HAND HELP 7" GRINDER TO GRIND THE BUCKET ARM PIN ON A 966 END LOADER WHEN THE GRINDER CAUGHT AND KICKED BACK CAUSING 2 CUTS ON HIS LEFT WRIST. HE RECEIVED SUTURES TO CLOSE THE W OUND, BL, DID NOT MISS WORK OR HAD TO RESTRICTEDDUTY.
EE WAS USING A ROD HOOK TO PULL DOWN A STACK OF TIRES IN A TRAILER WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL BACK ON HIS BACKSIDE. XRAY WAS NEGATIVE BUT HE EXPERIENCED PAIN & WAS PUT ON RESTRICTIONS.
EMPLOYEE STATED - WHILE FUELING LOADER HE SLIPPED ON FUELING PLATFORM AND FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK. REQUESTED TO SEE THE DOCTOR ON 1/21/03. FIRST LOST TIME DAY WAS 1/24/03.
EE FELL THROUGH 6"OPENING IN GRATE WHILE PUTTINGUP A STATIC LINE. HE TWISTED HIS KNEE AS HE WENTDOWN AND SUFFERED TISSUE DAMAGE.
EE SATED-HE WAS OPENING DOOR ON #3 MODULE ALKAI BY PASS SYSTEM WHEN DUST FLUSHED OUT. EE STATED HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES AND FACE SHIELD.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE PULLED HIS LEFT GROIN AREA WHILE CLOSING OUTSIDE ELEVATOR DOOR ON SECOND FLOOR OF THE RSP TOWER.
EE CLAIMS HE TWISTED HIS KNEE ON HIS LT. LEG ON 10/18/02 AS HE WAS EXITING BOBCAT LOADER ON-SITEEE DID NOT HAVE ANY SIGNIFICANT PAIN INITIALLY, BUT WAS SORE ON 10/23/02. EE WENT TO SEE THE CO. DR. THE DR. STATED HE HAD A SPRAINED KNEE WITH SWELLING.
WHILE DISLODGING CHUNKS ON STRUCTURE OF W4900 BELT THE PRY BAR SLIPPED AND HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK (FIRST LOST DAY 10/1/02).
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS REPLACING COVER ON BELT FEEDER AND HIS HARD HAT HIT A PILE OF DUST WITH HEAD TURNED TO SIDE AND DUST SLID IN BEHIND GLASSES IN EYE. (MEDICINE TO EYE).
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS CHANGING A BURN LOOP FILTER BRACKET WHICH WEIGHED BETWEEN 30-50 LBS. WHILE LIFTING THE BRACKET HE FELT A STRAIN AND A PULL IN HIS RIGHT GROIN.
EE STATED HE WAS LIFTING A 5 GALLON BOX OF WATER TO PLACE IT ON A STAND AT CHEST HEIGHT. SOON AFTER THIS LEFTING EE STATED SOME DISCOMFORT IN HIS UPPER LEFT BACK. HE DID NOT FEEL IT WAS BAD EN OUGH TO GO TO A DOCTOR AT THAT TIME. THE PAIN, HE STATED, CONTINUED AND MOVED DOWN HIS LEFT ARM.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN THE KILN ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A ROW OF BRICK WITH A BAR AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO BE OFF BALANCE AND HE WAS HIT ON THE BACK OF HIS HEAD WITH A BRICK. HE WAS W EARING A HARD HAT AND GLASSES.
EE ALLEGES THAT HE TWISTED HIS RT KNEE WHILE DISMOUNTING THE MICHIGAN L320 END LOADER. HE SAID THAT HE STEPPED ON A SMALL STONE. THE ALLEGED INJURY WAS TURNED IN ON 6/19/02 & HE HAD MICRO SURG ERY ON 10-15-02. HE DID NOT MISS WORK. HE HAD NO DOCTOR TREATMENT UNTIL 10-15-02.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE DROPPED AIR CANNON ON HIS THUMB. XRAYS WERE NEGATIVE. EMPLOYEE SAID THUMB STILL BOTHERS HIM. DOCTOR REFERRED HIM TO SPECIALIST ON 7/31/02 SUSPECTING A FRACTURE. *NO FRACTURE -PLEASE MAKE NOTE OF THIS.
THE SPECIFIC CAUSE OF THIS ACCIDENT IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. THE BUCKET ELEVATOR DRIVE ASSEMBLY FAILED AND THE VICTIM WAS STRUCK BY FRAGMENTS FROM THAT SYSTEM.
INJURED WAS USING BREAKER BAR TO BREAK UP BUILD UP IN A GYPSUM FEEDER. WHEN BLOCKAGE BROKE LOOSE, WORKED SMASHED HAND FINGER BETWEEN T BAR AND SHOOT.
EE STATED; HE WAS RUNNING WATER LINE UNDER 3800 BELT AND AT END OF SHIFT HIS ELBOW STARTED HURTING.
CARPAL TUNNEL RIGHT HAND. FIRST LOST TIME DAY ON JUNE 18, 2003.
FOREMAN WAS WATCHING WORKER HAMMER ON STEEL SHAFT. PIECE OF METAL STRUCK FOREMAN IN NECK, CAUSING A LACERATION. FOREMAN WAS BOTHERED BY NECK PAIN ON 5/20/02 & HAD DOCTOR CHECK IT. PIECE OF MET AL IS STILL IN NECK & NEEDS TO BE REMOVED SURGICALLY.
EE WAS WORKING IN THE SHOP & FELT A LITTLE TWIST IN HIS LOWER BACK AFTER SOME HARD PULLING ON A WRENCH. SAW DOCTOR 5/1/02, 1ST LOST DAY 5/2/02.
EE STATED WHILE CLEANING OUT CONCRETE AROUND A PIPE WITH JACKHAMMER AND SLEDGE HAMMER AND WHILE SQUATTED DOWN AND PULLING ON CHUNK UNDER PIPE, BACK STARTED HURTING.
EE WAS PICKING UP AN AIR FILTER & HE EXPERIENCED BACK PAIN. HE WAS GOING TO BLOW OFF THE FILTERS & REINSTALL THEM ON A FAN. HE HAS A HISTORY OF BACK PROBLEMS.
EE WAS WORKING IN THE FINISH MILL REMOVING LINER PLATES AND HE EXPERIENCED BACK PAIN IN THE PROCESS.
WHILE WORKING IN MILL HAMMER HEAD CAME OFF & STRUCK WORKER IN MOUTH, BREAKING TOOTH.
MINER WAS RETRIEVING A TOOL AND HIT HEAD ON I-BEAM. MINER FORGOT ABOUT I-BEAM AND WALKED INTO IT. PAIN WAS NOT A PROBLEM UNTIL 2-27-02. WORKER CAME TO WORK ON 2-27 SAYING PAIN WAS WORSE. HE WA S THEN SENT FOR TREATMENT.
GRINDING SURFACES FOR WELDING. FRAGMENTS GOT INTO EYES DESPITE WEARING PROPER SAFETY EQUIP.
EE WAS ASSEMBLING DUCTWORK WHEN SOME OTHER DUCT WORK ROLLED DOWN AND STRUCK HIM. THE EE SUFFERED MINOR BRUISNG ON HIS RIGHT SIDE OF BACK AND RETURNED TO WORK LATER SAME DAY. EE HAD NO FURTHER COMPLICATIONS.