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EE WAS SITTING IN LUNCHROOM AND FELT AN IRRITATION IN HIS EYE. DEPORTS HE MUST HAVE GOTTEN FOREIGN MATERIAL FOR IT WHILE OPERATING AND BULLDOZER.
INJURED WAS POSITIONING HIMSELF TO REMOVE BOLTS FROM A 20 INCH FLANGE. WHILE DOING SO, HE SLIPPED INTO A WASHOUT UNDERNEATH THE FLANGE. EXTENDED MEDICAL TREATMENT HAS RENDERED THIS CASE TO BE REPORTABLE.
INJURED WAS USING A 5' PRY BAR TO POSITION A 1500 HP MOTOR. REPORTED A PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
WORKER WAS LIFTING AN AIR CONDITIONING UNIT INTO PLACE. THE FOLLOWING MORNING HE REALIZED BACK PAIN AND REPORTED HIS INJURY.
WRAPPING SLING AROUND PIPE WHEN OVER EXERTION CAUSED BURNING SENSATION TO LOWER ABDOMEN.
EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING ON TO KNOCKER TRYING TO REMO WEDGE FROM DRAG SOCKET WHEN HE TWISTED HIS BACK DIAGNOSIS WAS A SEVERE BACK STRAIN
SLIPPED ON MUDDY ROAD WHILE ASSISTING TO BURY 4/0 CABLE. EXTENDED MEDICAL TREATMENT HAS RENDERED THIS INCIDENT TO BE REPORTABLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON THE 2ND STEP OF THE CRANE AND ATTEMPTED TO OPEN THE ACCESS DOOR. THE DOOR CAME LOOSE UNEXPECTEDLY CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO LOOSE BALANCE AND TWIST HER LOWER BACK.
INJURED WAS IN THE PROCESS OF MOUNTING THE CRANE WHICH HE WAS ABOUT TO OPERATE WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN THE RIGHT KNEE AREA.
WALKING ENROUTE FROM MAINTENANCE SHOP TO CLOCK HOUSE HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN THE LEFT LOWER LEG (CALF REGION). HYPEREXTENSION OF LEFT CALF MUSCLE. RESTRICTED DUTY (STANDING LESS THAN 2 HRS. NO CLIMBING STAIRS OR UNNECESSARY WALKING FOR 1 WEEK.
INJURED WAS FITTING AN EYE PLATE OT A BULLDOZER WINCH BOOM. THE BOOM WAS RESTING ON 2 RAW HORSES 2' OFF THE FLOOR. WHEN THE INJURED BENT OVER TO LIFT THE EYE PLATE (101 LBS), HE FELT A SHARP P AIN IN THE LOWER BACK.
INJURED WAS HAND PULLING A 5 GAL WATER KEG 45 VIA A 3/4 INCH ROPE FROM GROUND LEVEL TO THE DRAGLINE CAB 40 FT AS HE REACHED THE HAND RAIL TOP WAWITH THE KEG AND BEGAN TO MANUALLY HOIST IT OVER THE HAND RAIL, HE FELT A BURNING SENSATION IN THE LOWER ABDOMEN.
INJURED WAS IN PROCESS OF HOOKING 20" VALVE TO WINCH TRUCK. HEADACHE BALL WAS LAYING ON THE VALVE BRACE. AS INJURED REACHED TO MAKE HOOK UP HEADACHE BALL FELL FROM BRACE & PINCHED HAND BETWE EN VALVE & BALL. DIAGNOSED AS CONTUSION ABRASION TO HAND. REPEATED MEDICAL TREATMENT RENDERS THIS CASE TO BE REPORTABLE.
WHILE WALKING TO THE RESTROOM, WORKER STEPPED INTO A HOLE IN THE GROUND AND SPRAINED HIS ANKLE.
INJURED AND CO-WORKER WERE POSITIONING A 3' X 3' METAL PATCH FOR A 36" PIPE LINE. THE WORK WAS BEING DOWN FROM A BOAT. A GUIDE LINE SLIPPED CAUSING THE INJURED TO TWIST AWKWARDLY AND EXPERIENC E LOWER BACK PAIN. LINGERING, SLIGHT PAIN PERSISTED FOR 5 MONTHS AND THE INJURED SOUGHT TREATMENT BY A CHIROPRACTOR.
INJURED WAS PRYING DOWN WITH A PRY BAR WHILE SITTING ON THE BAR. THE BAR SLIPPED, SENDING THE WORKER TO THE GROUND ON HIS TAILBONE. WORKER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING EXTREME PAIN FOR WHICH THE DOCT OR HAS RECOMMENDED THERAPY. NO DAMAGE WAS FOUND,THE WORKER HAS HAD PREVIOUS LOWER BACK SURGERY. EXTENDED TREATMENT HAS NOW BEEN RECOMMENDED & THAT IS THE REASON FOR REPORTING BEING DELAYED.
UNSAFE ACT - WORKER HOLDING KNOCKER WRENCH WHILE ANOTHER USED THE HAMMER TO STRIKE IT TO LOOSEN A RETAINING NUT. WHEN THE NUT CAME LOOSE THE FINGER WAS PINCHED.
INJURED WAS CHANGING ROTATION ON MOTOR AT THE MCC. TOOL CAME INTO CONTACT WITH TRANSFORMER TERMINAL.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON A POWER LINE & ATTEMPTING TO TIGHTEN SPLIT BOLT CONNECTOR FROM BUCKET TRYCK EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCED & REPOTED SHARP ABDOMINAL PAIN WHICH WAS LATER DIAGNOSED AS A HERNIA
INJURED WAS ACCESSING A BOOSTER PUMP FOR ROUTINE CHECKS BY STEPPING OVER A 20" MATRIX LINE.THE LEFT FOOT SLIPPED ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PIPELINE CAUSING THE INJURED TO FALL ON A PIPE FLANGE. THE INJURED WAS STRUCK ON THE LOWER BACK,THE BACK OF THE HEAD AND ABRAIDED THE LEFT CALF.WAS ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL FROM ACUTE DIABETIC CELLULITUS IN THE LEFT LEG.
INJURED WAS RIDING IN BED OF TRUCK SITTING ON A TOOL BOX ENTOUTE TO WELDING CLASSES.THE DRIVER OF THE TRUCK RAN INTO A POT HOLE IN THE ROADWAY CAUSING THE INJURED TO BOUNCE UPWARD AND WHEN HE DESCENDED,HE SAT ON THE R SCROTUM.SYMPTOMS OF SWELLING MANIFESTED SEVERAL DAYS LATER.OUT PATIENT WAS PERFORMED SEVERAL WEEKS LATER TO RELIEVE SWELLING.
INJ HAD COMPLETED REWORKING A WASHER DISINTEGRATOR RING. THE RING IS 42" IN DIA AND WEIGHS 600 LB. EMPL USED HOIST TO PLACE RING ON SIDE AND BEGAN TO ROLL THE UNIT PHTSICALLY OUT OF THE WAL. LOST CONTROL AND THE UNIT FELL STRUCK INJ A GLANCING BLOW ON THE ANKLE.
INJURED WAS POSITIONING A WELDING MACHINE TRAILER TONGUE FOR ATTACHMENT TO TRUCK. THE TRAILER TONGUE SHIFTED AS THE TRUCK BUMPER AND HITCH MADE CONTACT.
38509NJURED AND A CO-WORKER WERE POSITIONING A PORTABLE AIR CONDITIONING UNIT.THE INJURED REPORTS HE STEPPED BACKWARDS AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS FOOT.THERE WAS NOT SLIP,NO FALL,NO TRIP NO A 58062JECT STEPPED ON.
WASHING UP SPILLED MATERIAL STREAM FROM HOSE SPRAYED IN EYE
INJURED WAS HOLDING A PIECE OF METAL FOR A COWORKER TO CUT IN A CHOP SAW FOREIGN MATERIAL TO EYE
THE INJURED AND A CO-WORKER WERE WELDING ON THE 1260 DRAGLINE TUB/HOUSE ROLLER/RAIL ASSEMBLY.THE INJURED WAS POSITIONED INSIDE THE ASSEMBLE BETWEEN THE TUB AND THE HOUSE WELDING IN A HORIZONTA L POSITION.THE CO-WORKER WAS WELDING OUTSIDE THEASSEMBLY.THEY WERE PASSING AWELDING HOOD BACK AND FORTH AS EACH WELDED.
THE INJURED AND 2 CO WORKERS WERE ON A PRY BAR ASSISTING IN CHANGING DRAG SOCKETS ON A DRAGLINE BUCKET. THE INJURED REPORTED THE BAR SLIPPED AND STRUCK HIM IN THE UPPER THIGH. HE COMPLAINED 6 MOS LATER THAT HIS SCROTUM WAS SWOLLEN AS A RESULT OF THE INCIDENT. THE INS. CARRIER INVESTIGATED & RULED COMPENSIBILITY 12/1/92. HOSPITALIZED FOR HERNIA SURGERY 12/9/92.
INJURED WAS AT TEMPTING TO PULL A WATER HOSE FROM UNDERNEATH A PILE OF ROCK PRODUCT SPILLAGE AT THE TAIL PULLEY OF A CONVEYOR BELT THE H OSE WAS BEING HELD INTO POSITION BY A PIECE OF METAL SC RAP UNSEEN BECAUSE OF THE SPILLAGE INJURED SLIPPWHILE PULLING ON THE HOSE & FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK
THE INJURED WAS ASSISTING ANOTHER OPERATOR IN MOVING A RAIL MOUNTED CONVEYOR DOLLY (HOPPER). BOTH WERE PUSHING THE DOLLY BY HAND. THE INJURED, WEIGHING +300 LBS, WAS ATTEMPTING TO MANEUVER PAS T A SET OF OXYGEN/ACETYLENE CYLINDERS TIED UPRIGGHT ON THE TUNNEL WALL. HE PLACED HIS HAND ON THE DOLLY RAIL AND THE DOLLY RAN OVER HIS LM FINGER.
WELDING RAILROAD RAILS TO SERVE AS REINFORMCENT FOR CONRETE FLOOR. IN THE PROCESS OF REMOVING SLAG FROM THE WELD WITH A CHIPPING HAMMER A SHARD OF SLAG WENT THRU THE TOPEN WINDOW OF THE WELDIN GHOOD AND UNDERNEATH THE SAFETY GLASSES.
WINDBLOWN FOREIGN MATERIAL TO EYE WHILE TRAVERSING TO JOB SITE.
INJURED WAS POSITIONING A 24" FLANGE ON PIPE END BY TWISTING.FLANGE FELL CAUSING L RING FINGER TO BE PINCHED BETWEEN PIPE AND FLANGE.
INJ & COWORKER WERE REPOSITIONING 4' D SHEAVE ATOP FLOAT CELL TO REPLACE ONE ONE AGITATOR. UNSECURED SHEAVE SLIPPED & BEGAN TO FALL. INJ REACHED TO CATCH IT. SHEAVE PINCHED FINGER BETWEEN CELL WALL & SHEAVE.
REPLACING WASHER SCREEN SECTION. HOLDING BOLTS FOR CO-WORKER TO TIGHTEN. MOVED HAND FROM ONE BOLT TO ANOTHER AND SUSTAINED PUNCTURE WOUND FROM WIRE PROTRUDING FROM SCREEN SECTION. WAS NOT WEAR ING GLOVES.
INJ TRANSPORTING 2" X 4" X 8" SECTION OF ANGLE IRON 15' LONG. INJ LIFTED ONE END OF IRON TO POSITION A CABLE SLING UNDERNEATH FOR THE CRANE TO LIFT.FELT A BURNING SENSATION IN LOWER ABDOMEN.TH IS SENSATION EVOLVED INTO A HERNIA 1 MO LATER.
INJURED WAS REPAIRING A HOLE IN A CHUTE FEEDING A RECLAIM CONVEYOR WINDBLOWN FOREIGN MATERIAL TO EYE
SLIPPED ON LOOSE SECTION OF GRATING. FOOT FELL THROUGH SMALL HOLE IN GRATING.
INJURED TURNED AROUND IN CRAMPED QUARTERS IN A GUN CAR AND WALKED INTO A SECTION OF HORIZONTAL ANGLE IRON.
INSTALLING MOTOR ON PUMP LADDER OVERTURNED INJ FELL TO GRATING BELOW BACK OF HEAD STRUCK HANDRAIL
INJURED WAS MANUALLY PULLING A 5 TON OVERHEAD HOIST ALONG A SINGLE MONORAIL INSIDE A B/E 1250 DRAGLINE HOUSE.THE INJURED A RIGGER WAS WATCHING THE POSITIONING OF THE HOOK AND PULLED THE WINCH ASSEMBLY PAST THE MONORAIL STOP.THE ASSEMBLY FELL SOME 8-9' AND STRUCK THE INJURED A GLANCING BLOW ON HIS RIGHT SIDE,ABRASIONS CONTUSIONS.
THIS EMPLOYEE HAS BEEN TAKEN OFF WORK EFFECTIVE 08-29-91 FOR REHABILATION OF HIS WEIGHT PROBLEM.EFFORTS TO ENCOURAGE THIS EMPLOYEE TO LOSE WEIGHT ON HIS OWN HAVE FAILED.A FOLLOW UP REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED PENDING THE EMPLOYEE'S RETURN TO WORK.
INJ WAS CUTTING 18"X20" SECTION FROM 4'X8'X1/2" STEEL PLATE. PLATE WAS POSITIONED WITH BOTTOM RESTING ON CATWALK & TOP RESTING ON HANDRAIL AT 60 DEGREE ANGLE. WHEN SECTION WAS REMOVED PLATE FE LL ON FOOT. INJ WAS TAKEN OFF WORK DUE TO COMPLICATIONS OCCURRING 2 YEARS LATER.
INJURED WAS SITTING IN TRUCK SEAT DIRECTLY UNDERNEATH 1260 DRAGLINE CAB. DRAGLINE OPERATOR WAS SWEEPING OUT CAB FLOOR. TRASH BECAME AIRBORNE AND BLEW INTO INJURED'S EYES.
INJURED WAS TRAVELING VIA PICK UP TRUCK TO MINING SITE.GUST OF WIND BLEW SAND INTO EYE.
PRODUCT BUILD-UP ON STRUCTURAL STEEL SUPPORTS DISTURBED WHILE REPLACING MEMBER WITH BOOM TRUCK FALLING & STRIKING EMPL.
INJURED WAS MAKING ROUTEINE INSPECTION OF OFF SITE PUMPING STATION AS THE INJURED APPROACHED THE UNIT VIA PICK-UP TRUCK & OPENED THE TRUCK DOOR HE STEPPED INTO A WASHOUT IN THE ROADWAY & T WIS TED HIS LEG
INJURED WAS CLEANING UP AROUND THE BELT SHOP.FELT SOMETHING IN EYE.
INJURED WAS ACCESSING BULLDOZER CAB BY PLACING ONE FOOT ON THE BLADE SUPPORT WITH RIGHT HAND.HAND SLIPPED CAUSING INJURED TO FALL 2-3' ON HIS BACK ONTO SOFT TAILINGS SAND.
INJURED WAS CONDUCTING ROUTINE CHECK OF FLOTATION CELLS. INHALED SULFURIC ACID FUMES.